Discreet Desires
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| Studio album by Helena Hauff | ||||
| Released | 4 September 2015 | |||
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| Length | 41:41 | |||
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| Producer | Helena Hauff | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 |
| The Irish Times | |
| Mixmag | 8/10 |
| Resident Advisor | 3.7/5 |
| The Skinny | |
Discreet Desires is the debut full-length studio album by German DJ and record producer Helena Hauff. It was released on 4 September 2015 through Werkdiscs and Ninja Tune record labels.
Debuting in 2013 with a brand of "hardware-driven" and "dark acid techno-influenced music", Hauff worked with various different labels, including James Dean Brown's Hypnobeat record label, Following the release of Lex Tertia EP in 2014, Hauff collaborated with Werkdiscs and Ninja Tune labels to release her debut album.
The press material described the record as "the embodiment of Helena’s deep-seated beliefs about music as a radical force and unifying movement." The record is based on an old photograph Hauff found and "felt compelled to make music around." "The atmosphere of that photo seemed to project a certain sound to me, so I tried to replicate it in musical form, to somehow try to make the music sound how the photo looked". Rejecting that Discreet Desires is a conceptual album, Hauff stated that she "just had a conceptual approach to it." The photograph which served as an inspiration on the record was to be its artwork before Hauff switched it at the last minute.
Drowned in Sound critic Nick Roseblade labeled Discreet Desires as "a classic electro album with techno leanings," with all tracks sounding "authentically retro and filthy."AllMusic's Paul Simpson thought that the record retains the "grittiness of her previous releases, but has a much wider scope, sounding much fuller and more melodic while avoiding sounding polished or sterile." Noting the "spooky goth melodies and snapping, marching beats", Simpson also remarked that the vintage electro and industrial/EBM influences, which were "always evident in Hauff's work", came into full focus with Discreet Desires. Andy Battaglia of Rolling Stone regarded that the "vintage-signifying synth and drum-machine sounds plus a blocky, patterned approach to programming of the album peer back to the Eighties/Nineties early age of techno."The Irish Times' Jim Carroll described the release's sound as "tough, thumping, bleepy electro and industrial techno".
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