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9.0
84982
9.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
As fun as it is, perhaps its greatest value is in how it challenges how much I take my amenities for granted, not only as items that make my life easier, but as items that make my toes tap for joy
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8.5
83844
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
The music captures the listener’s inner ear in such a way you forget where the sounds are coming from in the first place
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8.4
84470
8.4 |
Resident Advisor
This is all standard Matmos; nothing here upsets their musical applecart. But the washing machine conceit gives their sample trickery a dramatic edge
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8.0
84466
8.0 |
Beardfood
Up close and personal, noises strike from nowhere and, eschewing rhythm, deliver lush breaks
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8.0
83848
8.0 |
Spin
The sort of album you never quite hear in the same way twice
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8.0
83849
8.0 |
The FT
The mix of quirky and banging beats, offset by ambient swooshes of water, turns the humble washing machine into an authentic sounding-board for quality electronic music
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8.0
83871
8.0 |
musicOMH
Whether intended to be profound or daft, Ultimate Care II could mean everything and nothing
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8.0
83880
8.0 |
Exclaim
The Baltimore duo have managed to give Ultimate Care II an aural and melodic depth not always present throughout their catalogue
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7.8
83846
7.8 |
Pitchfork
Caressing obsolete technology, they've parodied labor's drudgeries as play. Ultimate Care II is a daydream of domesticity, a chore ignored. Call it the revolutions of everyday life
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7.0
83847
7.0 |
PopMatters
Curiosity alone should be able to carry you through the first half of the track. It’s only towards the end when some honest-to-goodness notes are conjured out of the mix, announcing the Whirlpool as yet another avenue for ambient music
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7.0
84100
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
For a duo whose eccentric approach could easily get mired in novelty if they’re not in top form, Matmos’ washing machine album once again finds them coming out crisp and fresh
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6.0
84522
6.0 |
Gig Soup
The album begins with plenty of promise and ends on a high note, and while there are some fun moments during the mid-section there isn’t much that makes you want to return after the initial curiosity wears off
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6.0
83902
6.0 |
Q
Ambitious yet oddly affecting, wash day need never sound the same again. Print edition only
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5.8
83845
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
It is a beautiful piece of work with some truly mesmerizing moments that is absolutely worth a listen or two, but when placed next to the scope and execution of their output at the turn of the millennium, it just doesn’t compare
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5.5
83854
5.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s playful, dark, and produced well enough to settle the most pedantic of audiophiles
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5.0
84724
5.0 |
No Ripcord
Ultimate Care II doesn’t inspire one to peer closer into the musicality of everyday life; instead, you’ll constantly look at the time, wishing it’d sped up so you can move on with anything else
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