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8.5
67182
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
At its best, the album is all at once loud, ethereal, and haunting - as if being violently jolted awake from a lucid dream you can’t quite remember
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8.0
67183
8.0 |
Spin
OOIOO has embraced the Javanese drum circle musical style of gamelan, beefing up its lineup with virtuosos of the ancient craft and reborn as a live-wired, percussive-pummeling, yelping cult of bell chiming gongbangers
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8.0
67185
8.0 |
Uncut
The nimbleness with which the band flit from one hypno-musical state to another is more impressive than ever. Print edition only
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8.0
67198
8.0 |
Exclaim
On Gamel, OOIOO praise the traditional while eschewing the benign to create a truly original rhythmic screed
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7.2
67201
7.2 |
Pitchfork
It's easier to listen with fresh ears and hear these strange sounds as something playful, unfamiliar, and approachable, qualities that Gamel definitely possesses
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7.0
67195
7.0 |
All Music
A frenzied and ecstatic experience, and one that ends up being brilliant in its bizarre combinations of sounds and ideas
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7.0
67181
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Initially overwhelming, Gamel is a gloriously bonkers concoction of flavours that turns out to be extremely delicious indeed
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6.7
67205
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Yoshimio and OOIOO honor that infinite and elusive history on Gamel without ever losing their own present
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6.5
67358
6.5 |
Under The Radar
By the fourth song you may feel as though you've endured eight. But persevere and the demented ear will be sublimely satiated
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6.0
67184
6.0 |
Mojo
Channeling traditional Indonesian music into a rhythmic riot. Print edition only
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