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100
R.I.P. is the most fully realised, ambitious and rewarding project that Cunningham has yet put to record
14y
90
R.I.P. seeks to deny electronic music many of its powerful and most recognisable conventions.
14y
90
R.I.P is a fantastical, fascinating album: as Actress intended, it feels not really of this world.
14y
85
The innovation on R.I.P. is to put as much effort into making things clean as making them dirty, and the result is a sense of contrast
14y
80
R.I.P. is a dizzying, wholly original bildungsroman from one of the UK's most exciting and thoughtful contemporary producers.
14y
80
With R.I.P., Cunningham took what might be the biggest risk of his career and came away with the biggest reward.
14y
80
Despite titles rooted in mythology and religion these tracks do not evoke anything in particular
14y
70
What does set this apart from Actress' earlier pieces is the incredibly organic feel that this album seems to thrive on.
11y
70
It's the sound of a DJ just getting started after everyone's gone home.
11y
70
R.I.P. is at its most basic a beautiful electronic album, as rewarding as it is challenging.
14y
65
Its upper register is colored an oddly disinfected monochrome, rendering the tracks bone-cold and often emotionless.
14y
I never had the chance to R.I.P. in a digital environment and I must thank Actress for offering me his easy access to such an experience.
Man if most of the first half of this album is gone this thing would be damn near perfect. Actress’s 3rd album “R.I.P.” takes more of an IDM approach than the previous albums had done. Much more of a unique sound palette and interesting production as well. And well I was not a big fan of the first half, there was like one or two songs I thought were good from that half of the album. Most of the tracks on the first half just drag on and feel more experimental than musical. But ... read more
There's several bewitching IDM compositions on here, from the damp, echo-y soundscapes of 'Caves of Paradise' to the winding and off-kilter beat of 'Serpent'. Sadly, while I do find Actress' sound design intriguing, the majority of tracks on here simply don't have enough going on to pique my interest. (or worse, sounds like a random selection of piano keys being pressed over a backdrop of moths flying into a bug zapper — sorry, 'Jardin'). ... read more
RIP is Actress’ most expansive set of tracks, which is impressive given how minimal each track is in its textures. These songs present digital ruins, lacking everything except their heart and pulse. This album feels like the perfect reduction of all components, almost working as sonic debris to a bigger world only hidden behind all the mystery.
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Track List
| 1 | R.I.P. 1:16 | 75 |
| 2 | Ascending 3:08 | 86 |
| 3 | Holy Water 1:39 | 86 |
| 4 | Marble Plexus 4:42 | 79 |
| 5 | Uriel's Black Harp 2:27 | 72 |
| 6 | Jardin 6:07 | 65 |
| 7 | Serpent 3:56 | 76 |
| 8 | Shadow From Tartarus 5:26 | 81 |
| 9 | Tree of Knowledge 4:09 | 65 |
| 10 | Raven 5:04 | 82 |
| 11 | Glint 0:37 | 61 |
| 12 | Caves of Paradise 4:15 | 84 |
| 13 | The Lord's Graffiti 3:04 | 78 |
| 14 | N.E.W. 5:28 | 80 |
| 15 | IWAAD 5:41 | 62 |
Total Length: 56 minutes
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