Elemental (Demdike Stare album)

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Elemental
Demdike Stare - Elemental.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedFebruary 27, 2012 (2012-02-27)
Genre Dark ambient, ambient dub
Length114:55
Label Modern Love
Producer Sean Canty, Miles Whittaker
Demdike Stare chronology
Iris
(2012)
Elemental
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 85/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Beats Per Minute 70% [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [6]
Resident Advisor 4/5 [7]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]

Elemental is a compilation album by Demdike Stare, released on February 27, 2012, by Modern Love Records. It compiles the group's last three EPs, including Chrysanthe & Violetta , Rose and Iris .

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker.

Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."New Use for Old Circuits"5:04
2."Mephisto's Lament"5:23
3."Kommunion" (alternate version)8:28
4."Unction" (alternate version)5:04
5."Mnemosyne"5:24
6."Shade"3:20
7."In The Wake Of Chronos" (alternate version)5:52
8."10th Floor Stairwell"3:47
9."Violetta"6:40
10."Metamorphosis"6:51
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."All This Ours (Sunrise)"7:16
2."Erosion of Mediocrity"7:09
3."Nuance"7:41
4."Falling Off The Edge" (alternate version)10:24
5."Dauerlinie"5:37
6."Dasein"6:24
7."We Have Already Died"7:04
8."Ishmael's Intent"7:23

Personnel

Adapted from the Elemental liner notes. [10]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom2012Modern Love CD LOVE077

References

  1. "Elemental - Demdike Stare". Metacritic . Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "Demdike Stare: Elemental > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. Becker, Josh (23 January 2012). "Album Review: Demdike Stare – Elementals Part 1 & 2". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. Bass, George (7 March 2012). "Demdike Stare - Elemental". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. columnist (May 2012). "Demdike Stare: Elemental". Mojo : 103. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. Sherburne, Philip (10 January 2012). "Elemental Parts 1 & 2 - Demdike Stare". Pitchfork . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. Ryce, Andrew (1 March 2012). "Demdike Stare - Elemental". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. STAFF, Deviant. (1 March 2012). "Demdike Stare - Elemental". Sputnikmusic . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. Latta, Ian. "Demdike Stare - Elemental". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  10. Elemental (booklet). Demdike Stare. Manchester, England: Modern Love Records. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)