That's Harakiri

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That's Harakiri
Sd Laika Thats Harakiri Cover.png
Studio album by
Sd Laika
ReleasedApril 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)
Recorded2011–2012 [1]
Genre
Length32:06
Label Tri Angle
Producer Peter Runge
Sd Laika chronology
Unknown Vectors
(2012)		That's Harakiri
(2014)

That's Harakiri is the only studio album by American electronic music producer Peter Runge under the pseudonym Sd Laika. [5] It was released on April 28, 2014, through Tri Angle. [6] It received generally favorable reviews from critics. [7]

Contents

Background

Sd Laika released his debut EP, Unknown Vectors, in 2012 through Lost Codes. [5] He then signed to Tri Angle. [5] That's Harakiri was recorded in 2011 and 2012. [8] The album cover comes from Shūji Terayama's short film The Cage.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [9]
Metacritic 78/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405 9/10 [1]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Clash 8/10 [11]
Crack 17/20 [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [12]
Dummy8/10 [13]
Exclaim! 7/10 [14]
Fact Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [2]
Resident Advisor 4/5 [3]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , That's Harakiri received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 11 critic scores. [7]

That's Harakiri landed in the top 40 of the year-end lists of best albums by Crack (#27) [16] and Fact (#36). [17] These magazines plus other sources spotlighted the blends of menacing, gracious, and humorous tones, [10] [15] with Crack praising its mixture of a dark grime style with "heavily-grooved, twisted melodies that are at times arresting and at others wistful and longing." [4]

Adam Bychawski of The Quietus commented that "There are two psychological conditions in particular which grime evokes, paranoia and claustrophobia, both of which are deeply embedded within these tracks." [8] Joe Zadeh of Clash stated, "Throughout the album, he takes a dark, fast-paced and aggressive grime framework and expropriates it for his own brand of bastard brain-dance." [11] He added, "His music marries complexity with club-ready thump, resulting in a dystopian dancehall of morbid booty shaking." [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Runge.

That's Harakiri track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Peace"1:38
2."Great God Pan"4:52
3."Gutter Vibrations"2:40
4."I Don't"2:59
5."Meshes"2:41
6."Remote Heaven"3:08
7."You Were Wrong"3:15
8."Don't Know"4:40
9."Peaked"1:15
10."It's Ritual"2:26
11."Percressing"2:32
Total length:32:06

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 Moss, William (April 16, 2014). "Sd Laika – That's Harakiri". The 405 . Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Patrin, Nate (May 1, 2014). "Sd Laika: That's Harakiri". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Taylor, Hugh (May 21, 2014). "Sd Laika – That's Harakiri". Resident Advisor . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Tehabsim, Anna (May 6, 2014). "Sd Laika". Crack . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Hinton, Patrick (July 26, 2024). "Experimental music producer Sd Laika has died". Mixmag . Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ Diver, Mike (April 30, 2014). "The Best Albums Of April 2014". Clash . Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "That's Harakiri by Sd Laika Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  8. 1 2 Bychawski, Adam (May 13, 2014). "SD Laika — That's Harakiri". The Quietus . Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "That's Harakiri by Sd Laika reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  10. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "That's Harakiri – Sd Laika". AllMusic . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  11. 1 2 3 Zadeh, Joe (April 23, 2014). "Sd Laika – That's Harakiri". Clash . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ Suntharasivam, Josh (April 25, 2014). "Album Review: Sd Laika – That's Harakiri". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Album of the Week: Sd Laika – 'That's Harakiri'". Dummy. April 28, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  14. ↑ Sylvester, Daniel (April 25, 2014). "Sd Laika That's Harakiri". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  15. 1 2 Finlayson, Angus (April 23, 2014). "That's Harakiri". Fact . Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Albums of the Year 2014". Crack . November 21, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  17. ↑ "The 50 best albums of 2014". Fact . December 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  18. ↑ Sd Laika (2014). That's Harakiri (CD booklet). Tri Angle.
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