Autechre is POLLitically non-aligned: Autechre :: Anti :: EP2

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Repetitive beats below (except, of course, for "Flutter").

Poll Results

OptionVotes
3. "Flutter" 9:57 5
1. "Lost" 7:24 3
2. "Djarum" 7:19 1


Cliff Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link

This one is very easy for me: at a time when techno to me was Orbital, the Chems, and the Prodigy, the first time heard I heard "Lost," I thought it was TEH FUTURE (corny as it sounds). And it STILL sounds like nothing I've ever heard since, as far as I'm concerned.

Cliff Leee (Leee), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link

It's a two-way between Lost and Flutter for me. Lost is grebt as one of the few ae tracks with recognisable vocal samples but I think Flutter wins it with its bouncy melody, those huge bass growls, and of course the non-repetitive beats.

ledge, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 09:35 (thirteen years ago) link

btw courtesy of discogs:

Run-out groove B-side: 'FUCK OFF TRAINSPOTTER'

ledge, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 09:36 (thirteen years ago) link

^ ack, should be on 'amber' thread.

ledge, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah, this is all about "Lost" vs "Flutter". In truth, I don't think this EP has aged all that well. What they were striving for with "Lost" was perfected on later releases like "Anvil Vapre". "Djarum" was always a bit ho-hum and "Flutter"'s impact is lessened now that we're 15 years removed from Criminal Justice Act -- it just seems like an odd-sounding curiosity now, albeit one with some pretty mad (non-repetitive) beats.

NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 09:58 (thirteen years ago) link

^^agree about lost. did flutter have any impact at the time? on individuals or otherwise? i give it an extra point for trying anyway. the drums still sound great and i wish they did more in that vein. also has one of their classic extended beatless fadeouts. voting for that

¸¸.·´¯´·he'd sail across the bubbling waves·.¸¸.·´¯ (another al3x), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link

Ditto. I wish Autechre did more stuff along the lines of either "Lost" or "Flutter" or the stuff on Garbage (which I think is aesthetically closer to Anti than Anvil Vapre, e.g. cavernous/mountainous ambient vs., I dunno, industrial proto-glitch).

Cliff Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 30 October 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link

Bump.

Ou sont les cankles d'antan? (Leee), Sunday, 31 October 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link

I've always loved Flutter, but when I dug it out again for this poll I was surprised by how much I liked Djarum, which I'd never really paid any attention to before. So I'm going to be its single vote, I reckon.

what is he like? the guy's a juggalo, man (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 31 October 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Monday, 1 November 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link

POLLBRMX19 -- Autechre :: Garbage:: EP3

Ou sont les cankles d'antan? (Leee), Monday, 1 November 2010 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

"flutter" is just astonishing

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 30 April 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link

kinda love how the "non repetitive beat" thing became this sort of protest gimmick, and not the sort of track that Autechre probably was gonna make anyway :)

frogbs, Monday, 30 April 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link

i mean correct me if i'm wrong but at the time (anti came out before amber) it wasn't yet necessarily "what they were going to make anyway"

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 30 April 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link


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