Black Noise
by Pantha Du Prince

Black Noise by Pantha Du Prince
Year: 2010
Release date: 2010-02-08
Overall rank: 5,082nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 79 votes)
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Award Top albums of of the 2010s (920th)
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Overall rank: 5,082nd | 2010s rank: 920th | 2010 rank: 86th  Overall chart history
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2026cicadelic78s (CH) Die 78 besten Alben des Jahres 201055/78 -
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Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 100
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 275
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72/100 (from 79 votes)
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90/100
If you've all probably heard of white noise for its recurring use in experimental productions, it may not be the same with black noise. Also called silent noise, black noise is the noise that commands animals to flee when a disaster is about to occur or the danger is imminent. A kind of sixth sense in a way. One of the most important artists of the deep house, Pantha Du Prince, decided to settle in the heart of the Swiss Alpine pastures to take the sound samples of his third album, called "Black Noise". This album is a mass that invites more and more organic tendencies while Hendrick Weber digs his furrow deep house ostentatiously, finally arriving at an architectural fusion of a unique musical genre. "Black Noise" will have its place in the pantheon of the most beautiful electronic albums because the maximum of Weber's musical romance is reached. I recommend this record as a friend's advice, a first listen will quickly make you capsize because it's a real masterpiece.

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Best track: "A Nomad's Retreat"
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Fucking beautiful. Panthas use of bells for percussion works wonders with the minimal soundscapes.
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One of the best electro album ever, almost got to my top 50. favorite songs: A Nomad’s Retreat, Behind The Stars. post unpdating. this album has definitely a good place in my chart and for a looooooong time !
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