slow day at the drum circle. a soft shoe shuffle in diving boots. an amble down a quiet country lane swinging at nettles with a stick.
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Monday, 21 August 2017 13:02 (six years ago) link
that's the one where they riff on the we will rock you beat isn't it
― imago, Monday, 21 August 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
yeah. it's pretty repetitive although i like ledge's description more than the track itself
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 21 August 2017 13:44 (six years ago) link
Finally started listening to these. Only 2 tracks into the first one and I must say this is the best ae in over a decade. I had pretty much given up on these guys.
― Doopee Time (FlopsyDuck), Wednesday, 4 October 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
I'd give Exai another spin if I were you!
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 5 October 2017 05:01 (six years ago) link
Yeah they never really dropped off. They could be accused of over-releasing though. Only the most diehard fans would have listened to all those Quaristice and Oversteps spin-offs, but they've always been all over it.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 5 October 2017 08:40 (six years ago) link
Impressed that Exai was their highest-charting UK album since Amber
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 5 October 2017 08:41 (six years ago) link
Oversteps spin-offs?
― koogs, Thursday, 5 October 2017 08:58 (six years ago) link
'move of ten'
― imago, Thursday, 5 October 2017 08:59 (six years ago) link
(oh, the webcast. that's hardly canon though, is it? (or is it?))
― koogs, Thursday, 5 October 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
No I meant Move of Ten really. I love Autechre's album/EP strategy but by the late 00s they were releasing so much material it was hard to keep up; especially since the music was getting ever-more complex. I like Elseq because, even though it's extremely long, the individual tracks seem easier to digest in their extended format. Exai is great but it's a lot of Autechre to take in in one go.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Thursday, 5 October 2017 10:57 (six years ago) link
I think you can point directly to one specific release, the 2 1/2 hour Quadrange "EP" with the 58-minute ambient track, especially given that there was already a totally different version of the album out there already. Not to mention that their track titles were getting increasingly obtuse and hard to remember.
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 October 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
yeah, the move of ten ep was nothing like the chore that the quadrangle ep was. and was half (4/7ths) the length of the original rather than twice as long.
― koogs, Thursday, 5 October 2017 16:13 (six years ago) link
plus it was relatively straightforward and beat driven, with the sort of bangers they hadn't done since like, LP5
― frogbs, Thursday, 5 October 2017 16:22 (six years ago) link
Meantime, enjoy a month-long residency on NTS
https://www.nts.live/projects/autechre-nts-residency/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 14:01 (five years ago) link
I finally bought my copy of Elseq recently, been enjoying it greatly. Pondering if i need the live ones too.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
guys
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
been listening off and on for the last hour, it's really kicking in right now
― alvin noto (mh), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
you should have taken it at least half an hour before the set
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
Jamming to acdwn2 right now, it's good, that is all
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 20 May 2018 04:06 (five years ago) link
banger
― you bet, nancy (map), Sunday, 20 May 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
I remember when Exai came out I complained that this was too much autechre to take in at once.If this trend continues, their next album is going to be 8 hours long― silverfish, Friday, May 20, 2016 1:16 PM (two years ago)
If this trend continues, their next album is going to be 8 hours long
― silverfish, Friday, May 20, 2016 1:16 PM (two years ago)
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
it'll just be an endless generative stream that plays forever
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
i do wonder if they can go back to making normal-length albums again
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
an album of lots of tiny tracks would be interesting
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Thursday, 28 June 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/YJ-eY9jmklNUK_Pyz2Lrt6A9Gs4=/fit-in/600x745/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-43153-1485307171-6839.jpeg.jpg
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
ah well click on it yerself
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
The only pre recorded minidisc I own...
― koogs, Thursday, 28 June 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
me too, and almost certainly for more people than any other pre-recorded monodisc.
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
monodosc, sorry i have a cold.
― lana del boy (ledge), Thursday, 28 June 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
Folks, I think NTS 3 may be the best of the batch.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
Although I haven't nearly digested either, my gut feeling is that NTS is quite a bit more enjoyable than Elseq. The tracks feel more varied, more melodic, a little less pure abstraction.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 7 July 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
Absolutely - I know NTS pretty thoroughly now, and tracks by name even, whereas despite spending similar time with Elseq I still skate off the surface of most tracks (notable exceptions being "c16 deep tread", "eastre", "curvcaten", "mesh cinereaL", "pendulu hv moda" et al.).
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 7 July 2018 23:52 (five years ago) link
I don't think I ever made it all the way to the end of elseq. Having NTS come out once a week really helped - it felt like extremely pleasurable homework to listen to each one before the next one showed up. (The metal band Beastmaker recently released eight four-song EPs in three batches - 3, 3, and 2 - I'm still wading through them, and I kinda wish they'd chosen to put out one a week, too.)
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 8 July 2018 00:40 (five years ago) link
the last few tracks on elseq 5 are some of the best tracks on the whole thing.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 8 July 2018 06:50 (five years ago) link
i immersed myself in elseq and it feels hugely texturally varied, a landscape with peaks and lakes, forests and blasted heaths. nts feels much more homogeneous to me right now but i'm sure that will change in time.
― lana del boy (ledge), Sunday, 8 July 2018 08:15 (five years ago) link
NTS 2 > NTS 1 > NTS 4 > NTS 3
― octobeard, Monday, 9 July 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
There should probably be a poll
NTS 4 >>>>>>>>> NTS 3 > NTS 2 > NTS 1
(there should probably be a poll)
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
can it wait till a while after physical versions arrive
― Simon H., Tuesday, 10 July 2018 00:49 (five years ago) link
Find it pointless to even consider ranking NTS 1-4, but "all end" is beyond compare when I need that kind of thing. Each has at least 2 uniquely brilliant tracks. I haven't yet listened to the whole thing in a block but I am looking forward to it.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
voilvoic is kind of my secret favorite on this whole thing.
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
i tried listening to a pared down version of this but i ended up missing every track i left off.
even t1a1 which eventually finds its zone.
my favorite ambient-ish track might just be "carefree counter dronal" - bright and beautiful.
still transported to different planets by "13 ctrl" "four of seven" and "column thirteen"
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
and the madness of "north spiral".
I love the LOL Autechre of calling the first track "t1a1".
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 10 July 2018 01:59 (five years ago) link
Seeing as there are so many tracks how would you all feel about a mini ballot poll for the NTS Sessions? I'm not necessarily volunteering but I think it might be fun.
Say, top 8 tracks ranked or unranked, and a sessions 1-4 ranked side poll. Wouldn't need a big production results thread or anything.
Not before the boxes are out there anyway.
*Not quite sure how the points are supposed to be weighted but haven't given it much thought.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 10:43 (five years ago) link
a mini ballot poll
A shimriPOLL casual, if you will.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 11:47 (five years ago) link
I like this idea
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 13:44 (five years ago) link
pendulu hv moda is so magnificent
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
so much of what they do is so dark that when they decide to go sunny it's like a vitamin d overdose
― macropuente (map), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link