Musik (album)

Musik
Studio album by Plastikman
Released November 8, 1994
Recorded 1994, at U.T.K., Windsor, Canada
Genre Techno, Minimalist music, IDM
Length 73:05
Label Plus 8 and Novamute
Producer Richie Hawtin
Plastikman chronology
Recycled Plastik
(1994)		 Musik
(1994)		 Consumed
(1998)

Musik is the second studio album by the Canadian electronic music artist Richie Hawtin as Plastikman. It was released on November 8, 1994 through Plus 8 records and Novamute records. Musik was released to wide critical acclaim and is considered by many to be Richie Hawtin's best album as Plastikman. It presents both his bass driven ambiance and his stripped down beat experiments.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Guardian[2]
Q [3]
NME[4]

In a contemporary review, The Guardian gave a very favourable review of the album, stating that the album "somehow managing to salvage sounds which others feel but fail to express. Musik is music as you've never heard it before."[2] The review concluded that "when people look back and hail Kraftwerk, Larry Heard, DJ Pierre and Derrick May as the most influential artists in this genre, they will soon include Plastikman in this roll-call."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Konception" – 8:11
  2. "Plastique" – 13:03
  3. "Kriket" – 5:39
  4. "Fuk" – 5:05
  5. "Outbak" – 5:10
  6. "Ethnik" – 9:05
  7. "Plasmatik" – 5:23
  8. "Goo" – 2:00
  9. "Marbles" – 11:07
  10. "Lasttrak" – 8:22

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r208138
  2. 1 2 3 "Your Essential Guide to the New CDs". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. November 11, 1994. pp. A14–A15. ISSN 0261-3077.
  3. ↑ Q (1/95, p.259) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a cerebral rather than a dancefloor experience...more in common with the sparse, other-worldly music of the mid-'80s Detroit techno pioneers than contemporary house....Fascinatingly inhuman..."
  4. ↑ NME (Magazine) (11/12/94, p.44) - 8 - Excellent - "...Still minimal in the extreme, this is lolloping, human music made with enough hooks to entertain feet and heads alike..."

Personnel

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