Consumed
Studio album by
Plastikman
ReleasedMay 18, 1998 (1998-05-18)
StudioThe Building (Ontario, Canada)
Genre
Length73:31
Label
ProducerRichie Hawtin
Plastikman chronology
Musik
(1994) 		Consumed
(1998) 		Artifakts [bc]
(1998)

Consumed is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Richie Hawtin, and his third studio album under the alias Plastikman.[3] It was released in 1998 by Minus and Novamute Records,[4] 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.”[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[6]
Muzik10/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Spin8/10[9]

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."[10]

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."[11] In 2018, Pitchfork placed Consumed at number 34 on its list of the 50 best albums of 1998.[12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richie Hawtin

No.TitleLength
1."Contain"8:29
2."Consume"11:19
3."Passage (In)"0:53
4."Cor Ten"6:50
5."Convulse (Sic)"1:22
6."Ekko"3:55
7."Converge"4:24
8."Locomotion"8:49
9."In Side"12:37
10."Consumed"11:42
11."Passage (Out)"3:11

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 126
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] 21

Consumed In Key

In April 2022, Hawtin and the pianist Chilly Gonzales released the album Consumed in Key, a reinterpretation of Consumed.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ Wolk, Douglas (January 1999). "Plastikman: Artifakts (BC)". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 65. p. 48. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. "Consumed – Plastikman". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Plastikman | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 188.
  5. ^ Doyle, Tom (March 2023). "Classic Tracks: Plastikman 'Consumed'". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 2023-08-12.
  6. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 878.
  7. ^ Brewster, Bill (June 1998). "Plastikman: Consumed (NovaMute)". Muzik. No. 37. p. 84.
  8. ^ Hermes, Will (July 9, 1998). "Plastikman: Consumed". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 13, 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2018.((cite magazine)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ Shapiro, Peter (August 1998). "Plastikman: Consumed / Concept 1: 96:CD". Spin. Vol. 14, no. 8. p. 137. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  10. ^ "Plastikman: With Roots in Dance Music but Not for Dancing". archive.nytimes.com.
  11. ^ "1998 somehow brought us boy bands, nü-metal, and Neutral Milk Hotel". Music.
  12. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 1998". Pitchfork. February 12, 2018. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  13. ^ "Chart Log UK: Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel.de. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  14. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  15. ^ Raynor, Ben (1 April 2022). "'Consumed In Key' a compelling reinterpretation of Plastikman's 1998 album 'Consumed'". thestar.com. Toronto Star.
  16. ^ Honeycomb, Jay (4 April 2022). "Consumed in Key - Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales (Album Review)". notransmission.com. No Transmission.

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