Elements of Light

Pantha Du Prince - Elements of Light
Critic Score
Based on 22 reviews
2013 Ratings: #610 / 1115
User Score
Based on 14 ratings
January 15, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Rough Trade / Label
Electronic / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
musicOMH

Working with unusual instrumentation risks seeming over-thought and forced, but what is perhaps most impressive about Elements Of Light is just how integrated the bells and other auxilliary percussion are with the core features of Weber’s work.

80
Drowned in Sound

If given the chance, it has the ability to wash over the listener in waves, with melodies and percussion gently bobbing along on a sea of droning bells.

70
No Ripcord

As a whole, Elements Of Light might feature a fair amount of padding, and it might not be quite as original sounding as the idea would suggest, but even so it does offer more than enough to satisfy as a listening experience, rather than just a curiosity.

70
FACT Magazine

Elements Of Light is a fine Pantha Du Prince record, and fares well when placed side-by-side with its predecessors.

70
Pitchfork

It feels like those involved were as invested in the transformative power of the music as they were in flexing their not inconsiderable talents.

67
Beats Per Minute

The fruit of his collaboration with The Bell Laboratory is worth investigating even if it doesn’t manage the depths of previous Pantha Du Prince LPs. The slightness only comes in its lack of scope rather than anything outright qualitative. 

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Track List

  1. Wave 
  2. Particle 
  3. Photon 
  4. Spectral Split 
  5. Quantum

Year End Lists

#11/Time Out London
#89/Rough Trade
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Added on: October 17, 2012