Release date: 10-05-2008

New offering (and debut for the Leaf label) from these rising stars of the electronica scene. Like much of their previous material there is a strong arhythmic, chaotic element to this album although the sample sources are more organic and some of the tracks land in normal rhythmic modes. A production of the highest quality.

Are Icarus referencing Walt Whitman's poem, Ray Bradbury's sci-fi short story or the seminal electric jazz album by Weather Report? There's some distinct twittering on at least a couple of tracks, so my money's on the quick pun. Although the title's throwaway humour doesn't entirely do the music it precedes justice, there is a distinct strain of playfulness discernible throughout this album. First impressions of the music are of playful, skittering beats combined with frisky turntable manipulations: has Squarepusher left his Aphex Twin and Jaco Pastorius obsessions behind and taken up instead with a new mistress by the name of Free Improv? I Tweet The Body Electric might just be the record of their first flush of love.

Tracks:
01. Ganglion
02. Essen
03. Three False Starts
04. Jokun's Civet
05. Frogmatik
06. Pots & Reeds
07. Gnog
08. Mutations
09. Birdz Max
10. Tea Bell
11. Antz Nez