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thing going on where some songs were more driven by Joel, some by me. But whatever ideas were on the table, both of us were kind of throwing a lot of stuff together." The Gaia synth by
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as "something strange and pretty universally likable at the same time" and one of the few records to properly homage music from the 1980s. Reviewing for
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described the album as "blurring the boundaries between brittle digi-funk, gooey, soft-focus R & B, wonky
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1341:"Emergency Room"
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1281:Gorilla vs. Bear
1276:Channel Pressure
1272:That We Can Play
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1263:That We Can Play
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647:Roland Jupiter-8
639:Channel Pressure
577:Channel Pressure
554:Jimmy Somerville
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542:Channel Pressure
509:Channel Pressure
457:-era industrial
440:Beats per Minute
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2752:Discography
2066:Self-titled
1509:Joe LaPorta
1462:"G's Dream"
1192:memory work
858:Steve Roach
818:smooth jazz
803:Blue Monday
795:Purple Rain
728:Roland D-50
704:lead single
481:fusion jazz
429:Composition
411:White Album
311:jazz fusion
2815:Categories
2799:Uncut Gems
2698:Uncut Gems
2322:Metacritic
2246:Adult Swim
2153:Retrieved
2150:Apple Inc.
2121:Conde Nast
1986:PopMatters
1710:Conde Nast
1579:References
1319:"Scumsoft"
1186:PopMatters
1034:PopMatters
938:Metacritic
826:Prefuse 73
771:interstate
755:Adult Swim
732:Gary Numan
724:jazz metal
675:Omnisphere
659:Das Racist
533:PopMatters
501:Miami Vice
497:Prefuse 73
473:Ariel Pink
445:electropop
362:Jan Hammer
303:white soul
299:electropop
173:chronology
106:electronic
96:Synth-funk
56:2011-06-07
2792:Good Time
2776:Vaporwave
2691:Good Time
2183:Pitchfork
2116:Pitchfork
1954:August 4,
1881:SpinMedia
1788:Pitchfork
1705:Pitchfork
1520:Joel Ford
1483:Personnel
1202:'s album
1200:Neon Neon
1022:Pitchfork
888:'s song "
842:pop music
807:Mick Karn
799:New Order
767:hatchback
763:Pitchfork
709:Pitchfork
653:from the
562:auto-tune
358:Pro Tools
283:imprint.
162:Joel Ford
2770:Partisan
2559:Returnal
2489:(2014).
2431:Exclaim!
2413:Exclaim!
1922:March 1,
1815:March 1,
1748:original
1671:Allmusic
1505:New York
1501:Brooklyn
1245:Returnal
1231:Exclaim!
1196:AllMusic
961:AllMusic
866:Babyface
838:earworms
757:'s 2011
740:Minimoog
607:antihero
593:(1983),
590:WarGames
546:falsetto
528:flangers
477:AllMusic
469:pastiche
449:new-aged
277:New York
273:Brooklyn
150:Producer
144:Software
115:post-pop
111:synthpop
81:New York
77:Brooklyn
64:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
2566:Replica
2286:May 28,
2256:May 28,
2189:May 27,
2155:May 27,
2072:May 27,
890:Oh Yeah
779:S&M
643:YouTube
572:Concept
517:R&B
489:new age
459:R&B
381:artist
315:new age
307:R&B
213:Singles
197:(2011)
188:(2010)
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2747:ANOHNI
2587:Age Of
2148:(US).
1311:Length
1027:7.5/10
955:Rating
952:Source
942:78/100
932:7.4/10
922:Rating
919:Source
852:meets
787:Prince
775:lament
734:song "
657:group
634:Tracks
624:Boston
566:GLaDOS
556:, and
415:Roland
321:, and
313:, and
123:Length
72:Studio
2655:Rifts
2601:Again
2220:XLR8R
1917:Alarm
1475:37:23
1308:Title
1240:EPCOT
1169:XLR8R
886:Yello
874:Casio
715:XLR8R
687:trill
651:Heems
579:is a
505:Alarm
493:Alarm
419:J-pop
289:is a
215:from
140:Label
88:Genre
2786:Warp
2781:Mego
2471:2015
2443:2015
2394:2015
2361:2015
2333:2015
2288:2016
2258:2016
2228:2015
2191:2016
2157:2016
2128:2015
2074:2016
1993:2015
1956:2015
1924:2015
1889:2015
1876:Spin
1854:2015
1817:2015
1717:2015
1682:2015
1639:2015
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1454:2:42
1443:0:53
1432:3:14
1421:4:50
1410:2:16
1399:3:43
1388:3:00
1377:3:22
1366:4:14
1355:1:21
1344:3:33
1333:3:02
1322:0:40
1174:6/10
1051:8/10
1046:Spin
1039:9/10
1015:8/10
894:Twix
856:and
801:'s "
793:'s "
789:and
736:Cars
667:MIDI
596:Tron
485:prog
464:Spin
383:Game
263:duo
2353:DIY
1499:in
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1448:13.
1437:12.
1426:11.
1415:10.
1304:No.
1061:4/5
1010:DIY
1003:73%
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