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 (six 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 (six years ago) link
guys
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 5 April 2018 16:21 (six 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 (six 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 (six 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
It's certainly magnificent, maybe my favourite of all their recent releases. And I guess it is quite sunny, yeah, until the grey clouds roll in and the alien mutant thunder rumbles low over the hills.
― Toss another shrimpl air on the bbqbbq (ledge), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 09:36 (five years ago) link
Returning to this release my first thought these days is how poorly mastered it is. Compared to NTS (excellent return to form mastering wise), Exai and especially Oversteps, this is overly compressed, narrow sounding and in your face. Shame, since this is some their best work.
― octobeard, Thursday, 22 November 2018 00:51 (five years ago) link
otm
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 22 November 2018 00:59 (five years ago) link
Definitely one of their harsher sounding collections.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 22 November 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link