Production (album) explained

Production
Type:studio
Artist:Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Cover:Mirwais Production album cover.png
Alt:Black-and-white photo of Mirwais Ahmadzaï wearing an unzipped leather jacket with his face painted on the left side.
Released:20 April 2000
Recorded:1999–2000
Studio:Sarm West (London)
The Exchange (London)
Studio 2+B (Paris)
Studio 2 (Courbevoie)
Length:43:04
Producer:Mirwais Ahmadzaï
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Production is the second studio album by French record producer and songwriter Mirwais, released on 20 April 2000 through Naïve in Europe.

Background

Mastering was done at The Exchange, London, by Simon Davey, except "Disco Science", mastered by Nilesh Patel.[1]

Release and Promotion

Music video

Several music videos were released for Production. "Disco Science" was directed by French photographer/artist Stéphane Sednaoui in 1999 and released the same year.

The second video, for "Naïve Song", was directed by the photographer Jean Baptiste Mondino during 2000.[2]

Stéphane Sednaoui directed another video for "I Can't Wait", which was released as the third single.

Mirwais Remixed

In 2008, Naive Records released Mirwais Remixed, a remix album which came included the original album, with all singles remixed by different artists. Remixers include Giorgio Moroder, Joey Negro, Dave Clark, Shakedown, Thin White Duke, Les Rythmes Digitales and Olav Basovsky.

The song "Disco Science" was used during a hare coursing scene in the film Snatch.[3]

Critical reception

According to Metacritic, the album received "generally favorable reviews" with a score of 73/100, based on 11 reviews.[4] NME reviewed the album positively, calling it "the sound of an old punk playing catch-up with dance music."[5] Rob Sheffield, writing for Rolling Stone, concluded "Cerebral, meticulous and frivolous, Production is a disco-science celebration of pop trash that most electronica gurus would be too spiritually elevated to deliver. Mirwais' knack for song puts him in another league altogether."[6] The A.V. Club was not as positive, stating "What could have been a huge breakthrough instead sounds staid, as if he were so used to rocking the house that he didn't want to risk rocking the boat."[7]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Production.[8]

Notes

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the liner notes of Production.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nilesh Patel Discography at Discogs. discogs.com. 2014-11-27. 2014-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111073258/http://www.discogs.com/artist/386598-Nilesh-Patel. live.
  2. Web site: Mirwais Naive song – YouTube. youtube.com. 2014-11-27. 2016-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307070141/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20cJMLr7ueE. live.
  3. Mirwais . Mirwais – Disco Science (Snatch OST) [AUDIO] ]. YouTube .
  4. Web site: Reviews for Production by Mirwais – Metacritic. metacritic.com. 2014-11-27. 2015-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150208213405/http://www.metacritic.com/music/production/mirwais. live.
  5. Web site: NME Reviews - Production | NME.COM. 12 September 2005 . nme.com. 2014-11-27. 2014-12-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204211741/http://www.nme.com/reviews/2285. live.
  6. Rob Sheffield . Mirwais – Production . . 2021-03-29 . 2004-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040822062748/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=11858 . live .
  7. Web site: Mirwais – Production (Epic) . . 2021-03-29 . 2002-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020328153909/http://avclub.theonion.com/reviews/music/music_p/production01.html . live .
  8. Production. liner notes. CD. Mirwais Ahmadzaï. Naïve. 2000.

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