Autechre - Best NTS Session POLL

I was playing Chiastic Slide (on CD, through speakers) a few weeks ago and was struck by how "real" "Rettic AC" sounded, as in like it was really present in the room as opposed to being synthetic/imaginary (a recording of electronic sounds). Of course all the sounds are in some sense real (getting into George Lucas territory being baffled when people complain about digital SFX: "none of it's real!"), but that was a really cool sensation, and kind of unusual in my experience when listening to recordings of whatever type.

xp I could see that with Exai. What is your take on Draft then? I feel both have a similar sound mix/master wise and I love them both. Feels analog tape like with gently rolled off highs and solid "thwack" dynamics in the percussion. Shit pops.

Re: the new one, listening to it as I type this, and it's easily their warmest sounding record I think they've yet released. Tons of emphasis in the lower mids/upper bass (250hz-1000hz) and it's very very wide, soft, smudged and yet spacial and 3D. NTS was nothing if not "icy" in its palette and mix, a very snowy winter like quality like the whole set was performed in an ice cave, with more of an upper mids emphasis, but in a good way and utilizing bass/sub bass as a counterpoint often, unlike Tri-Rep. SIGN is the opposite, with maybe a bit of detail is smudged in the lower frequencies, but that's part of its charm. I love it. It really is a career highlight both in its content and in its mix imho. Feels very different for them and I'm here for it.

Draft sounds a lot better than Exai to me. Agree that the mastering is similar, I think the mixing / the actual timbres just work better for me.

1: Blanche
2: Sophia
3: Rose
4: Dorothy

Dorothy
Blanche
Rose

Sophia

Thaenk you for baeing a friaend

i've been back in an nts sessions wormhole for the last two weeks. it's nice here and i don't want to leave.

of the CD version, 2.2 and 3.2 are definite favorites. 9 chr0 and icari are both excellent tracks