acroyear Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Best thing about the Quaristice cover was the special edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disoriental express Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 WHATM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzkinz Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yeah, the ae covers I like best were not done by tDR. I think Confield, Draft, and EP7 were the best. 100% agree Also agree that Chiastic Slide and cichlisuite are among the only worth wild things tDR have done. Envane was a good cover too. Also on the notion of non-tDR covers being better, Untilted's cover art beats anything that came after it for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 but TDR did mention on facebook that there was some thought behind the cover and they encouraged people to figure it outI thought it might be related to Conway's Game Of Life, don't know if I came up with that myself or read it somewhere though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Doesn't bother me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Exai pattern for use in GIMP: exai-pattern.png 121×121 tile of Exai pattern: exai-121x121.png Regarding Conway's Game of Life, the initial Exai population of 53 cells lives for 666 generations before settling at a population of 98, with: 12 blocks, 2 boats, 1 ship, 1 pond, 1 hive, 5 blinkers and 1 glider escaping north-west. 1355516967_exaigol-1024x1696.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lianne Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I thought Autechre did their own cover for Chiastic Slide? I read it in some interview. May be mixed up on tha one. I agree...best covers are Chiastic Slide, EP7, Confield, Draft.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I thought Autechre did their own cover for Chiastic Slide? I read it in some interview. May be mixed up on tha one. yeah, mixed up I think - it was tDR that did Chiastic Slide. I still don't see the architecture in it... I think I'm being thick there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud capture Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 yes, a crime of passion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 tDR def did Chiastic Slide. There is a really cool chapter in the Warp book about the art of Autechre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Waiting for the vinyl for a final decision about Exai cover but I can be sure that holding it in my hands will not change the fact that Untilted and Draft have about a million times more suitable cover art...IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I thought Autechre did their own cover for Chiastic Slide? I read it in some interview. May be mixed up on tha one. yeah, mixed up I think - it was tDR that did Chiastic Slide. I still don't see the architecture in it... I think I'm being thick there though. The Envane cover is a heavily abstracted version of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water". The Chiastic Slide artwork is an even more heavily abstracted version from what I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Confield cover perfectly suits the music imo. Yeah, the ae covers I like best were not done by tDR. I think Confield, Draft, and EP7 were the best. Of tDR covers, I think Tri Rep and Chiastic were best. I'm guessing they also did Cichli Suite? That was kinda nice. Did not like quaristice, oversteps or mot covers much at all though. Quaristice was at least interesting with the typeface thing. lol but yeah draft is fucking flawless... it's like lebbeus woods and zaha thrown into maya or something i dnno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I thought Autechre did their own cover for Chiastic Slide? I read it in some interview. May be mixed up on tha one. yeah, mixed up I think - it was tDR that did Chiastic Slide. I still don't see the architecture in it... I think I'm being thick there though. The Envane cover is a heavily abstracted version of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water". The Chiastic Slide artwork is an even more heavily abstracted version from what I can tell. has anyone done an overlay, of a source picture with the artwork? i really am quite stupid here. i never could do those magic eye things, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest texan whip Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Autechre aren't renowned for their artwork - in fact I think they make a deliberate effort to subdue it. Even their live shows have absolutely no visual aspect. I can't think of any decent cover art over the eleven albums and ep's. Amber and Draft were OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lianne Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Waiting for the vinyl for a final decision about Exai cover but I can be sure that holding it in my hands will not change the fact that Untilted and Draft have about a million times more suitable cover art...IMO.Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Untilted! I didn't used to like it much, but now when I see/hold the album (before blasting it in the car) I think it's one if their best covers too. And it seems to perfectly fit the music, as EP7, Confield and Draft also do. But I understand that they play down the artwork in a way, as poster above said, and that there is no conscious aim to 'fit' the music. It is visual music, though! And some of the covers do happen to fit the sonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I thought Autechre did their own cover for Chiastic Slide? I read it in some interview. May be mixed up on tha one. yeah, mixed up I think - it was tDR that did Chiastic Slide. I still don't see the architecture in it... I think I'm being thick there though. The Envane cover is a heavily abstracted version of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water". The Chiastic Slide artwork is an even more heavily abstracted version from what I can tell. has anyone done an overlay, of a source picture with the artwork? i really am quite stupid here. i never could do those magic eye things, either its an abstracted drawing of something like this view, you can clearly see the dominant lines of the eaves. the crosses all over the envane + chiastic packaging also seem to be a reference to notation markers on an architectural drawings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 i wonder how that all came about. that's such an iconic image to work from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 i know... it's kinda lame, couldn't they pick a like more hipster building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I get that the Chiastic artwork is related to envane, but looking at the cover and flipping through the booklet I just can't see the fallingwater resemblance (for chiastic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I think the relation between the chiastic/envane covers mirrors the relation between the music beautifully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I like Cavity Job *runs* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crono3 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Someone asked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Only legit cover color: OK, Ae did never use that. Maybe the cover of their last album should be unicolor warpcolor. And yes, I don't like the Exai cover as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lianne Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I must confess, I had a lovely moment with Exai the other night where it clicked in a new way, and I kept seeing the cover (or designs like the cover) flashing in my mind's eye as the music played. I now think I really fits (but I didn't before.) certain tracks 'look' like thos hiphpppy, weird, ominous black grey squares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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