Oliver CoatesBest Oliver Coates Albums Ranked
7.9
Avg Score
4
Opinions
4
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 4 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Oliver Coates's catalog across 4 albums from 4 opinions, with an overall average of 7.9/10. The top-rated Oliver Coates album is skins n slime (2020) with a 8.0/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Shelley's on Zenn-La and Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The discography on Wavelength spans 2018 to 2023.
skins n slime
“Running his instrument through a bevy of effects, the virtuoso cellist summons a powerful, mesmerizing sound variously evoking shoegaze, classical minimalism, drone, and doom metal.”
skins n slime
“British cellist and producer Oliver Coates has been developing a distinctive approach to experimental dance and drone, all through the initial prism of his first instrument, for some time now. 2016’s Upstepping, arguably a breakthrough moment for him, channelled drum and bass, jungle and 2-step into a rich, fibrous kind of inverse club music, intricate details providing him with entry points into ”
Shelley's on Zenn-La
“Shelley’s Laserdome was a late ‘80s/early ‘90s nightclub based in Stoke-on-Trent. Zenn-La is a fictional planet, a distant world far from the industrial town. On his new album ‘Shelley’s On Zenn-La’ though, cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates brings the two together, marrying IDM with minimal touches resulting in the impact of a supernova. The cosmic dreamscape that Coates creates seems ”
Shelley's on Zenn-La
“Radiohead’s favorite cellist steps out of their shadow on an album composed largely of beat-oriented electronic music influenced by—but not excessively reverent toward—the work of Aphex Twin.”
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
“The composer and cellist’s score for Charlotte Wells’ film is full of suggestion and shadows, wringing emotion from the lightest touches.”
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