- Audio CD (10 Oct 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Kompakt
- ASIN: B005I0DV0I
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 39,248 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Mighty 2011 album! Hypnotic autobahn grooves 'n' restrained Balearic rhythms from Berlin-based wunderkind Axel Willner and crew. On the Kompakt label.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Like his other 2 albums, this is electronic music at it's best. More in common with Yesterday And Today than From Here We Go Sublime. More guitar samples and shoegaze influences than minimal techno here. When the bass comes in on some of the tracks, they just come alive. Wonderful, relaxing deep sounds. The title track is the best in my opinion; a hypnotic and repetitive groove driving along, subtlety pounding away. You don't want it to end..
'Burned Out' is also a standout track. Really organic sounding backward vocals, mixed over tribal-like beats and a guitar that reminds of I'm On Fire by Springsteen. It is to die for.
I thought his first 2 albums were superb, I didn't think he'd do it again with a third, I was wrong. Fans of Four Tet, M83 Ulrich Schnauss & Booka Shade will also dig this. If you haven't heard of them, buy them as well. Thank You.
10/10
'Burned Out' is also a standout track. Really organic sounding backward vocals, mixed over tribal-like beats and a guitar that reminds of I'm On Fire by Springsteen. It is to die for.
I thought his first 2 albums were superb, I didn't think he'd do it again with a third, I was wrong. Fans of Four Tet, M83 Ulrich Schnauss & Booka Shade will also dig this. If you haven't heard of them, buy them as well. Thank You.
10/10
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having got into the Kompakt label through their Pop Ambient 2012 compilations - many of which feature tracks by The Field aka Axel Willner (he features on Pop Ambient 2012 under his alter ego Loops Of Your Heart) - I've scooped up a lot of records by artists featuring on these fantastic records, including Hundred Million Love Years and Movies Is Magic. But despite hearing all the hype about The Field, I'd not got round to pocketing either of his first two albums, Yesterday And Today and From Here We Go Sublime. But I was determined not to miss out when I heard he was releasing a new record, and I'm glad I haven't let Looping State of Mind pass me by.
As the title implies, loops are the order of the day here, but the thing that stands out the most and propels the album above other techno records is the driving bass. The first two tracks don't do a great deal for me, but the third track, Burned Out, which drops a slice of vocals into the mix, kicks off five flawless tracks. Burned Out has a more than a sniff of Orbital about it, but pushed by a slightly funkier - but not too funky - bass line.
It's hard to pick a highlight from the other four tracks, all of which are equally brilliant and equally hypnotic. The Field knows how to build up a tower of rhythm in which each part throbs as much as the others and is as crucial to the overall structure.
This might all sound a bit vague, but it's hard to translate the effect of this record into words.
But the key words to describe it are: hypnotic; loops; techno; bass. If you like any of those, then this album will reward you if you give it an hour of your time.
As the title implies, loops are the order of the day here, but the thing that stands out the most and propels the album above other techno records is the driving bass. The first two tracks don't do a great deal for me, but the third track, Burned Out, which drops a slice of vocals into the mix, kicks off five flawless tracks. Burned Out has a more than a sniff of Orbital about it, but pushed by a slightly funkier - but not too funky - bass line.
It's hard to pick a highlight from the other four tracks, all of which are equally brilliant and equally hypnotic. The Field knows how to build up a tower of rhythm in which each part throbs as much as the others and is as crucial to the overall structure.
This might all sound a bit vague, but it's hard to translate the effect of this record into words.
But the key words to describe it are: hypnotic; loops; techno; bass. If you like any of those, then this album will reward you if you give it an hour of your time.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Third album of loops and high-brow repetition from Berlin-based Swede Axel Willner. The textures are a little more organic with he album as a whole feeling like a cross-breed of his first two efforts. When it's good (the silky "Arpeggiated Love"), it's very very good. When it's bad, it's a little yawnsome (the endless lumbering "Sweet Slow Baby").
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