"i"

by A.R. Kane

"i" cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:07:49
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Ray Shulman, Gini Ball, Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, Sally Herbert, Jocelyn Pook, Chris Tombling, The False Harmonics String Ensemble, Jeremy Metcalfe, Benny Dimassa, Martin McCarrick, Sue Dench, Colin Cairns, Audrey Riley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Expanding profoundly on the dream pop blueprints they helped invent, A.R. Kane pivots heavily toward club-oriented rhythms on the dazzlingly eclectic '"i"'. The duo seamlessly incorporates elements of dub, house, and sophisti-pop into their ocean of feedback and ethereal melodies, creating an utterly unique strain of psychedelic alternative dance. The album's visionary cross-pollination of indie rock and electronic dance music foreshadowed the genre-blurring landscapes of the following decade.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, noisy, dreamy, reverb-heavy, effects-laden

Tracklist

  1. Hello (0:27)
  2. A Love From Outer Space (5:08)
  3. Crack Up (4:12)
  4. Timewind (0:15)
  5. What's All This Then? (4:03)
  6. Snow Joke (4:46)
  7. Off Into Space (0:04)
  8. And I Say (2:42)
  9. Yeti (0:11)
  10. Conundrum (2:32)
  11. Honeysuckleswallow (3:20)
  12. Long Body (1:21)
  13. In A Circle (4:37)
  14. Fast Ka (0:27)
  15. Miles Apart (3:01)
  16. Pop (3:40)
  17. Mars (0:20)
  18. Spook (3:10)
  19. Sugarwings (3:37)
  20. Back Home (0:07)
  21. Down (5:14)
  22. Supervixens (5:40)
  23. Insect Love (2:52)
  24. Sorry (0:05)
  25. Catch My Drift (5:40)
  26. Challenge (0:06)

Credits

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