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Gamel

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Gamel

Seventh album from the Japanese experimental rock band founded by Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
30/06/2014
  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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

  4. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    On Gamel, OOIOO praise the traditional while eschewing the benign to create a truly original rhythmic screed
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  5. 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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  6. 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. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Channeling traditional Indonesian music into a rhythmic riot. Print edition only


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