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601:"Uptown Psychedelia"
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577:Track list
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327:Metacritic
287:work with
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267:Background
249:Tim Hecker
187:chronology
142:chronology
140:Tim Hecker
42:Tim Hecker
1629:Good Time
1613:Vaporwave
1528:Good Time
733:Personnel
303:Reception
299:studio."
247:musician
1607:Partisan
1396:Returnal
1267:No Highs
995:Exclaim!
944:Allmusic
914:Exclaim!
886:Exclaim!
543:AllMusic
399:Exclaim!
350:AllMusic
253:American
245:Canadian
126:Producer
61:Recorded
53:Released
39: by
1403:Replica
1239:Virgins
1211:Mirages
1059:20 July
1001:20 July
920:20 July
892:20 July
864:20 July
220:(2013)
211:(2012)
202:(2011)
175:(2013)
171:Virgins
166:(2012)
157:(2011)
80:Ambient
1584:ANOHNI
1424:Age Of
1253:Konoyo
593:Length
528:6.5/10
344:Rating
341:Source
331:73/100
321:Rating
318:Source
99:Length
1492:Rifts
1438:Again
1260:Anoyo
1135:XLR8R
1107:Uncut
590:Title
562:Uncut
555:XLR8R
523:XLR8R
454:3.5/5
116:Label
85:drone
72:Genre
1623:Warp
1618:Mego
1061:2017
1053:Spin
1003:2017
922:2017
894:2017
866:2017
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714:4:44
703:3:19
692:4:17
681:5:39
670:5:48
659:0:50
648:5:00
637:4:52
626:5:51
615:4:59
604:5:58
516:7/10
466:7/10
461:Spin
404:6/10
392:6/10
251:and
44:and
1277:EPs
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586:No.
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