Quarantine is the debut album by American electronic musician Laurel Halo, released in 2012 on the Hyperdub label. It received acclaim from critics, and was named album of the year by British magazine The Wire. Anticipation for Laurel Halo’s first full length album has been building steadily as last year’s excellent Hour Logic EP became something of a word of mouth success. Quarantine is both satisfying and surprising in that it does far more than merely deliver what might be expected from this.

Contents. History Halo documented Quarantine between Come july 1st 2011 and Feb 2012 mainly in her house recording studio, with some device tracks also recorded in English. She made over thirty demos, eighteen of which were removed.

In Nov 2011, Halo sent the LP demonstrations to content label mind, who responded with optimistic interest. Initially applying comprehensive and to her vocals, which she found 'very boring,' Halo instead elected to leave them dried out and unadorned, stating that 'it was tempting to make use of but I decided against it because there'beds this challenging, sensuous ugliness in the words uncorrected, and painfully human vocals made sense.' Speaking to, she described the record's thematic focus as 'contrails, injury, volatile chemicals, viruses.' The project cover features an version of Harakiri College Girls, a work by which Halo select for the artwork after viewing it at an exhibit on Japan in New York. She stated that 'I appreciate that it'h brutal and violent but colourful and sluggish to sink in.'

Essential reception Expert ratings Aggregate scores Resource Ranking 80/100 Review scores Source Ranking (8/10) (6/10) (8/10) (favourable) (4/5) Quarantine obtained positive vital testimonials fróm critics, with an aggrégate score of 80 out of 100 on. Named Quarantine as the 'release of the season' in its yearly critics' poll. lan Cohen of known as the cd 'something certain' and Halo'beds 'best and most cohesive work to time.' Called it 'one of this season's almost all intriguing and divisive listens,' and observed that 'what't blasted her music headlong into the potential future is usually its re-intégration of those most ancient of musical products - the unadorned human voice, verse/chorus structures - into conditions they're also usually so thoroughly new with.'

Wrote thát 'it manages tó sidestep pretension át nearly every convert, partly owing to the near-naive vocals that lead the warm crackle and glow.' Says 'Quarantine binds her previous noises into a poisonous, lush mix of normal suspension and disorienting detail,' and known as the album Halo's 'nearly all immersive and beautiful function to time.' Described the album as 'conflicted, ambivalent, complex' and recognized its sound as that of 'fresh territory becoming trod.'

Track list All tracks composed by Laurel Halo. Title Length 1. 'Airsick' 3:58 2. 'Decades' 2:52 3.

'Unfreeze' 5:59 4. 'Pleasure' 3:27 5.

'MK Ultra' 4:17 6. 'Wow' 1:23 7. 'Carcass' 4:30 8. 'Holoday' 1:50 9. 'Growth' 2:40 10. 'Morcom' 3:03 11. 'Lack of feeling' 2:31 12.

'Lighting + Space' 4:49 Total size: 41:19 Staff Credits adapted from the liner information of Quarantine. DaIy, Aidan. The Collection of Ideal Suit. Retrieved 30 August 2017. ^ Shaw, Steve (4 June 2012).

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Retrieved 17 July 2017. ^ Foxx, Trilby. Gathered 18 Come july 1st 2017. ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (31 May 2012). Retrieved 17 January 2013. Pelly, Jenn (13 Summer 2012).

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Gardner, Noel (25 Might 2012). Gathered 17 Jan 2013. ^ Cohen, Ian (7 Summer 2012).

Retrieved 17 January 2013. Gibb, Rory (23 Might 2012). Gathered 17 January 2013. ^ Miller, Derek (21 June 2012).

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Quarantine (LP liner information).