Communion (Rabit album)

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Communion
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Studio album by
Rabit
ReleasedOctober 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)
Genre Electronic [1]
Length32:11
Label Tri Angle
Rabit chronology
Baptizm
(2015)		Communion
(2015)		Excommunicate
(2016)

Communion is the debut studio album by American record producer Eric Burton under the pseudonym Rabit. [2] It was released on October 30, 2015, through Tri Angle. [3] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Contents

Background

Communion is Rabit's second release through Tri Angle, following the Baptizm EP (2015). [4] He cited Tri Angle's Robin Carolan and Icelandic musician Björk as a guiding force in making the album. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Exclaim! 8/10 [8]
Mixmag 7/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [10]
Resident Advisor 4.1/5 [11]
Spectrum Culture3.25/5 [12]
Spin 8/10 [13]
Uncut 7/10 [14]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Communion received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 8 critic scores. [6]

Bryon Hayes of Exclaim! stated, "Harsh and complex, the album — which was inspired by gender and sexual politics, injustice and media manipulation — is an unrelenting series of skull-pounding beat salvos, peppered with choppy vocal samples and warped synthetic textures." [8] He added, "Burton is challenging the notion of what exactly can be classified as club music, with driving yet oblique rhythmic sequences and an unstoppable sense of exploration." [8] Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor commented that "Baptizm channeled Burton's ideas through the brittle steel and glass structures of modern grime, whereas Communion plays with a more wide-open field." [11] He added, "Communion's dynamic range is impressive, not to mention unusual for an electronic music record in 2015." [11]

Heather Phares of AllMusic stated, "While it's more challenging for instrumental music to address politics explicitly, a feeling of violation permeates the album." [7] She added, "A haunting debut, Communion finds Rabit living up to his potential in stark, beautifully ugly and angry ways." [7] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork commented that "Communion plays out like a kind of fever dream, a delirium of cold sweat and disturbing visions in which there are only brief moments of daylight before you're plunged back into the maelstrom once more." [10]

Accolades

Year-end lists for Communion
PublicationListRankRef.
Mixmag The Top 50 Albums of 2015
15
The Quietus The Quietus Albums of 2015
51
Spin The 50 Best Albums of 2015
35

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric C. Burton.

Communion track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Advent"2:29
2."Snow Leopard"3:24
3."Fetal"3:35
4."Artemis"2:40
5."Ox"3:05
6."Flesh Covers the Bone"2:17
7."Pandemic"3:24
8."Burnerz"3:19
9."Glass Harp Interlude"1:50
10."Black Gates"3:16
11."Trapped in This Body"2:52
Total length:32:11

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Favorite Electronic Albums | AllMusic 2015 in Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  2. ↑ Bulut, Selim (December 17, 2015). "Star of the Year: Rabit". Mixmag . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ Case, Charlie (August 25, 2015). "Rabit invites you to his 'Communion'". Mixmag . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ Dapoigny, Marie-Charlotte (November 18, 2015). "Experience Is Key: Rabit Interviewed". Clash . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Twells, John (August 26, 2015). "First Communion: How personal tragedy and public misconception shaped Rabit's debut album". Fact . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Communion by Rabit". Metacritic . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "Communion - Rabit". AllMusic . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Hayes, Bryon (October 28, 2015). "Rabit - Communion". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ Bulut, Sel (October 27, 2015). "Rabit 'Communion' (Tri Angle)". Mixmag . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  10. 1 2 Sherburne, Philip (October 26, 2015). "Rabit: Communion". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 Ryce, Andrew (November 4, 2015). "Rabit - Communion". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  12. ↑ Bromfield, Daniel (January 10, 2016). "Rabit: Communion". Spectrum Culture. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  13. ↑ Joyce, Colin (October 29, 2015). "Review: Rabit Finds the Beauty and Horror in Religious Ritual on 'Communion'". Spin . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  14. ↑ Pattison, Louis (December 2015). "New Albums". Uncut . p. 76.
  15. ↑ "The Top 50 Albums of 2015". Mixmag . December 17, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  16. ↑ "The Quietus Albums Of 2015, In Association With Norman Records". The Quietus . December 7, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  17. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2015". Spin . December 1, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  18. ↑ Rabit (2015). Communion (CD booklet). Tri Angle.

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