★★★★★
Maribou State occupies the no man's/everyman's land between electronic and acoustic sounds. Like its compatriots, Metronomy, the duo springs from the English countryside with a similar pastoral feel on its debut album, Portraits. Portraits' gorgeous, rhythmic grooves are enhanced by rich vocals, particularly from Holly Walker, pushing it into an even more languid space. (www.mariboustate.com)
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2015-07-29
★★★★★
Explaining precisely what it is that London's Maribou State do is not easy. Like James Blake and Chet Faker, they employ bass music's neon synths and rhythmic glitches in the service of sad songs rather than dance floor bangers. But there is something a little more knowingly retro about Maribou State, too...
- www.residentadvisor.net
2015-07-07
★★★★★
Explaining precisely what it is that London's Maribou State do is not easy. Like James Blake and Chet Faker, they employ bass music's neon synths and rhythmic glitches in the service of sad songs rather than dance floor bangers. But there is something a little more knowingly retro about Maribou State, too...
- www.residentadvisor.net
2015-07-07
★★★★★
I was sent two soundcloud links over the course of about three months that introduced me to Maribou State. I remember that feeling, instantly, like I had finally heard what I'd needed without knowing I needed it. This shit sounds like the kind of dance music you'd save for that specifically dope part of your drive home, where you've routinely seen the sunset or early morning fog making every fucking thing look super duper HD computer background image beautiful...
- www.syffal.com
2015-06-26
★★★★★
This British duo's debut full-length is a strong set of simmering deep house and downtempo grooves with a warm, atmospheric sound combining hypnotic piano lines, propulsive rhythms, often-melancholy melodies and chopped and manipulated vocal samples along with a few guest vocalists. 6/12/2015
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- kexp.org
2015-06-14
★★★★★
Hertfordshire-bred production duo burst onto the electronic music scene with their floating, summery 'Scarlett Groove' during the second half of 2011 - although 'burst' doesn't feel anything like the right verb to describe how Chris Davids and Liam Ivory operate. The handful of softly spoken EPs they released on Norman Cook's Southern Fried Records label in the subsequent few years - particularly - owed far too much of a debt to downtempo, more relaxed tributaries of the deep house movement,...
- www.drownedinsound.com
2015-06-11
★★★★★
Since 2011, UK duo Chris Davids and Liam Ivory (aka Maribou State) have drawn acclaim and support from the likes of radio greats Annie Mac, Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson, and have a built an ever-expanding reputation off a series of EPs and remixes (Kelis, Four Tet, Lana Del Rey and Fatboy Slim, to name a few)...
- exclaim.ca
2015-06-02
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