Alcachofa (album)

Alcachofa is the first studio album released by Chilean-German producer Ricardo Villalobos on the German house label Playhouse on September 19, 2003. The album cemented Villalobos' place in the vanguards of microhouse and minimal techno.

Alcachofa
Studio album by
Ricardo Villalobos
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2003
GenreTechno
Length77:36 (CD)
67:37 (vinyl)
LabelPlayhouse
ProducerRicardo Villalobos
Ricardo Villalobos chronology
Alcachofa
(2003)		 Thé Au Harem D'Archimède
(2004)

The vinyl edition contains an alternative track listing, as "What You Say Is More Than I Can Say" was already released in its full version on the EP Halma. "La Raja", "Quizás" and "Fusion the Enemies" remain exclusive to vinyl, while CD cuts "Waiworinao" and "Fools Garden" were later released on vinyl as part of the EP Alcachofa Tools. "Y.G.H." remains exclusive to the CD pressing.

Miss Kittin performed "Dexter" live at the Sónar festival and included it on her album Live at Sónar.[1] Miss Kittin also used "Easy Lee (Cassy Lee Mix)" on her mix album A Bugged Out Mix.[2]

In 2015, Villalobos would re-issue "Easy Lee" and "Dexter" on his Sei Es Drum label as a 12" vinyl.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork8.1/10[4]
Stylus MagazineA[5]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic commented that Villalobos "is in complete control of his machines at all times, and he makes them do strange things that no one else can."[3]

New York placed Alcachofa at #6 on the Top Albums of the 2003.[6] Pitchfork placed Alcachofa at #165 on The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s.[7] Resident Advisor voted Alcachofa at #1 on the Top 100 Albums of the 2000s.[8] Stylus Decade placed Alachofa at #73 on the Top Albums of the 2000s.[9]

Track listing
CD pressing

All tracks are written by Ricardo Villalobos.

No.TitleLength
1."Easy Lee"10:06
2."Y.G.H."8:16
3."Bahaha hahi"7:35
4."I Try to Live (Can I Live)"9:21
5."Waiworinao"8:10
6."Theogenese"9:19
7."What You Say Is More Than I Can Say (edit)"8:02
8."Dexter"9:05
9."Fools Garden (Black Conga)"7:42
Vinyl pressing

On vinyl, sides A, B, D and F are at 45 RPM, while sides C and E play at 33⅓ RPM.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Easy Lee"10:09
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Theogenese"9:21
Side C
No.TitleLength
1."Bahaha hahi"7:39
2."La Raja"6:02
Side D
No.TitleLength
1."I Try to Live (Can I Live)"9:25
Side E
No.TitleLength
1."Quizás" ("Perhaps")7:27
2."Fusion the Enemies"7:23
Side F
No.TitleLength
1."Dexter"9:11

Personnel

Source:[10]

gollark: Which would not be too hard to implement.
gollark: I figure that for the US you would get some *some* improvements out of a saner voting system.
gollark: My view is generally that quite a lot of political/economic problems are really hard to do anything about and cannot be trivially solved by doing something to some scapegoat.
gollark: Just saying "prevent corruption" isn't a very useful thing to say, I mean, since most people don't like it but can hardly do much about it.
gollark: That sounds more like a vague goal than something actionable.

References
  1. Miss Kittin - Live At Sónar Discogs. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  2. Miss Kittin - A Bugged Out Mix By Miss Kittin (CD) Discogs. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  3. Kellman, Andy. "Alcachofa – Ricardo Villalobos". AllMusic. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  4. Plagenhoef, Scott (September 18, 2003). "Villalobos: Alcachofa". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  5. Burns, Todd (September 4, 2003). "Villalobos – Alcachofa – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  6. Brown, Ethan (2004-01-05). Top Albums of 2003 New York. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  7. Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  8. (2010-01-25). RA Poll: Top 100 Albums of the '00s Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  9. Top Albums 80-61 Archived 2010-01-11 at the Wayback Machine Stylus Decade. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  10. Villalobos* – Alcachofa (CD, Album) Discogs. Retrieved 2010-07-15.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.