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Automato: Automato
 First essential hip hop album of the year? (Labels UK, £12.99)
Sarah-Jane
Sunday March 21, 2004
The Observer
Fans of Outkast, Anti-Pop Consortium and DM & Jemini will love Brooklyn six-piece Automato's long-awaited debut. Produced by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy (who also produced the Rapture, LCD Soundsystem and Black Dice), it's a compelling and ambitious album that fuses the duo's trademark post-punk with early electro and widescreen hip hop. Rappers Jesse Levin and Ben Fries take turns to drop funny, razor-sharp rhymes about love, loss and growing up in the Big Apple, while the rest of the group layer intriguing loops, beats and samples with extremely funky guitars, drums and keyboards. Expect to hear it everywhere from clubs to catwalks.
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