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- Summary: Savath & Savalas is a side project from avant-garde hip-hop producer Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73) that here incorporates elements of post-rock, Latin pop and jazz rhythms, and other world music elements. Aiding him are drummer John Herndon (Tortoise) and vocalist Eva Muns.
- Record Label: Warp
- Genre(s): Electronic, World
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 18
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Mixed: 4 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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The WireThere is no fake authenticity in this musical exploration, and Herren's musical palette is impressively wide ranging. [#241, p.63]
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While it may be the most unfamiliar work of Herren’s discography, it’s still one of the year’s first great albums.
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Towards the end, Herren's love of the glitch tentatively tries to reassert itself, but poetry and seductiveness manage to pacify it for the duration.
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Apropa’t’s biggest flaw could be the use of Eva Puyuelo Muns’ vocals. Perhaps I’m accustomed primarily to Herren’s music as instrumental, but the use of Eva feels painfully forced at times.
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His most personal recording yet.
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This may be Herren's least accessible project to date.
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This is the kind of thing indie boys put on when they want to have sex.