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80
What this album is is an enjoyable collection of tracks that play to Tejada’s strengths while exploring some interesting avenues, and that’s valuable enough.
8y
80
John Tejada's fourth full-length for Kompakt is a succinct, incredibly focused album of complex, melodic techno tracks. Essentially, the same can be said about most of the dozen or so albums he's released since the '90s, but given how prolific the artist has always been, it's truly remarkable that he's maintained such a high level of creativity and originality, sounding fresh and inspired every time out.
8y
70
As a piece of work, Dead Start Program retains an overriding feeling of clinical detachment as each song is imbued with a distinctively mechanized edge. Nevertheless, it is a hugely enjoyable and engaging example of an artist energised by his own self-set limitations.
8y
70
Twenty years into his career, it's remarkable that John Tejada hasn't made a sub-par album, leaving Dead Start Program as another dependable collection of quality techno that will satisfy his fan base, even if it fails to bring in new ears.
8y
65
Although the record has a number of aesthetically appealing moments, Dead Start Program never quite coalesces.
8y
64
His stamp is all over this typically classy if unsurprising album.
8y
Hypochondriac and Looping Generation aren't too bad, a few other good ones, but overall hugely disappointing.
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Track List
| 1 | Autoseek 4:01 | |
| 2 | Detector 5:21 | |
| 3 | Sleep Spindle 4:25 | |
| 4 | Hypochondriac 5:24 | |
| 5 | Loss 3:03 | |
| 6 | The Looping Generation 4:36 | |
| 7 | Telemetry 3:59 | |
| 8 | Duty Cycle 5:18 | |
| 9 | All At Sea 3:58 | |
| 10 | Heal 5:14 | |
| 11 | Quipu 4:39 |
Total Length: 49 minutes
