Cocoon Crush

Objekt - Cocoon Crush
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2018 Ratings: #30 / 890
User Score
Based on 164 ratings
2018 Rank: #340
Liked by 10 people
November 9, 2018 / Release Date
LP / Format
PAN / Label
IDM, Techno / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

92
Resident Advisor

For all its mind-melting attention to detail, Hertz's music has rarely sounded so evocative.

90
PopMatters

If Flatlands was the initial state of the project's existence, the time that passed in between the two records saw Hertz construct this evolutionary shell and undergo an intriguing metamorphosis. Now he is ready to expose the new form of Objekt, and it results in one of the most impressive records of this year.

90
Exclaim!

The arrangements themselves are never predictable, twisting and turning with opportunistic glee, marrying the fluidity of his role as a sonic architect. Superlatives can often be tossed around carelessly when describing music, but in TJ Hertz' case, they are wholly and utterly deserved.

90
XLR8R
Objekt— whether artist, producer or mad professor—is on top of his game, and his latest creation is as beautiful as it is powerful.
80
Pitchfork

Four years later, Flatland still sounds ahead of its time, but Cocoon Crush is leagues beyond it. It shows a total disregard for club music’s strictures, concerned primarily not with floor-filling, but world-building.

80
The 405
At times, the music here seems to genuinely constrict you, spiraling tendrils enwrapping the listener in a dense, deep lost cavern of thought and sound. Again, this is by no means an “easy” listen, but it’s likely to leave you changed.
80
The Skinny
Not quite Hertz’s most dazzling work, but another string to the bow for one of electronic music’s most intriguing artists.
80
Crack Magazine

More of a comedown companion than a club classic, Cocoon Crush sees Hertz in a largely sombre mood, and he’s all the better for it. This is an album to be savoured in a granular level, a mosaic to be poured over time and again.

70
The Line of Best Fit

Cocoon Crush is a portrait of an artist in transition. It’s rough around the edges, occasionally stunning, and always surprising.

MasterCrackfox
81

There is something strangely alien about this project; like walking onto a vast new planet of sound and texture that has yet to be explored. From the jittery beats to the droning background noises, the soundscape created across this project simultaneously leave the listener feeling like they are in a place inhabited by something unknown and full of a sense of solitude. The tracks can sometimes be unnerving, and at other times be soothing. All this to say is that this album is a mix of emotions, ... read more

TheRootBoy
79

It feels like Metroid Prime IDM, club music.

lovecycles
84

a brilliantly designed and meticulously produced record. cocoon crush feels like crash landing in a strange, bizarre alien world and slowly exploring it's surface, walking across the landscapes, encountering all types of phenomenons defying the laws of physics and creatures beyond the human imagination. abstract, spacey and intricate, the sounds that objekt creates and bends are ominous, dark and deliciously hypnotizing. it's one of these albums made to be listened to with headphones on. a ... read more

Thalassophoneus
99

Abstraction, emotion, plurality, variation, power, violence, ambience, hybridisation of practical and electronic sound, things I crave in music. And Objekt has mastered all of them. Without any vocals or lyrics, just with relentless experimentation, he created a vast hyper-emotional landscape flooded with alien sonic creatures.

hojj
80

probably should re-listen now that i've heard the other project by objekt, but seems to feel significantly less alive than flatland did

edit: still prefer flatland but it grew on me 60>80

holsgr
70

notable (★★★★☆)

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Added on: September 20, 2018