Ecstatic Computation

Caterina Barbieri - Ecstatic Computation
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2019 Ratings: #49 / 805
User Score
Based on 161 ratings
2019 Rank: #300
Liked by 6 people
May 3, 2019 / Release Date
LP / Format
Editions Mego / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Exclaim!
It is big, bold and absolutely electrifying.
90
Spectrum Culture

Ecstatic Computation is a true triumph of electronic composition.

80
Resident Advisor

If Barbieri's last album was defined by subtle shifts meant to tranquilise and hypnotise, Ecstatic Computation is marked by sudden breaks from predictability. Stylistic influences and sonic textures are varied, yet they're cohesive. The result is an album that's both provocative and blissful.

78
Pitchfork
The Italian synthesizer composer explores new dimensions of her algorithmic, arpeggiated sound, playing with tempo, duration, and pacing to toy with listeners’ sense of perception.
newslang
75

Ecstatic Computation is a vast soundscape with a minimalist undertone. The entire album has a dark drone quality to it, every track feels as if it were created in a musical incubator, the patterns are continuously evolving and shifting in pitch. Unlike Caterinas previous work “Ecstatic Computation”
has a darker tone looming. The album opens with the 10 minute track “Fantas” which incapsulates the entire mood of the album. Progressively becoming more distorted the tones ... read more

usedtobe
86

Sweeping electronic release with masterful use of complex synth arrangements and polyrhythmic undercurrents pulsating into the ears. Exciting stuff that needs to be heard.

laz456
55

"Progressive electronic" got me excited but this really isn't all that interesting unfortunately.

slandro2
79

Caterina Barbieri is a Berlin based italian electronic musician who creates sound sculptures and ambient by a bold use of sytnhs.

Unlike most of other electronic acts, however, she cares about the emotional aspect of her music. Each track on this project both sounds a journey across the stars and deeply personal and introspective.

Tracks like Closest Approach to Your Orbit or Arrows of Time, the strogest of the bunch here, really seem like the sound of old memories resurfacing after ... read more

holsgr
70

notable (★★★★☆)

Melancoholic
55

Listenable.

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Added on: March 11, 2019