★★★★★
Daphni
Jiaolong
[Jiaolong; 2012]
By Brendan Frank ; December 6, 2012
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Dan Snaith is nothing if not versatile. From his transition from Manitoba to Caribou, and now to Daphni, his sudden bouts of musical ennui leave him constantly searching for new ways to hijack his own sound...
- beatsperminute.com
2012-12-06
★★★★★
Setting a straight dance record loose into the iTunes jungle begs one question beyond others: how do you take the sweat-studded undulations of 4 A.M. nightclubs and compress them into the thin, white wires that feed our earbuds...
- www.prefixmag.com
2012-10-25
★★★★★
Great things are expected from artists who have continually given us great things in the past. It's an inevitable cycle for musicians who constantly excel at delivering exactly what fans want, while also leaving some of those same fans to scratch their head in wonder. Just talk to bands like Radiohead or Liars who have released music which both exceeded their fans expectations and divided that same base...
- www.noripcord.com
2012-10-25
★★★★★
I yearn for the carefree days when my relationship with Dan Snaith was noncommittally cool, easygoing and melodic, the days before I started really thinking hard about what his music as Caribou and Daphni did for me. But the thought of blowing up these small-scale, nice-enough but ragged pieces to the proportions of fully legit dance tracks through criticism is an empty and dishonest chore...
- dustedmagazine.com
2012-10-18
★★★★★
Caribou and Four Tet have often invited comparison. Recently, though, it's almost as if they're following the same cue sheet...
- thequietus.com
2012-10-15
★★★★★
Though he began his career producing pastoral percussive assaults and kraut-leaning jams as Manitoba/Caribou, by the time of his 2010 album, Swim, it was obvious that Dan Snaith was increasingly interested in dance music. Not only was Snaith himself becoming increasingly active as a DJ, but Swim's immersive but propellent sonic pounce sounded like the kind of mesmeric psych-out that would have been at home on a label like Border Community...
- www.residentadvisor.net
2012-10-15
★★★★★
Fans of Dan Snaith's Caribou project are not automatically going to be fans of Daphni, the man's less-established handle under which he's applied his talents to more eccentric, dancefloor-inspired tracks. Still, a lot of what makes Caribou so enjoyable--Snaith's unique combinations of textures, penchant for unexpected grooves, and uncanny ability to absorb the listener into his productions--continue to serve as the foundation of his work on Jiaolong...
- www.xlr8r.com
2012-10-11
★★★★★
When I was 12 I had my future-career as a professional footballer / video games tester / part-time cowboy all sewn up. Gradually over the subsequent decade those dreams began to evaporate as I watched the cowboy industry dwindle whilst my technically weak football was largely passed-over by major clubs. Still, same deal for everyone right? Nope: not if you're Dan Snaith. See, at this point Snaith (aka Caribou aka Daphni) is pretty much the 'white swan' version of Walter White...
- drownedinsound.com
2012-10-08