Arrhythmia (Antipop Consortium album)

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]

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

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. Blaize2:42
4."Dead in Motion"E. Blaize4:18
5."Mega"M. Sayyid, E. Blaize, Shawn Tronchin2:24
6."Silver Heat"E. Blaize3:14
7."EKG"E. Blaize0:30
8."Ghostlawns" / "2"Beans, High Priest, E. Blaize / Antipop Consortium4:12
9."We Kill Soap Scum"High Priest, E. Blaize3:14
10."Z St."M. Sayyid2:51
11."Traum"High Priest, E. Blaize2:22
12."Tron Man Speaks"High Priest1:57
13."Focused"M. Sayyid2:27
14."Conspiracy of Myth"High Priest, Shawn Tronchin3:34
15."Human Shield" / "Place the Face"Antipop Consortium / E. Blaize5:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Antipop Consortium

  • Beans – vocals, production (1, 8, 15), art direction, design
  • E. Blaize – vocals, production (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 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. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  2. Cibula, Matt (May 29, 2002). "Antipop Consortium: Arrythmia". PopMatters. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. "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. Hageman, Lisa (April 1, 2002). "Antipop Consortium - Arrhythmia (Warp)". CMJ New Music Report (756): 4.
  8. 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.
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