Arrhythmia (Antipop Consortium album)

Arrhythmia
Studio album by
Antipop Consortium
ReleasedApril 2, 2002 (2002-04-02)
GenreHip hop
Length43:09
LabelWarp
Producer
Antipop Consortium chronology
Shopping Carts Crashing
(2000) 		Arrhythmia
(2002) 		Antipop vs. Matthew Shipp
(2003)
Singles from Arrhythmia
  1. "Ghostlawns"
    Released: July 8, 2002[1]

Arrhythmia is a studio album by American hip hop group Antipop Consortium. It was released on Warp on April 2, 2002.[2] It peaked at number 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. Clubfavorable[5]
CMJ New Music Monthlyfavorable[6]
CMJ New Music Reportfavorable[7]
Pitchfork7.7/10[8]
PopMattersmixed[2]
Stylus MagazineC−[9]

Brad Haywood of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.7 out of 10, saying, "despite its shortcomings, Arrhythmia has plenty of appeal, particularly to the indie crowd, for whom progressivism is a badge of pride."[8] Lisa Hageman of CMJ New Music Report said: "This album has been meticulously crafted down to the tiniest detail, rendering each track its own unique and complete experience."[7]

Chicago Reader placed it at number 7 on the "Best Releases of 2002" list.[10] In 2009, The Skinny included it on the "Warp Essentials" list.[11]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Contraption"Antipop Consortium0:58
2."Bubblz"High Priest3:26
3."Ping Pong"
  • M. Sayyid
  • E. Blaize
2:42
4."Dead in Motion"E. Blaize4:18
5."Mega"
  • M. Sayyid
  • E. Blaize
  • Shawn Tronchin
2:24
6."Silver Heat"E. Blaize3:14
7."EKG"E. Blaize0:30
8."Ghostlawns" / "2"
  • Beans
  • High Priest
  • E. Blaize
/ Antipop Consortium		4:12
9."We Kill Soap Scum"
  • High Priest
  • E. Blaize
3:14
10."Z St."M. Sayyid2:51
11."Traum"
  • High Priest
  • E. Blaize
2:22
12."Tron Man Speaks"High Priest1:57
13."Focused"M. Sayyid2:27
14."Conspiracy of Myth"
  • High Priest
  • Shawn Tronchin
3:34
15."Human Shield" / "Place the Face"Antipop Consortium / E. Blaize5:00
Total length:43:09

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Antipop Consortium

  • Beans – vocals, production (1, 8, 15), art direction, design
  • E. Blaize – vocals, production (1, 3–9, 11, 15), timbales (2), keyboards (14), engineering, mixing, art direction, design
  • High Priest – vocals, production (1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15), art direction, design
  • M. Sayyid – vocals, production (1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15), art direction, design

Additional musicians

  • Ernesto Abreau – conga (2)
  • Nedelka Prescod – vocals (5)
  • Shawn "Keys" Tronchin – strings (5, 14), production (5, 14)
  • Michael Figaro – vocals (6)
  • Andrew Bartolomeo – vocals (6)
  • Aswan – vocals (8)
  • Tron Man – vocals (8, 12)
  • Leon Gruenbaum – keyboards (14)

Technical personnel

  • Ken Heitmuller – mastering
  • Ron Croudy – art direction, design
  • Chris Davison – photography

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[3] 29

References

  1. ^ "Ghostlawns - Anti-Pop Consortium". Warp. 8 July 2002. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cibula, Matt (May 29, 2002). "Antipop Consortium: Arrythmia". PopMatters. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 April 2002 - 20 April 2002". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  4. ^ Kincaid, Nic. "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia". AllMusic. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  5. ^ Battaglia, Andy (April 29, 2002). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Arrhythmia". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Weingarten, Christopher R. (May 2002). "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia - Warp". CMJ New Music Monthly (101): 46.
  7. ^ a b Hageman, Lisa (April 1, 2002). "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp)". CMJ New Music Report (756): 4.
  8. ^ a b Haywood, Brad (May 2, 2002). "Anti-Pop Consortium: Arrhythmia". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  9. ^ Mueller, Gavin (September 1, 2003). "Anti-Pop Consortium - Arrhythmia". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  10. ^ Margasak, Peter (January 2, 2003). "Best Releases of 2002". Chicago Reader. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  11. ^ Gieben, Bram (October 27, 2009). "Warp Essentials". The Skinny. Retrieved December 17, 2015.