Consumed (Plastikman album) explained

Consumed

Type:

studio

Artist:

Plastikman

Cover:

Plastikman_Consumed.jpg

Studio:

The Building (Ontario, Canada)

Producer:

Richie Hawtin

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Musik

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1994

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Artifakts [bc]| next_year = 1998}}Consumed is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Richie Hawtin, and his third studio album under the alias Plastikman.^[1] It was released in 1998 by Minus and Novamute Records, with the 11:40 minute title track widely considered both the album's peak and one of Hawtin's best works.

Recording

Consumed was recorded in The Building, Hawtin's studio since 1995. Most tracks were recorded live to 2-track DAT in a single take and edited down to album length. Equipment used included a Roland TR-909 (mainly as sequencer), Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer, Kawai XD-5 drum synthesizer, Akai S3000 sampler, Roland TB-303, and Serge modular. According to Hawtin, “Consumed is an album of feedback. Everything was cross‑modulating everything else.”^[2]

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote: "The thumps and the pinglike sound of searching radar create a mood in Consumed that is oceanic and hypnotic yet hardly New Age: the tension is too thick."^[3]

In a retrospective article, The A.V. Club called the album "a career highlight that stripped techno to a glacial pulse and the barren sounds of a boundless alien wasteland."^[4] In 2018, Pitchfork placed Consumed at number 34 on its list of the 50 best albums of 1998.^[5]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Richie Hawtin – music, artwork concept, design
• Nilz – mastering
• Matthew Hawtin – artwork concept, design
• Ja – artwork
• Seth – artwork concept, design

Consumed In Key

In April 2022, Hawtin and the pianist Chilly Gonzales released the album Consumed in Key, a reinterpretation of Consumed.^{[6] [7]}

External links

• Consumed, Richie Hawtin official YouTube channel

Notes and References

1. Web site: Plastikman | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Doyle . Tom . Tom Doyle . Classic Tracks: Plastikman ‘Consumed’ . Sound on Sound . 2023-08-12 . March 2023.
3. Web site: Plastikman: With Roots in Dance Music but Not for Dancing. archive.nytimes.com.
4. Web site: 1998 somehow brought us boy bands, nü-metal, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Music.
5. Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 1998. 2. Pitchfork. February 12, 2018. March 3, 2018.
6. Web site: ‘Consumed In Key’ a compelling reinterpretation of Plastikman’s 1998 album ‘Consumed’. Ben. Raynor. 1 April 2022. Toronto Star. thestar.com.
7. Web site: Consumed in Key - Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales (Album Review). 4 April 2022. Jay. Honeycomb. No Transmission. notransmission.com.