Plastikman – Consumed

Someday it’d be nice to see a vinyl reissue of this album with the full album.

It's all good, of course. In varying degrees - also of course. But this. This is head and shoulders above ALL else. The sound of Banburyshire and North Oxfordshire - he just did not realise it at the time. A perfect soundtrack for the Rollright stones

Masterpiece. Could not be better honestly. I listen to this album all the time, and it’s been 20 years since I first heard it

Absolutely flawless. Perfectly and expressive. Absolutely gorgeous. Simple and elegant.

Listened to this entire album so many times, used to play it at the art/band building at TVCC while painting. Dark and moody as you like.

Would purchase the remastered version released in 'Arkives' if it were available.

I brought this disc out once to a place as dark as the night sky. Nothing around me for miles and I had nothing but the heavy weight of all the stars to look at. Let me tell you, when this disc was playing under this heavy blanket of stars I was scared!
The deep bass and slow movements creep up to you like slow moving light in a black hole. The tracks gracefully change over from one to the next and the 70 minutes just fly by...then I replayed the disc again and again. I recommend anyone who loves to be scared to try this just once. Listening to this at home in the dark is not enough.

Richie Hawtin's alter ego defined with "Consumed" how minimalistic minimal techno can be. Honenstly, I didnt listen to it more than 7-10 times in my life so far, not because I don't like it, but 'cause it is like an expensive bottle of wine for the very precious moments.

Consumed is one of my favorite CD's and it's my favorite Plastikman release by far. It is without a doubt a masterpiece when it comes to dubby, minimal and atmospheric techno. I like to listen to it real loud on a nice sound system or with high quality headphones. It's a challenging CD with all kinds of atmospheric sounds and deep basslines and it has the power to really make you think if you put some time and effort into it. HOWEVER, I think some people who listen to this CD believe it's the only one of its kind which just isn't the case. One of my other favorites is "Basic Channel" by Basic Channel.

Certain albums immediately conjure up images in my mind, this is one of them. It often gives me the impression of driving alone along a country road in dense fog. It's a brilliant minimal techno album with a strong ambient sense to it. Consumed reminds me a bit of Monolake's Hongkong.