interesting - a lot of reviews go "hey, we all know that the first three albums were the best, but..." I don't have a problem with Ae resting on their laurels a bit at this point! They've certainly earned that right.
― frogbs, Monday, 18 February 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
like there are just so many Autechre tracks that make me wish they did more along those lines
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17691-autechre-exai/
Fucking wow. Burn at the stake.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
havent gotten in very far but wtf @ this
In the last decade, the Manchester duo rewrote their own rules, leaning on the risks of their early works until, by their eighth LP Untilted, it was clear that their intention was no longer simply making bodies move
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
because why? that intention was clear by confield? chiastic slide? amber? doesn't strike me as an overly unfair review tbh.
― ledge, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
hopefully gonna get to finish my review tonight. no point in rushing these things as there's so much to take in.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
i dont think "simply making bodies move" is even accurate about Incunabula
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
That review sells the album really well, which wasn't its intention (or, was it?)
Still dying to hear it, not a question of cost but of format
― Black Sabbath - violence, religious obscurantism (imago), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
that PF review seems to make some very strange assumptions about Ae. The guy seems to know enough about them, but it's like he got the wrong end of the stick all along.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
I've never tried dancing to "Kalpol Introl." Should try that out tonight.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
their debut is as much of a 'dance' album as SAW 85-92 is. you can only dance to Autechre if you're willing to get really freaky with it.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
c'mon you square, just get on the floor and shake those hips
― ledge, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
I guess Basscadet is kind of danceable...
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
i know traditionally autechre gigs contain one guy thrashing around like he's on pcp and another hundred just standing there stroking their chins, but it's not like a great deal of their tracks don't have some kind of regular rhythm at a reasonable tempo.
― ledge, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
that review is a little strange but I can def see how this might be too much ae for someone that isn't totally on board
― original bgm, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
that's exactly right, the thing with Autechre is you really have to be 100% on board to really enjoy them, they don't meet you halfway sometimes the way someone like Aphex will. not judging if this is good or bad but Autechre are really 100% up their own asses in that regard.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
5.8 is a pretty brutal score taking that into consideration.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
*even taking.
I agree with that reviewer that a 2+ hour autechre album is a bit too much. I like this album, but I don't listen to it from beginning to end (mostly because of time constraints, but I think it would be the case even if I had plenty of free time). There's only so much new autechre one can take in at once. I think I prefer the album + EP approach they took with their last couple of releases.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
although for all I know, they are going to release a 4 hour EP in a couple of months
― silverfish, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
who gives a shit about a pitchfork review
― crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
A bit off topic but I got bought the 100 track Bleep100 comp for Xmas and didn't quite know how to listen to it. eg burn it onto CDs, play in alphabetical order, jump to the artists whose names I liked etc. Should probably start a thread and review everything on there.
― djh, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
they kinda did that for quadrange
― frogbs, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://mappedbywhatsurroundedthem.blogspot.de/2013/02/album-review-autechre-exai.html
a positive review, features a few tracks. "bladelores" on soundcloud.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 21 February 2013 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
either way, this review is way better than the one they did for Untilted. That one made me tear up a bit.
― frogbs, Thursday, 21 February 2013 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
my review http://thequietus.com/articles/11482-autechre-exai-review
― dog latin, Monday, 25 February 2013 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
an impressive career straddling four decades
shut up!
― ledge, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
hahah, quite a lot of people found that perturbing, but 1987-2013 technically straddles four decades so it's not wrong.
― dog latin, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
dog latin otm, stfu ledge u pleb
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
i'm just not used to record reviews making me feel old & question my mortality.
― ledge, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
80s autechre is my favourite
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:33 (eleven years ago) link
early quaristice demo from 1984:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmD0dd3NV38
― ledge, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
LOL Has there been any 80s Autechre released? When was Lego Feet? That was '91 IIRC but I'm sure something must have been released in 1990... Christ, I was 10 years old in 1991.
― dog latin, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:38 (eleven years ago) link
sprog latin
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Monday, 25 February 2013 12:39 (eleven years ago) link
20 years ago I didn't know what an Autechre was, and now I Ae one.
― dog latin, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link
(what a horribly formed "joke")
― dog latin, Monday, 25 February 2013 12:45 (eleven years ago) link
good review dog latin. the album is amazing, can't really talk about these guys anymore.
― kiubonaco (wolves lacan), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://autechre.ws/exai/
what's this countdown all about?
(scroll down)
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 28 February 2013 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
two more discs?
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 February 2013 04:30 (eleven years ago) link
Two countdowns ... video? Tour dates?
― eris bueller (lukas), Thursday, 28 February 2013 04:51 (eleven years ago) link
I think it's the length of the next EP
― Brakhage, Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:12 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't it the US/UK release dates for the physical media? Not sure
― Brakhage, Thursday, 28 February 2013 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
it's 20:00 on saturday evening (GMT) so i doubt it's the physical release, that'd be a monday morning (tuesday in US)
― koogs, Thursday, 28 February 2013 09:56 (eleven years ago) link
It'll be a 12 hour webcast or whatever.
― Call the Cops, Thursday, 28 February 2013 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
hope so those things are always great!
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:52 (eleven years ago) link
an accompanying EP would be sweet as hell
― frogbs, Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.factmag.com/2013/02/28/autechre-to-broadcast-two-extended-radio-shows-to-celebrate-the-physical-release-of-exai/
― crowhurst, Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
Ah there we go.
― Brakhage, Thursday, 28 February 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
AUTECHRE RADIO THIS WEEKEND
TX TIMES:Saturday 2nd March: 1200 hrs LA, 1500 hrs NYC, 2000 hrs UK, 2100 hrs CET, 0500 hrs (3rd March) TokyoSunday 3rd March: 1200 hrs LA, 1500 hrs NYC, 2000 hrs UK, 2100 hrs CET, 0500 hrs (4th March) Tokyo
http://www.mixlr.com/autechre [link not yet live]http://autechre.ws
Autechre will be broadcasting a pair of extended radio shows this weekend on Mixlr.com ahead of the release of new album, ‘Exai’.
The upcoming broadcasts follow their 2010 ‘Oversteps’ radio show that brought together over 180,000 listeners from 114 different countries.
― djh, Thursday, 28 February 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone else here traces of "Krib" in "1 1 is," especially the beginning?
― Liz Phair Dinkum (Leee), Friday, 1 March 2013 05:21 (eleven years ago) link