Down with the Scene
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| Studio album by Kid 606 | ||||
| Released | June 20, 2000 | |||
| Genre | Intelligent dance music | |||
| Label | Ipecac | |||
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| Spin | (7/10) |
Down With the Scene is the second studio album by the Electronic music artist Kid 606 and the first full-length album for Ipecac Recordings.
Down with the Scene was released on compact disc by Ipecac Recordings on June 20, 2000.
From contemporary reviews, AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, noting that Kid606 "injects a much-needed sense of humor into the experimental/hardcore scene" which " may not be enough to warrant any more than two or three listens, but there's at least a 50-50 balance between senseless distortion and well-programmed tracks with a semblance of a groove."
A retrospective review in the Rolling Stone Album Guide awarded the album four stars, referring to it as "as ironic an electronic album as there is."Ned Raggett of Pitchfork placed the album on their list of the Top 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time opining that Kid606 "helped upend IDM’s stereotype of bloodless astringency" and that the album was "a kaleidoscopic effort and a half. There's smooth swagger on “GQ on the EQ” and gentle sweetness with “For When Yr Just Happy To Be Alive” slamming up against frenetic compositions like “Punkshit” and “Two Fingers in the Air Anarchy Style.”"
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