http://dl.dropbox.com/u/106530/ae_wire.jpg
― Lowell N. Behold (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
When I listened to half this album a few days ago I was under the impression that this album was 'pure atmospheres' as opposed to 'pure moods'. I wasn't feeling any emotion from it, perhaps because it was only an early listen. But on a track or two I did imagine a marsh at night full of tall trees with reddish bark being lit up by passing will 'o' the wisps among tin sounding machinery still churning away in the saturated overgrowth of moon-lit marsh
Needs more listens
― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
As usual it takes me a long time to 'get' whatever they're doing. Finally caught up to Confield and it's one of my favorites.
Oversteps threw me because it is unabashedly beautiful a la Amber - I was used to their records being ultracomplex transmissions from some unfathomable alien intelligence and wasn't really ready for anything 'pretty'. Hangs together as a coherent record much better than Quaristice did, which felt like random sketches and experiments (didn't help that there were, what, four different versions of it). Seems like their career has come full circle and that this is a sort of return to what they were doing in 93-94, but it doesn't feel like they haven't learned anything along the way.
If there is dubstep out there as 'advanced' as what AE is doing (and I'm a big dubstep fan) I'd love to hear it, I sure don't know of anything that's as interesting. But the audiences are different and so are the expectations, dubstep's a functional club music and AE are more academic, closer to the electroacoustic/IRCAM tradition.
― Brakhage, Sunday, 14 February 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I still don't know if I quite understand Confield yet, and it's what, nine years old this year(!)
I think my main problem with it was the harshness of certain rhythms, particularly on tracks like Cfern where the bass drum sounds like a close-mic'd football being launched about a tiny metal room. And while that may sound interesting, it just gets irritating after a while. I think I've mentioned once before about the time I once ran feverishly around my room in a waking fright-mare when my stereo alarm decided to rouse me to the strains of Bine one morning. It took about a minute for me to realise what was going on and where I was. All I can say is I was terrified!
― dog latin, Sunday, 14 February 2010 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Autechre is a "tracks band" for me. I like around half of Confield a lot and appreciate the rest. Bine moves like an assembly line into a threatening trash compactor if I remember correctly. It's one of the better tracks on Confield.
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
some of this reminds me of the synths on the apocalypse now soundtrack
Cfern where the bass drum sounds like a close-mic'd football being launched about a tiny metal room
that is certainly one of the better autechre similes i've read
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
throbbing like an amputated limb while weightless choirs ascend
4/10
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone have the track running times for like the first 3-4 tracks? Trying to figure out if I have the correct "leak." Don't worry, Ima buy the damn thing.
― SourPatchCorpse, Sunday, 14 February 2010 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
trying to talk about autechre's music without relying on ridiculous similes is basically impossible in my experience. i especially like the one on quadristice that sounds like an enormous robot attacking a chicken farm (you know, that one)
― dog latin, Sunday, 14 February 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
https://youtu.be/IuN51P16HHY
getting psyched for Denver. Anybody seen them recently in North America?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 28 September 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/3-vEXc6B57kOberman Knocks - Dilankex (Autechre remix)
that BLOC clip (live?) is too brief... this Oberman Knocks remix is a monster. god bless 'em (the mighty 'Aut)
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 28 September 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
Going to the SF show. Can't wait!
― octobeard, Monday, 28 September 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link
seriously hoping for a proper uk tour, as well as that unpublicised sold out wee hours of the morning london show.
― steppenwolf in white van speaker scam (ledge), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 08:04 (eight years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/leheron_idletones/autechre-live-metro-chicago-il-09292015
recent live excerpt
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 2 October 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
the Metro/Chicago set (secondary link) is brilliant stuff.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 3 October 2015 22:51 (eight years ago) link
that's really good, but wish the audience would stfu
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Sunday, 4 October 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link
the brooklyn show tonight was sick
― the tune was space, Sunday, 4 October 2015 04:54 (eight years ago) link
Anybody going to the Philly show tomorrow?
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 01:10 (eight years ago) link
https://archive.org/details/Autechre-Warp25-Krakow
listening back to this (excellent) bootleg, there are some interesting bits of overlap, with variations.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 02:55 (eight years ago) link
Enjoying Krakow show so far!!! Goddamnit I can't wait. Some juicy beats they're slinging in that set.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
On the off chance anybody is at Union Transfer tonight, I'm the (well, a) guy in the brown striped sweater and blue glasses. Long hair, expression of vague unease, probably very very drunk
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 7 October 2015 02:14 (eight years ago) link
https://www.mixcloud.com/keyfumbler/autechre-portsmouth-new-hampshire-2015/
this one's monstrous
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 12 October 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
hello https://clyp.it/2akno5zg
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Saturday, 14 May 2016 00:11 (eight years ago) link
XD
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 14 May 2016 00:14 (eight years ago) link
Oh my, yes
― MatthewK, Saturday, 14 May 2016 01:13 (eight years ago) link
oooooooooohhhhhhhhh
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Saturday, 14 May 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link
dope track
― map, Saturday, 14 May 2016 01:50 (eight years ago) link
with headphones it's spectacular, especially around the 3:00 mark when the arse drops away and it gradually sounds like the deepest hole ever. through a macbook speaker it totally sounds like they're taking the piss.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 14 May 2016 01:58 (eight years ago) link
It sounds pretty dope on these Macbook speakers!
― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Saturday, 14 May 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
it sounds like a couple of blokes taking the cunting arse out of piss
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 14 May 2016 02:50 (eight years ago) link
basically my reaction to confield until the 7th play through
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 14 May 2016 02:53 (eight years ago) link
― MatthewK, Saturday, 14 May 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
i'm in the clubhouse i heard already, p kewl
― map, Saturday, 14 May 2016 03:03 (eight years ago) link
i heard thru my sick bose noise cancelling cans
― map, Saturday, 14 May 2016 03:12 (eight years ago) link
noise cancelling cans
so you heard nothing at all haw see what i did there
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 14 May 2016 03:16 (eight years ago) link
lolz
― map, Saturday, 14 May 2016 03:22 (eight years ago) link
they cancel noise not noize
neway this isn't really noize imo but it's definitely heavy
― map, Saturday, 14 May 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
Not for me.
― Mr. Hathaway. (jed_), Saturday, 14 May 2016 04:23 (eight years ago) link
Autechre does dub
― a poptimist consumed with celebrity culture and vacuous pop music (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 14 May 2016 07:13 (eight years ago) link
First thoughts: lots of ©æ™® textures. Harks back to Confield era somewhat. Dope.
― I've had Eno, ugh (ledge), Saturday, 14 May 2016 08:23 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExnKj30jYp4
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 14 May 2016 10:30 (eight years ago) link
I would bet the new record is a 'best bits from the past couple tours' thing (though what would be really cool if it drew from whatever soundboards they have from their entire career)
Always wanted a version of 444 with a sax solo so was very stoked to find this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6nz5aymN20
― Brakhage, Saturday, 14 May 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link
There's an hour-long all-AE show by those guys on YT too, this Cichli is from there
― Brakhage, Saturday, 14 May 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link
That is fantastic. Thanks for the link!
― Mr. Hathaway. (jed_), Saturday, 14 May 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
hey, this is about me
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Sunday, 15 May 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2016/05/14/hear-a-new-autechre-track-feed-1/
― StanM, Sunday, 15 May 2016 08:58 (eight years ago) link
what the
https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/4jet2f/theory_a_new_autechre_album_comes_out_june_24/
― StanM, Sunday, 15 May 2016 10:32 (eight years ago) link
obviously this song is glorious
― And the cry rang out all o'er the town / Good Heavens! Tay is down (imago), Sunday, 15 May 2016 10:44 (eight years ago) link
the full 490
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 15 May 2016 10:45 (eight years ago) link