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9.0
65983
9.0 |
Art Rocker
His machines, however, sound splendidly humanistic - delivering beautiful noise
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9.0
65974
9.0 |
The Music
This uncompromising work trades in extremities, from ghostly ambience to new, violent sound media
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9.0
66021
9.0 |
All Music
A U R O R A is dark, dreadful, and dramatic; it is also a masterpiece
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8.9
66151
8.9 |
Earbuddy
This is Frost’s most accessible and cohesive material of his drone composing career
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8.5
66171
8.5 |
Pitchfork
A U R O R A can be heard as Frost’s attempt to create something physical, and it stands above the rest of his discography
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8.5
66641
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A brutal yet glorious release that doubles up as an unbending overture to fervour and force
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8.0
66181
8.0 |
Fact
A U R O R A is a dazzling success
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8.0
66305
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
There is definitely something of the acid drenched fields of the home counties in the Nineties about much of A U R O R A, perhaps stemming from its cathedral-like sense of space
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8.0
66056
8.0 |
musicOMH
Despite the odd moment, Aurora is an album with one eye fixed firmly on the killing/dance floor
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8.0
66072
8.0 |
PopMatters
Aurora does not disappoint; it continues Ben Frost’s resume as one of the most fascinating experimental musicians in the world
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8.0
65982
8.0 |
Clash
Hard to rate, then, but it’s wonderful to try. And ‘A U R O R A’ is certainly more wonderful than it is trying
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8.0
65984
8.0 |
The 405
Ben Frost has pulled off something quite remarkable with A U R O R A in making a record that's pretty terrifying in places yet so utterly irresistible
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8.0
66002
8.0 |
Exclaim
The album maintains a minimal yet intense, industrial sound, profoundly affected by the raw, unpredictable nature of its circumstances
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8.0
66003
8.0 |
Q
The relentless live percussion give Frost's music the structure that makes it more than noise. Print edition only
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7.0
66004
7.0 |
Uncut
It's hard-going at times, but "Nolan" and "Soda Fide" are oddly stirring. Print edition only
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6.0
66963
6.0 |
The List
I’m running out of ways to say this album is an absolutely thunderous bedlam, but it is. Play it loud enough and they will be able to hear it in Eastern Congo
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