Ctrl Alt Delete (album)

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Ctrl Alt Delete
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Studio album by Free the Robots
Released March 30, 2010 (2010-03-30)
Genre Instrumental hip hop, electronic
Length65:48
Label Alpha Pup Records
Producer Free the Robots
Free the Robots chronology
Ctrl Alt Delete
(2010)
The Balance
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cyclic Defrost favorable [1]
The Mercury 3 stars [2]
URB favorable [3]

Ctrl Alt Delete is the first studio album by American record producer Free the Robots. It was released on Alpha Pup Records on March 30, 2010. [4] "The Eye" features a guest appearance from Ikey Owens. [5] A music video was created for "Jupiter". [6]

Free the Robots is an underground hip hop producer from Los Angeles, California.

Alpha Pup Records

Alpha Pup Records is an independent record label and digital distributor based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2004 by Daddy Kev and Danyell Jariel. LA Weekly placed it at number 2 on the "Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010" list.

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Critical reception

Wayne Stronell of Cyclic Defrost said, "Ctrl Alt Delete is a blistering record of intense synthesizer wizardry, but along the way it has absorbed so much more than just another electronic album, the influences are varied, and the result would please many a fan in varying genres, from dubstep, grime, hip hop and wonky abstract beat science." [1]

<i>Cyclic Defrost</i>

Cyclic Defrost is an Australian specialist electronic music magazine. It was founded and edited by Sebastian Chan, with current editors Bob Baker Fish, Chris Downton and Peter Hollo. It covers independent electronic music, avant-rock, experimental sound art and left field hip hop.

Ctrl Alt Delete was listed by Chris Ziegler of OC Weekly as "One of the Strongest Local Releases of the Year". [7]

<i>OC Weekly</i> newspaper in Fountain Valley, California

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Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sci-Fidelity"6:21
2."Turbulence"3:54
3."Jupiter"5:36
4."Orion's Belt Buckle"3:59
5."Wandering Gypsy"4:29
6."Select/Start"3:44
7."Voices"5:52
8."Granite Rock"4:06
9."Mental Universe"4:20
10."Global Warning"9:08
11."The Eye" (featuring Ikey Owens)6:47
12."Turkish Voodoo"3:19
13."Inter Arm" 

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References

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  2. Bevan, Jarrad (July 23, 2010). "Free The Robots - Ctrl Alt Delete". The Mercury . Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. Lee, Janice (March 22, 2010). "Free the Robots – "CTRL ALT DELETE"". URB . Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
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  5. Davies, Bree (October 20, 2014). "Ten Musical Projects Ikey Owens Made Great". Westword . Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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