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  1. Wish I could! But I can reveal as much as that it was heavily based around the material from London B last year! First/Middle part was pure scifi, idm glitchy madness (I even think I heard sounds from the ep7 era in between, but couldn’t tell for sure) Last half was proper hip hop destruction. When the lights went on again I was like wow, just… wow! wtf, how? WOW 😵🤯 

    The lads really are at the top of their game atm! Envious at the Dublin-goers

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  2. anyone know which magazine this scan might be from?

    (sorry if this pic have been posted before. can't bother scanning thru the whole thread to check :P)

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  3. 1 hour ago, t yst r said:

    Coz of a girl no less. Ultimate IDM.

    I'm actually pretty confident I know who this mystery gf of his is.

    Spoiler

    But I'm gonna respect Samson's privacy, so I will not share it with you (sorry) ? 

     

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  4. Envious of all who got to experience them i Bergen!

    The local newspaper in Bergen did an interview with Sean btw! Behind a paywall unfortunately, and in Norwegian anyway. So I translated it (or google translate did, cuz I'm a lazy bastard lol. Have only fixed some of the words and grammar here and there). Not that much new info to find here really, other that Sean finally revealed where about in Norway he lives now (read on to find out : ) 

    Also disappointed that the paper didn't bother taking any new photos of the lads

     

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    They prefer to perform in total darkness

    The Manchester legends Autechre are coming to Bergen, but it’s not certain that anyone will see them.

    By Ørjan Nilsson

    - Rough people listen to rough music. It's in our blood. We from Manchester are a bit weird, cocky and in a constant challenger position to London. A bit like Bergen, I guess, says Sean Booth.

    In the transition between the1980s and the 90s, Manchester was one of the world's cultural powerhouses. Bands like The Stone Roses was an important factor, and they were in turn important for a nascent Oasis. Don't forget the club The Hacienda, dance music and the record label Factory Records.

    A duo called Autechre also appeared - and became a cult phenomenon. This week they come to Bergen to play at Ekkofestivalen, the festival for electronic music and sound art that has been organized since 2003.
    - They have been on our wish list since 2003, says festival director, Asle Bakke Brodin.

    James Brown and graffiti

    Booth paints a picture of the musical Manchester he grew up in. In his childhood home, on the living room’s speakers, his bassist father mostly played James Brown. And when young Sean walked out the door, it was a short walk to the record store where he bought his first hip-hop records.

    - Around us there was also Northern Soul, reggae, disco and funk, says Booth.
    In the graffiti scene in Manchester in the 80s, he met Rob Brown. They started talking music, got themselves a drum machine, a sampler and made weird experimental electronica.
    Autechre's first record, "Incunabula", came in 1993. Sources of inspiration from both funk, hip-hop and acid house lurked in the background. A clear line back to the music that surrounded both of them in their childhood and youth.

    In pitch darkness

    Autechre's concerts became a gloomy experience throughout the 90s and 2000s. The two guys in front of each mixing desk, preferably dressed in North Face jackets. But it wasn't always that the audience registret that. For a period they lit the concert halls in red, before taking it a step further and playing in total darkness.

    - For me, music has always been about sound. I close my eyes when I make music. And when I listen to a concert. It makes the experience better, Booth explains.

    For some years it was not only dark in the venues where they played. It was completely black. No bar lights, no lights in the emergency exit signs. It reminded them of the house parties in Manchester in the 80s.
    - But it became more and more difficult when organisers around the world became stricter with security, adds Booth.

    In the dark, the two traveled around the world. Japan, Germany, Poland and large parts of southern Europe.
    Now Booth has, of all things, moved to Norway, specifically to Ottestad in Stange. There he sits with headphones, makes music, talks to his Autechre partner on the phone and smokes e-cigarettes.

    - I moved in 2020 because of my girlfriend. I have a flat in Manchester, but live more and more in Norway. I like it here. I have nothing against long winters, I mostly sit inside anyway and don't talk to many people.

    Aggressive and cocky

    Booth does not feel quite at home in Manchester today.
    - The way Manchester is today, I don't belong there. Maybe I didn't do it earlier either, since I was a weirdo, but it's different today, he says, and elaborates:
    Manchester today is dirtier, more aggressive and cocky.

    He points out that Manchester tops most crime statistics. If you look at the numbers from both the police and home alarm companies, they confirm the same. "Compared to similar areas, the number of criminal acts in Manchester is extremely high", states the company Verisure.
    - Most of my friends have moved out of Manchester, the crime there is so cruel. Rob and I were into graffiti, but we stayed on the right side of the law. Not all of our friends did.

    Bald men and core fans

    At the start of the 90s, Autechre played to audiences of around 600 people. It has long since tripled and quadrupled.

    - Our core fans today are between 25 and 40 years old, at least if you look at the demographics of what is sold in our webshop, he says and adds:
    - We have our share of bald men at our gigs - who are as old as us. But some are half as old as us too – and they like the latest things we've made.
    Booth says he's glad he can keep making music so many decades after he and Brown hammered out the first notes of what would become Autechre.
    - It is very nice to still be in the game at my age. I enjoy it.

     

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  5. A review is up on The Guardian

     

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    Like the pulsating dark matter we encounter when we close our eyelids, Autechre’s live environment is liable to switch at any moment from dreamscape to nightmare, all watched over by their intricate hardware manipulations. Tonight, the unassuming pair take to the Barbican’s grandiose concert hall, transforming it into a formless black for an hour of improvisations.

     

     

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  6. So Rob is a mouse guy, while Sean is a trackpad guy. Good we got that detail covered. 

    (I agree with Rob btw. Using a mouse beats trackpad fiddling by a long shot.)

  7. On 1/24/2008 at 11:06 PM, BobDobalina said:

    I highly recommend checking out Rob Hall Mix No. 7, November 07 - it closes with the Beastie Boys' "High Plains Drifter" mixed over Second Peng. Effingh Brilliant!

    Meh, sorry mate. I found that mashup cheezy and not very appealing to my ears. That mix is a blast otherwise, but I always end it when that part appears...

  8. 18 minutes ago, t yst r said:

    Yes, definitely. Heard that too. There's also a sample starting at 6:07 that they used in 'A1' from Gescom's 'A1-D1'.

    well, isn't it basically just a mashed up mixtape (although a highly sophisticated one, as such)? So it's all basically samples, no?

  9. 5 hours ago, Ninjatron said:

    ok listen in at ~16:10

     

    now listen to 7th slip ?

     

    yall hearin this?? was always a fan of how much it sounded like they scratching over 7th slip

    Yeah, I instantly thought about 7th slip as well when I heard that. Those vocals really sounds it's taken from AON's Beat Box, no? 

    Now I'm really curious if it's actually the case that they used this sample in 7th slip as well!

    We all know that they love this track very much anyway : D

     

     

     

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  10. On 11/25/2020 at 8:00 AM, oscillik said:

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    festIV

    set of two

    prelit gonk 

     

    There u go. Three perfect track titles for an ep. Seansan Robob pls make it happen.

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  11. 3 hours ago, scumtron said:

    WTF. I guess he wants to get away from all the fans, paparazzi and the British tabloid press linking him to Pippa Middleton and Katie Price. Now he has found solitude in some small Norwegian community, where he can walk around like a normal man, and spends his time hiking in the forest and mountains.  But then some day, a strange creepy looking guy (that's me), stands outside the small hobbit-like hut he is renting, screaming "SEAN PLS!" Neighbors notice my AE-covid mask, and starts googling. Suddenly people realize they have an international techno star living in THEIR village! Busloads of fans comes from towns from Hammerfest to Mandal, there are AE-tribute rave parties followed by riots, chaos and a second covid wave. Norwegian tabloid press starts linking Sean to Martha Louise and Rachel Nordtømme. People are hammering at Seans door all night screaming things like “will there be another Dual Purpose release?” and “do you know what Pule means in Norwegian?”. And then Sean thinks “fuck it”, goas back to Manchester and starts working on the follow up GNIS. 

    Well I guess this could be the reason why Sean gave the interviewer strict instructs on writing “an undisclosed location” in the article ?  

    (Pls, do not disturb Sean while he's on his well deserved holiday, he really needs all the rest he can get now)  

     

    (btw, thanks for the laugh fellow norseman ? I thought I was Norway's most dedicated fÆn boi, but seems I might have met my superior!)

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  12. 16 minutes ago, Richie Sombrero said:

    Isn't that where Squarepusher broke his wrist?

    Stay safe Sean!

    Maybe he goes there as its dark in winter like their live shows.

    Oh, I didn't know about this story. What happened to Tom? 

    Well, the winter and the dark polar nights isn't over us quite yet ? Autumn is in full gear here though, cold, grey and rainy, so not so unlike Manchester in that regard, I guess! lol

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