...because the other Autechre thread dealing with NTS Sessions has taken a predictably ugly turn. Hope no one minds.
maybe I should check back in with Autechre
you should! these NTS sets are what everyone's raving about right now. the 4th (and final) set is streaming now, at least for the next 512,580 seconds.
― Karl Malone, Friday, April 27, 2018 12:36 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I wrote three of those yessssssss. I'll go to the mat all day, every day for my favourite artist and I'm proud to sound ridiculous when words fail.
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, April 27, 2018 5:27 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You know you're too jaded when enthusiasm sounds ridiculous. I say, fly that enthusiasm flag high! When a really awesome group known for putting out these alien, enigmatic soundscapes puts out a great collection that 99.999% of the world, and perhaps some certain percentage of fans as well, will never know even exists, shout it to the rooftops.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, April 27, 2018 5:45 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Okay, lol @ 'bleepstores'
Bleep opened three years before Spotify and less than a year after iTunes
― chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Friday, April 27, 2018 6:04 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
50 for 8 discs is pretty good, i might buy this
― brimstead, Friday, April 27, 2018 6:08 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i like a lot of descriptions on that thread and will absolutely cop to being a bit rate snob AND i wholeheartedly support this poll. i'm voting for software upgrades just because they're really unpleasant and this is pleasant music.
― you bet, nancy (map), Friday, April 27, 2018 6:19 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
isn't a lot of autechre's music really physical? seems like you'd want lossless for the headroom etc... FEEL THE BASS
― brimstead, Friday, April 27, 2018 6:20 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if you don't hear this ________________
or this __^__^__^__^
you will not feel it
― brimstead, Friday, April 27, 2018 6:21 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The pipes one was a funny anecdote so it got my vote
But yeah I’m finding it increasingly difficult to understand what lens Whiney sees the world through. Maybe the ilm regulars have a better handle on it than me, idk
― You're all losing so many points on your progress bars (Champiness), Friday, April 27, 2018 6:21 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
whiney otm
― the late great, Friday, April 27, 2018 6:24 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
first one is obviously best
― the late great, Friday, April 27, 2018 6:28 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
software upgrades just because they're really unpleasant
Things getting better = unpleasant? OK.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Friday, April 27, 2018 7:28 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Can "this is pleasant music" be added to the poll? Autechre is always my first port of call when I want some pleasant music.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Friday, April 27, 2018 7:38 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
show me someone who believes software upgrades are "things getting better" in 2018 and i'll show you a fool. p.s. don't be a bitch
― you bet, nancy (map), Friday, April 27, 2018 7:46 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Upgrade by definition means things getting better. If it isn't better it's not an upgrade.
If you want to wilfully misconstrue that I think it's only fair to return the favour and mention that "this is pleasant music" is more nauseating than anything in the poll.
― Gonk Steady Crew (Noel Emits), Friday, April 27, 2018 8:06 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
There's no band I wish I liked more than Autechre. On paper, they seem like exactly what I want in a band, but everything I've listened to has been impenetrable. Might try again with this new release
― Vinnie, Friday, April 27, 2018 9:38 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
autechre counts as a band? now i’ve seen it all!
― the late great, Friday, April 27, 2018 9:41 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
though i agree strongly w the reading that confield was a post rock album
― the late great, Friday, April 27, 2018 9:42 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lentic catachresis is a post-rock jam for sure
― imago, Friday, April 27, 2018 9:43 PM (five days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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every time someone makes a grand proclamation about which half or third of autechre’s discography is superior i scoff
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, May 2, 2018 4:22 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
never been able to get into anything before EP7
― imago, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 12:37 PM (forty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post
wait sometimes i scoff and then realize how in character the post is
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, May 2, 2018 4:24 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I don't know what that means but I agree with imago fwiw, though it isn't so much that I can't get into anything before EP7 as when I listen back now to those older albums they don't reset my brain chemistry like latter day AE (though some of those earlier albums did at one time). The career demarcations may not be clear cut (see above), but there's clearly a narrative / progression at work over the course of the discography and I feel like they're peaking right now
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 4:50 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
btw not to go all Central Casting Autechre Fan but the concurrent Autechre threads are wreaking havoc on my OCD right about now
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 4:56 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Hmmmm...intrigued. Please explain!
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 8:16 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
elseq redux
DISC 1
elyc6 onset
mesh cinereal
DISC 2
latentcall
eastre
^^^has a claim to be their best album, and certainly if it'd been released like this I'd still be raving about it now
― imago, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:17 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Dunno I think the foregrounding of melody in Tri and cichlisuite is dope. Garbage has one of the best melodies in the catalog and vietrmix or whatever it’s called is an ambient portal to pure bliss. Sure there’s lovely parts on later work but I think preference of what yer favourite autechre periods are is fine
― done and dusted (Ross), Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:25 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Every time they come out with a new one I go through all the old records and it's amazing how great some of those early ones still sound, even if they feel a bit obsoleted or whatever. I mean Incunabula still sounds great, even though it's arguably their worst LP. As much as I love that era of IDM, I never really liked that woozy tape feel that a lot of the classics have. IMO it's tough to break them into eras, each album + accompanying EPs is sort of like an era of its own, though to me the big shifts were on Confield and Quaristice.
― frogbs, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:26 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I can't really fault any of their albums. the one that's aged the most is Amber, which I really liked for a long time but doesn't quite hit the sweet spot as much any more. While my love for that one has faded, I've only got to love Incunabula more. I used to think Draft and Untilted were not so hot but now I love them, while the Quaristice/Oversteps stuff has taken a backseat (much as I was impressed with them at the time). I guess with this stuff it's never entirely clear when a certain sound or track will hit you. I still find Confield the most challenging tbh
― brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:10 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
elseq redux
DISC 1
elyc6 onset
mesh cinereal
DISC 2
latentcall
eastre
^^^has a claim to be their best album, and certainly if it'd been released like this I'd still be raving about it now
― imago, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 5:17 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Predictably, I cannot associate any of these titles with their songs. Like I think I said upthread (or maybe it was on the other thread), I never made the time necessary for elseq to sink in. Part of it was the timing, part of it was the sheer volume of material (though I should mention I'm having no such trouble with the even longer NTS), but I really do need to revisit, and may start with these four. Thanks!
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:16 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
man if amber doesn’t reset your brain chemistry idk
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:18 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's a journey. I love how Autechre's past isn't set in stone. Their enormous evolution continues to put their previous albums into a new light. Amber has def aged the most, but how gracefully it ages. Incunabula can feel so fresh playing it right after, say, NTS 4. Confield is the most challenging, but for me also the biggest sign-post of what was to come, in hind-sight. It's an album that predicted Ae's future, while at the same time sounds 'dated' now, because they caught it out and outdone it times thousand.
xp to DL
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:18 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
also - is Move of Ten the most slept on (as distinct from least loved) Autechre release? No one ever seems to talk about it and I will admit the replay value on that one for me wasn't too high
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:19 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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