Arrhythmia (Antipop Consortium album)

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Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia-cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2, 2002 (2002-04-02)
Genre Hip hop
Length43:09
Label Warp
Producer
Antipop Consortium chronology
Shopping Carts Crashing
(2000)
Arrhythmia
(2002)
Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
(2003)
Singles from Arrhythmia
  1. "Ghostlawns"
    Released: July 8, 2002 [1]

Arrhythmia is a studio album by American hip hop group Antipop Consortium. It was released on Warp on April 2, 2002. [2] It peaked at number 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. Club favorable [5]
CMJ New Music Monthly favorable [6]
CMJ New Music Report favorable [7]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [8]
PopMatters mixed [2]
Stylus Magazine C− [9]

Brad Haywood of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.7 out of 10, saying, "despite its shortcomings, Arrhythmia has plenty of appeal, particularly to the indie crowd, for whom progressivism is a badge of pride." [8] Lisa Hageman of CMJ New Music Report said: "This album has been meticulously crafted down to the tiniest detail, rendering each track its own unique and complete experience." [7]

Chicago Reader placed it at number 7 on the "Best Releases of 2002" list. [10] In 2009, The Skinny included it on the "Warp Essentials" list. [11]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Contraption" Antipop Consortium 0:58
2."Bubblz"High Priest3:26
3."Ping Pong"
  • M. Sayyid
  • E. Blaize
2:42
4."Dead in Motion"E. Blaize4:18
5."Mega"
  • M. Sayyid
  • E. Blaize
  • Shawn Tronchin
2:24
6."Silver Heat"E. Blaize3:14
7."EKG"E. Blaize0:30
8."Ghostlawns" / "2"
  • Beans
  • High Priest
  • E. Blaize
/ Antipop Consortium
4:12
9."We Kill Soap Scum"
  • High Priest
  • E. Blaize
3:14
10."Z St."M. Sayyid2:51
11."Traum"
  • High Priest
  • E. Blaize
2:22
12."Tron Man Speaks"High Priest1:57
13."Focused"M. Sayyid2:27
14."Conspiracy of Myth"
  • High Priest
  • Shawn Tronchin
3:34
15."Human Shield" / "Place the Face"Antipop Consortium / E. Blaize5:00
Total length:43:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Antipop Consortium

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [3] 29

References

  1. "Ghostlawns - Anti-Pop Consortium". Warp . July 8, 2002. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Cibula, Matt (May 29, 2002). "Antipop Consortium: Arrythmia". PopMatters . Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 April 2002 - 20 April 2002". Official Charts Company . Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  4. Kincaid, Nic. "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia". AllMusic . Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  5. Battaglia, Andy (April 29, 2002). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Arrhythmia". The A.V. Club . Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  6. Weingarten, Christopher R. (May 2002). "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia - Warp". CMJ New Music Monthly (101): 46.
  7. 1 2 Hageman, Lisa (April 1, 2002). "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp)". CMJ New Music Report (756): 4.
  8. 1 2 Haywood, Brad (May 2, 2002). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Arrhythmia". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  9. Mueller, Gavin (September 1, 2003). "Anti-Pop Consortium - Arrhythmia". Stylus Magazine . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  10. Margasak, Peter (January 2, 2003). "Best Releases of 2002". Chicago Reader . Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  11. Gieben, Bram (October 27, 2009). "Warp Essentials". The Skinny . Retrieved December 17, 2015.