Instrumental Tourist

Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist
Critic Score
Based on 25 reviews
2012 Ratings: #561 / 1118
User Score
Based on 94 ratings
2012 Rank: #385
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
The 405

It is interesting to see this melting pot of tastes and styles from such prolific experimental artists and it sure makes for an interesting listen.

75
Pitchfork

It's an enjoyable detour, one that affirms how well these producers have honed their approaches to sound. 

70
Drowned in Sound

Tourist moves like the soundtrack of a sci-fi movie, in which the nomadic main character moves carefully through undiscovered terrain.

70
Beats Per Minute

They’re driving excursions through wastelands of synthy noise, and though Instrumental Tourist inhabits those same realms, its pace is more leisurely, its pulse dulled.

70
No Ripcord

Instrumental Tourist offers more proof that these two are undisputed masters in their field, regardless of how necessary a collaborative effort like this really is anyway.

70
Tiny Mix Tapes

Instrumental Tourist is an attempt to cleanse the listener of "urban discontinuity" and experience the world as a passenger (something that's lost on a generation so used to being in control).

60
Consequence of Sound

Tourist could have benefited from more calculation and an emphasis on the things that have paid dividends for these guys in the past.

60
PopMatters

As an experimental rumination on what these two might be capable of should they collaborate further in the future, Instrumental Tourist is an exciting experience for fans of either artist, let alone both. 

50
FACT Magazine

Too often this record is, if not downright poor, then simply stodgy, unappealing

AGoodLook
80

I rather thought this would be too niche even for me, but ended up pleasantly surprised. Instrumental tourist is the result of a jam session between two icons of the ambient scene, and winds up quite cohesive for the improvised sample chop-shop it is. Daniel Lopatin would probably be widely known to this site as the name behind Oneohtrix Point Never, though in my squalid little corner he's more well known as the legendary creator of Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1, the foundational text of ... read more

thumbman
NR

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Z.Younk
73

Did you come here as a fan of Tim Hecker or of "Uncut Gems" film composer Daniel Lopatin? Because either way, this is an underrated set that's a fair and balanced mix of both artists' styles, so worthy of a much higher score.

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Added on: November 19, 2012