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Pitchfork
d. 7. July 2015
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Philip Sherburne
d. 7. July 2015
"One wonders if the album's title is supposed to be ironic: while contemporary production software like Ableton often resembles a game of Tetris played on spreadsheets, Bannon's music refuses to be contained by the grid. In that sense, despite the differences in mood and tone, Pattern of Excel is a logical extension of Alternate/Endings. Even making drum'n'bass, his tracks didn't unfold in the usual ways; they were slippery and unpredictable, and while their sound wasn't lo-fi, exactly, it was hardly the hyper-engineered, studio-perfect sound of contemporary club-ready jungle. It was fallible and fucked up and proudly uninterested in functionalism. Pattern of Excel is similarly idiosyncratic".
AllMusic
2015
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Paul Simpson
2015
"Unpredictable and ruthlessly abstract, Pattern of Excel is possibly the most avant-garde release in Ninja Tune's long history, and may seem like a stark departure from Lee Bannon's earlier works, but it's really just a continuation of his tendency to follow his fearlessly creative spirit into uncharted territory".