"Plays Standards"

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1997 Ratings: #40
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80
AllMusic

Other than Null & Void, this is the most fully realized album from Ground Zero, one of many projects master-minded by ambitious gadfly-turntablist Otomo Yoshihide.

Romannoodles
100

Another recommendation from Scott Shelby . Yeah this is really weird but very enjoyable and has no flaws I can really point out or really notice it’s just banger avant garde jazz . Nothing much to say

Madcritic
100

Only good music ever made in my humble opinion.

TazRatesMusic
80

🎄THE DECEMBER CHALLENGE 🎄
DAY 29: An experimental or avant-garde album for something wild

I listen to too much experimental music, so I basically just picked a record at random from my listen list LOL. Anyways, this is a fascinating mixture of Plunderphonics/Turntable Music with Avant-Garde Jazz and Brutal Prog, to the point where you can’t even tell the difference between samples and live playing on a track like “Washington Post + Japan Dissolution.” It makes for a ... read more

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trc
90

ground-zero when you ask em to stop making generational music : 🤫🤫

VirtualAmnesiac
85

Now this is what every covers album should be, keeping the songs recognisable while also experimenting and morphing them into something new. This is easily Ground-Zero’s catchiest album with some absolutely incredible and fun tunes such as the extremely catchy and joyful El derecho, the incredibly haunting and atmospheric Ultra Q, and absolutely insane pieces like Those were the days and bones. The two best songs though are definitely Miagetegoran and I say a little prayer, which are some ... read more

Alanovisk
95

Collage, my passion

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