Autechre Exai

Well a double album the size of Exai is not normally SOP. That alone eclipses the sum total output of the Move Over Ten Steps era. However I somewhat agree with you on the editing of Exai. I'd honestly cut maybe 4-6 tracks total from the record, which would not be enough to get it down to a single disc/2xLP release.

In any case, early Ae EPs were my favorites, but since EP7, I've not really enjoyed any non-album Ae releases up until Move of Ten.

early Ae EPs were my favorites, but since EP7, I've not really enjoyed any non-album Ae releases up until Move of Ten

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the quaristice extras are better imo. well the quadrange ep.

In any case, early Ae EPs were my favorites, but since EP7, I've not really enjoyed any non-album Ae releases up until Move of Ten.

to be fair there really haven't been a lot

well the quadrange ep

i knew someone was going to say this! i've only listened to the long ambient thing, didn't like it. i'll try the rest.

Peel Session 2, Gantz Graf, Quadrange and Digital Exclusive EP (also circa Quaristice) were all meh or worse to my ears. All the tunes from that time just sound like unfinished doodles or imitations of Autechre with a few exceptions (Simm comes to mind). In fact the whole Quaristice era is my least favorite of their career. Considering how much I love the new record, I've got some hopes for this upcoming release

All the tunes from that time

By "that time" I meant Quaristice. blech

Peel Session 2 is ALL TIME - Gelk and Gaekwad anyway.

Gelk is really great

I still think the Gantz Graf EP is one of the best things they've done. Autechre at their noisiest.

I love the first and last tracks but dial really rubs me the wrong way, countdown theme music not the best inspiration for a tune imo.

I agree that dial is probably the weakest track, but I'm just a sucker for that endless staircase thing and it seems like I enjoy almost every song (by anyone) where that has been used.

Okay, yeah Gelk and Gaekwad are neat. Remember them playing early versions of those two live at the first Coachella in 1999

Exai took stamina to get through when it came out, I'd be maxed out by the end of one disc let alone both. it takes me about 15-20 minutes to drive to work, and going through it over the course of a week made me realize that I love every track on it. when this thread woke up again I put it back into drivetime rotation & this time through, 15 minutes isn't enough. this stuff sure does creep on you. can't wait for the ep.

Cap.iv is the only track from the 2000s or 2010s that I wholeheartedly love.

I recommend spending some time with Exai, it's deep.

there was some dubious maths thing with the cover of exai, that the blocks in binary said something (just looked like a monkey in a gasmask to me). the new one is 16x16 but i can't see anything in it.

String b = "0000100110010000" // 4620 / 2448 /   0990    ..     
         + "0000101101010000" // 5520 / 2896 /   0B50    .P
         + "0001110010011111" // 16237 / 7327 /  1C9F    .. FS
         + "0000110110011111" // 6637 / 3487 /   0D9F    ..
         + "1000010001101111" // 102157 / 33903 / 846F   .o
         + "0000001101100000" // 1540 / 864 /    0360    .`
         + "0000001001010001" // 1121 / 593 /    0251    .Q
         + "1111111110011011" // 177633 / 65435 / FF9B   ..
         + "0000001000000100" // 1004 / 516 /    0204    ..
         + "0000000111000100" // 704 / 452 /     01C4    ..
         + "0110010000100000" // 62040 / 25632 / 6420    d
         + "0101111101111111" // 57577 / 24447 / 5F7F    _
         + "0101111100000000"  // 57400 / 24320 / 5F00   _
         + "0010010011011000"  // 23330 / 9432 / 24D8    $.
         + "1000010011011100"  // 102334 / 34012 / 84DC  ..
         + "1100000000000000";  // 140000 / 49152 / C000 ..

that's binary // octal / decimal / hex and ascii. adds up to 284916...

Probably taking the piss as with the "interlocking" tiles from Daft 7.30.

(the above code snippet is from something I wrote to see if the pixels themselves made any sort of pattern when displayed at different widths. no dice.)

(that said, I wonder whether the other three orientations would yield anything)

http://ge.tt/70Z4ePt/v/0

real? fake?

trying too hard fake

Not trying hard enough fake

shit is dope(d)
http://news.velonation.com/Men/Road/Va_Vl/2011/original/Vinokourov_Alexandre_surgery_july11.jpg

streaming:
http://www.spin.com/articles/autechre-l-event-ep-stream-hack-website-warp/

I'll be listening to this tonight... always excited for new Ae

exai = xi = 11
l-event = eleven two

mind blown

damn, "m39 diffain" is killer

man they are in majestic mode as of late

yeah

the new ep reminds me a bit of the quaristice era

It's not blowing my mind at this stage... Sounds like they're revisiting familiar territory. Could be wrong..

Disagree. Most of this EP totally blows my mind, contains textures, rhythms and especially nice progressions I felt were lacking in the Quaristice era.

Feels like a tighter progression of Exai. Loving it.

they packed in a lot of sharp textures, odd spaces, and wild envelope/panning action on the first couple tracks. Osla for n is a bit of a slog, however.

EP may be better than the album, honestly

Still waiting for it to sink in. Although my surprise at not having any recollection of track 2 disappeared when I released my iphone had decided to shuffle in something from a quaristice ep instead.

Osla for n has the confield-like hermetic thing going on. Burrowing away at some deep, hidden, private coalface, unconcerned with the outside world.

don't tell anyone, but i'm skyperviweing these guys tomorrow. any questions from the big ilx fans?

You could ask if they would ever consider releasing some of their live recordings

"How do you pronounce Autechre?" is definitely one they haven't been asked before.

You could ask if they would ever consider releasing some of their live recordings

... in a more regularly accessible way than one-offs/bonus tracks/etc.

new 4-track single is £8.50 bought from bleep. (7 + 1.50 postage). seems a lot.

(boomkat was similar, amazon was £8 with no p&p)

Over 3 minutes of music per pound spent!

which is more than i'm paid

It's about half an hour long, just imagine its a short album

$6 USD at my local shop. already purchased the mp3s at BLEEP for $4... I've no problem shelling out dough for an act that continues to put out quality material. the packaging is real crisp, too

"Ask Autechre Anything," five day marathon interview on WATMM, 150+ page thread. concluded earlier today

i'll go ahead and include the link: http://forum.watmm.com/topic/81109-aaa-ask-autechre-anything-sean-and-rob-on-watmm/

legends

Very cool! Thanks!