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Dataplex (stylized as dataplex) is a 2005 album by Japanese sound artist Ryoji Ikeda. It was released in December 2005 by independent record label Raster-Noton on CD.

Dataplex
Studio album by Ryoji Ikeda
Released	December 2005
Genre	Microsound minimal techno experimental noise
Length	55:31
Label	Raster-Noton R-N 068

Background

Dataplex was Ryoji Ikeda's first full-length release since his 2002's orchestral Op.[4][5] It is the first part in the Datamatics series, which "interrogates and interprets the mass of raw computer data surrounding us all."[6][5] Overall, it is the musician's seventh solo album.[2][6] The last track, "data.adaplex", causes intentional playback errors when played on some CD players.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
PopMatters	[3]

BBC Music's Peter Marsh praised its composition stating the tracks are "arranged with surgical precision into short slices of minimalist art-techno; funky in a very cerebral, molecular sort of fashion, they're immersive (and by track 19) almost lush and strangely beautiful."[2] Comparing it to Autechre, PopMatters's Tim O'Neil found "everything is once again falling apart in the most remarkable fashion. The computer is rebooting."[3]

Reflecting on Datamatics as a series, Dusted Magazine's John Seelbach called Dataplex "a surprising and enthralling start".[6] AllMusic's Rob Theakston also said it was "a promising start to what could be one of the most ambitious projects of the post-glitch movement."[4] Brainwashed's Jon Whitney revered the album with "rather rhythmic, challenging, and completely enjoyable: something most computer musician types have failed at."[5]

Track listing

References

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