Elektrac

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Elektrac
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Live album by
Released10 March 2017
Length65:40
Label Warp
Producer Tom Jenkinson
Shobaleader One chronology
Damogen Furies
(2015)
Elektrac
(2017)
All Night Chroma
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [4]
The Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 5.7/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Elektrac is a live album by British electronic musician Squarepusher's live group Shobaleader One. It was released on 10 March 2017 on Warp Records. [9] [10]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Jenkinson

Elektrac [11] [12]
No.TitleLength
1."The Swifty"5:30
2."Coopers World"5:29
3."Don't Go Plastic"7:14
4."Iambic 5 Poetry"5:37
5."Squarepusher Theme"6:14
6."E8 Boogie"6:56
7."Deep Fried Pizza"7:10
8."Megazine"4:32
9."Delta-V"4:04
10."Anstromm Feck 4"5:09
11."Journey to Reedham"6:55
Total length:65:40

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Dance/Electronic Album Sales ( Billboard ) [13] 13

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