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9.1
71084
9.1 |
Earbuddy
Another brilliant exercise in experimental hip-hop that shows Ghersi’s dualistic nature in a greater magnification than ever before
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9.1
71625
9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
A focused, inspiring Ghersi promises a more rewarding pop landscape for 2015
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9.0
70993
9.0 |
Exclaim
One of the most satisfying listens of the year
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9.0
71053
9.0 |
The Quietus
Gorgeous and ghastly
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8.5
70990
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Abyssal electronica with a tormented bent and visions of nowt but pitch black pits of despair
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8.5
71208
8.5 |
Beardfood
Mythical and fluid, Xen is art
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8.4
70989
8.4 |
Pitchfork
An album about unstable unities, things that cannot easily hold together, wholes breaking to pieces and being put back together again in new and unfamiliar shapes
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8.0
70992
8.0 |
The Skinny
Often beyond the imaginations of his contemporaries
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8.0
71056
8.0 |
DIY
Tones shift dramatically from one track to the next, but it all feels like part of the same journey. Wobbly piano chords, unsettling bass and submerged synths all come together to form the crooked path that is ‘Xen’
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8.0
71063
8.0 |
Clash
A captivating, at times unexplainable reaching of pained highs and battered lows
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8.0
70994
8.0 |
The Observer
Elegantly restates the appeal of digital music, expressing hues and states of being that fall outside the analogue spectrum
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8.0
71667
8.0 |
Q
A record of mood-altering substance. Print edition only
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8.0
71396
8.0 |
PopMatters
This is uncompromising stuff, with little holding back, and the end effect is one that wears not just its heart, but its soul, on its sleeve
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8.0
71583
8.0 |
The Irish Times
The sound of an imaginative alchemist at work
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8.0
71615
8.0 |
Uncut
Bleak and unique. Print edition only
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7.0
70991
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
We come up against a tender vulnerability, here allowed to shine through brighter than ever in all its perfection and awkwardness
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6.0
71070
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Arca has built a robotic, alien world strengthened by its beating heart
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6.0
71748
6.0 |
Mojo
Uneasy listening with little in the way of recognisable groove or plotting. Print edition only
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6.0
71215
6.0 |
Fact
Alejandro Ghersi plays with ambiguity and intricacy on his remarkable – but ultimately insubstantial – debut full-length
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