KANGDING RAY . AUTOMNE FOLD . R-N 094

" It's bleak, it's dark, but it's also fragile and warm and expresses a lot of vulnerability (...) Amazing stuff, and another feather in the cap for raster-noton. "

mnmlssg

" ...Mich hat seit "Some Great Rewards", na, sagen wir, seit "Pretty Hate Machine" keine solche Platte so überzeugend in ihren klaustrophobischen Bann gelockt wie diese, und das ist ja alles wirklich sehr lange her. "

de bug

" How to follow up one of the albums of the year in 2006? Well, you could do it all over again in the same way and people probably wouldn't complain I'm sure. However, Kangding Ray has gone a little bit more out on a limb for us and produced another obvious album of the year contender. "

smallfish

" Kangding Ray's second release on Olaf Bender and Carsten Nicolai's venerable Raster-Noton imprint is a triumph in pop songs via sound art. "

othermusic

"...Prise de risque calculée de la part d'un label qui élargit son champ d'action comme d'un artiste qui affirme sa singularité, Automne Fold est, avant tout, un album superbement maîtrisé, de bout en bout, digne représentant d'une génération de l'electronica qui a autant grandi avec la pop qu'avec les déconstructions machines "

d-side

" ...there is a tentative, insidious, melancholy warmth about Automne Fold,

and it's that tension which is vital to the album, be it on the slow, melting title track, culminating in a shower of granules, the catacomb chorus of sampled vocals chanting throughout "The Distance", the crumbling, collapsing new beats of "Quarante", or the interference-ridden synthscpe of "Altiz" "

the wire

" The picture offered by Automne Fold remains a total one - an atmosphere saturated with memories, ambience, and temporal depth. "

cyclic defrost

" Letellier still uses many of the hallmarks of the label's sound, deploying crisp digital beats and flickering rhythmic bursts of hiss and static to create an album that feels clean and pristine, yet also warm and organic. It's this contrast that makes Automne Fold so engaging and compelling "

resident advisor

" Kangding Ray nous revient en force avec un deuxième album palpitant (...) Kangding Ray a accouché d'une des plus belles productions électroniques de cette année sur le label le plus référencé du milieu "

liabilitywebzine

" ...The album more than satisfies my experimental, organic, and dark rhythmic cravings. Highly recommended. Makes my Best of 2008 list so far. "

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