Island Row Explained

Island Row
Type:Album
Artist:Capitol K
Cover:Island Row.jpg
Released:9 October 2000
Recorded:1999
Genre:IDM
Length:53:57
Label:Planet Mu
XL Recordings
Producer:Capitol K, John Burton
Prev Title:Sounds of the Empire
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Happy Happy
Next Year:2004

Island Row is the second album by IDM producer Capitol K.[1] The record was released by Planet Mu in 2000, and re-released by XL Recordings in 2002.

"Pillow" peaked at No. 99 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that "the music sounds so full and complex that you could lose your mind trying to figure out what all of the different noises are."[3] The Independent called the album "the missing link between Badly Drawn Boy and Squarepusher, with the former's wistful introversion shredded into digital bricolage by the latter's cut-up techniques."[4] The Sunday Times wrote that Capitol K "has astonishing sampling/sequencing/ programming skills, but he transforms his hours spent hunched over an Atari into music bursting with life."[5]

Track listing

  1. "City" – 5:21
  2. "Pillow" – 3:12
  3. "Anon" – 6:07
  4. "Soundwaves" – 5:26
  5. "Capitol Beat Sticky" - 4:51
  6. "Darussalam" – 4:31
  7. "God Ohm" – 3:33
  8. "Breakers" – 6:14
  9. "Heat" – 5:45
  10. "Monster" – 4:53
  11. "Duffle Coat" – 4:01

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artist Biography by Matt Fink . AllMusic . 30 March 2021.
  2. Web site: CAPITOL K . Official Charts . 30 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Capitol K Island Row . Exclaim! . 30 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Album: Capitol K Island Row, XL . The Independent . 15 March 2002 . 30 March 2021.
  5. Edwards . Mark . Pop . The Sunday Times . 14 Apr 2002 . 20.