Gallery of the top 50, for your visual delectation: http://imgur.com/a/8n7sq
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
this was in some measure enlightening and engaging, it served as a corrective to the endless classic rock deathcult (even while it introduces autechre into the sepulchre)
they have made some of the very greatest vernacular music of the last few decades, if that seems like more of a challop than it should then it's because of the canonical biases (explicit or tacit) that favour lyricism, relatability, songform etc
they deserve also to be considered alongside almost anyone who has made what in its quaint senescence is called avantgarde or worse new music
their success is dialectical fracture and recombination of those values via their relentless focus on the granularity of sound, their tendency towards extremity, counterintuition, the sublime
these are scarcely terms one should bother applying to very much music but they are their own justification, this is music worthy of situating alongside xenakis and varese, hendrix or neu!
like those it speaks in the most direct terms and it does not require any sort of prior contextualization, the worst thing someone coming to their music anew could do is to read too much about them
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
(even while it introduces autechre into the sepulchre)
they're hardly finished!
otherwise, i can't find anything to disagree with there. interesting how the radiohead poll left me liking radiohead a little less. but autechre? much more.
― ugh (lukas), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
vivisepulture, the very worst type for all concerned
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
Saepulchre.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:47 (nine years ago) link
1. Cichli - 313 points | 12 votes2. Eutow - 269 points | 9 votes | 1 #1 vote3. Vletrmx - 262 points | 11 votes4. Arch Carrier - 213 points | 8 votes | 2 #1 votes5. Cap.IV - 207 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote6. Clipper - 205 points | 9 votes7. Rae - 199 points | 9 votes8. Pen Expers - 184 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote9. Garbagemx - 178 points | 7 votes | 1 #1 vote10. Drane - 168 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote11. Gantz Graf - 165 points | 7 votes | 1 #1 vote12. Surripere - 151 points | 6 votes13. Cipater - 149 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote14. Under BOAC - 142 points | 7 votes15. 444 - 141 points | 5 votes | 1 #1 vote16. Fold4, Wrap5 - 139 points | 5 votes17. Maphive 6.1 - 129 points | 6 votes18. Acroyear2 - 123 points | 6 votes19T. Gescom - Keynell 4 - 115 points | 4 votes | 1 #1 vote19T. Piezo - 115 points | 4 votes21T. Stud - 110 points | 4 votes21T. Recury - 110 points | 4 votes23. Drane2 - 108 points | 5 votes24. Leterel - 105 points | 4 votes | 1 #1 vote25. Silverside - 104 points | 5 votes26. Second Scepe - 100 points | 4 votes27. V-Proc - 99 points | 5 votes28. Draun Quarter - 97 points | 3 votes | 1 #1 vote29. Krib - 94 points | 5 votes30. Flutter - 91 points | 5 votes31. Second Bad Vilbel - 87 points | 4 votes32T. spl9 - 84 points | 4 votes32T. Bronchusevenmx - 84 points | 3 votes34T. d-sho qub - 83 points | 5 votes34T. Lentic Catachresis - 83 points | 4 votes34T. Corc - 83 points | 3 votes37T. Foil - 81 points | 4 votes37T. Goz Quarter - 81 points | 3 votes | 1 #1 vote39T. Bladelores - 80 points | 4 votes39T. Vose In - 80 points | 4 votes41T. Pir - 79 points | 4 votes41T. Rsdio - 79 points | 3 votes43. Cfern - 77 points | 3 votes44T. Eidetic Casein - 71 points | 3 votes44T. Second Peng - 71 points | 3 votes46T. Overand - 66 points | 3 votes46T. Gaekwad - 66 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote48. Rettic AC - 65 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote49T. Slip - 64 points | 4 votes49T. 6IE.CR - 64 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote51T. laughing quarter - 63 points | 3 votes51T. LCC - 63 points | 3 votes51T. Gelk - 63 points | 3 votes54. Milk DX - 62 points | 4 votes55. Further - 59 points | 3 votes56T. Parhelic Triangle - 57 points | 3 votes56T. Zeiss Contarex - 57 points | 3 votes58. Yulquen - 56 points | 2 votes59. lowride - 54 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote60T. Eggshell - 53 points | 3 votes60T. basscadet - 53 points | 3 votes60T. Altibzz - 53 points | 2 votes63. Sim Gishel - 52 points | 2 votes64. Ccec - 50 points | 2 votes65T. Teartear - 49 points | 2 votes65T. Glitch - 49 points | 2 votes67T. Inhake 2 - 47 points | 3 votes67T. C/Pach - 47 points | 2 votes69. Ipacial Section - 44 points | 2 votes70. Uviol - 42 points | 2 votes71T. Rpeg - 40 points | 2 votes71T. Theme of Sudden Roundabout - 40 points | 2 votes71T. Gescom - Go Sheep - 40 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote71T. cloudline - 40 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote75T. Netlon Sentinel - 37 points | 2 votes75T. VI Scose Poise - 37 points | 2 votes77T. M39 Diffain - 36 points | 2 votes77T. TR2A - 36 points | 1 vote79T. Nil - 35 points | 2 votes79T. Montreal - 35 points | 2 votes79T. Dael - 35 points | 2 votes79T. ilanders - 35 points | 2 votes79T. Perlence - 35 points | 2 votes84T. Basscadet (Bcdtmx) - 33 points | 1 vote84T. Psi-Onyx (Psix Million Dollar Myx Oscar Goldmans Bonus) - 33 points | 1 vote84T. Doctrine - 33 points | 1 vote87T. Augmatic Disport - 32 points | 2 votes87T. irlite (get 0) - 32 points | 2 votes87T. Nine - 32 points | 2 votes90. Simmm - 31 points | 2 votes91. Lost - 30 points | 1 vote92T. second scout - 28 points | 2 votes92T. Fermium - 28 points | 2 votes92T. The Plc ccc - 28 points | 1 vote92T. nuane - 28 points | 1 vote96T. Gescom - Viral Rival (Rmxd By Ae) - 26 points | 1 vote96T. Pro Radii - 26 points | 1 vote98T. Kalpol Intro - 25 points | 1 vote98T. Blifil (coachella / microphone fiend mashup version) - 25 points | 1 vote100T. Calbruc - 24 points | 2 votes100T. Lexis - Hypnotise (Autechre Slow Mix) - 24 points | 1 vote100T. IV VV IV VV VIII - 24 points | 1 vote100T. Fleure - 24 points | 1 vote100T. Windwind - 24 points | 1 vote100T. Tilapia - 24 points | 1 vote106. Chatter - 23 points | 1 vote107T. Latent Quarter - 22 points | 1 vote107T. Reniform Puls - 22 points | 1 vote107T. P.:NTIL - 22 points | 1 vote107T. Stereolab - Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix) - 22 points | 1 vote107T. Altichyre - 22 points | 1 vote107T. PIOBmx - 22 points | 1 vote107T. redfall - 22 points | 1 vote114. Bine - 21 points | 1 vote115T. are y are we - 20 points | 1 vote115T. Phoenecia - Odd Jobs (Systems Mono Remix) - 20 points | 1 vote115T. Dial - 20 points | 1 vote115T. Liccflii - 20 points | 1 vote119T. jatavee C - 19 points | 1 vote119T. Dominique Dalcan - Aveugle & Sourd (Autechre mix) - 19 points | 1 vote119T. FwzE - 19 points | 1 vote119T. Sublimit - 19 points | 1 vote123T. Rotar - 18 points | 1 vote123T. Xylin Room - 18 points | 1 vote123T. ylm0 - 18 points | 1 vote123T. Bnc castl - 18 points | 1 vote127T. pt2ph8 - 17 points | 1 vote127T. Autechre Play At Drowning In A Sea Of Indiependance - 17 points | 1 vote127T. Accelera 1 & 2 - 17 points | 1 vote127T. bike - 17 points | 1 vote131T. Melve - 16 points | 1 vote131T. The Trees - 16 points | 1 vote131T. characi - 16 points | 1 vote131T. R Ess - 16 points | 1 vote135T. T ess xi - 15 points | 1 vote135T. Hub - 15 points | 1 vote135T. pce freeze 2.8i - 15 points | 1 vote138T. Outpt - 14 points | 1 vote138T. Dropp - 14 points | 1 vote138T. M62 - 14 points | 1 vote138T. VL AL 5 - 14 points | 1 vote142. recks on - 13 points | 1 vote
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:34 (nine years ago) link
"Milk DX" missing the top 50 by 2 points. ;_;
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
my sympathies with the cloudline voter; discovered that track during the poll due to its being after spl9 and found it to be exquisite
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
All of ledge's images: http://imgur.com/a/bE5kc
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link
irlite (get 0) wuz robbed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwW5kBfltk
― clouds, Saturday, 4 October 2014 04:51 (nine years ago) link
my top 3 were
GoSheep @1Bronchusevenmx @2Yulquen @3
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 4 October 2014 05:21 (nine years ago) link
my ballot
#1 - lowrideeutowfold4, wrap5rsdionuanevose inrettic ACclippersecond bad vilbelunder BOAClaughing quartercichlimaphive 6.1acroyear 2fluttergantz grafarch carrierbasscadetfurther#20 - calbruc
― the late great, Saturday, 4 October 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link
Here's mins:
Draun QuarterUnder BOACGarbagemxSecond ScepeRaeCorcCichli6IE.CRArch CarrierV-PROCIpacial SectionTHEME OF SUDDEN ROUNDABOUTSublimitMaphive61Inhake 2PerlenceT ess xiZeiss ContarexCapIVPen Expers
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Saturday, 4 October 2014 07:12 (nine years ago) link
'mine' I mean!
GaekwadDraun Quarterspl9CichliPen ExpersLeterelLaughing QuarterKeynell 4PiezoStereolab - Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix)DraneRaeDominique Dalcan - Aveugle & Sourd (Autechre mix)Acroyear2PirVLetrmxKribSecond ScepeDaelSilverside
― If a job's worth doing it's worth doing, Horatio (ledge), Saturday, 4 October 2014 08:51 (nine years ago) link
Untitled was robbed. Though I didn't vote for anything from it, love it as an album but couldn't pick one track I could never live without.
― If a job's worth doing it's worth doing, Horatio (ledge), Saturday, 4 October 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Great work Leee & Ledge.
1. EutowPiezoStudSilversideAltibzzGaekwadFoilSecond PengVose InClipperMaphive 6.1NineGarbagemxVLetrmxLaughing QuarterR EssEggshellPen ExpersRaeSlip
The surprise of 'VLetrmx' turning up in the top three made up for 'Eutow' not getting first place.
Albums/EPs:
1. AmberTri RepetaeLP5GarbageIncunabulaEP7Anvil VaprePeel Session 1ConfieldEnvane
Belatedly realised that both octobeard and dog latin had already made my point about Chiastic Slide... That's one I definitely need to revisit. This poll's really got me back into Ae in general though, it feels like I've discovered them afresh. I'd definitely bump Confield up a few places if I was voting again.
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 4 October 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
great poll,surprised at the #1, but what a tune.surprised at the lack of love for cloudline, my #1, to me it's the perfect summation of their ideas.
tracks:cloudlinecferngantz grafcipaterVLetrmx21viral rival (gescom (rmxd by ae))LCCFleurespl9redfallpen expersilandersraeclipperbikecharacisecond scoutacroyearIIunder boaccichli
albums:untiltedconfieldexaichiastic slidelp5gantz grafdraft 7.30cichlisuitel-eventoversteps
thanks leee and ledge
― cheeseburger, Saturday, 4 October 2014 10:34 (nine years ago) link
my ballot:
1. Pen Expers2. Cap. IV3. Surripere4. VLetrmx5. The Plc ccc6. Cfern7. Arch Carrier8. V-Proc9. Eidetic Casein10. Under BOAC11. Zeiss Contarex12. Dial.13. Perlence14. bladelores15. Autechre Play At Drowning In A Sea Of Indiependance16. spl917. pce freeze 2.8i18. Ccec19. recks on20. Gantz Graf
― Larminard Darzingargle (silverfish), Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:02 (nine years ago) link
I too am on the Cloudline bandwagon following mentions ITT. If I'd clocked it properly before it would have ranked quite high in my ballot. Puts me in mind of Funkadelic or something, that one and I'm a sucker for formant filter vocal effects or whatever it is. Otherwise Uviol is the latest released track on my ballot.
I only named 14 tracks on my main list. May well be some changes if doing it again. Thanks to the organisers and contributors, it's been fun!
Goz QuarterGlitchCorc444Uviol OverandCichliTilapiaSecong PengFold4, Wrap5Draun QuarterVLetrmx21CipaterMontreal
― Noel Emits, Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
thanks for doing this Leee and ledge. I had a lot of fun rediscovering autechre. the tracks that didn't make the top 50 are in bold.
1. Rettic AC2. Ccec3. Recury4. Eutow5. Acroyear26. Clipper7. Leterel8. Sim Gishel9. Rae10. Nil11. Bine12. Liccflii13. Rsdio14. Gelk15. Simmm16. Basscadet17. Pen Expers18. Dropp19. Pir20. Foil
1. Tri Repetae2. Confield3. LP54. Chiastic Slide5. Amber
― prince moth mothy moth moth (cajunsunday), Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
This was a really interesting rollout to follow as a non-voter, esp since the work is on Spotify and I could drop in and listen along when the comments really piqued my interest. Favorite new discovery - Vletrmx.
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:11 (nine years ago) link
Yes, many thanks for all your efforts Leee and Ledge.
Autechre newbies following this are also recommended to checkout the individual LP/EP poll threads that Leee organised a few years back. First one is here: IncunaPOLLa -- Autechre :: LP1 :: Incunabula and I think each thread has a link to the next somewhere in the posts, so you can follow the trail all the way to Oversteps/MOT.
I credit those threads with reviving my interest in AE, which had flagged a bit. They inspired me to try again with Confield and pick up Draft 7.30 / Quaristice, which are now some of my favourite albums, by anyone.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
lol the world is only now ready for the early noughties shit
was continually consulting those threads fwiw, they're a useful resource
lots of ballots with plenty of later stuff, three of us with both cap.iv and surripere in the top 3
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
Great poll! Thanks guys... I'll be back with a few thoughts on the last few entries - particularly Arch Carrier, my #1.
Looks like most of my choices made it in. Whoop!
Still, I was listening to Zeiss Contarex, which has to count as the most evil insidious track they've ever made (WTF are those scratching, cackling noises at the beginning?! Mummy!!) and sad it didn't place higher. Netlon Sentinel could have made an appearance too - pure apocalypse.
Arch CarrierCichliPirRaeMaphive 6.1PiezoFold4, Wrap5Netlon SentinelGarbagemxZeiss ContarexUnder BOACSlipGelkVose InKribEutowMilk DXLetereld-sho qubV-Proc
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Saturday, 4 October 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
Last four tracks of EP7 all on your ballot - that run of tracks is probably my favourite discovery of the poll, they're all superlative. Maphive and Netlon especially may have troubled the upper reaches of my ballot. More even than LP5, those tracks may represent the most balanced moment of transition between Autechre and Autechre 2.0
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Agree. EP7.2 is my favourite run of any autechre
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Saturday, 4 October 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
Thanks Lee and ledge -- I've listened to more Autechre in the past two weeks than I had in the past couple of years. My opinion on the post-Gantz Graf stuff has been slowly shifting over the years so it's always nice to have a reason to revisit that stuff.
#1 was a big surprise -- is this the first ILM poll where the winning track didn't get a single #1 vote? I thought that "Arch Carrier" was a shoo-in, seeing that LP5 won the albums poll and most of the tracks from it finished in the top 50.
I sort of regret splitting the "Basscadet" vote by voting for one of the remixes, if I'd voted for the original then it would have finished somewhere in the low 30's.
I think this was the "purest" ILM poll that I've participated in. With most polls, there's a subtle bias in the ballots depending on how voters feel about the established canon, where people leave out some obvious hits for somewhat challopsy reasons so they can get a few of their secondary faves into the poll (obviously I am guilty of this as well). I think with Autechre, the canon is established for albums but not so much for individual tracks (or even EPs), and I think it's reflected in the final results. People voted for their favourite songs without really caring about what other voters would do. This is how it should be!
Key Nell 4TeartearBasscadet (Bcdtmx)PiezoStudRecuryCap.IVSecond PengChatterSecond Bad VilbelArch CarrierCipaterCichliLentic CatachresisGarbagemx36SilversideEggshellVLetrmxFlutterd-sho qub
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 4 October 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
Loved this poll. I voted without relistening and revisited the albums during the roll out (and I loved how long the roll out was cos it resulted in some great discussion). Having heard everyone else's pics I could conceivably vote for 20 different tracks, but this is what I went for
DraneVlertrmxDoctrineGarbagrmxSecond Bad VibelFurtherKalpol IntroWindwindYulquen444EutowSilversideArch CarrierFoilMontrealMelveBladeloresSlipGlitchNine
― A solid little house from the p-funk boys (I am using your worlds), Saturday, 4 October 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link
"Chatter" is a jam.
I think with Autechre, the canon is established for albums but not so much for individual tracks (or even EPs), and I think it's reflected in the final results.
Along with what nakh said about canon-building being equivalent to entombing them, I think that the clear divisions in their discography (melodic/pretty vs. throbbing noise) sets up a few camps of listeners, and the different perspective that each camp comes from reveals a novel understanding or appreciation of all the work. I think a lot of us have gotten a new appreciation onto tracks we'd dismissed or hadn't even heard of before, so that instead of a sepulchre (or even the vivisepulchre), this top 50 is explicitly a snapshot of taste at a specific time, and that if we were to do this again in a couple years' time (considering my history of doing such things, not out of the question!), the results would look pretty different ("Cichli" would still probably win though!).
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
I kinda always knew Cichli would get #1, yet no one actually voted for it as their own #1. Interesting. Also, outside of Arch Carrier, no other song had more than 1 vote as #1. I love how so many people can latch onto and love different facets of this band in very different ways. Speaks to their talent, diversity of output and staying power. My ballot:
Song poll 1 Cipater2 drane23 Psi-Onyx (Psix Million Dollar Myx Oscar Goldmans Bonus) 4 Eutow5 C/Pach6 Key Nell 47 d-sho qub8 4449 Clipper10 Goz Quarter11 Cichli12 are y are we13 jatavee C14 Inhake 215 bladelores16 Pir17 M39 Diffain18 Simmm19 Second Scout20 Surripere Album/EP Poll 1 Chiastic Slide2 Exai3 Tri Repetae4 LP55 Untilted6 Envane7 Incunabula8 Draft 7:309 Anvil Vapre10 Cichlisuite Remix Poll 1 Psi-Onyx (Psix Million Dollar Myx Oscar Goldmans Bonus) 2 Aveugle & Sourd (Autechre Mix)3 Viral Rival (Rmxd By Ae)4 Keynell Mix 15 Tunnels Ov Set Autechre Remix Non-AE poll 1 Gescom - Key Nell 42 Gescom - Go Sheep3 Lego Feet - Leaves on the Line4 Gescom - Key Nell 15 Gescom - Go Sumo
― octobeard, Saturday, 4 October 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
Oh and thanks Leee for putting this together! I had been anticipating this poll for quite a while now and it's been showering me in nostalgic musical bliss all week.
― octobeard, Saturday, 4 October 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
favorite remix is of d'breez "crazy for love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1bTis9ee3U
― clouds, Saturday, 4 October 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 19:43 (3 hours ago)
yeah, i like things from everything they have released (note that solitary vote for accelera) so it was good to see partisans for all of those
i didnt realise cichli was quite this popular, i guessed eutow might get #1
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Saturday, 4 October 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr3CCv6OvDo
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 October 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
I really thought Leterel would place higher. It was my number one and I'm a proud mf for voting for it despite it getting some disrespect upper in the thread. Its a great tune but really I didn't know whether to put that first or Clipper so its nice to see the latter place high.
Listening to Confield again now and it is fckn magnificent.
Cheers all and especially Leee for reigniting my love for this weird and special music.
― kraudive, Monday, 6 October 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
1. GoSheep (Gescom)2. Bronchusevenmx3. Yulquen4. Arch Carrier5. Cichli6. Fold4, Wrap57. VI scose poise8. Overand9. Maphive 6.110. VLetrmx11. Krib12. Further13. Goz Quarter14. Rotar15. Flutter16. Under Boac17. Drane18. Lowride19. Nil20. Clipper
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
yes this was really great thanks lee and all for the kewl write-ups, also the roll-out pace was great as it allowed me to bitch
― mattresslessness, Monday, 6 October 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
ty Leee
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link
LeterelClipperEutowDraneCichliGelkCipaterKribBasscadetDaelStudRpegGantz Grafylm0pt2ph8d-sho qubHubM62Milk DXInhake 2
― kraudive, Monday, 6 October 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
also the roll-out pace was great as it allowed me to bitch
lol ur welcome. I don't follow these results threads much -- was this on the slow side?
― cichleee suite (Leee), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
can't find an autechre remix thread so am bumping the most recent ae thread as that'll be the one people have bookmarked.
anyway, ae remix article in this month's wired.
― koogs, Thursday, 16 October 2014 08:48 (nine years ago) link
You mean the wire.
― ledge, Thursday, 16 October 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link
yes, i do (bought both this morning)
disappointingly the magazine is nothing like the tv series.
― koogs, Thursday, 16 October 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
if there was a magazine called Wired all about the show the Wire it would make life even more complicated than it already is.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Thursday, 16 October 2014 14:33 (nine years ago) link
So it appears that a bracing immersion in the top half of this poll was the best way to get into Autechre after a couple of failed attempts. I suppose I made a mistake starting with Incunabula and Amber, both of which did very little for me bar one or two tracks, and I never had the interest to explore further into the supposedly more 'difficult' records. This is partly because the discourse around Autechre is almost uniquely terrible - cf their supposed shift from warmth to coldness throughout their career, when to these ears something like Confield sounds way warmer than Incunabula. All those crackling and purring noises and emberish melodies, it's like watching a fire.
I'd always liked Cap IV but assumed that was an outlier, but the run from Chiastic Slide to Confield, once they start playing more with meter and texture, is just so great. And their melodies get better as well. Been taking it one album after the next and I'm about to plunge into Draft and onwards. But yeah, good work all concerned here.
― Matt DC, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
I still think LP5 is the best way to get into these dudes
― Abstinence Hawk (frogbs), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
The idea of Autechre as having ever made 'cold' music is one of the biggest misnomers around their music. If it were so I'd probably not be a fan. Glad you got into them Matt DC. The run you mention is my favourite era. Found things a little bumpy from then on up until the Quaristice era, but as this poll proves, there are plenty who will rep for Draft and Untilted.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
X post yeah LP5 was my introduction to them.
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
I've been re-discovering my love for "Leterel," well done, voters.
― Tantivleee Mucker-Maffick (Leee), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link