Autechre: Classic or Dud?

Ross - why not check out the ILM poll which is a great way to delve back in and rediscover the Old stuff in the process?

Put all the Elseq mp3s on one CDr, and play it on the stereo.

NTS 4 is the least representative of the rest of the sessions.. maybe just listen to them in order?

Alright Lowell I can do that

Thanks everyone just gotta figure out how to listen to nts
I don’t stream

NTS 4 is the least representative of the rest of the sessions

I was gonna say.

I'd start with 1 or (my current favorite) 3. The former provides a good comprehensive overview of most of the various styles at play, the latter imo represents the weirdest, most experimental, and most lol (in a good way)

If you love Amber, though, or the final chord of "bladelores," start with 4.

NTS 4 may be the least representative, but it's also the most zen-like, supreme redefinition and rebirth of Autechre.

uh ok i’m listening to 4 immediately

Brad <3

It's the long sought after string theory finally proved beyond any doubt. It connects the everything and the nothing and throws a new dimension you didn't think possible straight in your face. It's the 2001 monolith of music. Whiney can quote me on that in a new poll.

NTS is streaming from their website so you don't need Spotify or w/e - sessions 1-4 are streaming here - https://www.nts.live/projects/autechre-nts-residency/
Maybe a track ripper like youtube-dl?
Unfortunately it starts you off at the beginning of session 1 - come back 6 hours later for the start of 4 if that's what you want to hear. In general, most of the tracks are slowly evolving, long pieces, so if you're not liking something you might have to wait 10-20 minutes for a change of weather.
I think it's quite a lot more accessible than elseq, and maybe Exai.

i've just been listening at the bleepstore: https://autechre.bleepstores.com/

Wow I did not realise they were offering the full tracks to stream there.

re: Elseq - somebody listed around 9-10 of their favorite tracks, and the list pretty much reflected my top choices (like 95%) - i'll try to find it (Ross)

I meant, in another Autechre thread. It was like 10 for 11, mirroring my top picks.

kind of excited to hear what brad thinks about 4

whooooaaaa

lol

skipping from lp7 to this was maybe not... the best way to do it, but i am totally fascinated

“mirrage” (i think i’m on “mirrage”?) is deeply scary

i said it before on one of these threads but i feel like it's got a dark ambient tangerine dream thing going on

i'm like spongebob squarepants excited waiting for u to get to column thirteen which is next! omg it's so goooood

“column thirteen” is so cool

i’m not even sure what it is, maybe three different things at once tbh

they're mere overtures for the holocaust to come in about ten minutes

why yes “mirrage” did remind me of penderecki

+1

“all end” is just idk

puts an image in my mind of a giant wall of water

Man SND opened for autechre on the tour I saw and answered the question - can you DJ sandpaper ??

nts 3 might actually be autechre "taking the piss" just a little bit lol

me listening to “all end”:

http://kafkaskoffee.com/junk/Abyss/Abyss_AlienWaterWall.gif

Holy shit Brad do u like south land tales?

it’s my favorite movie ross!

That image makes me think of it

Cool guy this brad iirc

i am disappointed by my own expectations.
this is safe territory for Ae.
will not be happy until willie nelson covers/remix album

"column thirteen" really is magnificent, and if this hints at the direction of Ae going forward, count me in

xpost Would it change your opinion if I told you this new set *was* Willie Nelson covers/remixes?

As much as I appreciate "all end," it is by default the weak link of Session 4. It's the only one on S4 I don't see myself playing a thousand times.

I can definitely see Session 4 taking on legendary status over the next few years, especially if it turns out to be an anomaly in the catalogue. If I wasn't so fussy about interrupting "all end" for side breaks, this is the one I'd order on vinyl if I could only get one. As it stands, I'm pretty happy with CDs + FLAC

Looking forward to having these CDs in hand to spend a Saturday listening to the whole thing on a good stereo.

transition from "mirrage" into "column thirteen," my god

"mirrage" made little impression on me the first time through (see also: "acid mwan idle," "32a_reflected") but on headphones last night, listening in the dark before bed, it was very intense

I think I've logged close to 14 hours of Ae since Tuesday, think I may need a break, maybe some Charlie Parker or something

https://web.archive.org/web/20060721021323/http://www.steady-j.ukdeejays.com/ae-top10.html

― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:09 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hey lukas thanks for this! I probably read it on the idm board before I discovered filesharing, I've heard the more obvious onces since then of course but it's great to check the others out. The guy with the drum is incredible...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gleFS-mwj4U

"coluumn thirteen" harks back to the balminess of Oversteps... tracks like "pt2ph8", and "Simmm" from Quaristice.

Controp - autechre make too much music

Is it functional ?

I mean it’s a little indulgent to expect anyone to listen to hours of new material

I tire (physical fatigue) of the action-heavy tracks pretty quickly nowadays, unless i'm well rested. Session 1 (stream) sounded *amazing* on headphones, on the third or fourth pass through. Some of the material doesn't seem to open up on the stereo as much as it does on headphones--it sounded far more three-dimensional / *popping* on a pair of cans. Been listening to the mp3s mostly, but some of it sounds flat / unmastered on the stereo.

I listened to the whole over a period of a week and a half. I don't think anyone is expected to listen to this whole thing straight through.

I bought this now. I only bought the mp3s but I find they sound better than the stream I listened to originally.

It’s not about expectation it’s just these dudes put out so much shit to digest. It’s hard on a soul or it’s just me

(Sorry)

The way I look at it is that I have the rest of my life to properly digest this and I should get started as soon as possible

xpost

it is hard on the soul. or on some souls, at least. i'm primed for 8 hours of new autechre mainly because i checked out on the last several dozen hours of autechre

but it's certainly making me want to go back and listen to what i missed! especially elseq. but these days i like to albums many listens before moving on ("slow listening" is the relevant recent neologism, i think?), so i'll let NTS1-4 sink in for quite a while before going back to elseq.

i like to ^give^ albums many listens