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Mirwais, Production

Production is brilliant, although we’re not sure exactly why. Every song on the album is good, that’s for sure, but…

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Production is brilliant, although we’re not sure exactly why. Every song on the album is good, that’s for sure, but a lot of the work would be difficult to call ‘groundbreaking.’ Instead, this is music that is well-crafted and studied: every beat, every sound…everything is in the right place. Sure, you’ve heard the vibes before, the vocoders, et cetera, et cetera. But they just sound really good here.

—Published January 24, 2001