Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles | |
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Mixtape by | |
Released | January 22, 2008 |
Genre | Indie rock, electronica, dance, rock |
Length | 54:17 |
Label | Thrive Records |
Producer | Steve Aoki |
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About.com | link |
AbsolutePunk.net | 74% link |
Allmusic | link |
Obscuresound | link |
Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles is the debut mixtape by American DJ and record producer Steve Aoki.
The mix features tracks from Justice, Peaches, Datarock, MSTRKRFT, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand and others, with guest vocal appearances from Santigold, Spank Rock, Uffie, Kid Sister, Pase Rock, Amanda Blank and Mickey Avalon.
The album debuted at number 15 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Aoki explained that there is a meaning behind the album name. Pillowface is an alter ego of Aoki. He is "traveling and surviving with no sleep – practically, no sleep for weeks, yet still being able to function. His head turns into a pillow. Airplane Chronicles – we're just traveling, living in airports and going global. That's part of what glues all this music and all these artists together. There's artists from Sweden, to New York, to Paris, to Los Angeles to, everywhere, all kind of coming together for this one."[1]
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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US Dance/Electronic Albums[2] | 8 |
The response to Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles was generally mixed to negative.[citation needed]