Memories of the Future

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Memories of the Future
Memories Of The Future album art.jpg
Studio album by
Released16 October 2006
Genre Electronic, dubstep
Label Hyperdub
Producer Steve Goodman and Stephen Samuel Gordon
Kode 9 and Spaceape chronology
Memories of the Future
(2006)
Black Sun
(2011)

Memories of the Future is the first collaborative studio album by electronic musicians kode9 and Spaceape. A review in Tiny Mix Tapes described it as "an important release in dubstep's development." [1] A circumspect review in Resident Advisor noted the "intensity" of the album's "atmosphere", but argued that its quality was somewhat uneven. [2] Journalist Joel Schalit compared it to the work of Linton Kwesi Johnson and Philip K. Dick and argued that it represented the mental distress suffered by minorities in England. [3] Exclaim! called it the "rightful heir" to Tricky's Maxinquaye . [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Glass" – 4:30
  2. "Victims" – 3:51
  3. "Backward" – 4:43
  4. "Nine" – 1:54
  5. "Curious" – 4:58
  6. "Portal" – 4:25
  7. "Addiction" – 3:40
  8. "Sine" – 5:21
  9. "Correction" – 3:15
  10. "Kingstown" – 4:40
  11. "Nine Samurai" – 3:40
  12. "Bodies" – 2:26
  13. "Lime" – 1:55
  14. "Quantum" – 3:18

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References

  1. P Funk. "Music Review: Kode9 + The Spaceape - Memories of the Future". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. Chambers, Peter (29 May 2007). "Review: Kode9 + The Space Ape - Memories Of The Future". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. Schalit, Joel (2007). "Memories of the Future, by Kode9 + the Spaceape (review)". Tikkun . 22 (1): 80. ISSN   2164-0041.
  4. Nasrallah, Dimitri (16 February 2007). "Kode9 and the Spaceape Memories of the Future". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.