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Nothing like waking up to 12 new tracks and 20 new thread pages, om nom nom
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I don't feel ready for NTS2, I want a couple more days of an NTS1 world. R.I.P. Fleurest world problems. Still, look forward to getting up tomorrow and munching some NTS2 for breakfast. Something crunchy, buttery, caffeinated. Black and hot as the bine of Calbruc. Some hijklmnop in the song titles. It would be insane if the NTS releases just kept building to greater heights, as if this was the runt of the litter. We hope to be unworthy.
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The NTS1 collection of track titles don't get enough love, very bro kitsch, something maturely full circle about it.
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8 listens in and can't get enough of NTS1.
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And what's with all this bqbqbq bullying? A very pretty, intricate, resilient little stunner which will age well. 11 minutes is also right in the sweet spot.
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Basically the same opinion. I still adore the older stuff, but it does have that quaint craft feel to it in the wake of Elseq (even Confield now feels like a pop edit). I can understand the complaints some are having, but long-time fans should really just revel in the optional difference this adds to their discography. Autechre have long been an artist universe to just lose yourself in, and these jammier long plays offer abundant alternative autechre for when the ye old ae-lp break sets in. These releases also harken back to their roots, there is a giddy feeling of the boys doing what they've always wanted to do, and now being enabled to do so. Elseq 1 was a stunning release, and NTS1 is as strong as anything else from Elseq. Exai doesn't appear in danger as their best work of the decade, but they're still unleashing lots of great stuff, a veritable ecosystem to keep you busy forever.
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haha yeah IN THEORY I'd like to leave at least one NTS for the CD/Vinyl arrival around August. I think this release pattern should work better than elseq. Dropping all five of those in one go was like thumbing through an index that had just thumped on to your desk. One release per week more confidently gives the individual sessions their moment to shine around the water cooler.
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Well this explains why my dog was barking like a madman in the early hours of this morning, the ultrasonic must be lush as fuk.
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Went the CD option (my last physical was probably L-Event, so I'm overdue for something to hold and treasure), with mp3 and WAV included ofcourse. On first listen, NTS 01 is essentially what I want from them at this point, appears a freed-up rootsy jam bookend collapse of Lego Feet and Elseq. Immediate, playful, sharable, endlessly listenable. The release nature ties into this nicely.
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Great post, captures why I fell in love with it in the first place. During my first phase of Untilted adoration, it was the most spatially dynamic car music I could think of, like strapping yourself to a rollercoaster. Totally a vehicular listen, inimitable in that regard. If you were on a long commute or sunday drive by yourself, nothing better than turning on the ignition and pressing play.
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Uviol always strongly reminded me of the icy environ on Metroid Prime (which it predates). Nothing else on the album is icy to me really.
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Revisited it once last year, and marveled at how pop it now sounds to me. With the Quaristice and beyond era, going back to Confield it now feels less organic and more like such an intricate, contained, even retro experience, and I love it for that. Pen expers also gave me this vivid daydream image of stumbling down a back alley and happening upon a nightclub where a machine is rap/rocking on stage to an audience of moshing machines. I know these sorts of themed descriptions can get a bit derivative, but it really popped out at me from nowhere, just the sincere joy contained in the music.
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I started doing the same over xmas. Only elseq1-3 vetted so far (Disc 1+), I've removed Elyc6 and mesh personally (and TBM2 maybe). Some good stuff in there, but chimer, c7b2, eastre are all more vital and excellent throughout to me. I'm fine with discarding them to single tracks and their respective elseqs, rather than the full elseq listen. feed1 c16 13x0 pendulu hv curvcaten chimer c7b2 eastre I'll probably drop 1-2 tracks from 4 & 5 as well, and tinker with the order. Each to their own though, still a work in progress.
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The days when Confield and Untilted randomly clicked with me were some of the greatest days of my young adult life. Untilted was the GOAT car album, like a rollercoaster you strap into and then hurtle along INSIDE the music. It was as architecturally dynamic and orgasmic as ae ever really got, but in that sense it was also relatively direct, cold and dry if not in the mood, a very beats-led experience. I wore it out pretty heavily in the Oversteps-Exai interlude, and have barely touched it since. Might be ripe to go again now.
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C16 deep tread and eastre are the two tracks I find myself returning to more than anything really, the "quiet please" tracks (probably because a lot of the other tracks are relatively vibrant and therefore blend together a fraction more, particularly across the first four seqtors). I mean, it's all great, but with such a big release to digest and their now lengthy career, not a lot of their elseq tracks jump out as top tier (or even 2nd tier) ae keepers. C16 & eastre aren't flawless either, but they take me places everytime.
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Still found it difficult to move beyond the fully satisfying Elseq1, which from top to bottom was brilliant from first listen, diverse enough and just keeps on giving. The first four tracks on that are stellar, with curcaven a solid album track and closer to top it off. It's a fantastic release in itself. Beyond that, I like everything I hear but haven't invested enough time in each track or side. I've barely even looked at ESQ4 & 5 yet (although my brief skips through 5 excite me). I do cherish eastre though, spent several sessions with that track and fully on board with the runtime, which I think it fully inhabits and delivers upon as a soundscape.
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Out of the Moon Shaped Pool, and into the Elsex. Certainly lost my wallet in elseq-undo. Listening to the lush retro vibes of 13x0 Step at the moment, sure to be the start of a beautiful friendship. I'll be taking my time as well, Elseq 5 is weeks off yet. Only bothered to download the first three for now. But already taking to this a lot more than AE_Live (which was already superb). Really the best of both worlds, a jammy EP with 'bum feels. Bye, see you all in 2029.
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I've had a crazy busy couple weeks (including moving house, film festivals, work, spending heaps of time in multiple cities, etc.), so only managed to listen to Utrecht twice, Dublin thrice and half of Brussels once. Absolutely adore them though, so pleasurable, similar yet different enough to invite giddy comparison. Still grappling with each release on their own terms, and getting to know them beyond 'that was mindblowing'. Also love the very idea of this release, and it will keep me going for some time, bravo Sean and Rob. Utrecht was my first foray and I remember really enjoying every moment, like an ae box of chocolates, but ever since I gave Dublin a go it's all been about Dublin. Not that I prefer one over the other, and I think Utrecht has more accessible variety to it maybe, but Dublin is an undeniable and fleshy all-in albumy experience for me with room to breathe. Need a good six months to begin computing these individually though. The car has been occupied by Porcupine and Jar of Flies recently, I think I'll leave these for days off and evenings.
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I can easily be described as a 90s kid and mid 00s Radiohead-mad young adult who got into Autechre via their significant name drop by Thom Yorke. I had read all the available biographies, owned all the b-sides, all the DVDs, everything, and Thom appeared to have listened to them a lot in the late 90s, particularly around the LP5 release. Autechre among with others was name checked heavily in regards to Kid A, whether by himself or the superficial observations of critics. Why Autechre and not others is puzzling, but I think I saw the Amber cover very early on and that intrigued me to give a listen to the snippets. I purchased it off iTunes in early 2007 (shortly after turning 18, and not long before leaving the 'rents) and quite liked it, listening to it intermittently. Silverside was my favourite early on (oh dear). But it wasn't until the release of Quaristice (my first, although didn't hear about it until a few weeks after, so Oversteps was my first true long awaited Day 1) that I became a fully fledged fan, interested in their discography by and large. I instantly took to Quaristice, and being relatively fresh may have helped compared to a more seasoned ae expert. Around xmas 2009 I had one of those omg listening experiences to Confield, and it instantly became my favourite album. By early 2011 I was a Warp devotee and had a similarly intense overnight favourite experience with Untilted (I had owned both for 18 months at each respective point) and resultedly they had replaced Radiohead as my favourite music act (my tastes have obviously changed slightly since then with maturing). So I have Thom Yorke (and Kid A reviews), Amber's cover and the Quaristice release to thank really. Then mindblowing experiences with Confield and Untilted cemented them as my favourite. I was too young to recall ae's mid 90s dalliance with mainstream attention, but the cambrian event years for the internet certainly guided me there in the end.
