new Autechre album - Quaristice (early 2008)

Oh shit, why am I even bothering to look foraward to this? (I mean, I am, a LOT, but I know it's going to be yet another shove further up the rectal passage of DSP egowank)

yeah I'm confused by the fact that there are still fans of this band.
I mean they let you download max/msp yourself and try it for 30 days.

Could you come up with this patch in 30 days!? (Hey maybe you could, I dunno, it's all Greek to me.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Autechremax.jpg

Also, anyone can play guitar.

does that patch sound like anything anybody wants to pay to listen to, is the more important question, or at least I thought so

I'm perfectly willing to buy this, btw, if it's awesome, I don't hate the players, I hate the game.

yeah I'm confused by the fact that there are still fans of this band.
I mean they let you download max/msp yourself and try it for 30 days.

-- El Tomboto

what is the minimum mac setup to reasonably run max/msp

http://www.cycling74.com/downloads/maxmsp

you can get old ones too!
I should try this this weekend huh

also what is a "quaristice"

The companion to a cockatrice.

Aquarium Enthusiast Beer's ice-brewed lager

if you count EPs + LPs this is autechre's 18th solo release

03/03/08 => 3x3+8 => 9+8 = 17

coincidence? i think not.

quaristice = quarantine + armistice

autechre's response to "the rising"

the max/msp argument is pretty dumb. i mean, there's any number of ways to generate algorithmic music (with max/msp even), and lots of it doesn't sound at all like autechre (who, as far as i understand it, only partially incorporate generative stuff in their compositions).

the first thing i thought was solstice which is twice a year, but they've munged it to be quarterly or maybe it was recorded around four solstice points over the past two years. how long has it been since the last lp?

xpost, exactly, you can do algorithmic composition by splicing analog tape if you want

Some lizard part of my brain is conditioned to associate Autechre with potential brain-busting new hotness, but the rational part says that's all in the past.

nah they are still awes

Yeah re-listening to Untilted, Autechre still rocking out, I just wasn't receptive. This is why I can't be a music critic.

http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/images/john-kapelos.jpg

"The kids haven't changed ... you have."

My bf was tempted to pull the same trick someone on the WATMM board did last Autechre album, and make a mockup one and release it on torrents to fool everyone into thinking its a leak.

does that patch sound like anything anybody wants to pay to listen to

Hell yes!

I am cipating this album.

don't blow your gaekwad just yet!

The real question is, where's the 9? In the release date?

Appareently a quaristice is something to do with 9 of... something. I forget what now, but it has a reference to 9, yeah :)

that's very informative

quaristice is not in the OED

quartiles come in sets of three

quare, v.

Obs. rare.

To square. Hence quared ppl. a., quaring vbl. n.

a1300 Cursor M. 1664 (Gött.) A vessel..sal be mad of quarid tre. 1611 MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Payd for hewing and quaring of the tymber.

quæritate, v.

Obs. rare

trans. To inquire or search into.

1657 TOMLINSON Renou's Disp. 387 Apothecaryes quæritate its Medicinall use, which Mithridates knew.

also how do we know it's not QVARIStice

Fellows and fellas! Quar is a Welsh town! And you can see the 9 in this aerial photograph!

[img src=http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/Images3_I-P/MerthyrTydfil_TheQuar_AerialView_1945_small.JPG]

Also, a sw#st#k#.

what does a squarstica have to do with a quaristic?

Fellows and fellas! Quar is a Welsh town! And you can see the 9 in this aerial photograph!

[img src=http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/Images3_I-P/MerthyrTydfil_TheQuar_AerialView_1945_small.JPG]

Also, a sw#st#k#.

-- Leee, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 09:37 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I can't see either, wtf.

MORE LIKE QURAP AM I RIGHT

OK maybe someone was pulling my leg about the nine thing :(

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/08/kompakt460.jpg

haha sorry wrong thread!

Trayce, did your bf pull the trick yet? Im listening to the first track supposedly - Anterior - it's 11:25. It might be real I dunno. I don't have time to listen atm, I gotta study for finals.

but it does sound like they are going back to their roots a bit.

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

This almost seems like too many tracks to deal with. Tracing sonic similarities, trying to figure out likes and dislikes... I feel like I'm studying for an exam.

But yes, more like Perlence Suns plz.

I also <3 <3 <3 Altichyre off Versions, that is some seriously affecting minimalism.

The tracks are going to be coming out on iTunes in a fortnight as 4 seperate EPs

1
The Plc ccc
Perlence range 7
Perlence Suns
90101-51-6

2
9013-2
Tkakanren
90101-51-19
Perlence subrange 3

3
chenc9-1dub
9010171-121
Perlence losid 2
notwotwo

4
Perlence subrange 6-36

and should be averaging around 35 mins each, Perlence subrange 6-36 is going to be interesting as the longest track they've released.

there's also a japan itunes store exclusive ep that came out last month.

tracklisting...
1. IO (mons)
2. 90101-54-4
3. Blyz Castl

i think "io (mons)" might be the same version that's on the quaristice versions disc. this is all so confusing...

Hey worlds my bf posts on WATMM religiously and is following this new release closely. Argh board overlaps!

Does saying that "he must be the one with the Peter Gabriel avatar" come under the category of researching ur life? If so, I won't mention it

(Although he does appear to be one of the few reasonable posters on there)

Hahaha oh dear! ok wtf now he wants to know who you are on there!

I haven't posted on there for years because I lost my password, so now I just occasionally lurk, and get riled by the fanboys.

There are folk on there that seem to take it as a personal insult that one of their favourite bands are releasing a large amount of new material, extremely cheaply, that they are under no obligation to purchase.

But dude it doesn't sound like [Incunabula/Tri Repetae/LP5/a.n. other era]!

ooh, 4 tracks in one go?

hard to keep track of all these!!

trayce - your fella, what's his handle?

grozart: I thought knew about this already (unless you really *arent* who Ive assumed you are) anyway its m0dex/modey.

(I said hi to you ages ago on his LJ! I think.)

Perlence subrange 6-36 = 134 Mb! (36 minutes)

(the mp3, that is. Flac = 234 Mb, they've somehow added a Flac link to my download page, but I only ordered the mp3 versions)

(xpost) correction: 58 minutes

58 mins of ambience! Apaz WATMM are all whinging about that, haha.

can someone give me the lowdown on what autechre has done since the first 20 quaristice tracks were released. remixes/eps whatever. i listened to quaristice once or twice and decided not to buy it but my curiosity is making me want to give them a listen again. maybe the album is more complex/rewarding/emotional than I thought. [insert some other adjective that I meant to say]

they've been writing a concept album about you called lorax45%-hhy

also, they've taken up residence under your bed. THE ALBUM IS COMING FRROM INSIDE THE HOUSE

no
I heard there was remixes and new stuff

what songs?

they put out 13 tracks (in high-res .mp3 and .flac formats, downloadable from bleep.com) that are mostly (lengthly, one track is approx. 59 minutes and very minimal) variations of the album tracks 'perlence' and '901010>>|-|'. There is a radical remix of the track 'the Plc', which is a highlight. It is also the first track that was released.

the regular album tracks are far more succinct and already contain most of the highlights. the only worthwhile track on the limited, 2xCD deluxe edition was an extended (and more developed) version of The Plc.

Out of any 2008 release that I spent a good chunk of time listening to, Quaristice is the one that completely dropped off the face of the Earth for me. And it was true for others, apparently - while 1678 other albums were mentioned in the 2008 Pazz+Jop list, Autechre makes no appearance.

Anyone still listening to this? What's the diagnosis (time of death, etc)?

while 1678 other albums were mentioned in the 2008 Pazz+Jop list, Autechre makes no appearance.

Funny, I noticed this as well and almost noted it in the P&J thread.

I'm not a big Autechre fan, so haven't listened to this one more than, say, twice. Both times were the week I bought it, probably.

I kinda forgot about it too

Well, one thing to remember P&J is a collection of top 10s. I can see how none of these 500 people thought it was one of the 10 best albums of the year, even those who liked it.

I listened to a few tracks off it tonight on iTunes, still sounds just fine...?

but doesn't Pazz&Jop and other "best of year X" lists for that matter tend to favor albums that come out closer to the end of the year?

personally, I have listened to this album (and for that matter the new Squarepusher album) a lot this year (Itunes sez 11 times for Quaristice), and dug both records. But a certain number of folks that would have had more loyalty/interest say 5 years ago are just not noticing how truly strong these albums are.

I listened to this album more times than it deserved. 901010 |-| etc. is a worthwhile track. and the opening wafts. otherwise it's garbage.

I gave the album a good few listens and it didn't blow me away (tho' I certainly wouldn't say it's 'garbage') but then I basically overwhelmed myself by getting the album and the bonus disc and all the digital EPs and the Japanese bonus track - 45 tracks in total. Too much to take in. 'Altichyre' off the bonus disc is boooooootiful though.

this comes around every once in a while and it's like o hey what's goin on here