Parts in the Post

Electronic · 2003 · 20 tracks

Parts in the Post

Twenty tracks of shimmering IDM where complex polyrhythms meet music-box melodies. A masterclass in transforming pop and industrial DNA into warm, digital clockwork.

March 31, 2003 · KDJ

Imagine a clockwork mechanism made of glass and light. Parts in the Post isn't just a collection of leftovers; it's a masterclass in how to dismantle a song and rebuild it into something more curious and iridescent. Plaid takes the DNA of artists like Björk and Goldfrapp and injects it with their signature toy-box energy, where every beat feels like a tiny, perfectly timed gear turning in a larger, benevolent machine.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks

01

All Is Full of Love (Plaid mix)

4:19

02

Riot in Lagos (Plaid remix)

5:08

03

Malawi Gold (Plaid remix)

6:03

04

You’ll Never Come Back (Plaid remix)

5:42

05

Spiral Bits (Plaid remix)

4:08

06

One Latin (Plaid remix)

4:54

07

Juicy Jazz Girls (Plaid remix)

7:42

08

Relics (Plaid mix)

7:10

09

Scorpio (Plaid remix)

4:58

10

No Government (Plaid remix)

6:34

11

Wrong Ways

5:49

12

Coffeehouse Conversation (Plaid Remix)

5:22

13

Wholesome (Plaid remix)

4:41

14

Utopia (Plaid remix)

4:42

15

King Ashabanapal (Plaid remix)

7:00

16

Fototienda (Plaid remix)

6:32

17

Zone 30 (Plaid remix)

6:58

18

Foreign Bodies (Plaid remix)

5:15

19

Street Preacher (Plaid remix)

5:12

20

After Dinner (Plaid remix)

4:59

Moments Worth Listening For

The moment in the Björk 'All Is Full of Love' remix where the beat fractures into a rapid-fire sequence of wooden percussion clicks.

The way the Goldfrapp 'Utopia' remix strips away the orchestral swell to reveal a skeletal, bioluminescent synth line that feels like it's breathing.

The transition in 'Zala' where the melodic layers begin to overlap in a dizzying, kaleidoscopic spiral of 5/4 time signatures.

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