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Dataplex
2005 studio album by Ryoji Ikeda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dataplex (stylized as dataplex) is a 2005 album by Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda. It was released in December 2005 by independent record label Raster-Noton on CD.
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"Caution! This CD contains specific waveform data that performs a data-read test for optical drives. The last track will cause some CD players to experience playback errors, with no damage to equipment."
Dataplex was Ryoji Ikeda's first full-length release since his 2002's orchestral Op.[4][5] It is the first part in the Datamatics series, which "interrogates and interprets the mass of raw computer data surrounding us all."[6][5] Overall, it is the musician's seventh solo album.[2][6] The last track, "data.adaplex", causes intentional playback errors when played on some CD players.[1][2][3]
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Reception
BBC Music's Peter Marsh praised its composition stating the tracks are "arranged with surgical precision into short slices of minimalist art-techno; funky in a very cerebral, molecular sort of fashion, they're immersive (and by track 19) almost lush and strangely beautiful."[2] Comparing it to Autechre, PopMatters's Tim O'Neil found "everything is once again falling apart in the most remarkable fashion. The computer is rebooting."[3]
Reflecting on Datamatics as a series, Dusted Magazine's John Seelbach called Dataplex "a surprising and enthralling start".[6] AllMusic's Rob Theakston also said it was "a promising start to what could be one of the most ambitious projects of the post-glitch movement."[4] Brainwashed's Jon Whitney revered the album with "rather rhythmic, challenging, and completely enjoyable: something most computer musician types have failed at."[5]
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