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90
This is Willner’s finest record yet, a composition of effortlessly gorgeous, technically fantastic, genuinely awe-inspiring music.
12y
90
It's the album that vaults him from burgeoning, brilliant protégé to titan in one fell swoop, and it hints at even greater things to come as he continues down the path of total artistic realization.
12y
85
He's brought all his skill to bear on Looping, as composer and arranger and texturologist, in order to build something this simultaneously sweeping and subtle, deep and immediate.
12y
80
This is perhaps his strongest record yet.
12y
80
The results are even more immersive than the stuttering microhouse rhythms on which he built his reputation originally.
11y
80
It's expansively, ecstatically excellent for many of the same reasons as The Field's previous two: blissful, loop-based hymns at the intersection between shoegazing, trance and minimal techno.
12y
70
Looping State of Mind is carefully thought out, beautiful in its lofty ambitions, and a refreshing return without any unnecessary sheen and gloss.
12y
I absolutely adore the production that Axel Willner puts forward on his “The Field” project. The looped samples and minimalist nature combined with the luscious layering and accentuated pulses that throb throughout his albums is just sublime to me. It’s what I imagine clubs sound like in heaven.
Standout: It’s up there
Favs: Looping state of mind, Is this power, Burned out, Sweet slow baby
Least fav: Then it’s White
Bangers from the mainframe.
The first 4 tracks are some of the best Techno tracks I've ever heard with Sweet Slow Baby being a beautiful close. This is a production amazing top tier.
Bangers from the mainframe.
The first 4 tracks are some of the best Techno tracks I've ever heard with Sweet Slow Baby being a beautiful close. This is a production amazing top tier.
I absolutely adore the production that Axel Willner puts forward on his “The Field” project. The looped samples and minimalist nature combined with the luscious layering and accentuated pulses that throb throughout his albums is just sublime to me. It’s what I imagine clubs sound like in heaven.
Standout: It’s up there
Favs: Looping state of mind, Is this power, Burned out, Sweet slow baby
Least fav: Then it’s White
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Track List
| 1 | Is This Power 8:37 | 95 |
| 2 | It's Up There 9:21 | 93 |
| 3 | Burned Out 7:32 | 97 |
| 4 | Arpeggiated Love 10:53 | 98 |
| 5 | Looping State of Mind 10:29 | 93 |
| 6 | Then It's White 7:52 | 86 |
| 7 | Sweet Slow Baby 9:08 | 93 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 3 minutes
Year End Lists
| #12 | / | Obscure Sound |
| #16 | / | Urban Outfitters |
| #19 | / | Drowned in Sound |
| #26 | / | Pitchfork |
| #28 | / | NME |
| #37 | / | SPIN |
| #42 | / | One Thirty BPM |
| #70 | / | PopMatters |
Added on: August 9, 2011