Whole Numbers Play the Basics is another triumph for Casino Versus Japan's Eric Kowalski, and if it just misses carrying the freshness and sense of imagination evident on Go Hawaii, it's a better record for being slightly less precious.

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Touching on everything from early Warp Records releases like B12 and Black Dog to current artists like the aforementioned Boards Of Canada, it's playful without being bubblegum, and introspective without being too dark.

Without frills, surprises, or even any particularly enjoyable music, Whole Numbers Play the Basics barely has the capacity to exemplify the exhausted notion of "futuristic pop music" it posits.

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I'm gonna first comment on the long-short-long song structure on this album. I got nothing much to say about that but it's pretty cool. The short songs serve as sweet intermissions to the next "long" songs I gotta say. Overall I like the atmospheric sounds this album brings forward with. The drums are soft but it does not detract for my experience, quite the opposite really. Helps you appreciate ... read more

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