The Search Engine

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Script error: No such module "about". Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". The Search Engine is a studio album by DJ Food, a project of Kevin Foakes who is also known as Strictly Kev. It was released on 23 January 2012 through Ninja Tune.[1] It received generally favorable reviews from critics.[2]

Background

DJ Food originally started as a collaborative project between the Coldcut duo Matt Black and Jonathan More.[3] They were subsequently joined by Kevin Foakes (also known as Strictly Kev) and Patrick Carpenter (also known as PC).[3] Black, More, and Carpenter left the project, and Foakes became a sole member of the project.[3]

The Search Engine is DJ Food's first studio album since Kaleidoscope (2000).[4] It includes tracks from three previously released EPs: One Man's Weird Is Another Man's World (2009), The Shape of Things That Hum (2009), and Magpies, Maps and Moons (2011).[5] It features guest appearances from The The vocalist Matt Johnson (on a cover version of The The's song "Giant") and Foetus' JG Thirlwell (on "Prey").[4]

The album's cover art is an illustration by the comic book artist Henry Flint.[6] Kevin Foakes asked him to draw "a cosmonaut, hanging in space, strapped into an unfeasibly large backpack, the kind you could only wear in zero gravity."[6]

A limited edition of the album comes with a comic-sized booklet, a CD, and a 7-inch flexi-disc.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[7]
Clash5/10[8]
MusicOMHStarStarStarStar[9]
PopMatters6/10[10]
Record CollectorStarStarStarStar[11]
The SkinnyStarStar[12]
Spin4/10[13]

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John Bergstrom of PopMatters stated, "Though the interludes have been added to help smooth things out, the album still comes across as a hodgepodge, albeit a pretty good one."[10] He added, "If you have enjoyed previous DJ Food or Ninja Tune releases, The Search Engine has plenty of elements that will sound comfortingly familiar, if not exactly fresh at this stage."[10] Alan Ranta of Exclaim! commented that "The style is mature, intensely smoky and cinematic, recalling trip-hop, gamelan, vintage propaganda, film noir, sci-fi and stag films."[5] Phil Freeman of AllMusic stated, "Surprising as it may be, coming from masters of the quick-cut DJ collage, The Search Engine is a journey worth taking from beginning to end, uninterrupted."[7] Meanwhile, Will Salmon of Clash called it "a tired, conservative and weirdly insular album."[8]

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.[14]

  • Strictly Kev – music, mixing (7, 10)
  • Dr Rubberfunk – drums (1)
  • Jeff Knowler – remixing (1, 4), mixing (2, 5, 6, 9, 10), slide guitar (2)
  • Mike Pelanconi – remixing (1, 4)
  • Matt Johnson – guest appearance (2)
  • Mr. P – remixing (3)
  • Natural Self – guest appearance (4)
  • DK – guest appearance (5)
  • King Cannibal – mixing (5)
  • JG Thirlwell – guest appearance (6)
  • 2econd Class Citizen – guest appearance (10), mixing (10)
  • Bundy K. Brown – mixing (11)
  • Jon Reynolds – mixing (12)
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  • Openmind – design
  • Henry Flint – illustration
  • Will Cooper-Mitchell – photography

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Final Frontier - DJ Food Interview". Clash. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Search Engine by DJ Food". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cooper, Sean. "DJ Food". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lynch, Will (3 November 2011). "DJ Food compiles full-length for Ninja Tune". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ranta, Alan (7 February 2012). "DJ Food - The Search Engine". Exclaim!. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Montgomery, Angus (12 January 2012). "Comics, illustrations and music". Design Week. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  7. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Freeman, Phil. "The Search Engine - DJ Food". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Salmon, Will (18 January 2012). "DJ Food – The Search Engine". Clash. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walsh, Fintan (23 January 2012). "DJ Food – The Search Engine". MusicOMH. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bergstrom, John (4 April 2012). "DJ Food: The Search Engine". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Needs, Kris (21 January 2012). "The Search Engine | DJ Food". Record Collector. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wiseman, Sam (3 January 2012). "DJ Food – The Search Engine". The Skinny. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sherburne, Philip (6 March 2012). "DJ Food, 'The Search Engine' (Ninja Tune)". Spin. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.DJ Food (2012). The Search Engine (CD booklet). Ninja Tune.
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