Beat Pyramid (These New Puritans album)

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Beat Pyramid
Studio album by These New Puritans
Released	January 28, 2008
Recorded	Miloco Studios, Metropolis Studios, London and Studio Pigalle, Paris, 2007
Genre	Post-punk Electronica
Length	33:15
Label	Angular Records, Domino
Producer	Gareth Jones
Professional reviews
Allmusic link ArtRocker (Positive) Link Drowned In Sound Link The Guardian link NME (8/10) Link Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) link Q Link This Is Fake DIY Link Uncut Link Vice (10/10) Link
These New Puritans chronology
Now Pluvial (2006) Beat Pyramid (2008) -

Beat Pyramid is the debut album of These New Puritans, released in 2008 (see 2008 in music).

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Jack Barnett except where noted.

1. "..ce I Will Say This Twice" – 0:16
2. "Numerology AKA Numbers" – 3:11
3. "Colours" – 2:26
4. "Swords of Truth" – 3:12
5. "Doppelgänger" – 1:30
6. "C. 16th ±" – 1:38
7. "En Papier" (J. Barnett, G. Barnett, T. Hein) – 4:55
8. "Infinity ytinifnI" – 2:26
9. "Elvis" – 2:46
10. "£4" – 2:43
11. "MKK3" - 2:13
12. "4" - 0:07
13. "Navigate-Colours" (J. Barnett, G. Barnett) - 4:20
14. "H." - 0:28
15. "Costume" (J. Barnett, DB Cooper) - 3:36
16. "I Will Say This Twi..." - 0:08

[edit] Album Personnel

• George Barnett: drums, contact mics, loops
• Thomas Hein: bass, sampler, MIDI (or vocals)
• Sophie Sleigh-Johnson: keyboard
• Jack Barnett: laptop, editing, recording, vocals, guitar
• Justyna Borucka: vocals on "..ce I Will Say This Twice" and "I Will Say This Twi..."
• Gareth Jones: desk feedback
• James Ford: keyboard and tapes on "Elvis", guitar cannon on "Costume"
• Killah Doku: guitar cannon
• Thomas Jerome Seabrook: mixer, effects, carpet

[edit] Album Information

• Produced and mixed by Gareth Jones, mid 2007.
• Recording engineered by Jeff Knowles at Miloco Studios, London except "Navigate-Colours", engineered by Quentin Leuiller at Studio Pigalle, Paris.
• Mix engineered by James Aparicio at Metropolis Studios, London
• Additional editing and recording by Jack Barnett and DB Cooper in different places.
• Art design by Matthew Cooper and Elina Tsompanoglou with George and Jack Barnett.