Dust (Laurel Halo album) explained

Dust
Type:studio
Artist:Laurel Halo
Cover:Laurel Halo - Dust cover.png
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Length:43:44
Label:Hyperdub
Producer:Laurel Halo
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Dust is the third album by Berlin-based American electronic music artist Laurel Halo. It was released on June 23, 2017 by Hyperdub. The album features contributions from Eli Keszler, Julia Holter, Michael Salu, and Max D among others, and was preceded by the single "Jelly", featuring Klein and Lafawndah.[1]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Dust was received positively by music critics, with a Metacritic weighed aggregate score of 84 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing for The Guardian, Ben Beaumont-Thomas called the album "a triumph of impressionism, where the digital and organic coexist in a radically beautiful whole," while naming it electronic." In his review for AllMusic, Paul Simpson described Dust as, "very disorienting and not always easy to grasp hold of, but it never comes close to sounding like anything else, and its best moments are highly compelling." Heather Phares described the album in the artist's biography as fusing jazz with avant-pop.[2] Resident Advisor described the music on Dust as experimental. Andrew Dorsett of PopMatters said in his review that Halo is "crafting a series of drifting art pop pieces that evoke forgotten, buried materials long since fallen into disrepair.".[3] The Quietus' Joseph Burnett said that "her almost monomaniacal focus on the intricacies of sound since her earliest releases has clearly culminated with this record, one that is in constant flux between joyful abandon and grim introspection, pop-tinged electronica and avant-garde expressionism."[4]

April Clare Welsh of Fact wrote: "Like Arca's Arca, Laurel Halo's third album also explores the human voice. But while Arca explores largely organic territory, Halo fashions a musique concrete mosaic of vocal cut-ups and robotic reveries."[5]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRank
Drowned in SoundFavourite Albums of 2017
FactThe 50 Best Albums of 2017
GigwiseGigwise's 51 Best Albums of 2017
Gorilla vs. BearGorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2017
PitchforkThe 50 Best Albums of 2017
Tiny Mix Tapes2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases
The Vinyl FactoryThe 50 Best Albums of 2017

Track listing

Tracks adapted from Bandcamp.[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dust.[7]

Musicians

Technical personnel

Artwork

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arcand. Rob. Laurel Halo Announces New Album Dust, Releases 'Jelly'. SPIN Magazine. June 11, 2017.
  2. Web site: Phares . Heather . Laurel Halo Biography & History . . February 2, 2020.
  3. Web site: Dorsett. Andrew. Review: Laurel Halo - Dust. PopMatters. 11 October 2017.
  4. Web site: The Quietus Reviews Laurel Halo . June 27, 2017 . . Burnett . Joseph.
  5. Web site: Twells . John . Horner . Al . Lobenfield . Claire . Wilson . Scott . Bowe . Miles . Welsh . April Clare . The 25 best albums of the last three months: April to June 2017 . FACT Mag . October 11, 2022 . June 30, 2017.
  6. Web site: Laurel Halo: Dust (HDBLP036). Bandcamp. 11 June 2017.
  7. Dust. Laurel Halo. liner notes. Hyperdub. HDBCD036. 2017.
  8. Web site: Dust by Laurel Halo . June 23, 2017 . . November 27, 2019.