new Autechre album - Quaristice (early 2008)

I don't have time to listen atm, I gotta study for finals.

Next time someone asks me to define Autechre I will say this.

Anterior - I hope this isn't real. That is the chintziest melody EVER. I guess it improves at around 6:33 w/the more detailed interplay of pulses, but I dunno. I hope this is fake

Well the tracklist put forth on this site doesn't mention any "Anterior." Note the number of 9s that appear in the song names.

I'm afraid its nowt to do with me! Unless R's been up to shit I dont know about.

This Anterior track (which is quite long, and I wouldnt ezpect it to be so long with the amount of tracks supposed to be on the album) seems "chinzy" in the sense that it is lacking all the modulation expected from the sounds I'm hearing. But compared to Vi Scose Poise of confield, maybe it isn't lacking as much as I think. Overall, it sounds like IDM my friend makes so I don't think it's real. And it doesn't have any epic quality to it.

The first half of "quaristice" sounds related to either "square" or "four", and 9 is a square number. Or, it's a double album, 9 is twice 4.5, and 4.5 is (the midpoint of) the interstice between four (and five). Or or, I'm making complete rubbish up. Yeah, that last one.

(Why have none of my IDM nerd internet pals who've been so excited about the last few while I've been going "eh" said anything about this? Are ae finally over even among the DSP-spotting community?)

touch more news via warp mailing list:
http://www.warprecords.com/?news=1372

includes artwork and tracklisting (which matches the one from autechre.info leee posed above)

Quaristice Tracklisting
released 3rd March

1. Altibzz
2. The Plc
3. IO
4. Plyphon
5. Perlence
6. SonDEremawe
7. Simmm
8. Paralel Suns
9. Steels
10. Tankakern
11. Rale
12. Fol3
13. fwzE
14. 90101-51-1
15. bnc Castl
16. Theswere
17. WNSN
18. chenc9
19. Notwo
20. Outh9X

Nice cover:

http://www.warprecords.com/media/img/WARPCD333_Packshot_350web.jpg

DR?

tourdates:
http://warprecords.com/news/?offset=0&ti_id=1369

plz leak soon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/ (about 50 minutes in)

Autechre – 'Simmm' (Warp)
Autechre – 'Paralel Suns' (Warp)

(simmm seemed to be two tracks in one, clanking at first then more melodic. paralel suns could be from SAW2)

oooooooh to listen or not to listen

Not. Her orgasmic presenting style is way too annoying.

Remember that show from The Wire in which three tracks were played?

It's gone now but the internets don't forget.

The promo copies are watermarked hence traceable to the source, so i wouldn't expect leaks anytime soon.

^ Thanks for the link.

I'm a little disappointed, though, at least upon first listen. Only the final track really grabbed me. All three seemed drenched in reverb, which normally I don't mind, and certainly isn't foreign to Autechre's music, but seemed out of place here. I guess those who were put off by their algorithm-centric compositions from the past decade or so might like this, as it's more stripped down and less wacked out. The problem is that they didn't really replace that space with anything compelling.

slightly off topic, but does anyone have that internet dj mix autechre did a few years ago? heard a bit of it at the time and remember it being incredible.

hmm, google reveals they did lots of mixes a couple of years ago, the one i heard had miuzi weighs a ton on it.

google gave me this tracklist of some more of their mixes... want!

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/4/848681/aemarathon20061228.txt

Is that the 7.5 hour thing? I've got it. Could ysi(although not right now) - if any of those sites allow >300meg files. Maybe someone else has a link.

Hmm I'm sure I remember writing a post just like this a year or so ago.

xpost - mines dated 2005-04-10.

and apparently it has the PE track -
http://xltronic.com/mb/92626/autechrews-transmission-1011-4-2005-tracklist

megaupload goes up to 500meg, i'm sure i'll find it if i keep looking, slsk and google not being very helpful. would be very much appreciated if you get the chance to upload it though!

Only the final track really grabbed me. All three seemed drenched in reverb, which normally I don't mind, and certainly isn't foreign to Autechre's music, but seemed out of place here. I guess those who were put off by their algorithm-centric compositions from the past decade or so might like this, as it's more stripped down and less wacked out. The problem is that they didn't really replace that space with anything compelling.

That was my first reaction as well … though to give them a break, I usually have to hear what they do with a very high bitrate to really get all the sonic details, and it also takes me a year to 'get' what they're doing – I didn't appreciate Untilted until recently.

This kind of judgment on first listening to lowbitrate samples is what the group itself is anxious to avoid I'd imagine.

http://www.myspace.com/myslb

I stand corrected

This kind of judgment on first listening to lowbitrate samples is what the group itself is anxious to avoid I'd imagine.

True. When I was listening to it I kept daydreaming about the DJ saying "Whoops, somehow I was sitting on the reverb button! This is what the songs really sound like, sorry!", and then playing them again. I'll still give it a fair shot when it comes out. I probably need to revisit Untilted. I only gave it about a month before I gave up.

Download is available now @ bleep, double CD edition preorder & more:

http://www.autechre.ws/quaristice/mail/

That's limited edition double CD edition, by the way. 1000 ex.

i'm really liking those tracks in the Wire stream, the reverb stuff sounds great on them, kind of dubby. the stream made me more excited about the album.

Limited edition double CD eh? Sold! (For £30! And to think I laughed at those Radiohead fans shelling out £40 for the box set.)

yeah, me too. and the download. (and that radiohead disc box) *sigh*

:-)

I thought about paying for the download - I want to hear it before the tour - but I don't feel like paying twice! Daresay it'll find its way onto the net somewhere.

... but the mp3 version contains track-by-track artwork by the Designers Republic!

er, like this one for track 10. Use your imagination for the other 19 tracks: vary the size and location of the small square and the colors (blue, white or black).

http://i26.tinypic.com/24v8kky.jpg

yay

(that's a white square with a black one inside - damn white background, forgot this would happen)

judging from bleep samples, "perlence" is their response to dubstep

and "chenc9" could be the tuss.

It's weird - it's like they're taking a step back (reintroduction of apparent simplicity and melody) and one forward (order in the chaos they'd built up until now) at the same time - if that makes any sense. Think I'm going to like this, but then I like pretty much everything they've done.

Here I was ready to write them off. Based on the Beeb and Wire exclusives, I'm excited that they've finally ditched the super-compressed Draft sound.

I dont have £30 just now :(

Good news for you, it's only £24.99.

US tour dates too.

... and in Canada.

Glasgow date march 1st at the art school i think

it's only £24.99.

plus p+p

so being impatient and a sucker i succumbed to bleep. only i couldn't get the zip download to work so had to get the tracks one by one, then i had to cancel one of them and when i went back to the download manager it wouldn't let me get it again ;_;

Crackle Box, here's that webcast. unfortunately it's apparently missing the first 45 mins or so.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0PPCPADV

and they're hitting Seattle on this tour … BONUS

i'm really loving the new album.

WTF ltd edition is already sold out.

Um, this turns out to be really great. My favorite of theirs since Confield.

cant get into. hope its a grower.

the last three autechre albums have taken ages to sink in for me, but that's not necessarily a bad thing and once i lived with them long enough they were/are very rewarding listens especially untilted. the first listen to this reminded me of parts of chiastic slide a bit.

They essentially slag off the limited edition release in their Clash interview http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/autechre-quaristice;

It makes no odds to me. Actually, it does; I’d prefer (people) to download it than buy it physically. It fits our agenda much better that way. Our plan has never been to produce CDs - it’s always been about making music. If there’s a way of charging for it and getting the content to people, then we’ll adopt whichever is the most transparent. The actual product is the FLAC file – but I don’t object to those who want to own something that they can hold”