Musik (album)

Musik
Studio album by Plastikman
Released November 8, 1994
Recorded 1994, at U.T.K., Windsor, Canada
Genre Techno, Minimalist music, IDM
Length 73:05
Label Plus 8 and Novamute
Producer Richie Hawtin
Plastikman chronology

Recycled Plastik
(1994)
Musik
(1994)
Consumed
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Q [2]
NME [3]

Musik is the second studio album by the Canadian electronic music artist Richie Hawtin as Plastikman. It was released on November 8th, 1994 through Plus 8 records and Novamute records. Musik was released to wide critical acclaim and is considered by many to be Richie Hawtin's best album as Plastikman. It presents both his bass driven ambiance and his stripped down beat experiments.

Track listing

  1. "Konception" – 8:11
  2. "Plastique" – 13:03
  3. "Kriket" – 5:39
  4. "Fuk" – 5:05
  5. "Outbak" – 5:10
  6. "Ethnik" – 9:05
  7. "Plasmatik" – 5:23
  8. "Goo" – 2:00
  9. "Marbles" – 11:07
  10. "Lasttrak" – 8:22

References

  1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r208138
  2. Q (1/95, p.259) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a cerebral rather than a dancefloor experience...more in common with the sparse, other-worldly music of the mid-'80s Detroit techno pioneers than contemporary house....Fascinatingly inhuman..."
  3. NME (Magazine) (11/12/94, p.44) - 8 - Excellent - "...Still minimal in the extreme, this is lolloping, human music made with enough hooks to entertain feet and heads alike..."

Personnel