The past few years have been both a bounty and something of an endurance test for autechre fans. From the recording sessions of 199697 autechre derived the album chiastic slide warp, 1997, possibly their masterpiece, and the ep envane warp, 1997, two works that radically altered the perspective on their art. Since streaming is usually done in low resolution, this is likely the best its going to sound unless autechre release the source. Autechre are an english electronic music duo consisting of rob brown and sean booth that formed in 1987. Titled exai the album is rob brown and sean booths 11th full length album, and follows 2010s oversteps and 2011s 47 track collection eps 19912002. And for a duo now well into their third decade of collaboration, thats a rare thing indeed. Here and there, you get a tantalizing snatch of almostrecognizable musical styles dubstep, dub, etc viewed through autechre s unique lens. At times it even seems to meander which is the main thing that places it at number 6. Exai is a wonderful trip down memory lane as the album seems to invoke the entire back catalogue of autechre. In 2012, uk magazine fact named it the 11th best album of the 1990s. I bought exai, in hopes that it will be even better.
As ever, it shows rob brown and sean booth to be topnotch sonic magpies and. Exai marks the pairing of sean booth and rob brown at a refreshed peak of their powers with scant compromise to the challenging and forward thinking nature of their music. Autechre provides examples of the following tropes. This very long set was made by autechre and streamed via. Mar 28, 20 this feature is not available right now.
Exai is autechre s best in a few years, but it still doesnt live up to the duos highs due to one little thing, the amount of material. Autechre have remained one of electronic musics most groundbreaking and influential. Much of autechres music has a strong focus on complex rhythm and driving percussion, and more recently, on meticulous sequencing. In incunabula autechre have managed to make a consistently excellent album, something i think they have strayed away from in their more recent experimental excursions. The writer mentions the answer i got from sean regarding the seefeel remix in the aaa thread. Foil galactic frequencies, cycles of rustles, flamencostyle tapping, soft cymbals that come and go and glitch electric shocks, undercurrent of tribal percussions, ticking industrial clockworks insinuate artificial sounds in the most obscure orbits of. This past may, the duo of rob brown and sean booth released elseq 15, over four hours of new.
Tri repetae, the third album from autechre finally made available again on vinyl, having been out of print on vinyl since 2001. Concerts in the live music archive are available for download and streaming in formats including flac, mp3, and ogg vorbis. Unlike the gentler spirit of exai, elseq 15 is relentless. Formed in 1987, they are one of the best known acts signed to uk electronic label warp records, through which all of autechres fulllength albums have been released beginning with their 1993 debut incunabula. Autechre pir autechre goz quarter autechre cpach autechre garbagemx36 autechre rotar autechre inhake 2 autechre rae autechre cipater autechre foil gescom key nell autechre mix 1 autechre montreal autechre kalpol introl autechre under boac gescom viral rival rmxd by ae autechre clipper autechre autriche. Collectively, though, they retain a quality that gives the album cohesion. Incunabula was rereleased on vinyl by warp on 11 november 2016. Throughout their career, their music has consistently taken drastic. Autechre are an english electronic music group consisting of rob brown and sean booth, both natives of rochdale, greater manchester.
Autechres rob brown and sean booth have been called the superstars of the electronic music world, yet they operate in nearobscurity. I preordered the digital copy of exai, listened a bit, and was initially put off. Preorders from bleep included two stickers designed by tdr. In fact exai might be the very best what rob brown and sean booth from manchester ever composed.
Double lp exai is autechre s eleventh record, and the manchester duos longest by a margin of about 40 minutes. Includes a download card for 320 kbps mp3s from bleep. Exai is the eleventh album by electronic music duo autechre, released on warp records. The duos considerable output has been released on all the formats going cd, vinyl, cassette, minidisc, mp3 and dvd but always packaged in abstract artwork with the absolute minimum amount of information. By letting disorder reign supreme autechre create an entire ecosystem to get lost in, offering little in the way of relief. Exai s length and ambition works against it as a wholistic piece.
The ep anti, ranging from the cacophony of flutter to the urban jungle of djarum, accounced the multicolored canvas of amber warp, 1995. This past may, the duo of rob brown and sean booth released elseq 15. Electronic, techno, electro, house, experimental, grime, dubstep, hip hop, alternative, indie, and many more. The first release was the generic oldskool rave single cavity job 1991. With their 11th album, exai, autechre again create their very own. Autechre remixes a users guide autechre we are the. Like other autechre albums, exai features album artwork by the designers republic. Last year, they dropped a collection of hourlong live recordings with all the. Comparable to autechre s best albums like incunabula in 1993 or their famous anti ep from 1994.
Autechre have remained one of electronic musics most groundbreaking and influential duos since. Some time later, i heard yjy ux almost by accident and suddenly connected with it, which led me to delve in further. Both artist met through manchesters graffiti scene, and after trading mixtapes and eventually creating their own compositions, releasing an. I feel like its something unique to their earlier sound which has gotten lost. Autechres profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. The two hours of unreleased archival music was originally broadcast as two.
Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. If you are deeply offended by criticism, nonworshipping approach to your favourite artist. First came 20 doublealbum exai, which messily referenced all eras of the uk duos career, alternately brilliant and frustrating. Glitchy techno duo that were influenced by early dance styles hiphop, electro, techno and remained on the cutting edge throughout their career. Amber is the second studio album by english electronic music duo autechre, released on 7 november 1994 by warp. This time around, autechres soundsculpting is an exploration of cacophony, both in terms of timbric dissonance and in terms of rhythmic inconsistency. Titled exai the album is rob brown and sean booths 11th full length album, and. The duo announced their 14th ep levent on 17 september 20, which was released on 28 october 20. Autechre orlando 2015 by corewhore published on 20151017t03.
Copies ordered from bleep also include an instant download of wavs 16 or 24 bit plus mp3s through your account. In stark contrast to quaristice, exai has no problem taking it time to get where its going. Autechre anti survivor results posted by 53 minutes ago. Download autechre mp3 songs and albums music downloads. Much of autechre s music has a strong focus on complex rhythm and driving percussion, and more recently, on meticulous sequencing. The album was released in digital form on 7 february 20, with the double cd and quadruple vinyl versions released on 5 march. On march 5, 20 autechre will release their new album on warp records. With russell haswell diagonal records editions mego bocian records plus dj andy maddocks skam records. Autechre s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Autechres hardware samplers include the likes of the ensoniq esr and eps, kurzweil k2500, emu esynth, and casio samplers like the fz1, fz10, sk1, sk5 and sk100. This means that the beats hit harder, are in general far less stable, and the melodies even more subservient. With a running time of 2 hours and 32 seconds, exai will be available on 2 cds, 4 pieces of vinyl and digitally. We specialise in finding the highest quality products regardless of format or genre. Or is this album selling to people like me, who buy autechre music unheard, assuming its going to continue to do for them what it has always done.
Averted when it was included in the 5cd eps 19912002 box set common time. Double lp exai is autechres eleventh record, and the manchester duos longest by a margin of about 40 minutes. Glitchy techno duo that were influenced by early dance styles hiphop, electro, techno and remained on the. The duo also hinted at new live recordings during their ongoing mixlr live stream. Nts session 2, nts session 3, nts session 4, nts session 1, elseq 1, singles. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
Autechre live on the breezeblock 01042003 album track listing. Bleep we sell the best music from the best record labels and artists in the world. Nov 21, 2016 the past few years have been both a bounty and something of an endurance test for autechre fans. Confield is far more dense and chaotic than their earlier works. This is the ambient, soulful autechre at their best. Autechre new album in 20 exai this is the most exciting album and music in electroambient or electronica genre i heard in last 12 years. Live on the breezeblock 01042003 mp3 download year. Autechre give away unreleased warp tapes 8993 as free download.
Here and there, you get a tantalizing snatch of almostrecognizable musical styles dubstep, dub, etc viewed through autechres unique lens. Biography autechre are an english experimental electronic duo consisting of sean booth and rob brown. The eleventh studio album entitled exai was released on 5 march 20, having been available for download from the official website as of valentines day, 14 february 20. It was the first autechre album to be composed entirely of new material, as their debut album incunabula 1993 was a compilation of older tracks.
On reflection, tri repeate stands tall as one of the most outthere and if you know what that means. Autechre orlando 2015 by corewhore free listening on. Autechre shake off context like water from a rain slicker. Changing them is brilliant fun, remarks booth about the latter three, get the backs off them and a few bits of wire and have an amazing time. They formed in 1987 in rochdale, england after noticing each others mutual interest in hip hop and electro, and began trading mixtapes before beginning work on their own compositions, initially under the guise of lego feet.
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