In the Møde

In the Møde
Studio album by Roni Size / Reprazent
Released 16 October 2000
Genre Drum and bass
Length 79:47
Label Talkin' Loud
Producer Roni Size
DJ Die
Krust
Suv
Rahzel
Roni Size / Reprazent chronology

New Forms
(1997)		 In the Møde
(2000)		 New Forms²
(2008)
Singles from In the Møde
  1. "Who Told You"
    Released: 2 October 2000
  2. "Dirty Beats"
    Released: 19 March 2001
  3. "Lucky Pressure"
    Released: 18 June 2001

In the Møde is the second album by Bristolian drum and bass group Roni Size / Reprazent, released in October 2000 on the Talkin' Loud label. The follow-up to the group's 1997 Mercury Music Prize-winning album New Forms, In the Møde featured guest appearances from Method Man, Rahzel and Zack de la Rocha.

Background and recording

Reprazent released their debut album, New Forms, in June 1997 to critical acclaim and commercial success, peaking at number 8 in the UK Album Chart. After winning the 1997 Mercury Music Prize, the group found international fame[1] and became an in-demand live band. Size donated the £25,000 prize money to the Bristol youth centre where he had learned to program a drum machine.[2] Writing for In the Møde began at rehearsals for their live tour, where the band would create new music by jamming using samplers and live instruments.[3] This new music saw Reprazent relying on fewer jazz influences and moving towards a harder hip-hop-influenced sound.[1][4]

Release

The album was preceded by the release of the single "Who Told You" on 2 October, which reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart[5] and was promoted by a music video directed by Hype Williams.[6] The tracks "Dirty Beats" and "Lucky Pressure" were also released as singles.

Reception

Commercial performance

In the Møde entered the UK Albums Chart during the week ending 21 October 2000 and peaked at number 15.[7] In the United States, the album reached number 10 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and number 181 on the Billboard 200 chart.[8]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 79/100[9]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [10]
The Austin Chronicle [11]
The A.V. Club (favourable)[12]
Drowned in Sound (6/10)[13]
NME (7/10)[14]
Vibe [15]
The Village Voice (A)[16]

In the Møde was released to some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 79, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews."[9]

Allmusic rated In the Møde four stars out of five, though reviewer John Bush noted that "the highlights are over far too quickly, and the weaker tracks never should have appeared in the first place."[10] Marc Savlov, writing for The Austin Chronicle, awarded the album three stars out of five saying that it was "packed to bursting with arcane beats and skittery jungle rhythms" but remarked that it was "not so much out of date as it is out of time."[11] The A.V. Club's Joshua Klein described In the Møde as "another volley of stylish drum-and-bass", though he noted that it "suffers a bit from overkill."[12] Writing for Drowned in Sound, reviewer Chris Nettleton wished for "more variety of tone" and awarded the album six out of ten.[13] A review in the NME described the album as "an example of fierce, righteous, and...fearlessly British innovation." and stated that "Roni Size and Reprazent are leaders in a field of one", awarding a score of seven out of ten.[14] Vibe magazine writer Jon Caramanica opined that In the Møde "just regurgitates old forms" and rated the album two and a half stars out of five.[15] Robert Christgau, writing for The Village Voice, gave the album an A rating, noting that "the album moves the way you always hope jungle will, like a cross between a tiger and a snake."[16]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Railing (Part 2)"  Williams, Smith 3:14
2. "In + Out"  Williams, Bowen 6:08
3. "System Check"  Williams, Smith 4:01
4. "Ghetto Celebrity (featuring Method Man)"  Williams, Thompson, Kausman, C. Smith 6:46
5. "Lucky Pressure"  Williams, Southey, Bowen 5:14
6. "Balanced Chaos"  Williams, Kausman, Bowen 7:43
7. "Switchblade"  Williams, Smith 4:03
8. "In Tune with the Sound (featuring Rahzel)"  Williams, Southey, Rahzel 2:28
9. "Who Told You"  Williams, Kausman, Smith 3:05
10. "Heavy Rotation"  Williams, Kausman 6:28
11. "Staircase"  Williams, Bowen 4:24
12. "Mexican"  Williams 6:37
13. "Dirty Beats"  Williams, Smith 4:02
14. "Out of the Game"  Williams, Bowen 5:32
15. "Centre of the Storm (featuring Zack de la Rocha)"  Williams, de la Rocha 7:50
16. "Idi Banasapan"  Williams 4:12
17. "Snapshot"  Williams, Smith, Bowen 4:21
18. "Play the Game"  Williams, Bowen 1:48

Personnel

All personnel credits adapted from In the Møde‍ '​s liner notes.[17]

Reprazent
Recording personnel
  • Dave Amso – mixing engineer, recording engineer, Pro Tools
  • Lou Ortez – mixing engineer, recording engineer
  • Steve Solar – recording engineer, Pro Tools
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
Additional personnel
  • Michael Williams – art direction
  • Tim Bret-Day – photography
Additional performers

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones, Vanessa E. (22 March 2001). "One Size Fits All Kinds of Music Beats". Sun-Sentinel. Howard Greenberg. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Wood, Andy (15 April 2013). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 282–. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Irvin, Jim (2007). The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion. Canongate Books Limited. pp. 680–. ISBN 978-1-84195-973-3. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "REPRAZENT GET HIP". NME. IPC Media. 13 July 2000. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "RONI SIZE | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Kun, Josh (November 2000). Method to the Madness. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 62–. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT | Artist | Official Charts". Official Charts Company. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "In the Møde – Roni Size, Roni Size & Reprazent : Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Critic Reviews for in the Mode – Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Bush, John. "In the Møde – Roni Size, Roni Size & Reprazent : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Savlov, Marc (29 December 2000). "Review: Roni Size & Reprazent – Music – The Austin Chronicle". The Austin Chronicle. Nick Barbaro. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Klein, Joshua (29 March 2002). "Roni Size & Reprazent: In The Mode | Music | MusicalWork Review | The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Nettleton, Chris (22 October 2000). "Roni Size & Reprazent – In The Mode". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "NME Album Reviews - In The Mode - NME.COM". NME. IPC Media. 4 October 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Caramanica, Jon (December 2000). Vibe. Vibe Media Group. pp. 207–. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Christgau, Robert (28 November 2000). "Getting Bizzy – Page 1 – Music – New York – Village Voice". The Village Voice. Josh Fromson. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  17. ↑ In the Møde (CD). Reprazent. Talkin' Loud. 2000. 5481762.