I (Meshuggah EP)

I is a one-song EP by Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 13 July 2004 via Fractured Transmitter Recording Company. A remastered reissue was released on 30 September 2014.[5]

I
EP by
Meshuggah
Released13 July 2004 (2004-07-13)
Recorded2004
GenreExtreme metal, progressive metal, avant-garde metal
Length21:00
LabelFractured Transmitter
Meshuggah chronology
Nothing
(2002)		 I
(2004)		 Catch Thirtythree
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]
Pitchfork8.3/10[3]
SpinB+[4]

Background

Meshuggah drummer Tomas Haake said of the EP, "That whole track was written and recorded just on random. Me and Fredrik would just jam on something, and when we found something that was kind of cool, he would walk into the control room. I would just record drums and it wasn't a set pattern, I would just kind of stray away from the pattern, but just keep going in that vibe. Then we had to chart everything and go bar by bar to record the guitars afterwards, because it's all just random."[6] Haake later commented that the song was "originally recorded for Jason Popson's Fractured Transmitter record label" and that it was a "'one-off' that Nuclear Blast gave us the go-ahead for — as we were under contract with them."[5]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mårten Hagström; all music is composed by Tomas Haake and Fredrik Thordendal[6].

No.TitleLength
1."I"21:00
Total length:21:00
Reissue track listing
No.TitleLength
1."I"21:00
2."Bleed" (live)7:33
3."Dancers to a Discordant System" (live)9:48
4."Pitch Black"5:57
Total length:44:18

Personnel

References
  1. "I - Meshuggah". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  2. https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/34007/Meshuggah-I/
  3. Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (1 August 2016). "Meshuggah - 25 Years of Musical Deviance". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  4. Gross, Joe (November 2004). "Meshuggah - I (Fractured Transmitter)". Spin. p. 120.
  5. "MESHUGGAH's 'I' EP To Be Reissued With Bonus Material". Blabbermouth.net. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  6. Slevin, Patrick (12 March 2008). "Meshuggah: Challenges Collapse". The Aquarian. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
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