as for "inventive," well, the IDM list be damned, they pretty much defined how IDM has sounded for the past 4 years or so by dint of every semi-talented derivative jacking their style (phoenicia, entire schematics roster, everything i've heard on musik aus strom, especially the horribly derivative but not even close to the mark flagship duo funkstorung, etc, etc). their fault or their misfortune, you be the judge.
― your null fame, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― bnw, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Mark, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Dave M., Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dog latin, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― K-reg, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
but in the last 6 months i've begun to change my mind, and i'm beginning to really love some of what they do (most of LP5, a lot of Chiastic Slide, and Clichi Suite are beautiful records i think).
it seems strange that it too such a long time for me to really like them, but then i did that with piano magic, happy mondays and tom waits too, and i love 90% of all their stuff too.
got tri repetae recently, but having difficulty getting into that one so far.
saw them at Brixton Fridge the other week, and they were excellent. every track seems to start off so uninviting, but gradually becomes wonderful
so, i think i'd head towards classic really
― gareth, Tuesday, 24 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kevin Enas, Wednesday, 25 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bnw, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Kevin Enas, Thursday, 26 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Josh, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― K-reg, Thursday, 10 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Monday, 14 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Monday, 14 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Stevo, Sunday, 10 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Josh, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― gareth, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
So there you have it: we're the new folkies! :) Let's all grow beards.
― Stevo, Friday, 15 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Omar, Monday, 18 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Just got sent this:
Autechre - 'EPS 1991-2002' WARPCD2115 X Deluxe CD - 47 Tracks - 5hr 39min 59sec47 track digital bundle available nowCD shipped & released 11th April 2011
Order CD with instant WAV/MP3 download at BleepDownload MP3/WAV at Bleep (includes videos)Download digital at iTunes
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(Made in The Designers Republic™)CAVITY JOB, BASSCADEP, ANTI EP(Disc 1)
Cavity JobAccelera 1 & 2Basscadet (Bcdtmx)Basscadet (Basscadoublemx)Basscadet (Tazmx)Basscadet (Basscadubmx)LostDjarumFlutter
Tracks 1 – 2 originally released as Cavity Job (p)1991 Autechre.Tracks 3 – 6 originally released as Basscad EP (p) 1994 Warp Records Limited.Tracks 7 – 9 originally released as Anti EP (p) 1994 Warp Records Limited.GARBAGE, ANVIL VAPRE(Disc 2)
GarbagemxPIOBmxBronchusevenmxVLetrmxSecond Bad VilbelSecond ScepeSecond ScoutSecond Peng
Tracks 1 – 4 originally released as Garbage (p)1995 Warp Records Limited.Tracks 5 – 8 originally released as Anvil Vapre (p) 1995 Warp Records Limited.PEEL SESSION, ENVANE(Disc 3)
Milk DXInhake 2DraneGoz QuarterLatent QuarterLaughing QuarterDraun Quarter
Tracks 1 – 3 originally released as Peel Session (p)1995 BBC.Tracks 4 – 7 originally released as Envane (p)1997 Warp Records Limited.CHICHLISUITE, EP7(Disc 4)
YeeslandPenchaCharaciKribTilapiaRpegCcecSquellerLeft BlankOutptDroppLiccflii
Tracks 1 – 5 originally released as Cichlisuite (p)1997 Warp Records Limited.Tracks 6 – 12 originally released on EP7 (p)1999 Warp Records Limited.EP7, PEEL SESSION 2, GANTZ GRAF(Disc 5)
Maphive6.1Zeiss ContarexNetlon SentinelPirGelkBlifilGaekwad19 HeadachesGantz GrafDial.Cap.IV
Tracks 1 – 4 originally released on EP7 (p)1999 Warp Records Limited.Tracks 5 – 8 originally released as Peel Session 2 (p)1999 BBC.Tracks 9 – 11 originally released as Gantz Graf (p)2002 Warp Records Limited.
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
ooh, they've split the EP7s across two discs. Bad show.
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
(closes eyes, mutters 'i do not need or want expensive box-sets, i do not need or want expensive box sets...')
― ledge, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
('I have all these tracks already, i have all these tracks already')
― dentarthurdent (dog latin), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Seems a little odd not to include the Seefeel or Beaumont Hannant mixes of Basscadet, but maybe that can be justified. Putting "Anvil Vapre" before "Garbage" seems like flat-out bad sequencing.
― with hidden noise, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:47 (thirteen years ago) link
?
Tracks 1 – 4 originally released as Garbage (p)1995 Warp Records Limited.Tracks 5 – 8 originally released as Anvil Vapre (p) 1995 Warp Records Limited.
― ledge, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, my mistake!
― with hidden noise, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
This is disappointing. At least include all vinyl-only tracks, not only Cavity Job.
I don't feel this is worth the double-dip.
― Sebastian (Royal Mermaid Mover), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry boothbrown, I already have all the original releases.
― StanM, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
only own the Anti EP but not sure what I would do with this package - EP collections on several CDs just seem so impractical
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 08:49 (thirteen years ago) link
This is disappointing. At least include all vinyl-only tracks, not only Cavity Job.I don't feel this is worth the double-dip.
OTM.
Better to have the original Anti and break the seal on it to show what bollicks the Criminal Justice Thingy is.
― Asparagus Peee (Leee), Friday, 18 February 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
http://thequietus.com/articles/10978-autechre-new-album-details-exai
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
I couldn't decide which C or D thread to pick so I made a new one
Autechre Exai
― ledge, Thursday, 13 December 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
http://youtu.be/lC7LGzCZ-q0
classic
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 14 October 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
track at 18:00 is pretty sick
― eris bueller (lukas), Monday, 14 October 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
that whole video is rad, oh man that brings back memories, esp. the whistles and the whole dudes-with-long-fringe-swept-back-w-headbands thing, damn haven't seen that look in a minute
― the tune was space, Monday, 14 October 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
http://ge.tt/9ZkPRWw/v/0
more ore
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 29 October 2013 07:14 (ten years ago) link
http://p.autechre.ws/proxy?lnk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2Fartist%2F41-Autechre
― djh, Thursday, 5 March 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Currently doing...something...on Alaskan radio:
http://www.ksuaradio.com/listen/
http://www.factmag.com/2016/05/18/autechre-alaskan-radio-appearance/
https://twitter.com/warprecords/status/732995434352873472
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
the one playing now is good
― saer, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
Man, I can't get this stream going to save my life
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
Me neither.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
here ya go
with public radio PSAs :P
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
that SC bit is just a variation on what already exists in the 2nd half of most of the 'official' live sets..
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:45 (seven years ago) link
Yeah this might be the first record that I don't preorder instantly
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 23:12 (seven years ago) link
I asked to switch seats because of a bass rattle and am now sitting above the stage
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 27 August 2023 11:00 (seven months ago) link
Excessive bass can be an issue. Almost ruined my Helsinki '22 gig, as the concert hall made primarily for acoustic classical music performances was definitely not suited for booming bass.
― jvc, Sunday, 27 August 2023 11:53 (seven months ago) link
The set was radically, transcendently new. Grimy, oily beats, brutal sonics, overwhelming, huge rushes, complete 180 from the abstraction of the last decade. Positively evil, pummelling, wow.
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 27 August 2023 12:24 (seven months ago) link
thanks to a kind personhttps://we.tl/t-nptWp9F7Ex
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 28 August 2023 03:01 (seven months ago) link
Thanks, I will make this my first time listening to live AE!
― 50 Favorite Jordans (Jordan), Monday, 28 August 2023 20:37 (seven months ago) link
complete 180 from the abstraction of the last decade
I don't believe you but I'm happy you had such a good time!
(downloading now)
― official representative of Roku's Basketshit in at least one alternate u (lukas), Monday, 28 August 2023 21:22 (seven months ago) link
you weren't lying
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Monday, 28 August 2023 21:32 (seven months ago) link
hehI think I made an immortalised WOO around the 22 minute mark
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 28 August 2023 21:47 (seven months ago) link
Loving the emphasis on hip hop beats on the Sydney set. Damn. Will be in Sydney next week so maybe I can hear some faint echoes of the show reverberating off random buildings in the CBD or something while I'm there.
― octobeard, Monday, 28 August 2023 21:48 (seven months ago) link
Whoever posted that 2023 set, thank you, finally listened to it today and it is bleakly gorgeous
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 23 September 2023 21:53 (seven months ago) link
There is a lossless version on archive.org now by the way
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 September 2023 21:54 (seven months ago) link
https://archive.org/details/Autechre2023-08-27
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 23 September 2023 23:09 (seven months ago) link
I don't know if anyone ever mentioned these (I was surprised to find them) - here's two shows from 94 & 95 :
https://www.mixcloud.com/oscillate_sound_system/autechre-live-oscillate-1494/
https://www.mixcloud.com/oscillate_sound_system/autechre-oscillate-21295/
― StanM, Friday, 13 October 2023 08:38 (six months ago) link
noice
― behold the thump (ledge), Friday, 13 October 2023 09:29 (six months ago) link
The 95 set is superb.
― behold the thump (ledge), Friday, 13 October 2023 10:49 (six months ago) link
it really is
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 14 October 2023 12:00 (six months ago) link
https://nialler9.com/autechre-conversation-about-music-art-funk-and-emotion-interview/
― just sayin, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:21 (six months ago) link
what i'm getting from that is that they only really like people called Mark.
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:58 (six months ago) link
Autechre actually popped up in the novel i'm reading at the moment, Ian Rankin's 'A Question Of Blood' (2003):
'You're going to tell me you've never smoked or had a drink?'
But of course he wasn't going to say that. Doctors had higher stress levels than cops. One thing she had done - her own initiative - was trying to get into ambient music. Lemon Jelly, Oldsolar, Boards of Canada. Some hadn't worked - Aphex Twin and Autechre; not enough meat on their bones.
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:34 (six months ago) link
I enjoyed that interview, some interesting links/tracks to check out later.
― behold the thump (ledge), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:07 (six months ago) link
lmao
Sean: Yeah, I mean, Rae was written in a really emotional state as well. I remember exactly what I was doing, where I was and everything when I did thatDroid: It’s funereal, it’s just absolutely stunning.Sean: Yeah, it was a hangover (laughs) It wasn’t even real sadness, I wasn’t even going through anything. I was just, I was just feeling really fragile that day.
Droid: It’s funereal, it’s just absolutely stunning.
Sean: Yeah, it was a hangover (laughs) It wasn’t even real sadness, I wasn’t even going through anything. I was just, I was just feeling really fragile that day.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:09 (six months ago) link
I love these guys so much
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:10 (six months ago) link
OMG "Rae" confirmed Sean solo track??
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:23 (six months ago) link
article got me to go listen to one of the 2014 live sets, which I haven't done since 2016. at the time it all seemed like too much, impenetrable. listening to it now of course, it just sounds like prime lucid stuff.
I guess it would make sense that an Autechre album released at time t+1 would prepare you for the live set appearing at time t. Autechre's music only really legible to time travelers, to the displaced.
― what you say is true but by no means (lukas), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:35 (six months ago) link
I love the 90’s stuff all the way through, but even since then, I often find the emotion in your music to be almost unbearable – going back to tunes like, Yulquen, Overand, Nonima, and some of the stuff on SIGN. I almost can’t listen to it. I can’t even describe the emotion; It’s like a kind of ache, you know, this kind of mix of yearning and joy and loss. And even the happy songs like, Keynell 4 or Chicli seem to be touched with sadness.
This statement by droid nails it for me too. Sean's response was spot on - really touches on the emotional connection both those bands share in terms of that melancholy and sense of longing. The other emotions I'd attribute to Ae are menace and swagger, too. Not enough is written about that.
What a great interview!
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:43 (six months ago) link
Also, humble brag on that hand written letter from Thom Yorke haha
I found the bit about how their focus has shifted to the live dumps to be kinda fascinating but also a bummer, because I really don't like those. I just don't have time to listen to an hour of slowly shifting Autechre at a single sitting. I want an album I can pull individual tracks from as time permits, and occasionally listen to front to back.
― read-only (unperson), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:54 (six months ago) link
Agreed.
I think it would be different if they released these live sets in smaller bunches, or like one every month or two - but 5-25 at once (or whatever) is just kinda psychically overwhelming.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:58 (six months ago) link
agreed but the live stuff feeds into the studio albums now right? like every time a new album comes out I feel like people are going "oh this is that bit from last year's live set", etc
but yeah I agree great interview, I love how even after 30 years they both come off as very creative and questioning individuals who still don't claim to know the right or wrong way to do anything. I thought it was cool they brought up Lynch so much, they're similar in that their work is also emotional in very hard to describe ways
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:06 (six months ago) link
I guess this means their next album is going to SLAP
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:13 (six months ago) link
was pretty amused that was the one topic where they just went "nope, not gonna talk about it". dont look now but we're coming up on 3 full years since PLUS by the end of the month, the longest gap between Ae releases yet. not that they don't deserve the break!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:18 (six months ago) link
Good lord is 3 years the longest gap? Could have sworn it was longer but now that I look, 3 years was the gap between LP5 and Confield as well as Exai and Elseq.
Given they're actively touring and releasing recordings, it's all good - not like they're hinting at retiring just yet (thank goodness). Just hit up Cali soon please!
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:24 (six months ago) link
I wouldn't mind if they only did live sets from now on, the only thing I would like is that they split them up into smaller tracks rather than just one long hour+ track. I don't always have the one hour to listen to this stuff and sometimes I want to listen to one specific thing from the live sets and not the whole thing.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:28 (six months ago) link
yeah a studio album culled from live sets would be really cool. similar to what King Crimson used to do. there's a fanmade one called "elseq 6-10" and it works pretty well
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:31 (six months ago) link
yeah, there's also one for the 2016/2018 sets: https://archive.org/details/AE_ONESIX
Both are pretty good, but I wish we didn't have to wait for fan made versions of these things, plus I still would love to have every set they release split up like this
― silverfish, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:58 (six months ago) link
lmaoSean: Yeah, I mean, Rae was written in a really emotional state as well. I remember exactly what I was doing, where I was and everything when I did thatDroid: It’s funereal, it’s just absolutely stunning.Sean: Yeah, it was a hangover (laughs) It wasn’t even real sadness, I wasn’t even going through anything. I was just, I was just feeling really fragile that day.
Sean: Yeah, I mean, Rae was written in a really emotional state as well. I remember exactly what I was doing, where I was and everything when I did thatDroid: It’s funereal, it’s just absolutely stunning.
Ha, yeah, I was laughing over that one.
― droid, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 20:29 (six months ago) link
Funny, Rae is my absolute favorite track by them ever.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 22:11 (six months ago) link
It's a killer, I always have to stop what I'm doing and pay attention to that one.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 22:40 (six months ago) link
Dragging thru old soundboard releases à propos of the interview above (which is great), I put on the Miami 2015 set and damn, it's really hitting today. Familiar elements from all the other sets on that tour but they lock in a bit tighter and go deeper.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 19 October 2023 02:01 (six months ago) link
The Helsinki set is excellent.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 26 October 2023 11:14 (five months ago) link
(From 2022, the one they released as part of the set.)
turns out that autechre remixed the black dog.available via a limited freebie thing on bandcamp.
― mark e, Friday, 17 November 2023 19:57 (five months ago) link
Appearing at The Hague
(and other places in Europe)
https://autechre.warp.net/shows
― organ doner (ledge), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 11:19 (four months ago) link