Memories of the Future

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{{Infobox album

| name = Memories of the Future

| type = studio

| artist = Kode 9 and Spaceape

| cover = Memories Of The Future album art.jpg

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| released = 16 October 2006

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| studio =

| genre = Electronic, dubstep

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| label = Hyperdub

| producer = Steve Goodman and Stephen Samuel Gordon

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| year = 2006

| next_title = Black Sun

| next_year = 2011

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Memories of the Future is the first collaborative studio album by electronic musicians kode9 and Spaceape. A review in Tiny Mix Tapes described it as "an important release in dubstep's development."{{Cite web|last=P Funk|title=Music Review: Kode9 + The Spaceape - Memories of the Future|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kode9-spaceape-memories-future|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914165024/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/kode9-spaceape-memories-future|archive-date=14 September 2015|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Tiny Mix Tapes|language=en}} A circumspect review in Resident Advisor noted the "intensity" of the album's "atmosphere", but argued that its quality was somewhat uneven.{{Cite web|last=Chambers|first=Peter|date=29 May 2007|title=Review: Kode9 + The Space Ape - Memories Of The Future|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/4572|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164241/https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/4572|archive-date=8 June 2020|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Resident Advisor}} Journalist Joel Schalit compared it to the work of Linton Kwesi Johnson and Philip K. Dick and argued that it represented the mental distress suffered by minorities in England.{{Cite journal|last=Schalit|first=Joel|date=2007|title=Memories of the Future, by Kode9 + the Spaceape (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/592629/summary|journal=Tikkun|language=en|volume=22|issue=1|pages=80|issn=2164-0041}} Exclaim! called it the "rightful heir" to Tricky's Maxinquaye.{{Cite web|last1=Nasrallah|first1=Dimitri|date=2007-02-16|title=Kode9 and the Spaceape Memories of the Future|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kode9_spaceape-memories_of_future|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Exclaim!|language=en-ca|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213063036/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kode9_spaceape-memories_of_future|url-status=live}}

Track listing

  1. "Glass" – 4:30
  2. "Victims" – 3:51
  3. "Backward" – 4:43
  4. "Nine" – 1:54
  5. "Curious" – 4:58
  6. "Portal" – 4:25
  7. "Addiction" – 3:40
  8. "Sine" – 5:21
  9. "Correction" – 3:15
  10. "Kingstown" – 4:40
  11. "Nine Samurai" – 3:40
  12. "Bodies" – 2:26
  13. "Lime" – 1:55
  14. "Quantum" – 3:18

References

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