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Exploitation
Electronic · 2015

Exploitation

Róisín Murphy

A nine-minute masterclass in restraint, blending dry deep house grooves with avant-garde jazz. It is a cool, detached, and deeply stylish nocturnal odyssey.

March 25, 2015 · Play It Again Sam

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Exploitation is not just a track; it is a spatial experience that redefines the boundaries of art-pop and deep house. It sounds like the interior of a very expensive, very empty concrete loft at the edge of a metropolis. The production is startlingly dry, stripping away the reverb-heavy tropes of modern electronic music in favor of a tactile, close-mic'd intimacy that feels both vulnerable and intimidatingly cool.

Moments Worth Listening For
The moment the bassline first locks in after the atmospheric intro
The subtle shift into a more percussive, tribal-inflected groove around the five-minute mark
Róisín's breathy repetitions of the title that dissolve into rhythmic sighs
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Exploitation sound next to the rest of Róisín Murphy's catalogue?

Contemplative+2.0σ

Contemplative saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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