''Galaxy Garden'' is the fifth studio album by Electronic musician
Lone
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released by R&S Records in 2012. The album was recorded between October 2010 and November 2011, and was his first album he made where he found himself making music as a profession opposed to as a hobby. The album's sound is a move away from the more
house music
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oriented sounds of his previous albums and towards a sound more influenced by early 1990s rave music. The album was the first of Lone's to feature guest vocalists.
''Galaxy Garden'' was released on 1 May 2012. A single "Crystal Caverns 1991" was released to promote the album. It received favourable reviews on its release with the
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, '' Mixmag'' and Pitchfork referring to the album as Lone's strongest release.
Production
''Galaxy Garden'' was recorded between October 2010 and November 2011 in
Manchester
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. It was his third full-length studio album. ''Galaxy Garden'' was first album that was not done as a side-hobby for Cutler, but as a full-time career as a musician which made it difficult for him to get motivated. Cutler stated that he was "making lots of house-y, kind of 4/4 tunes, and I just got really bored of doing that, but at the same time I didn't have a clue what I was going to do next. I was a few months into this weird spell, and I started to worry". Cutler began working on a track that would become "New Colour" and became inspired by it to take the album in that direction. Cutler spent the rest of the year making new songs with "New Colour" being the jumping point.
The album features vocals from
Machinedrum
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Composition
''Galaxy Garden'' follows a style different from his 2011 EP ''Echolations'' (2011), which was
house
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oriented. Unlike previous albums which contained musical references to house and hip hop music, ''Galaxy Garden'' was meant to be "reference free" with Cutler stating he was "influenced by nothing".
The album's sound has been compared to rave music, ''Dummy'' described the sounds of the album as a "personal interpretation of these familiar avesounds, colours and symbols in a more modern and allusive way."
Release
''Galaxy Garden'' was released on vinyl and compact disc by R&S Records on 1 May 2012. The first single from the album was "Crystal Caverns 1991". Cutler has stated that the songs that didn't make it onto the album were not going to be included on future releases.
Reception
Initial critical response to ''Galaxy Garden'' was positive. At
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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
average
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score of 77, based on 15 reviews.BBC Music deemed ''Galaxy Garden'' to be Lone's best album, adding that it "stands proudly beside sets from Slugabed,
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and
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as one of "dance"-in-2012's very best albums." '' Mixmag'' referred to the album as "easily his most defining moment to date" and wrote that "it's the smart weaves in and out of expectation – the jolts, the swerves – that make it an instant classic." Online music zine '' Pitchfork'' shared these views as well, referring to it as "his most complete statement yet".
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'' opined that Lone was "delivering the music he always promised" and felt that the "only snag with ''Galaxy Garden''s flow is it can feel too fidgety, with literally everything thrown into the mix". ''
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'' wrote that it was "certainly dividing existing Lone fans" as compared to previous albums, noting that "there are only fleeting moments of reference to Lone's previous preoccupations in classic house and hip-hop".
Track listing
All tracks by Matt Cutler.
# "New Colour" – 4:39
# "The Animal Pattern" – 4:26
# "As A Child" – 5:27
# "Lying in the Reeds" – 4:31
# "Dragon Blue Eyes" – 1:11
# "Crystal Caverns 1991" – 4:53
# "Raindance" – 4:22
# "Dream Girl / Sky Surfer" – 5:23
# "Earth's Lungs" – 4:20
# "Cthulhu" – 4:28
# "Stands Tidal Waves" – 1:47
# "Spirals" – 5:33
Personnel
* Konx-om-Pax – artwork, design
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