like eutow, file under 'some of the best modern classical detroit techno I've heard'
― the late great, Friday, 3 October 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
xp You say dated, I say nostalgic.
Thanks leee, thanks to everyone who wrote about their fave tracks even though all music writing is horrible, thanks to everyone who used the word "synaesthesia".
― If a job's worth doing it's worth doing, Horatio (ledge), Friday, 3 October 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
D'oh forgot to post this under "Eutow":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiLK7S2fXqQ
― cichleee suite (Leee), Friday, 3 October 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link
dave elsewhere is all time
― the late great, Friday, 3 October 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
yh that's awesome
full breakdown so we can post our ballots and gnash our teeth that 6ie.cr just beat out our incunabula faves pls
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
I'll post the complete results after work.
GJ everyone!
― cichleee suite (Leee), Friday, 3 October 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
when hurricane charlie/frances came through my town and we were without power for a few days i had a burned copy of garbage ep and a portable cd player, and now associate that track with intense humidity and candlelight
― clouds, Friday, 3 October 2014 19:31 (4 hours ago)
i love this
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
drane i associate with one of those sudden violent midsummer storms rolling across london on an overcast dayfairly mild stuff compared to a subtropical hurricane
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
― the late great, Friday, 3 October 2014 22:51 (Yesterday)
yeah im not too fond of the modern classical appelation here, perhaps phobically because i associate that term with nico muhly rather than tristan murail nowjust play it really loud, it contains multitudes, the low end is nothing other than sick
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
vletrmx right
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link
btw I'm listening to Sublimit properly rn and holy shit
Untilted is a fucking masterpiece the whole way thru
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
and with eutow i fully agree with the way it just breaks off when it should be building further and further, probably the only autechre track i feel that way about
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
things i voted for in order.....
CapIVDraneSurripereEutowGantz GrafVLetrmxAltibzzCorcIpacial SectionAltichyreAcroyear2Theme of Sudden RoundaboutDrane2Eidetic CaseinAccelera 1 & 2Parhelic Triangleilandersirlite (get 0)Netlon Sentinelspl9
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
GarbagemxSecond ScepeCichlibladeloresStudFoilBrunchusevenmxVLetrmxFlutterLatent QuarterM39 DiffainRpegC/Pachirlite (get 0)LCCOverandRecuryLentic CatachresisDrane2Cap.IV
Tri RepetaeExaiChiastic SlideUntiltedConfieldAmberGarbageEP7LP5Anvil Vapre
― mattresslessness, Friday, 3 October 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
444CichliRaeLostVletrmx21DraneKeynell 4Lexis - Hypnotise (Autechre Slow Mix)Bronchusevenmx24PIOBmx19FlutterSecond ScepeMilk DXDrane2KribClipperCipaterSecond Bad VilbelTeartearCalbruc
― cichleee suite (Leee), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
lol nothing from 2000 onward. fie upon thee haha
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
i suppose the world is in karmic balance tho
...because mine has nothing from BEFORE 2000!!!!!!
6IE.CRCap.IVSurripereEidetic CaseinSim GishelPro RadiiParhelic TriangleIV VV IV VV VIIILentic CatachresisP.:NTILLCCV-PROCAugmatic DisportXylin RoomGantz GrafThe TreesCfernVL AL 5FermiumVI Scose Poise
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
if I were to redo this ballot it wd probably lose the last 4 or 5 tbh and have maphive 6.1, drane and some others on it. but that's polls
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
Pen Expers, Parhelic, VI Scose Poise, and Surripere were all late cuts for me. I just like my Autechre smooth and pretty.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
Also briefly considered something off of Quadrangle! Which is like uncharted territory for me.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
let's call the whole thing os veix3
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
thanks a lot to leee, this was worthwhile, and to ledge, arguments about the virtue of that one track aside, for providing a corresponding aesthetic
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 October 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
Gallery of the top 50, for your visual delectation: http://imgur.com/a/8n7sq
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
this was in some measure enlightening and engaging, it served as a corrective to the endless classic rock deathcult (even while it introduces autechre into the sepulchre)
they have made some of the very greatest vernacular music of the last few decades, if that seems like more of a challop than it should then it's because of the canonical biases (explicit or tacit) that favour lyricism, relatability, songform etc
they deserve also to be considered alongside almost anyone who has made what in its quaint senescence is called avantgarde or worse new music
their success is dialectical fracture and recombination of those values via their relentless focus on the granularity of sound, their tendency towards extremity, counterintuition, the sublime
these are scarcely terms one should bother applying to very much music but they are their own justification, this is music worthy of situating alongside xenakis and varese, hendrix or neu!
like those it speaks in the most direct terms and it does not require any sort of prior contextualization, the worst thing someone coming to their music anew could do is to read too much about them
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
(even while it introduces autechre into the sepulchre)
they're hardly finished!
otherwise, i can't find anything to disagree with there. interesting how the radiohead poll left me liking radiohead a little less. but autechre? much more.
― ugh (lukas), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
vivisepulture, the very worst type for all concerned
― C21H23NO5 (nakhchivan), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
Saepulchre.
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 00:47 (nine years ago) link
1. Cichli - 313 points | 12 votes2. Eutow - 269 points | 9 votes | 1 #1 vote3. Vletrmx - 262 points | 11 votes4. Arch Carrier - 213 points | 8 votes | 2 #1 votes5. Cap.IV - 207 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote6. Clipper - 205 points | 9 votes7. Rae - 199 points | 9 votes8. Pen Expers - 184 points | 8 votes | 1 #1 vote9. Garbagemx - 178 points | 7 votes | 1 #1 vote10. Drane - 168 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote11. Gantz Graf - 165 points | 7 votes | 1 #1 vote12. Surripere - 151 points | 6 votes13. Cipater - 149 points | 6 votes | 1 #1 vote14. Under BOAC - 142 points | 7 votes15. 444 - 141 points | 5 votes | 1 #1 vote16. Fold4, Wrap5 - 139 points | 5 votes17. Maphive 6.1 - 129 points | 6 votes18. Acroyear2 - 123 points | 6 votes19T. Gescom - Keynell 4 - 115 points | 4 votes | 1 #1 vote19T. Piezo - 115 points | 4 votes21T. Stud - 110 points | 4 votes21T. Recury - 110 points | 4 votes23. Drane2 - 108 points | 5 votes24. Leterel - 105 points | 4 votes | 1 #1 vote25. Silverside - 104 points | 5 votes26. Second Scepe - 100 points | 4 votes27. V-Proc - 99 points | 5 votes28. Draun Quarter - 97 points | 3 votes | 1 #1 vote29. Krib - 94 points | 5 votes30. Flutter - 91 points | 5 votes31. Second Bad Vilbel - 87 points | 4 votes32T. spl9 - 84 points | 4 votes32T. Bronchusevenmx - 84 points | 3 votes34T. d-sho qub - 83 points | 5 votes34T. Lentic Catachresis - 83 points | 4 votes34T. Corc - 83 points | 3 votes37T. Foil - 81 points | 4 votes37T. Goz Quarter - 81 points | 3 votes | 1 #1 vote39T. Bladelores - 80 points | 4 votes39T. Vose In - 80 points | 4 votes41T. Pir - 79 points | 4 votes41T. Rsdio - 79 points | 3 votes43. Cfern - 77 points | 3 votes44T. Eidetic Casein - 71 points | 3 votes44T. Second Peng - 71 points | 3 votes46T. Overand - 66 points | 3 votes46T. Gaekwad - 66 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote48. Rettic AC - 65 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote49T. Slip - 64 points | 4 votes49T. 6IE.CR - 64 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote51T. laughing quarter - 63 points | 3 votes51T. LCC - 63 points | 3 votes51T. Gelk - 63 points | 3 votes54. Milk DX - 62 points | 4 votes55. Further - 59 points | 3 votes56T. Parhelic Triangle - 57 points | 3 votes56T. Zeiss Contarex - 57 points | 3 votes58. Yulquen - 56 points | 2 votes59. lowride - 54 points | 2 votes | 1 #1 vote60T. Eggshell - 53 points | 3 votes60T. basscadet - 53 points | 3 votes60T. Altibzz - 53 points | 2 votes63. Sim Gishel - 52 points | 2 votes64. Ccec - 50 points | 2 votes65T. Teartear - 49 points | 2 votes65T. Glitch - 49 points | 2 votes67T. Inhake 2 - 47 points | 3 votes67T. C/Pach - 47 points | 2 votes69. Ipacial Section - 44 points | 2 votes70. Uviol - 42 points | 2 votes71T. Rpeg - 40 points | 2 votes71T. Theme of Sudden Roundabout - 40 points | 2 votes71T. Gescom - Go Sheep - 40 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote71T. cloudline - 40 points | 1 vote | 1 #1 vote75T. Netlon Sentinel - 37 points | 2 votes75T. VI Scose Poise - 37 points | 2 votes77T. M39 Diffain - 36 points | 2 votes77T. TR2A - 36 points | 1 vote79T. Nil - 35 points | 2 votes79T. Montreal - 35 points | 2 votes79T. Dael - 35 points | 2 votes79T. ilanders - 35 points | 2 votes79T. Perlence - 35 points | 2 votes84T. Basscadet (Bcdtmx) - 33 points | 1 vote84T. Psi-Onyx (Psix Million Dollar Myx Oscar Goldmans Bonus) - 33 points | 1 vote84T. Doctrine - 33 points | 1 vote87T. Augmatic Disport - 32 points | 2 votes87T. irlite (get 0) - 32 points | 2 votes87T. Nine - 32 points | 2 votes90. Simmm - 31 points | 2 votes91. Lost - 30 points | 1 vote92T. second scout - 28 points | 2 votes92T. Fermium - 28 points | 2 votes92T. The Plc ccc - 28 points | 1 vote92T. nuane - 28 points | 1 vote96T. Gescom - Viral Rival (Rmxd By Ae) - 26 points | 1 vote96T. Pro Radii - 26 points | 1 vote98T. Kalpol Intro - 25 points | 1 vote98T. Blifil (coachella / microphone fiend mashup version) - 25 points | 1 vote100T. Calbruc - 24 points | 2 votes100T. Lexis - Hypnotise (Autechre Slow Mix) - 24 points | 1 vote100T. IV VV IV VV VIII - 24 points | 1 vote100T. Fleure - 24 points | 1 vote100T. Windwind - 24 points | 1 vote100T. Tilapia - 24 points | 1 vote106. Chatter - 23 points | 1 vote107T. Latent Quarter - 22 points | 1 vote107T. Reniform Puls - 22 points | 1 vote107T. P.:NTIL - 22 points | 1 vote107T. Stereolab - Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix) - 22 points | 1 vote107T. Altichyre - 22 points | 1 vote107T. PIOBmx - 22 points | 1 vote107T. redfall - 22 points | 1 vote114. Bine - 21 points | 1 vote115T. are y are we - 20 points | 1 vote115T. Phoenecia - Odd Jobs (Systems Mono Remix) - 20 points | 1 vote115T. Dial - 20 points | 1 vote115T. Liccflii - 20 points | 1 vote119T. jatavee C - 19 points | 1 vote119T. Dominique Dalcan - Aveugle & Sourd (Autechre mix) - 19 points | 1 vote119T. FwzE - 19 points | 1 vote119T. Sublimit - 19 points | 1 vote123T. Rotar - 18 points | 1 vote123T. Xylin Room - 18 points | 1 vote123T. ylm0 - 18 points | 1 vote123T. Bnc castl - 18 points | 1 vote127T. pt2ph8 - 17 points | 1 vote127T. Autechre Play At Drowning In A Sea Of Indiependance - 17 points | 1 vote127T. Accelera 1 & 2 - 17 points | 1 vote127T. bike - 17 points | 1 vote131T. Melve - 16 points | 1 vote131T. The Trees - 16 points | 1 vote131T. characi - 16 points | 1 vote131T. R Ess - 16 points | 1 vote135T. T ess xi - 15 points | 1 vote135T. Hub - 15 points | 1 vote135T. pce freeze 2.8i - 15 points | 1 vote138T. Outpt - 14 points | 1 vote138T. Dropp - 14 points | 1 vote138T. M62 - 14 points | 1 vote138T. VL AL 5 - 14 points | 1 vote142. recks on - 13 points | 1 vote
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:34 (nine years ago) link
"Milk DX" missing the top 50 by 2 points. ;_;
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
my sympathies with the cloudline voter; discovered that track during the poll due to its being after spl9 and found it to be exquisite
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
All of ledge's images: http://imgur.com/a/bE5kc
― cichleee suite (Leee), Saturday, 4 October 2014 04:41 (nine years ago) link
irlite (get 0) wuz robbed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwW5kBfltk
― clouds, Saturday, 4 October 2014 04:51 (nine years ago) link
my top 3 were
GoSheep @1Bronchusevenmx @2Yulquen @3
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 4 October 2014 05:21 (nine years ago) link
my ballot
#1 - lowrideeutowfold4, wrap5rsdionuanevose inrettic ACclippersecond bad vilbelunder BOAClaughing quartercichlimaphive 6.1acroyear 2fluttergantz grafarch carrierbasscadetfurther#20 - calbruc
― the late great, Saturday, 4 October 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link
Here's mins:
Draun QuarterUnder BOACGarbagemxSecond ScepeRaeCorcCichli6IE.CRArch CarrierV-PROCIpacial SectionTHEME OF SUDDEN ROUNDABOUTSublimitMaphive61Inhake 2PerlenceT ess xiZeiss ContarexCapIVPen Expers
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Saturday, 4 October 2014 07:12 (nine years ago) link
'mine' I mean!
GaekwadDraun Quarterspl9CichliPen ExpersLeterelLaughing QuarterKeynell 4PiezoStereolab - Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix)DraneRaeDominique Dalcan - Aveugle & Sourd (Autechre mix)Acroyear2PirVLetrmxKribSecond ScepeDaelSilverside
― If a job's worth doing it's worth doing, Horatio (ledge), Saturday, 4 October 2014 08:51 (nine years ago) link
Untitled was robbed. Though I didn't vote for anything from it, love it as an album but couldn't pick one track I could never live without.
― If a job's worth doing it's worth doing, Horatio (ledge), Saturday, 4 October 2014 08:52 (nine years ago) link
Great work Leee & Ledge.
1. EutowPiezoStudSilversideAltibzzGaekwadFoilSecond PengVose InClipperMaphive 6.1NineGarbagemxVLetrmxLaughing QuarterR EssEggshellPen ExpersRaeSlip
The surprise of 'VLetrmx' turning up in the top three made up for 'Eutow' not getting first place.
Albums/EPs:
1. AmberTri RepetaeLP5GarbageIncunabulaEP7Anvil VaprePeel Session 1ConfieldEnvane
Belatedly realised that both octobeard and dog latin had already made my point about Chiastic Slide... That's one I definitely need to revisit. This poll's really got me back into Ae in general though, it feels like I've discovered them afresh. I'd definitely bump Confield up a few places if I was voting again.
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 4 October 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
great poll,surprised at the #1, but what a tune.surprised at the lack of love for cloudline, my #1, to me it's the perfect summation of their ideas.
tracks:cloudlinecferngantz grafcipaterVLetrmx21viral rival (gescom (rmxd by ae))LCCFleurespl9redfallpen expersilandersraeclipperbikecharacisecond scoutacroyearIIunder boaccichli
albums:untiltedconfieldexaichiastic slidelp5gantz grafdraft 7.30cichlisuitel-eventoversteps
thanks leee and ledge
― cheeseburger, Saturday, 4 October 2014 10:34 (nine years ago) link
my ballot:
1. Pen Expers2. Cap. IV3. Surripere4. VLetrmx5. The Plc ccc6. Cfern7. Arch Carrier8. V-Proc9. Eidetic Casein10. Under BOAC11. Zeiss Contarex12. Dial.13. Perlence14. bladelores15. Autechre Play At Drowning In A Sea Of Indiependance16. spl917. pce freeze 2.8i18. Ccec19. recks on20. Gantz Graf
― Larminard Darzingargle (silverfish), Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:02 (nine years ago) link
I too am on the Cloudline bandwagon following mentions ITT. If I'd clocked it properly before it would have ranked quite high in my ballot. Puts me in mind of Funkadelic or something, that one and I'm a sucker for formant filter vocal effects or whatever it is. Otherwise Uviol is the latest released track on my ballot.
I only named 14 tracks on my main list. May well be some changes if doing it again. Thanks to the organisers and contributors, it's been fun!
Goz QuarterGlitchCorc444Uviol OverandCichliTilapiaSecong PengFold4, Wrap5Draun QuarterVLetrmx21CipaterMontreal
― Noel Emits, Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:38 (nine years ago) link
thanks for doing this Leee and ledge. I had a lot of fun rediscovering autechre. the tracks that didn't make the top 50 are in bold.
1. Rettic AC2. Ccec3. Recury4. Eutow5. Acroyear26. Clipper7. Leterel8. Sim Gishel9. Rae10. Nil11. Bine12. Liccflii13. Rsdio14. Gelk15. Simmm16. Basscadet17. Pen Expers18. Dropp19. Pir20. Foil
1. Tri Repetae2. Confield3. LP54. Chiastic Slide5. Amber
― prince moth mothy moth moth (cajunsunday), Saturday, 4 October 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
This was a really interesting rollout to follow as a non-voter, esp since the work is on Spotify and I could drop in and listen along when the comments really piqued my interest. Favorite new discovery - Vletrmx.
― it's taco science, but it works like taco magic (WilliamC), Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:11 (nine years ago) link
Yes, many thanks for all your efforts Leee and Ledge.
Autechre newbies following this are also recommended to checkout the individual LP/EP poll threads that Leee organised a few years back. First one is here: IncunaPOLLa -- Autechre :: LP1 :: Incunabula and I think each thread has a link to the next somewhere in the posts, so you can follow the trail all the way to Oversteps/MOT.
I credit those threads with reviving my interest in AE, which had flagged a bit. They inspired me to try again with Confield and pick up Draft 7.30 / Quaristice, which are now some of my favourite albums, by anyone.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:41 (nine years ago) link
lol the world is only now ready for the early noughties shit
was continually consulting those threads fwiw, they're a useful resource
lots of ballots with plenty of later stuff, three of us with both cap.iv and surripere in the top 3
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 12:50 (nine years ago) link
Great poll! Thanks guys... I'll be back with a few thoughts on the last few entries - particularly Arch Carrier, my #1.
Looks like most of my choices made it in. Whoop!
Still, I was listening to Zeiss Contarex, which has to count as the most evil insidious track they've ever made (WTF are those scratching, cackling noises at the beginning?! Mummy!!) and sad it didn't place higher. Netlon Sentinel could have made an appearance too - pure apocalypse.
Arch CarrierCichliPirRaeMaphive 6.1PiezoFold4, Wrap5Netlon SentinelGarbagemxZeiss ContarexUnder BOACSlipGelkVose InKribEutowMilk DXLetereld-sho qubV-Proc
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Saturday, 4 October 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
Last four tracks of EP7 all on your ballot - that run of tracks is probably my favourite discovery of the poll, they're all superlative. Maphive and Netlon especially may have troubled the upper reaches of my ballot. More even than LP5, those tracks may represent the most balanced moment of transition between Autechre and Autechre 2.0
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Saturday, 4 October 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
Agree. EP7.2 is my favourite run of any autechre
― Shepard Toney Album (dog latin), Saturday, 4 October 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link