Color Strip

Production and release

After touring in support of his two first EPs on Warp Records, Edgar began working on his debut album with Warp, a process that would take him two years. According to Edgar, his goal with the album was to "capture the essence of Detroit." It was made using software Edgar had customized himself, then recorded to analog tape. He released the full-length album as Color Strip in February 2006.

Reception

The album met a largely positive critical reception. Allmusic called it "breathtakingly original," praising the album's "sleazy urban feel that combined techno, electro, R&B, glitch, and hip-hop influences." Pitchfork Media wrote in a review that "There is no new ground being broken but that's not the point; Edgar comes across as a committed student, absorbing twenty-five years of electronic music and figuring out how to integrate and mold the history into something that sits comfortably in the now."

Track listing

1. "Pret A Porter"
2. "My Beats"
3. "I Wanna Be Your STD"
4. "LBLB Detroit"
5. "Personal Information"
6. "Telautraux"
7. "Hold It Attach It Connect It"
8. "Jefferson Interception"
9. "Of the Silent Variety"
10. "Semierotiic"
11. "Color Strip (Warren)"
12. "Heart Beat Sexual" (Hidden Track)
13. "Cadieux + Cass" (Bonus Track for Japan)

Personnel