I still maintain Oversteps is among the best of their work. This one is very good, but perhaps the first time I've felt like I'm not running to keep up with them. More a continuation and refinement of their sound - which is arguably a first for Autechre.
― dog latin, Monday, 4 February 2013 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
Both flawed but worthy - Quaristice too patchy (but part of a sprawling set of album, deluxe disc and digital EPs totalling 4+ hours); Oversteps quite subdued in the complexity department; neither very melodic. Apparently Exai is much more complex, coherent and melodic so COME ON WARP RELEASE THE DAMN THING ALREADY.
― MatthewK, Monday, 4 February 2013 12:02 (eleven years ago) link
Oversteps quite subdued in the complexity department; neither very melodic.
You think? I saw it as a return to form really. I did enjoy Quaristice but it felt like a bit of an undertaking whereas Oversteps felt much more accessible, but still very interesting and just the right amount of melodicism to keep my attention.
― dog latin, Monday, 4 February 2013 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
Neither of those hit me like Untilted.
― abcfsk, Monday, 4 February 2013 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
I've gone back to Quaristice lately. It's better than I remembered. A bit patchy for sure, but the good stuff is really good.
― silverfish, Monday, 4 February 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
quaristice is great; eg. this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WJr3baPOtU
― groundhog-enorme-toute-grosse-253x300.jpg (clouds), Monday, 4 February 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
the sound of computers farting
― ☏ (am0n), Monday, 4 February 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
that is great indeed, i have an album by them, i think it is the one before quaristice and it was kind of challenging so i didn't follow them after that.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 4 February 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
ah, the confield/draft7.30/untilted holy trinity
― imago, Monday, 4 February 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
i am still listening to the quaristice remixes. the last pile of them. (haven't yet been too into the album itself.) and move of ten.
― j., Tuesday, 5 February 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
confield is fantastic
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
yes, it was called confield.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 06:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'd call LP5/EP7/Confield their holy trinity. But I find something incredible on everything they have released, with the exception of Incunabula. I agree Oversteps is accessible, which isn't really what I want from them, I like a challenge.C'mon Warp. Let it out!
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 10:12 (eleven years ago) link
The only LPs I would group together in terms of some kind of thematic progression as opposed to random orthogonal shifts are Amber/Tri Repetae/Chiastic Slide. But in terms of quality the quintessence is Amber/Tri Repetae/Chiastic Slide/LP5/Confield.
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 10:18 (eleven years ago) link
Chiastic/LP5/EP7 is their best run for me, even though Chiastic is kind of patchy. Still haven't managed to quite embrace the Confield/Draft7.30/Untilted era.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 10:23 (eleven years ago) link
What I felt was the joy of Untilted is they really fkn went for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtC-iN_PFlM
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 10:52 (eleven years ago) link
That and the funky party jams http://youtu.be/xb6Drqycw1Uand the melodies http://youtu.be/h5SSliqSfg8
Ok I'm pretty sure Untilted is my favorite Autechre album
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
tbh never really liked quaristice but the quaristice.quadrange.ep.ae is awesome, esp perlence subrange 6-36
come on put the album somewhere for the rest of us we will buy it anyway
― very impressive thing in css (wolves lacan), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
The live shows from the Untilted tour, like this one, are awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoD68ak3mw8
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
fuck yeah
― j., Tuesday, 5 February 2013 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, those sets kill.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
I think I saw them (well, heard them; they played in the dark) back in 2008. What tour was that?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
quaristice
― silverfish, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
omg
― ledge, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
nice surprise in the email this morning, yes
― Brakhage, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
17 tracks - 2HR 32SEC
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:41 (eleven years ago) link
huge download just for the mp3, got a meeting in half an hour ;_; it's a tragedy i tells ya
― ledge, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
"irlite (get 0)"
Yes. Mighty.
― Doran, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:47 (eleven years ago) link
Going for the 24bit so ... this will take a while
― Brakhage, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
got a server error ...IT BEGINS
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:00 (eleven years ago) link
raaaaaaah
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
this is sick m8s
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
The Bleep page is down. :\
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
mine's here, flacs, 690MB
― koogs, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
kinda cursing the fact I have a chromebook, would pay £8 for access to a stream
― imago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
meanwhile if you could all just post your reviews here that'd whet me nicely
I'm trying really hard to procure this legally (the vinyl in particular), but I haven't been able to add my credit card to Bleep yet. Anyone else having luck with this site?
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Finally got it. Preeeeetty excited. Not sure if this'll make for good listening while I work, though.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Having just a BIT of trouble getting my download started.
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
ditto. damn i should have dropboxed it from work.
― ledge, Thursday, 7 February 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
I've been trying to purchase this for the last couple of hours. Finally got my credit card info entered, am now attempting to download. In the meantime I found a torrent of this and am already listening.
― silverfish, Thursday, 7 February 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
mp3s a big 'un, 238mb and still going
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, 7 February 2013 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
Incredible.
They're waging war on my ears and brain.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 7 February 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
haaaaaaang
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 February 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
now i know why it's called 'bleep'
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
now amazonaws is hanging
lunacy
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
180 Kb/s
bugger this crap, going to work
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
everything else downloads at 1900 Kb/s, but fortunately i have got all fucking day
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno what happened to them today. I spent about an hour and a half trying to get it for some perverse reason. Now I've got it and I'm happy.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
if i chose to steal it i would be listening to it by now
― walloreinhart (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link