Arrhythmia (Antipop Consortium album) explained

Arrhythmia
Type:	studio
Artist:	Antipop Consortium
Cover:	Arrhythmia-cover.jpg
Genre:	Hip hop
Label:	Warp
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Arrhythmia is a studio album by American hip hop group Antipop Consortium. It was released on Warp on April 2, 2002. It peaked at number 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.

Critical reception

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." 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."

Chicago Reader placed it at number 7 on the "Best Releases of 2002" list.^[1] In 2009, The Skinny included it on the "Warp Essentials" list.^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Best Releases of 2002. Chicago Reader. Peter. Margasak. January 2, 2003. December 17, 2015.
2. Web site: Warp Essentials. The Skinny. Bram. Gieben. October 27, 2009. December 17, 2015.
3. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 14 April 2002 - 20 April 2002. Official Charts Company. August 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175414/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20020414/131/. August 29, 2018. live.