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Void Beats/Invocation Trex

Cavern Of Anti-Matter

Void Beats/Invocation Trex

Debut from the experimental electronica / Krautrock band led by Stereolab founder Tim Gane and featuring his former bandmate Joe Dilworth

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Duophonic / Warp
UK Release date
19/02/2016
US Release date
19/02/2016
  1. 9.0 |   Uncut

    Due to Joe Dilworth's propulsive drumming and Holger Zaf's synth work, these 12 tracks never stray into stuffiness. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    They whirligig through Krautrock's more outré moments. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    On the gliding 12-minute opener "Tardis Cymbals," the confident way Cavern of Anti-Matter hold and morph a motorik groove harks back to Gane and Dilworth's previous project, but the track's taut dynamism feels uniquely theirs
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  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    The default groove might be early 70s motorik – Tardis Cymbals is a typically beatific workout – but tracks Blowing My Nose Under Close Observation and Hi-Hats Bring the Hiss are proper dance music
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  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Unlike Stereolab, where Laetitia Sadler’s vocals played an integral part in proceedings, the emphasis here is on stretched-out soundscapes and electronic manipulation
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  6. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    It was sometimes unclear when Stereolab's mid-century references were meant as kitsch, but here, Gane & co.'s retro-futurist flashback feels optimistic, as though convinced that the key to fulfilling the promise of a new era were just one perfect rhythm away
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    By focusing on simple, catchy melodies and loops and interesting drum rhythms, Cavern of Anti-Matter avoid many of the traps their peers in both the instrumental and electronic disciplines fall into
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  8. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Arrangements build momentum and snowball into a vitality to which one can only add accent
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  9. 7.0 |   Spin

    More streamlined and less songful than Gane and Dilworth’s more well-known faction, Cavern of Anti-Matter somehow doesn’t feel limited by their stricter pursuit of unobstructed synth purity
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  10. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Even at their weakest, Gane and co. know how to build intricate structures that bubble and grow without ever losing track of their core
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Though some tracks' slightly antiseptic atmospheres mean reality-obliteration promised by the group's name fails to fully manifest. Print edition only

  12. 5.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Pretend that Kraftwerk got into bed with The Seeds
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