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The Idiots Are Winning

~ James Holden

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Audio CD (1 Aug 2007)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: BORDER COMMUNITY
ASIN: B000JFXT86
Other Editions: Vinyl | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Holden - Genius or Pretentious , 13 Mar 2007

By	A. Moore "amo" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you've only heard of James Holden because your mate said he was' pretty damn cool' then don't buy this album. this is along way from middle of the road electronic music. In fact its quite far from any sort of music.

Minimal house is a hugely popular genre in dance music at the moment but James Holden continues to have a very distinctive sound. The instantly recognisable plastic synths and dusty drums, which appear frequently in `Drowning in a Sea of Remixes' are apparent in a couple of the tracks. That said, I don't think there's any track on there with the big room appeal of the Holden remix of `The Sky Was Pink' by Nathan Fake, but don't take that as criticism. I'm sure the `dubbier', more subdued structure is intentional

To the slightly older Holden fan:
You'll be disappointed if you want to hear more of the `Holden and Thompson - Come to Me' or 'Horizons' sounds on here, there's not a lot of that. 'The idiots are winning' is much closer to James's Nathan Fake remixing era. But to be honest there isn't really a lot of that either.

The track that is much commented on below is 'intentionally left blank'. which is about one and a bit minutes of complete silence. I really hope this was done as a joke and not for artistic reasons because electronic music has been devoid of that sort of pretentiousness for a quite a while now and I don't particularly want that sort of thing to re-emerge.

In conclusion, I give this album three out of five because there are 2 or 3 decent tracks on there and I'm not a devout minimal fan. I think proper minimal fans could well appreciate more of it than I did. There has been some criticism of there not being enough stand out tracks and too much filler. But personally this is exactly what I expected to hear when I bought it so I'm still very much a Holden Fan. Even if he has gone a little bit turner prize on this occasion.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A genius at the top of his game, 6 Jan 2007

By	K. Maguire "Kev" (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is my first ever Amazon review, and it's just to offer a different opinion to that shown below, and also give this album an average rating closer to what it deserves.

James Holden has stated that this isn't his debut album (that's coming later in 2007) but a collection of tracks he's been working on - as such there are one or two "experimental releases", but then who can't say that about some of Aphex Twin's greatest works? Listen to 10101 and Idiot and you can't fail to be blown away.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Buy 'At The Controls' AND this!, 6 Feb 2007

By	T. W. R. Moore (Down South) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Border Community 'is about dance music that doesnt fit in a category' and as such I think it's unfair to make comments about the prog/trance scene, or any 'scene' for that matter when speaking about this EP (it's not really a long player to be honest). That said, I can definitely understand some people's reactions to it.. Its experimental nature means that it isn't easy to listen to. Fans of Aphex Twin and Plastikman will probably like this, particularly if you liked Hawtin's 'Decks Fx and 909'. There is some great use of percussion and some almost analogue-sounding 303 style tweaks, but it's a bit short, so 4 stars.

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