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  1. There is a review of elseq in the newest The Wire (386, July 2016) by Derek Walmsley. Really brilliant piece with good quotes: ' elseq can be as dense as 2013's Exai, as gently reflective as 2010's Oversteps, and as obsessively detailed as 2001's Confield' (quite fitting but it doesn't say much)

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    "'eastre' explores a hypnotic melodic figure, which shudders into shape as it from a twang and groan of lift cables, for 22 minutes, at the end of which you're uncertain whether the music has changed or you have'.

     

    Go and grab it!

    "at the end of which you're uncertain whether music has changed or you have" he put it in good words, that's what this whole release is about.

  2. Ok so I feel like I'm done with elseq 1 for now.

     

    Best track: c16 deep tread

    Worst track: curvcaten

     

    4/5 overall

    I agree with curvcaten being the worst track, i think the lead synth is my least favorite of all sounds on the whole release, sounds like a cheap Massive synth.

  3. Nagano is really good. Has the most consistent mood of all the sets and progresses brilliantly. Not as mindblowing as some of the others, but it's a wonderful, effortless listen each time.

  4. the part at 10:40-14:20 on Grafenhainichen is the only set where they do it right. Proper balance between being accessible and mangled/experimental.

  5. 2013 I was first getting into good electronic music. I digged "Eutow" but thought Tri Repetae was unlistenable garbage haha. 2014 I really got into Incunabula, didn't think Autechre could get any better than that. Then, early this year, everything they made totally clicked; the next album from them I had listened to was Chiastic Slide (recommended by Scaruffi) and I loved it instantly. There are very few days this year where I haven't listened to Autechre. I still find Tri Repetae one of their less enjoyable releases, but still like it a lot nonetheless. Undoubtedly my favorite artist.

  6. I'm a huge sucker for the section that starts at 12:42 in Graf (and whatever it is in the other sets). I think it's a bit cleaner and more realized in the 2015 sets. Beautiful stuff.

  7. Utrecht is my least fave.... but still brilliant!

    wow you can't make this decision in 4 days it has to be 4 years who the hell do you think you are?

  8. I've actually tripped to one of these sets too (Brussels). Hopefully my friends will be down to trip to a soundboard this weekend, they really don't know what they're missing out on!

  9. What's everyone's favorite set? I still have yet to listen to Dublin, but I so far really dig what I've heard. Don't have a favorite of the three yet, but Krakow is my least favorite. Brussels and Utrecht are a bit darker and more fleshed out imo.

  10. 1. Exai <<<<<<<<<<----

    2. Chiastic Slide <<<----

    3. Confield <<<----------- Contenders for some of the greatest electronic albums of all time. I think these all have been my #1 Autechre album at some point.

    4. Untilted <<<-----------

     

     

    5. Oversteps <<<---

    6. Draft 7.30 <<<---

    7. LP5 <<<----------- Excellent albums

    8. Amber <<<-------

     

     

    9. Quaristice <<<--

    10. Incunabula <<<-- I still love these

     

     

    11. Tri Repetae <<--- Great, but never got into it much.

  11. Most emotional album?

     

    Its yanking at my heart these days for some reason......prob as i met this gal, etc......

    Oh yeah. After listening to it a lot and getting my head around all these melodies, it's so beautiful--kind of like reading a writing that makes no sense when you read it a few times, and eventually it clicks. The polyphony and buzzy yet lush sound design makes it all the more interesting.

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