new Autechre album - Quaristice (early 2008)

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/ (about 50 minutes in)

Autechre – 'Simmm' (Warp)
Autechre – 'Paralel Suns' (Warp)

(simmm seemed to be two tracks in one, clanking at first then more melodic. paralel suns could be from SAW2)

oooooooh to listen or not to listen

Not. Her orgasmic presenting style is way too annoying.

Remember that show from The Wire in which three tracks were played?

It's gone now but the internets don't forget.

The promo copies are watermarked hence traceable to the source, so i wouldn't expect leaks anytime soon.

^ Thanks for the link.

I'm a little disappointed, though, at least upon first listen. Only the final track really grabbed me. All three seemed drenched in reverb, which normally I don't mind, and certainly isn't foreign to Autechre's music, but seemed out of place here. I guess those who were put off by their algorithm-centric compositions from the past decade or so might like this, as it's more stripped down and less wacked out. The problem is that they didn't really replace that space with anything compelling.

slightly off topic, but does anyone have that internet dj mix autechre did a few years ago? heard a bit of it at the time and remember it being incredible.

hmm, google reveals they did lots of mixes a couple of years ago, the one i heard had miuzi weighs a ton on it.

google gave me this tracklist of some more of their mixes... want!

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/4/848681/aemarathon20061228.txt

Is that the 7.5 hour thing? I've got it. Could ysi(although not right now) - if any of those sites allow >300meg files. Maybe someone else has a link.

Hmm I'm sure I remember writing a post just like this a year or so ago.

xpost - mines dated 2005-04-10.

and apparently it has the PE track -
http://xltronic.com/mb/92626/autechrews-transmission-1011-4-2005-tracklist

megaupload goes up to 500meg, i'm sure i'll find it if i keep looking, slsk and google not being very helpful. would be very much appreciated if you get the chance to upload it though!

Only the final track really grabbed me. All three seemed drenched in reverb, which normally I don't mind, and certainly isn't foreign to Autechre's music, but seemed out of place here. I guess those who were put off by their algorithm-centric compositions from the past decade or so might like this, as it's more stripped down and less wacked out. The problem is that they didn't really replace that space with anything compelling.

That was my first reaction as well … though to give them a break, I usually have to hear what they do with a very high bitrate to really get all the sonic details, and it also takes me a year to 'get' what they're doing – I didn't appreciate Untilted until recently.

This kind of judgment on first listening to lowbitrate samples is what the group itself is anxious to avoid I'd imagine.

http://www.myspace.com/myslb

I stand corrected

This kind of judgment on first listening to lowbitrate samples is what the group itself is anxious to avoid I'd imagine.

True. When I was listening to it I kept daydreaming about the DJ saying "Whoops, somehow I was sitting on the reverb button! This is what the songs really sound like, sorry!", and then playing them again. I'll still give it a fair shot when it comes out. I probably need to revisit Untilted. I only gave it about a month before I gave up.

Download is available now @ bleep, double CD edition preorder & more:

http://www.autechre.ws/quaristice/mail/

That's limited edition double CD edition, by the way. 1000 ex.

i'm really liking those tracks in the Wire stream, the reverb stuff sounds great on them, kind of dubby. the stream made me more excited about the album.

Limited edition double CD eh? Sold! (For £30! And to think I laughed at those Radiohead fans shelling out £40 for the box set.)

yeah, me too. and the download. (and that radiohead disc box) *sigh*

:-)

I thought about paying for the download - I want to hear it before the tour - but I don't feel like paying twice! Daresay it'll find its way onto the net somewhere.

... but the mp3 version contains track-by-track artwork by the Designers Republic!

er, like this one for track 10. Use your imagination for the other 19 tracks: vary the size and location of the small square and the colors (blue, white or black).

http://i26.tinypic.com/24v8kky.jpg

yay

(that's a white square with a black one inside - damn white background, forgot this would happen)

judging from bleep samples, "perlence" is their response to dubstep

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