The Number of Magic explained

The Number of Magic
Type:	Album
Artist:	Richard H. Kirk
Cover:	kirk_check_mate_02.jpg
Released:	1995
Label:	Warp Records Wax Trax!^[1]
Producer:	Richard H. Kirk
Prev Title:	Virtual State
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The Number of Magic is an album by the English musician Richard H. Kirk, released in 1995.^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

The Sydney Morning Herald deemed the album "a collection of almost-songs enlivened by [Kirk's] continuing fondness for blips, analogue sounds, distorted scraps of speech, exposing the chaos lurking behind the orderly veneer of technology."

AllMusic wrote that "Kirk uses an incredibly wide variety of sources for this album of gorgeous ambient ethno-funk, including electro, bleep, techno and Eastern melodies."

Track listing

1. "Lost Souls on Funk" - 8:12
2. "Love is Deep" - 7:44
3. "So Digital" - 7:34
4. "Indole Ring" - 8:40
5. "East of Nima" - 9:41
6. "Atomic" - 6:38
7. "Poets Saints Revolutionaries" - 9:28
8. "Monochrome Dream" - 9:31
9. "The Number of Magic" - 10:07

Personnel

• Richard H. Kirk

all instruments

Notes and References

1. McLaughlin . Megan . Reviews . CMJ New Music Monthly . Oct 1995 . 26 . 38.
2. Web site: Richard H. Kirk Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
3. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. 4 June 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 978-0-87930-607-6 . Google Books.