''Island Row'' is the second album by IDM producer

Capitol K Capitol K is the name under which Kristian Craig Robinson works as a musician, producer, recording engineer and label manager. He was born in Malta and raised in Dubai, Brunei and England, and now based in London. Capitol K first came to pr ...

. The record was released by

Planet Mu Planet Mu is an eclectic English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance m ...

in 2000, and re-released by

XL Recordings XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been ran and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group. Although only releasing an average of six album ...

in 2002. "Pillow" peaked at No. 99 on the

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the music sounds so full and complex that you could lose your mind trying to figure out what all of the different noises are." ''

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'' called the album "the missing link between Badly Drawn Boy and Squarepusher, with the former's wistful introversion shredded into digital bricolage by the latter's cut-up techniques." ''

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'' wrote that Capitol K "has astonishing sampling/sequencing/ programming skills, but he transforms his hours spent hunched over an Atari into music bursting with life."

Track listing

#"City" – 5:21 #"Pillow" – 3:12 #"Anon" – 6:07 #"Soundwaves" – 5:26 #"Capitol Beat Sticky" - 4:51 #"Darussalam" – 4:31 #"God Ohm" – 3:33 #"Breakers" – 6:14 #"Heat" – 5:45 #"Monster" – 4:53 #"Duffle Coat" – 4:01

References

2000 albums Planet Mu albums XL Recordings albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub