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Black Is Beautiful
Experimental · 2012 · 15 tracks · 39m

Black Is Beautiful

Dean Blunt

Fifteen fragments of murky soul and dub-inflected pop. A disorienting, lo-fi document of urban isolation and late-night paranoia.

April 16, 2012 · Hyperdub

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A tense, nocturnal drift through fragments of memory and urban isolation.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 39m
01
1 (Venice Dreamway)
2:32
02
2
2:13
03
3
0:48
04
4
2:26
05
5
2:39
06
6
0:35
07
7
0:50
08
8
2:38
09
9
5:15
10
10
9:24
11
11
1:49
12
12
2:38
13
13
1:03
14
14
1:13
15
15
3:15
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the lush soul sample on track 1 is abruptly severed by a harsh digital silence.
The hypnotic, nine-minute repetition of track 10 that feels like a slow descent into a trance.
The sudden appearance of a jagged guitar line that cuts through the murky synth pads.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Black Is Beautiful sound next to the rest of Dean Blunt's catalogue?

Surreal Abstract+1.7σ

The writing leans notably further into surreal abstract than the rest of the catalogue.

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