Limited edition double CD eh? Sold! (For £30! And to think I laughed at those Radiohead fans shelling out £40 for the box set.)
― ledge, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 15:46 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, me too. and the download. (and that radiohead disc box) *sigh*
:-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought about paying for the download - I want to hear it before the tour - but I don't feel like paying twice! Daresay it'll find its way onto the net somewhere.
― ledge, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:12 (sixteen years ago) link
... but the mp3 version contains track-by-track artwork by the Designers Republic!
er, like this one for track 10. Use your imagination for the other 19 tracks: vary the size and location of the small square and the colors (blue, white or black).
http://i26.tinypic.com/24v8kky.jpg
yay
― StanM, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
(that's a white square with a black one inside - damn white background, forgot this would happen)
― StanM, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
judging from bleep samples, "perlence" is their response to dubstep
― jermainetwo, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
and "chenc9" could be the tuss.
― jermainetwo, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
It's weird - it's like they're taking a step back (reintroduction of apparent simplicity and melody) and one forward (order in the chaos they'd built up until now) at the same time - if that makes any sense. Think I'm going to like this, but then I like pretty much everything they've done.
― StanM, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Here I was ready to write them off. Based on the Beeb and Wire exclusives, I'm excited that they've finally ditched the super-compressed Draft sound.
― Leee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I dont have £30 just now :(
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Good news for you, it's only £24.99.
― Leee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
US tour dates too.
― Leee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:33 (sixteen years ago) link
... and in Canada.
― Leee, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Glasgow date march 1st at the art school i think
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
it's only £24.99.
plus p+p
so being impatient and a sucker i succumbed to bleep. only i couldn't get the zip download to work so had to get the tracks one by one, then i had to cancel one of them and when i went back to the download manager it wouldn't let me get it again ;_;
Crackle Box, here's that webcast. unfortunately it's apparently missing the first 45 mins or so. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0PPCPADV
― ledge, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
and they're hitting Seattle on this tour … BONUS
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 00:44 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm really loving the new album.
― Creeztophair, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
WTF ltd edition is already sold out.
― Leee, Wednesday, 30 January 2008 03:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Um, this turns out to be really great. My favorite of theirs since Confield.
― Z S, Saturday, 2 February 2008 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
cant get into. hope its a grower.
― chaki, Saturday, 2 February 2008 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link
the last three autechre albums have taken ages to sink in for me, but that's not necessarily a bad thing and once i lived with them long enough they were/are very rewarding listens especially untilted. the first listen to this reminded me of parts of chiastic slide a bit.
― tricky, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
They essentially slag off the limited edition release in their Clash interview http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/autechre-quaristice;
It makes no odds to me. Actually, it does; I’d prefer (people) to download it than buy it physically. It fits our agenda much better that way. Our plan has never been to produce CDs - it’s always been about making music. If there’s a way of charging for it and getting the content to people, then we’ll adopt whichever is the most transparent. The actual product is the FLAC file – but I don’t object to those who want to own something that they can hold”
― Kiff, Sunday, 10 February 2008 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't see how they're addressing the ltd 2cd release, just the usual physical format vs. digital file debate...
― stephen, Sunday, 10 February 2008 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
-- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:44 PM (1 week ago)
And if you were there the last time they played the art school you'll know to avoid!
― jim, Sunday, 10 February 2008 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a 2cd version?. is it available in the americas?
― Creeztophair, Monday, 11 February 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
There was - but it already sold out.
― Z S, Monday, 11 February 2008 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
"fwZe" is so sweet, I love their new short attention span policy
― Drew Daniel, Monday, 11 February 2008 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah after three albums in a row mostly featuring 5-7 minute long gradually evolving tracks, just fausting together 60 minutes worth of snippets seems like a good way to go
the board recording mp3 of the 2005 glasgow show is great. basically the same set I saw in SF at mezzanine, far more straightforward & clubby than anything they put on albums (though the acid numbers on this new one come close)
― Milton Parker, Monday, 11 February 2008 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
ledge - thanks for the upload.
that clash interview is great. i think im gonna have a full on comfy chair/dark room/studio speakers/LOUD first listen to this.
― Crackle Box, Monday, 11 February 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Excellent interview by Mark Richardson on Pfork today: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/48520-interview-autechre
― stephen, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd like to be an alternate universe where that last para gets picked up by the tabloids.
"Sean Booth Slams R&B! 'It's holding everything back', claims electronic music pioneer"
― ledge, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
^ er i mean rob brown of course :/
― ledge, Monday, 18 February 2008 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
To those still hoping for a return to the old Autechre sound:
I have just settled down and listened to Incunabula and Amber and realized, in retrospect, how cheesy they were, and how contrasted our newer ideas are. Even though I might still think we're still banging out big riffs and big beats and whatever sort of cinematic, cheesy moments, you just realize that you're too close.
I tend to agree with his assessment, although I'm sure many people would think him loony for saying such a thing.
― Z S, Monday, 18 February 2008 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
skimmed thru this on bleep. first track is nice, simm begins really well but loses it a bit for me. the only other thing i like is bnc castl - the temptation to stick a massive kickdrum under it is proving great.
― blueski, Monday, 18 February 2008 23:40 (sixteen years ago) link
reminder:
Radio show = tomorrow (Saturday 23 February, 20 GMT) on http://www.autechre.ws
― StanM, Friday, 22 February 2008 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link
cool.
Still figuring out this album. May take some time. One thought: bnc castl reminds me of Are People People - the insane Adrian Sherwood "mix" of People are People by Depeche Mode.
― ledge, Friday, 22 February 2008 12:03 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a mix for MAH on Radio 1 tuesday night too.
― koogs, Friday, 22 February 2008 12:40 (sixteen years ago) link
12 hours!?
Autechre - 2008-02-23 - Autechre.ws webcast.mp3 File Size : 495MB (519 728 107 bytes) Duration : 12:00:37.421 (1906770287 samples)
― StanM, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 07:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I only listened to the first hour or two, which was pretty much solid hip-hip/electro. Tuned in a while later to hear the somewhat obscure early Depeche Mode b-side "Now This Is Fun", which they also played on their 2005 webcast.
― ledge, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 10:16 (sixteen years ago) link
fausting
lol
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 26 February 2008 10:36 (sixteen years ago) link
attempted playlist for that 12 hour stream thing:
http://5-against-4.blogspot.com/2008/02/autechre-playlist.html
― StanM, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 11:29 (sixteen years ago) link
whole album is on their myspace page. I like it more than their last few so far.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 13:03 (sixteen years ago) link
loving this and i haven't liked anything of theirs in a while
― am0n, Friday, 29 February 2008 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link
that wecast is pretty spectacular. i listened to 3 hours of it at work and never got bored of it.
― funny farm, Friday, 29 February 2008 05:41 (sixteen years ago) link
the ltd. ed. special edition has been delayed for a couple of days:
http://www.warprecords.com/news/?offset=0&ti_id=1383
― StanM, Monday, 3 March 2008 19:58 (sixteen years ago) link
If whatever I've downloaded here is the new Autechre album, I'm very happy with it - but doesn't it sound different from everything else? Here I was, waiting for another bunch of ever-randomising clunkjams and here is something that's actually a lot of fun!
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
haha, their myspace site looks totally fucked, but because it's autechre i can't tell if it's intentional or just normal myspace bullshit.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 4 March 2008 23:26 (sixteen years ago) link
So the london gig was night was in a fucking car park. Roofed but a bit short on walls, only about half a dozen coats were in the cloakroom, it was so cold. And the bar didn't take cash, you had to buy tokens... which were sold in blocks of £10 minimum. Massive cuntitude. And no re-entry, which scuppered my plan of nipping out to a local boozer till they came on at 12.30am.
― ledge, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
were they any good, though?
― toby, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
The Guardian wasn't very impressed with their Newcastle show: http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2261916,00.html
― StanM, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 13:17 (sixteen years ago) link