Autechre: Classic or Dud?

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

i've listened to the first third of elseq about 80 times, the rest about 45 times

Not sure I'll bother with my planned whittled down NTS compilation. I just made a preliminary playlist of my favorites from memory and it's already nearly half the length of the entire set (and that's without "all end"). Album (???) of the year for me, easily.

Yeah with NTS 4 being so solid, my "abridged" version is still nearly 5 hours long.

mounting a curb in my Playskool whip, bumping "bqbqbq"

I'm going to some show and I know "will this be better than listening to the new Autechre on my couch" is the wrong question, buuuuut

I don't think anyone is expected to listen to this whole thing straight through.

― silverfish, Friday, May 4, 2018 9:49 AM (twelve hours ago)

i'm imagining the same is true of the individual tracks

come on guys, this music is bad

jeez

get high and do something physical like a bike ride with nts 1 on headphones, that's all i can offer

i'm trying i really am

the ideas are nice but they're still doling out just 1 idea per track and the ideas don't really carry the tracks for 10+ minutes

xp i will take that suggestion tomorrow and report back

if you're into long-winded psychedelic or progressive music (a lot of which is "bad" in similar ways) this really shouldn't be that hard to give a fair shot to.

xp what are you listening to?

i am curious to hear this "all end" track, sounds like it must be really something but it's not letting me stream it

i am into long-winded progressive music. i just listened to a two hour taj mahal travellers album.