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On Paradise Engineering

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Colin Nagy
Apr 09, 2025
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Colin here. We throw a lot of words at you every week. So wanted to share an album I consistently revisit, Utility by Barker, released in 2019 on Osgut Ton. Start with the track Paradise Engineering.

Pitchfork’s review, written by the great Philip Sherburne:

The music resembles techno in all the style’s outward characteristics: the pulsing chords, the r…

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