i think the reason oracle seems unsurprising (being generous because i like it...short review: track one, interesting dark ambient experiment; track two, same ol' shit; disc two: breath-fucking-taking, i love it.) is because they have surrounded themselves with the same collaborators they have used in the past (oren ambarchi, attilah, joe preston, atsuo).
the success of the real follow up to black one will have more to do with whom they chose to collaborate with (as proven by black one itself).
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