''Bespoke'' is a studio album by American electronic music producer
Daedelus. It was released on
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others.
Inspired by a visit ...
in 2011.
Critical reception
At
Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72% based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Larry Fitzmaurice of '' Pitchfork'' gave the album a 6.8 out of 10, calling it Daedelus' "first truly decent-sounding album".][ He added: "The whole thing is an enjoyable mess, and when this record is really cooking, listening to it has the pleasurable effect of someone messing with a radio dial."][ Bram Gieben of '' The Skinny'' gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Musical ideas crash and break against each other in a seamless, organic way, always with a sense of playful wonder."][ Mike Diver of BBC called it "another fantastically enjoyable album from an artist whose modus operandi, above anything else, seems to be ensuring his audience is having the best possible time."][
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Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Daedelus – composition, arrangement, production
* Milosh
Mike Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, (born 1976) is a Canadian electronic musician from Toronto, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California.
Career
Milosh started learning classical cello at age three, later taking up drumming. ...
– vocals (1)
* Young Dad – background vocals (1), vocals (4)
* Pete Curry – percussion (1, 3), drums (2, 7, 8, 9, 10), guitar (9, 10)
* Amir Yaghmai – guitar (2), violin (4), whistling (4)
* Inara George
Inara Maryland George (born July 4, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, one half of The Bird and the Bee, a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson, and a member of the trio The Living Sisters, with Eleni Mandell and ...
– vocals (3)
* Andres Renteria – percussion (3)
* Om'Mas Keith
Om'Mas Keith (born December 20, 1976), also known simply as Om'Mas, is a Grammy Award-winning record producer, musician, composer, engineer, and songwriter from Queens, New York, Queens, New York (state), New York. He has worked with Frank Ocean, ...
– keyboards (5), basslines (5)
* Busdriver – vocals (6)
* Baths (musician), Baths – vocals (7)
* Kelela, Kelela Mizanekristos – vocals (8)
* Bilal (American singer), Bilal – vocals (10)
* Poirier – production (10)
* Stephen Kaye – mixing, mastering
* Lina Lund Mortensen – textile design, art direction
* Hrishikesh Hirway – photography
References
Further reading
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External links
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2011 albums
Daedelus (musician) albums
Ninja Tune albums