Autechre: Classic or Dud?

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Great inventive IDM or geeky mindless crap?

I say the former, but i'm a Warp-head...

― dog latin, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

I got one of their CD's because they were critically acclaimed, but only listened to it once. I guess I just don't like their style.

― james e l, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Bleep bloop, blip blip, bloop bloop. I borrowed an Autechre CD and I too found that the hype didn't live up to the bleeps. On the other hand, I heard Autechre being used as background music for a film at an art installation, and it seemed to work there. By itself, though? Can't see it. Maybe I'll grow into it.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Er, rather, bleeps didn't live up to the hype. Time for me to go home, I think.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

mindless crap is what my dad said after listening to a bit of LP5 but for me it's great background music and also when your fucked up...

― Kevin Enas, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

well, it's not the kind of stuff one likes after one play

search: LP5

― dog latin, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Actually, I really like the idea of hype not living up to bleeps.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

personally, subjectively, they were brilliant on _tri repetae_. almost a perfect piece of work, i think, with all of the more traditionalist melodic bits of their first two albums clashing with the beginnings of the DSP shitstorm that was to come on later releases. everything since has been hit and miss, with even the better releases (lp5, ep7, envane) having tracks that just sound like 'generic autechre.'

as for "inventive," well, the IDM list be damned, they pretty much defined how IDM has sounded for the past 4 years or so by dint of every semi-talented derivative jacking their style (phoenicia, entire schematics roster, everything i've heard on musik aus strom, especially the horribly derivative but not even close to the mark flagship duo funkstorung, etc, etc). their fault or their misfortune, you be the judge.

― your null fame, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

I quite like Autechre. Chiastic Slide and Tri Repetae are great. And the earlier more ambient stuff from Amber and Incunabula is quite nice too. I haven't been that into the shift toward more digital, more abstract, less beat oriented music in their last few releases. I like that they're evolving, I'm just not too keen on the result.

― bnw, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

I've always found them strangely dissapointing. I do like most of Tri Repeate, but I find Amber dull (hard for me to imagine how so many consider that classic) and the post-Tri stuff I've heard generally just slides by me. I ADMIRE what they're doing with the thick sounds on EP7 -- it sounds very complicated and new -- but it's just not enjoyable listening for me. I keep it around, though, because I figure some day it just might click. But for now I'm calling Ae a dude.

― Mark, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

I would say Classic based on Tri Repetae and Chiastic Slide, but I think they make more of a Search and Destroy kind of band than a Classic Or Dud. They have some fantastic material and a chunk of not so fantastic. To my mind, the problem with them is that when you first hear their sound, it blows your ass to the back wall, but a monrh later it doesn't sound nearly as good, especially after you hear all the shameless imitators mentioned above? But then, is it their fault that it's easy to do a third rate imitation of their sound? And does that irrevocably alter how we hear the songs themselves?

― Dave M., Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Classic for the first four albums. 'Amber' is my favorite (not dull at all, it's perfect twilight music). Again a band who release too much stuff and you start to lose interest (and I won't start on all the 2nd rate copycats). But the first four are just perfect and all have a different atmosphere. Also have become victim to what someone on the Hips,head,heart-thread called the Kraftwerk-don't-have-a-soul fallacy. Autechre always struck me as one of the great soul bands, they always try to home in on a very peculiar sense of melancholy (fading of a beautiful day, the sadness of machines) or nostalgia (a lot of times the music shimmers with the feeling of being a child again). Any band that does that is Classic in my book.

― Omar, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Listening to the last strains of Cichli on Chiastic Slide as the sun comes up is awesome...

― dog latin, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

If you look up Autechre in the dictionary you'll find the answer

― K-reg, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

always admired what autechre were doing (the sheer bloody-mindedness reminded me of the fall) but could never love it. just too dry.

but in the last 6 months i've begun to change my mind, and i'm beginning to really love some of what they do (most of LP5, a lot of Chiastic Slide, and Clichi Suite are beautiful records i think).

it seems strange that it too such a long time for me to really like them, but then i did that with piano magic, happy mondays and tom waits too, and i love 90% of all their stuff too.

got tri repetae recently, but having difficulty getting into that one so far.

saw them at Brixton Fridge the other week, and they were excellent. every track seems to start off so uninviting, but gradually becomes wonderful

so, i think i'd head towards classic really

― gareth, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

nah, i don't like tri repetae too much.

― dog latin, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

autecism-the development of the entire life cycle of a parasitic fungus on a single host

― Kevin Enas, Wednesday, 25 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Hm, then who is the host? Mr. Aphex Twin? Or just idm geeks in general?

― bnw, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

that's what the dictonary said..i'd go with idm geeks

― Kevin Enas, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

I'd like to amend my previous comment. Based on the other comments here, I went out and picked up Tri-Repetae and I have to admit that I'm liking it quite a bit. I don't know what the other album I heard was, now. I'll probably check out the new one too. Thanks for changing my mind on this one.

― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Heh, you're doing lots of amending lately... excellent. :)

― Josh, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Clasik They laid down their basic schematic a decade ago, which was duely appropriated by a whole generation of Electronica outfits as a viable escape route from the ambient ghettos of the early nineties. But somehow, they both manage to avoid sounding anything like their legion of imitators, and remain undeniably Autechre. Geniuses in their own petri dish - remote, but perfect

― K-reg, Thursday, 10 May 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

So anyone heard the new one? I was going to skip on this one, but it's getting really good reviews. Is it a departure or can it be compared with an oldie? Oh and most important: does it have some humanity (I always dread a full Autechre move into pure abstraction).

― Omar, Monday, 14 May 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

i think the new one is the business. it is kind of a departure. its unmistakably them but less electro-ish. in a strange taxidermy way it reminds me of piano magic. very decayed sounding. busted cd type feel as well.

difficult to compare to other releases. perhaps the closest is chiastic slide (particularly hub)

i'd definitely recommend it. is rivalling Discovery for favourite album of moment.

― gareth, Monday, 14 May 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

three weeks pass...

Someone explain the appeal please? Much as I love the Warp-label, Autechre's brand of IDM just leaves me cold. Too ornate, too wrapped up in its own 'cleverness', too much fidgeting about playing around with FX. This music has no flow. Listening to Confield gives me a headache, as has every other release of theirs I've heard. Occasionally they hit on a groove, a sound, a pattern and everything momentarily clicks, but 5 seconds later and it abruptly changes direction. Is it like Geometry, or computer programming? I'm bemused, confused, and fail to connect with this music.

― Stevo, Sunday, 10 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

I still haven't listened to the new album much - I haven't found myself in the right mood - but it might be fair to say the music indeed "has no flow", the way you're probably thinking. Unless this sort of willful difficulty is your thing, I think it would help to start with their earlier CDs and work your way forward. (That might make the current stuff more palatable, but then it might not for you.) Incunabula and probably Tri Repetae (and "Garbage", dammit I wish my Trie Repetae disc 2 hadn't snapped in half) have lots of songs that unfold more nicely, without so much focus on subverting rhythmic expectations (and sonic ones too).

― Josh, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

i come from the opposite perspective on this one josh. i only picked yp incunabula recently and found it rather uneventful, and i find tri repetae is too harsh. chiastic slide is like tri repetae but somehow more personable. i think the ideal starting point is probably LP5. this seems very accessible (although again, on initial hearing it just gave me a headache!), it eventually seeped in and i love that album now.

the new one is simultaneously a continuity of LP5 in terms of denseness and a complete break in that there seems to be no flow or groove whatsoever. the flow may have been convoluted before, now it just sounds broken and rusted. its a wonderful record (particularly the middle section) but probably not the best place to start. LP5 i think remains their highlight.

― gareth, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Sean of Autechre in recent De:Bug declare: "we make the ultimate folk music". I like that idea a lot. No flow/broken sounds like another chinese puzzle, going to get it anyway. Another thing: I skipped on LP5, since i was suffering from autechritis at the time (I mean really, a record every year is too much), still worth checking out?

― Omar, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

yeh, lp5 is the best one!

as for autechre writing folk music, i wrote a confused piece on this, which you can find here

― gareth, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

Dude! Confused? Not all. It's true isn't it? It such a nice framework for this sort of music.

So there you have it: we're the new folkies! :) Let's all grow beards.

― Omar, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

'Incunabula' is impressing me Josh, making more immediate sense than 'Confield'. 'Tri-Repetae' has moments of fractured beauty that long to be dwelt on, but frequently aren't. I find Autechre cold, abstract, and introverted, but I can't quite dismiss them. There is a dark clinical beauty that does attract. Like being drawn to an alluring, handsome stranger only to discover she/he is suffering from schizophrenia.

― Stevo, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (eighteen years ago) Permalink

1 listen into Confield and all i can say: it's doing my head in! Very, very good. 1st track esp. is amazing (sort of gamelan-on-ice planet stuff, beautiful melody harking back to 1st album...nice, nice). Bit of a surprise because it sounds more direct in a way than mid-period Autechre. And they came up with some new cool sounds too.

― Omar, Monday, 18 June 2001 00:00 (seventeen years ago) Permalink

nine years pass...

Just got sent this:

Autechre - 'EPS 1991-2002' WARPCD211
5 X Deluxe CD - 47 Tracks - 5hr 39min 59sec
47 track digital bundle available now
CD shipped & released 11th April 2011

Order CD with instant WAV/MP3 download at Bleep
Download MP3/WAV at Bleep (includes videos)
Download digital at iTunes

Visit Autechre.ws

(Made in The Designers Republic™)
CAVITY JOB, BASSCADEP, ANTI EP
(Disc 1)

Cavity Job
Accelera 1 & 2
Basscadet (Bcdtmx)
Basscadet (Basscadoublemx)
Basscadet (Tazmx)
Basscadet (Basscadubmx)
Lost
Djarum
Flutter

Tracks 1 – 2 originally released as Cavity Job (p)1991 Autechre.
Tracks 3 – 6 originally released as Basscad EP (p) 1994 Warp Records Limited.
Tracks 7 – 9 originally released as Anti EP (p) 1994 Warp Records Limited.
GARBAGE, ANVIL VAPRE
(Disc 2)

Garbagemx
PIOBmx
Bronchusevenmx
VLetrmx
Second Bad Vilbel
Second Scepe
Second Scout
Second Peng

Tracks 1 – 4 originally released as Garbage (p)1995 Warp Records Limited.
Tracks 5 – 8 originally released as Anvil Vapre (p) 1995 Warp Records Limited.
PEEL SESSION, ENVANE
(Disc 3)

Milk DX
Inhake 2
Drane
Goz Quarter
Latent Quarter
Laughing Quarter
Draun Quarter

Tracks 1 – 3 originally released as Peel Session (p)1995 BBC.
Tracks 4 – 7 originally released as Envane (p)1997 Warp Records Limited.
CHICHLISUITE, EP7
(Disc 4)

Yeesland
Pencha
Characi
Krib
Tilapia
Rpeg
Ccec
Squeller
Left Blank
Outpt
Dropp
Liccflii

Tracks 1 – 5 originally released as Cichlisuite (p)1997 Warp Records Limited.
Tracks 6 – 12 originally released on EP7 (p)1999 Warp Records Limited.
EP7, PEEL SESSION 2, GANTZ GRAF
(Disc 5)

Maphive6.1
Zeiss Contarex
Netlon Sentinel
Pir
Gelk
Blifil
Gaekwad
19 Headaches
Gantz Graf
Dial.
Cap.IV

Tracks 1 – 4 originally released on EP7 (p)1999 Warp Records Limited.
Tracks 5 – 8 originally released as Peel Session 2 (p)1999 BBC.
Tracks 9 – 11 originally released as Gantz Graf (p)2002 Warp Records Limited.

― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:13 (eight years ago) Permalink

ooh, they've split the EP7s across two discs. Bad show.

― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:14 (eight years ago) Permalink

(closes eyes, mutters 'i do not need or want expensive box-sets, i do not need or want expensive box sets...')

― ledge, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:33 (eight years ago) Permalink

('I have all these tracks already, i have all these tracks already')

― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:41 (eight years ago) Permalink

Seems a little odd not to include the Seefeel or Beaumont Hannant mixes of Basscadet, but maybe that can be justified. Putting "Anvil Vapre" before "Garbage" seems like flat-out bad sequencing.

― with hidden noise, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:47 (eight years ago) Permalink

Tracks 1 – 4 originally released as Garbage (p)1995 Warp Records Limited.
Tracks 5 – 8 originally released as Anvil Vapre (p) 1995 Warp Records Limited.

― ledge, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:48 (eight years ago) Permalink

ah, my mistake!

― with hidden noise, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:20 (eight years ago) Permalink

This is disappointing. At least include all vinyl-only tracks, not only Cavity Job.

I don't feel this is worth the double-dip.

― Sebastian (Royal Mermaid Mover), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:45 (eight years ago) Permalink

Sorry boothbrown, I already have all the original releases.

― StanM, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:01 (eight years ago) Permalink

only own the Anti EP but not sure what I would do with this package - EP collections on several CDs just seem so impractical

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 08:49 (eight years ago) Permalink

This is disappointing. At least include all vinyl-only tracks, not only Cavity Job.
I don't feel this is worth the double-dip.

OTM.

Better to have the original Anti and break the seal on it to show what bollicks the Criminal Justice Thingy is.

― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Friday, 18 February 2011 02:40 (eight years ago) Permalink

one year passes...

http://thequietus.com/articles/10978-autechre-new-album-details-exai

― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:00 (six years ago) Permalink

I couldn't decide which C or D thread to pick so I made a new one

Autechre Exai

― ledge, Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:00 (six years ago) Permalink

ten months pass...

http://youtu.be/lC7LGzCZ-q0

classic

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 14 October 2013 17:51 (five years ago) Permalink

track at 18:00 is pretty sick

― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 14 October 2013 18:35 (five years ago) Permalink

that whole video is rad, oh man that brings back memories, esp. the whistles and the whole dudes-with-long-fringe-swept-back-w-headbands thing, damn haven't seen that look in a minute

― the tune was space, Monday, 14 October 2013 20:11 (five years ago) Permalink

two weeks pass...

http://ge.tt/9ZkPRWw/v/0

more ore

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 29 October 2013 07:14 (five years ago) Permalink

one year passes...

http://p.autechre.ws/proxy?lnk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2Fartist%2F41-Autechre

― djh, Thursday, 5 March 2015 18:51 (four years ago) Permalink

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are they different enough to warrant listening to though

― frogbs, Thursday, 31 January 2019 21:13 (four months ago) Permalink

i think MatthewK should report back to this thread in exactly 17 hours with the answer!

― Karl Malone, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:38 (four months ago) Permalink

i make it 19 new sets, 28 in total, 9 original.

― koogs, Thursday, 31 January 2019 22:40 (four months ago) Permalink

xxp that really is not a question to ask an Autechre fan

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 1 February 2019 03:12 (four months ago) Permalink

don't get me wrong 28 officially released live albums is amazing, just imagine if they weren't all from the same tour though

― frogbs, Friday, 1 February 2019 03:28 (four months ago) Permalink

I quite agree, when I heard there was new stuff I thought great, a different set!

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 1 February 2019 04:13 (four months ago) Permalink

Definitely want to grab the San Francisco one as I was there.

― octobeard, Friday, 1 February 2019 07:38 (four months ago) Permalink

Autechre the new Grateful Dead

― Siegbran, Friday, 1 February 2019 07:46 (four months ago) Permalink

Bellissimo

― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 1 February 2019 07:51 (four months ago) Permalink

haha yeah, the Pearl Jam / Autechre joke again

― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 1 February 2019 09:38 (four months ago) Permalink

ViVIvivvII+A70G

― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 1 February 2019 09:40 (four months ago) Permalink

t-shirts back in stock too.

― koogs, Friday, 1 February 2019 20:20 (four months ago) Permalink

Aw, no physical release?

― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Friday, 1 February 2019 20:54 (four months ago) Permalink

^^^^

― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 2 February 2019 01:48 (four months ago) Permalink

I'll have to follow this thread to see what the group loves most out of these 19 releases, then I'll...consider buying one or two? Would be more psyched if there was a physical release honestly. (And, fair enough, I did cop Elseq a few years back, but am trying to cop fewer things that are just collections of files)

― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 2 February 2019 01:50 (four months ago) Permalink

it does seem overwhelming

― Dan S, Saturday, 2 February 2019 01:53 (four months ago) Permalink

I really wish there was a physical version of Elseq. The NTS box set is so beautiful.

― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 2 February 2019 02:22 (four months ago) Permalink

i do too, but groups like autechre need to fuck up every once in a while with their releases so that in the late 2020s when they finally release a physical copy we'll have reason to get pumped mid-2010's style

― Karl Malone, Saturday, 2 February 2019 03:06 (four months ago) Permalink

yea the artwork for elseq kinda begs for a deluxe foldout vinyl

― frogbs, Saturday, 2 February 2019 04:32 (four months ago) Permalink

do all 28 share the same basic backing track & can they be mixed into 1?

― StanM, Saturday, 2 February 2019 08:16 (four months ago) Permalink

it’s more like they share similar progressions, but the guys shape the way that they evolve, when they transition, etc

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 2 February 2019 08:26 (four months ago) Permalink

anyway you can play them all from the store website, so have a listen

― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 2 February 2019 08:29 (four months ago) Permalink

― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Friday, February 1, 2019 8:50 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

came here to post p much these exact words

― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 2 February 2019 13:47 (four months ago) Permalink

there was an evolution in the first lot of live sets, more elements were gradually added to the mix. might start with the last of the new ones and see how different it is.

― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Saturday, 2 February 2019 13:58 (four months ago) Permalink

I am (with some regret) going to be honest with myself and pass on this entirely, even though $33 for roughly 28 hours of music is an excellent price. For one thing, I am way too busy to ever get around to listening to all or even a significant percentage of it, and for another, I just don't like music that comes in one-hour slabs. I like discrete tracks, preferably anywhere from three to ten minutes. So...nope.

― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 2 February 2019 14:26 (four months ago) Permalink

Listening back to the Denver recording (we were there) - Ae's sets have definitely progressed somewhat from the European dates (Dublin + Utrecht are favorites), timbre-wise, and re: transitions in between 'parts'-- the general flow of things feels different ... seeing them live, it was was one of the most psychedelic sound experiences I've ever had.. quite a treat to be able to hear direct / desk recordings of that show. For $1.50

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 2 February 2019 23:56 (four months ago) Permalink

...for another, I just don't like music that comes in one-hour slabs. I like discrete tracks, preferably anywhere from three to ten minutes. So...nope.

― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, February 2, 2019 6:26 AM (eleven hours ago)

this doesn't seem like you at all to me! I've always admired your commitment to music that isn't accessible in small portions

although I agree with you that this seems like maybe too much of a time investment

― Dan S, Sunday, 3 February 2019 02:38 (four months ago) Permalink

For what it's worth, I kinda consider most of the post-Confield Ae albums (save for Quaristice \ 'versions') as whole "slabs" of almost continuous material. These live sets contain some of the rawest and most wholesome 'Autechre-speak', to my ears. It seems like they really honed the AE_LIVE material on these later USA dates... the textures are gorgeous. First four minutes of the Denver set is outta this world

― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 3 February 2019 03:28 (four months ago) Permalink

Denver is good, I think Chicago is the best I've heard so far though.

― toby, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 16:54 (four months ago) Permalink

All 28 recordings are on Spotify! Elseq too. Just after I bought them all, oh well at least I've funded a takeaway or two for sean & rob.

― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Thursday, 7 February 2019 16:44 (four months ago) Permalink

nice! having all of this available on spotify is so much more convenient for me

― silverfish, Thursday, 7 February 2019 19:38 (four months ago) Permalink

those four _s at the bottom of the autechre page keep changing (i think). currently they are pointing at different wetransfer pages with files called things like AE_LIVE_SETLIST_BACKUP_030308 which are descriptions of what is connected to what:

AeLive08 Set List

MIDI Routing: MachineDrum out to MonoMachine in. MonoMachine thru to MPC1K inA. MPC1K outA to NMG2 in. (BS3X out1 to MPC1K inB).

Audio Routing: MonoMachine outC/D to MachineDrum extinA/B.

Elektrons: Do not use Song Mode, use Pattern Mode only. MachineDrum: Do not use Classic Mode, use Extended Mode only.

Nord Modular G2 Patches: Load performance folder first, then load patchfile, enable Perf Mode.

and also snippets of what looks like a loose list of things to do.


Elektron Pattern	BPM	MPC Sequence	MPC Mutes
A01 - MM/SPS	142 pref.	01 A_SHstRipRok_2br	[SHstripl  + build to SHstrock]
A02 - SPS fades in		02 A_SHsubzPlc_4br	[SHubwafLo + build SHsubRave + build]
A04 -		03 A4_SHdufDyn_4br	[SHzDufduf gseAx + build]
...
A11 - acid twangbass
...
D14 - rave verver
...
F01 - hyper carusel
...
H09 - binbanbin808

one of the bigger files had a bunch of short wav instrument samples in it and patches for a nord modular

― koogs, Friday, 15 February 2019 10:07 (four months ago) Permalink

I think you could tie in some of those pattern names to the live sets, would put money on rave verver = e.g. Krakow @ 18:55.

― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Friday, 15 February 2019 10:33 (four months ago) Permalink

it did make me think of your efforts to notate those first 9 live sets. but this is from 2008 (based on filename). would they be using the same components?

― koogs, Friday, 15 February 2019 10:41 (four months ago) Permalink

gosh darn it. well bladelores/all end shows they're not above code reuse but maybe not that much. who can say? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Friday, 15 February 2019 10:57 (four months ago) Permalink

are autechre the original Extremely Online group?

― Karl Malone, Friday, 15 February 2019 14:10 (four months ago) Permalink

FSOL

― steven, soda jerk (sic), Friday, 15 February 2019 14:55 (four months ago) Permalink

If running a popular BBS counts then Black Dog were extremely online before most.

― *there's (Noel Emits), Friday, 15 February 2019 16:20 (four months ago) Permalink

Kinda wish I had a Monomachine and MachineDrum just to load their set files. Not sure if it was here or somewhere else but there's a youtube video out there of someone playing with their patches on a Monomachine from that 2008 tour.

― octobeard, Saturday, 16 February 2019 18:02 (four months ago) Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69W6CwNWWrA
(short and noisy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiFWYtgRBHk
(longer, better sound)

― koogs, Saturday, 16 February 2019 18:46 (four months ago) Permalink

(raises the question as to whether something created using autechre's patches is autechre)

― koogs, Saturday, 16 February 2019 18:53 (four months ago) Permalink

honestly i kind of expect that after the physical forms of Brown & Booth expire, their patches and algorithms will continue generating new music, virtually indistinguishable from their previous work, in some corner of the internet for eternity

― Karl Malone, Saturday, 16 February 2019 19:09 (four months ago) Permalink

Forgot about this one, it's pretty good - intense but chill at the same time. And near enough the Public Enemy Security of the First World (aka Justify my Love) beat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1pJ-7GNV8

(6852 off Warp Records' Made in Japan compilation)

― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Thursday, 21 February 2019 16:25 (three months ago) Permalink

whoa i've never heard this!!

― frame casual (dog latin), Friday, 22 February 2019 11:57 (three months ago) Permalink

the beat is actually from here:

https://www.whosampled.com/The-Headhunters/God-Make-Me-Funky/

― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Friday, 22 February 2019 12:10 (three months ago) Permalink

one month passes...

so, payday and easter weekend means it's time to finally buy those live sets...

i got charged the full £31 for them, despite having the first nine already

and then they fail to download... pah.

― koogs, Thursday, 18 April 2019 11:07 (one month ago) Permalink

(i do appear to have a track called "sinistrail sentinel" in my account though, i don't remember paying for that. a freebie?)

― koogs, Thursday, 18 April 2019 11:31 (one month ago) Permalink

yeah it's an adult swim thing (whatever that means), was briefly discussed on one of the many ae threads.

― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Thursday, 18 April 2019 13:10 (one month ago) Permalink

four weeks pass...

so, about a month later:

"We have cancelled and refunded your order.

This will actually be fixed either tomorrow or the day after. We will let you know once it is, and if you wish, you can purchase a working copy.

So sorry for the delay, this is a complicated product that got broken and the one person who could fix it was on holiday! True story!"

which is almost one for the innocent aesthetic thread.

― koogs, Friday, 17 May 2019 11:33 (four weeks ago) Permalink

no mention of a discount for already having those first 9 though. did everyone else get one?

― koogs, Friday, 17 May 2019 11:35 (four weeks ago) Permalink

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