"Alcachofa" by Ricardo Villalobos

My turntable cost about £150 15 years ago - ie it's entry-level - and to change speed you have to take the platter off and manually adjust the belt drive. So that is a hell of hassle for flipping speeds as you change sides, actually.

But I own Alcachofa on CD, so...

All mine it's only ever taken flicking a switch, only trolly move is never mentioning it on the sleeves bt he prob likes the idea of ppl listening to it at the "wrong" speed anyway

i have a lot of admiration for this record and villalobos overall, but i find it hard to love. sometimes i feel like he is the autechre of dance music

A+ zing

I thought autechre were the autechre of dance music

lo i don't know in what universe autechre makes dance music

less so these days

Damnit I thought that ws the joke

sometimes i feel like he is the autechre of dance music

You mean that he's very good at it?

Gotta agree with Marcos. I admire the guys skills at putting together groovrs, but his music is often kinda alienating and gray. Very much like Autechre, yeah.

plenty of autechre tracks could bang in a set.

haha like what?!

"eutow" maybe

idm always was a bit of a contradiction in terms

"montreal"?

not bang i guess, but work as an offset for a harder track or vocal. in a context where no one knows or cares that it's idm.

idk

yeah I can see early early autechre working in some sets, lots of incunabula i bet would work too

flutter! maybe.

i sort of take it back though, not a lot of banging autechre. i mean it's mostly chilltime for sure.

anyway lots of dahnce vinyl switches between 33 and 45. i thought it was about maximizing levels / sound quality esp. bass?

I've heard their work used well in a few mixes but it's usually a remix they did, or a short segment dropped in by Surgeon or other djs of his ilk

plenty of autechre tracks could bang in a set.

― mattresslessness, Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:26 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha like what?!

― the late great, Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:27 AM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

― mattresslessness, Thursday, July 31, 2014 11:26 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"oh yea, you know, like 'q3ztuuu,' '0102303-394,' 'XIDIDIII"' loads others!"

lol

"I admire the guys skills at putting together groovrs, but his music is often kinda alienating and gray"

You know how people say that when you're about to freeze to death you start feeling all warm? A lot of Villalobos tracks have that effect on me.

to be fair you can really fall into those grooves after the first eight hours of dancing

it doesn't bang necessarilly but

LOWRIDE

Dancing to Autechre is easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiLK7S2fXqQ

Surgeon could probably pull off "second bad vibel" in a set

^would listen so hard

dance too, lol

yeah iirc he (surgeon) actually has used autechre in several online mixes

you could say autechre has been a "tool" of the "surgeon"

Surgeon could probably pull off "second bad vibel" in a set

― brimstead, Thursday, July 31, 2014 1:23 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Totally.

Clipper is a total banger, too.