Split the Atom

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Based on 1 review
User Score
Based on 110 ratings
2010 Ratings: #117
April 5, 2010 / Release Date
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90
Sputnikmusic

A true hurricane of an album, Split The Atom is poised to destroy the lives of clubbers worldwide and invade the senses of anyone brave enough to invest ample time in it.

Hexo
90

The first half is a bit on the weaker side, but that second half is FANTASTIC. Some of the best, and most formative bass music of the entire decade tbh.

If you'd like to know an electronic album from the 2010s that I'd consider a must-listen, THIS RIGHT HERE IS IT, Noisia are the true GOATs of 2010s EDM, and laid out so much of the groundwork not only for the scene of that decade but also the shape of the modern scene as well.

I'll be giving this a full review as a milestone at some point so ... read more

elitimesfour
89

One of the hardest dnb albums ever made, need i say more?

AndrewK
93

DnB masterpiece. All over the place, but with an industrial, hard edged aesthetic bringing it all together.

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gogisadj
NR

goofy sound design for sweaty kyles who drink monster energy, this is probably some type of tentpole for the bass music generation even though they forgot to put any brostep in it and hybrid trap wouldn't come for a while, it had some effect on the burgeoning neurofunk scene for sure, but mostly it's a classic drum and bass vibe going on with none of that Atmospheric liquid shit interfering, it's the evolution of the kemistry & storm mix.

despite these goofy descriptions, ... read more

frankalderman
90

such a formative album for me. still have never heard anything like this.

Obsid
100

10 out of 10 album and my personal number 1 for two years now. Its crazy how ahead their style and sound design was back in 2010 and onward

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Track List

1Machine Gun
4:05
92
2My World
4:53
feat. Giovanca
93
3Shitbox
0:58
75
4Split The Atom
5:42
89
5Thursday
3:45
88
6Leakage
1:33
78
7Hand Gestures
3:11
feat. Joe Seven
86
8Headknot
1:33
70
9Red Heat
3:27
81
10Shellshock
3:47
92
11Whiskers
1:10
73
12Alpha Centauri
4:00
80
13Soul Purge
3:00
82
14Diplodocus
3:01
84
15Paper Doll
1:06
75
16Dystopia
0:58
66
17Sunhammer
3:48
86
18Stigma
3:25
93
19Square Feet
3:28
84
Total Length: 56 minutes
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