"...'Disrupting The Ghost' sends a haunting tribal vocal sample looping
out over murderously wobbling sub-bass and scalpel-precise beats, the
resulting oppressive atmosphere broken at points by the emergence of bright,
8-bit synths. All up, 'Duality' is an extremely impressive debut album from
FluiD that should go down particularly well with fans of dystopian,
post-industrial hiphop sounds along the lines of The Bug, Dalek and Scorn."
Chris Downton / Cyclic Defrost Magazine
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http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2011/03/19/fluid---duality-alrealon
"The boundaries are pushed track after track to produce an intelligent and
unclassifiable music. On one hand, you have a Trip-Hop coupled with the
dirtiest Dub. Of course, some of you could think of Scorn ('The Absent
Present'), but the guitars (always played in slow motion) provide a
Rock/Heavy touch ('Froz n II'), downright Cold-Wave ('Parallel States')
or Noise ('Iron Communique'), that will appeal to many listeners..."
Sylvain Nicolino / Obskure Magazine
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http://www.obskuremag.net/chroniques/fluid-duality
"Musically, this is a beat-driven assault
of everything from breakbeats anchored in static to more minimal, dub-inspired
The comparisons to various Broadrick and Mick Harris projects are definitely
there, along with hints of the Chain Reaction catalogue and even the
head-spinning ambience of Lustmord, but there's a bit of accessibility that many
of their influences missed the boat on..."
Max Deneau / Exclaim.ca Webzine
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http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/DanceAndElectronic/fluid-density
"FluiD manages to evoke the suffocating atmosphere of the Tricky’s,
'Angels With Dirty Faces' era while FluiD repeats Industrial-Dub
litanies at the confluence of hip hop 'Absence' style, version 3.0.
We wish him to tour with Dälek, and even Picore, and we hope he's
going to collaborate with new artists that will make FluiD’s music
even more unique and essential."
MACHO)))) / Beyond The Noize Blog
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http://beyondthenoize.blogspot.com/2011/02/fluid-duality.html
"...the Chicagoan took the time to reveal the diversity of his work,
let down the pressure via a 'Dread Futures'. Wiser and hovering, is
the more electro 'Disrupting The Ghost', decorated with oriental vocal
samples and resumes the metal of concrete heights 'Froz'n II'. Tearing
at the same time throughout the end of this disc with softening more
and more present. What remains is an excellent craftsman, FluiD has
made his yard a beautiful monument recommended for all fans of
experimental music."
Matthieu / Mowno Webzine
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http://www.mowno.com/disques/fluid-duality
"A breath of fresh air that album. Behind the Duality of disturbed
weather, the technical mastery and consistency which FluiD
demonstrated is obvious. Dub manufacturers can rely on new blood,
healthy and neurotic."
Manolito / Chroniques Electroniques
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http://www.chroniqueselectroniques.net/article-fluid-duality-66900750.html
"Duality's prose and aesthetic is anti-corporate, anti-establishment
and anti-conformity. This record wants to challenge genres, a noble
cause which is close to my heart. Yet the attempt to destroy genres
only further imposes them. By blurring the lines and adding so many
styles to his work, FluiD has produced amazing music but then
increased the need for definitions. Extrapolating the many themes
and sounds from within this record is exactly what every music
journalist is going to do, as even I have done. Therefore the bonds
of gentrification haven't been destroyed but merely bent and weaved.
In of itself, this is a triumph and that's what the statement of
this album should be."
Ruth Carlisle / Trebuchet Magazine
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http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/index.php/site/article/fluid_duality
"As a whole, this album shows a musician comfortable with his
influences and quite well versed in several electronic music
genres, to the point that he can hop between them and mesh them
together effortlessly. Mentioning classic acts such as Massive
Attack, Dälek and Scorn as reference points is inevitable (even
disregarding the press release) as, under the all-encompassing
umbrella term of ‘industrial’, the listener is treated to a
smörgåsbord of dub, hip-hop breaks, rhythmic noise, and
brooding guitar riffs on a background of foreboding darkness."
Miguel De Sousa / Connexion Bizarre
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http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/fluid-envisioning-abstraction-the-duality-of-fluid