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Dean Blunt
if you go outside and stay still for long enough, you will be able to hear the chirps of birds from a mile away. You will be able to hear the faint rush of water that connects to the lake, and the water ripples from the duck that has just landed in it. If you close your eyes for awhile and then open them again, the trees will be more vibrant. As if they are singing to you.
Hello Album Of The Year soldiers
I would like to provide some intel that this is "the best thing ever"
you didnt hear it from me
Unassumingly a deeply emotional and resonant piece of house and techno music.
It begins as a rudimentary view of house music and a basic synopsis of the city that lay around it, but slowly delves itself into a very human connectivity that I find incredibly moving. It could seem that this transition of focus would be more of a magnification into something more narrow and specific, but the profound nature of what this music evokes to me feels more like the music unraveling and blossoming into ... read more
COLLECTIVE TOPSTER REVIEW #1:
What is the collective? The Collective is a secret society, a shadow ring if you will. They gather at the library of raterology located within the secret chambers (of nails) of Harvard University. In order to get in, you must have garnered 5 million pretentious credits (obtained through currently not understood means) and worship Morton Feldman for at least an hour daily.
What is the collective topster? Many see it as a "grid" of their favorite albums, ... read more
I literally INVENTED raterology. The literarily stilted "historyofdecay" stole it entirely for thyself. Do not "get it twisted" . The albumoftheyear.org user known as "historyofdecay" is precisely that of which they would call "a wolf in sheep's clothing." Again, I invented raterology, folks. "the proof is in the pudding." Alright well that's all, just in case you didn't know. ok bye