''PS I Love You'' is the third

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by American

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artist

Kid606 Miguel Trost De Pedro (born July 27, 1979), better known by his stage name Kid606, is an electronic musician who was raised in San Diego and later moved to San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the glitch, IDM, hardcore techno and b ...

. Recorded between 1999 and 2000, the album was released on October 17, 2000 on

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and

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. ''PS I Love You'' has been described by critics as a step away from the

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and

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styles of previous Kid606 albums and more in line with the ambient and

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styles that Mille Plateaux was known for in the early 2000s. It was followed up with a

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in 2001 titled '' PS You Love Me''.

Composition

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'' described ''PS I Love You'' as "an entry into the ambient

world of

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noted that it was a "significant departure from the manic breakbeats and blatant noise barrages of Kid606's preceding ''

Down with the Scene ''Down with the Scene'' is the second studio album by American electronic music artist Kid606. It was released on compact disc on June 20, 2000, as his first full-length album for Ipecac Recordings. Reception From contemporary reviews, John Bu ...

''" and also compared it to the "'' clicks + cuts'' sound of Mille Plateaux circa 2000".

Reception

Cam Lindsay of ''

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'' noted ''PS I Love You''s shift in musical style, describing it as "almost too mellow at times to be one of id606'srecords", but concluded that Kid606 "deserves the utmost respect for pulling something this simple off so wonderfully". Jason Birchmeier of

described the album as "a refreshing change" from Kid606's previous works. In a review of the remix album ''PS You Love Me'', ''

''s Mark Richardson stated that with ''PS I Love You'', "Kid proved to the world that he had processing and compositional skills to rank him amongst the heavy hitters of the genre. Either that, or he proved that glitch music was easy to make."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes. *Kid606 – music *Alorenz – artwork

References

External links

*
''PS I Love You''
on

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