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    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

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    Posted · Edited by Herr Jan

    Wow, it's amazing that nobody thought to ask about that 'Ultra Rare Mix Tape' before. Man, did I play that one a lot during work, so so good.

    My last few questions:

    - Is there any possibility old Gescom records will be repressed? Would you agree to that?

    - Do you still have the itch for making radio sometimes? I listen a lot to Intergalactic.fm for example and I just imagined the idea of Autechre playing regular radio mixes or something.

    - Lastly, can you put me out of my misery by thinking those marble sounds on Krib was this:

     

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    That was all, really enjoyed this week. Good luck with everything in the future and thanks for everything. Hope to see you in Amsterdam soon (missed it in 2008 because I had to play in a venue a few meters away from were you played... so bummed out).

    Cheers AE :)

    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

    in Autechre

    Posted

    i never got into zappa

    when i got into beef heart it was that mirror man period stuff i first heard and the funk on it blew me away tbh

    i never heard any zappa that's really got that. john french is just a stupidly good drummer when he's doing that rolling blues style, totally sick

     

    yeah i dunno why that never came out, maybe just didn't feel very finished, but now it's one of my fave mixes of it

     

     

    True, but I figured you maybe fell for Zappa's complex melodic and rhythmic composing style, like on Approximate. But yeah, those Mirror Man sessions are the shit.

     

     

    yeah thats us sort of during down time, back then we might have the DAT or CDR on all afternoon while jamming.

    when they were pretty long, we'd keep them for ourselves, but the radio mix gave us the opportunity to run otherwise overly long ideas, without the attention span issues associated with so called actual tracks. i'd like to have these around to listen to all the time. in between doing tracks

     

     

    Definitely one of my fave mixes of it too, very cool to hear how it came to be. Sounds like some deeeeep ritual jams. There should be a Keynell rerelease with this one (and all keynells + remixes), preferably a longer edit (a man can dream). Do you still have an idea how long the original length of this 'part' of the jam was?

     

    While on the subject, will there ever be a chance of Gescom represses?

    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

    in Autechre

    Posted · Edited by Herr Jan

    I was so stoked when you played Mirror Man by Beefheart a few years ago on a marathon radio show (I think it was around Quaristice), my fave Beefheart track. I wonder, you dig Zappa as well? Any specific albums/periods?

     

    Lastly, I'd really like to know what happened to this track (any backstory, is it a Keynell remix actually, why wasn't it released?)

     



    Thanks again for this whole thing btw. You guys rule supreme!

    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

    in Autechre

    Posted · Edited by Herr Jan

    Wow, for years I thought Dual Purpose was AE... turns out to be not true. No involvement at all?

    That radiomix from 1997 has a tracklist, so that last track must be Skinny Puppy - Killing Game (AE mix), according to what I have.

    And related to that radiomix, the third track is an unreleased Keynell remix apparently, how on earth did that stay unreleased? Was it never intended for release? It's one of my fave tracks of all time.

    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

    in Autechre

    Posted

     

    Just want to give a massive thanks to AE for all the music over the years. Very cool to do this!

     

    Sean, in reply to your comment about Grant / Rephlex, what do you make of Rephlex' recent output and the strategy behind it (or: do you like or follow any of the recent Rephlex artists/releases)? How secretive does a label/artist need to get to let it be just about the music? Is there a point behind it that you can identify with on the theme of it being ´just about the music´ and how do you act on that idea (for example, around Exai and L-Event there was only 1 or maybe 2 interview, a lot less then with previous releases I think?)

     

    And because you put a Necrophagist track years ago in a mix: black metal or death metal? Any faves? What do you prefer about it, the complexity, atmosphere/feel or melodic side of metal?

     

    ah man it's like

    just let people present things the way they feel comfortable

    rich was always hiding behind tables and things

     

    we didn't want to discuss exai on release at all we wanted to see what people could figure out

     

    i really like sleep terror, it's so flattened and designed, like hyper futurist

    i like the precision of the good technical stuff and really into the angles of it all, the geometry of it appeals to me

     

     

     

     

    Btw, Sean or Rob, are you aware of a radio broadcast in the Netherlands back in 2008 where your music was played for 30 minutes (listeners have a chance of 'reserving' 30 minutes to show and tell their fave music) which pissed off the host beyond belief? He only allowed it because it was the basic rule of the whole program, but he was really bummed out by it and said that this would lose a lot of his listeners. Also, they continuously tried to pronounce AE track names and he literally warned listeners about how long the tracks would last before playing them.

     

    that sounds ace

    is there a recording?

    If the are Elements Of Hip Hop are:

    1. Bboying

    2. MCing

    3. Graffiti

    4. DJing

    5. Knowledge, Culture and Overstanding

     

    What are the elements of IDM?

    ask someone who makes idm

     

     

    Thanks for answering, will def check out sleep terror.

     

    I got the recording of the broadcast somewhere, I'll pm it to you asap!

    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

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    Posted · Edited by Herr Jan

    Btw, Sean or Rob, are you aware of a radio broadcast in the Netherlands back in 2008 where your music was played for 30 minutes (listeners have a chance of 'reserving' 30 minutes to show and tell their fave music) which pissed off the host beyond belief? He only allowed it because it was the basic rule of the whole program, but he was really bummed out by it and said that this would lose a lot of his listeners. Also, they continuously tried to pronounce AE track names and he literally warned listeners about how long the tracks would last before playing them.

    AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

    in Autechre

    Posted

    Just want to give a massive thanks to AE for all the music over the years. Very cool to do this!

    Sean, in reply to your comment about Grant / Rephlex, what do you make of Rephlex' recent output and the strategy behind it (or: do you like or follow any of the recent Rephlex artists/releases)? How secretive does a label/artist need to get to let it be just about the music? Is there a point behind it that you can identify with on the theme of it being ´just about the music´ and how do you act on that idea (for example, around Exai and L-Event there was only 1 or maybe 2 interview, a lot less then with previous releases I think?)

     

    And because you put a Necrophagist track years ago in a mix: black metal or death metal? Any faves? What do you prefer about it, the complexity, atmosphere/feel or melodic side of metal?

    New Autechre EP - L Event

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    Posted · Edited by Herr Jan

    Ehm, I'm just having that stream mentioned above open, and suddenly it changes from the warp site to TMZ.com with the music still playing?! Lol autechre.

     

    edit: I wasn't even close to the pc, upon return I just see the TMZ site all glitched up AE style.

    The Walking Dead - AMC TV Series (spoilers everywhere)

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    Posted

    I never watched TV-series, except for X-files years back occassionally. When I started with The Walking Dead I loved it so much, I thought all 3 seasons were great, but because of this huge gap between shows I started watching Breaking Bad 2 weeks ago, and watched all 5 seasons pretty much in a row. Looking back to the Walking Dead suddenly it isn't that great anymore, actually, looking the trailer, I don't know if I can be arsed to pick it up again. I don't remember a thing that happened last season, except for the Lori ghost farce, which isn't that great of a memory.

    Aleksi Perälä - The Colundi Sequence

    in New & Upcoming Releases

    Posted

    And in context in what this is all about, reread Grant's facebook post when he announced Mental Union 3. It's obvious from both these statements that these "colundi sequence" albums will be more abstract sound experiments (see above, the first 2 albums are hinted as .wav data, the other 2 as audio cd's...)

    Grant´s post:

     

    "Following up from one of the most underrated albums of 2012 (i.m.o.), this is the first of 3 scheduled albums from new imprint AP Musik that begin to explore a phenomenon known as “The Colundi Sequence”; a series of mathematically-related and non-related and specifically resonant microtones that, in experiments, appear to conjure magical physical & psychological phenomena, synchronicity, unity. As the series progresses, proof and effects of the results should become apparent but for this volume, we are offered a carefully crafted introduction, to use as positive personal therapy and communal entertainment. The music is both natural and electrical, with an emphasis on sine waves of different frequencies, amplitudes and phase to demonstrate Colundi Level 1 to the listener, whatever the shape of one’s ear and one’s ability to hear may be. To give much more description of the meaning of sequence might be counterproductive at this stage; just have a listen! The very personal nature of the music is evident throughout. It is deep soundscape that draws you in to a different world; an intriguing symmetry of other dimensions. It is the result of systematic hertz experiments, a listening experience that is a coherent image from an unusual world that we momentarily enter. It is full of ingenuity and distinctly inspirational. AP Musik is manufacturing APMU4 now for release as soon as possible for those who will share our addiction to the theory; which employs elements and findings from a variety of scientific/philosophical sources. N.B. This ‘Ap’ is currently unavailable from iTunes, although it has been partially developed via Apple. A totally lush album, available very soon."

    Aleksi Perälä - The Colundi Sequence

    in New & Upcoming Releases

    Posted · Edited by Redruth

    ap musik presents
    'the colundi sequence'
    by aleksi perälä
    4x album & single release!
    1) the colundi sequence level 1 (24 bit / 96 khz / *.wav data)
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    3) mental union vol. 4 (16 bit / 44.1 khz / audio cd)
    4) ovuca bonus (16 bit / 44.1 khz / audio cd)
    = 51 tracks, >4 hours duration
    £20 + p&p via paypal
    also available:-
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    exclusive 300 limited edition

    reserve your copies now! coming very soon!

    “an alchemy of traditional/mystical/mathematical/physical/spiritual/emotional/psychological frequencies”

    https://www.facebook.com/aleksi.perala/posts/10151680991383341

     

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    Post interesting/cool interviews

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    theres one called "far gone and out: an aborted interview with aphex twin" which is one of the best I've read. the guy took the blog down or something. if anyone has it, that would make my day

     

    Just spotted this one now, but here ya go:

     

     

     

    An aborted 'interview' with Aphex Twin, circa the 2005 Analord series

    In early 2006, I was foolish enough to attempt an email interview with Richard D James, AKA Aphex Twin, just as he released Chosen Lords, a 10-track CD album distillation of his then-recent 41-track Analord series, released only on 12" vinyl.

    I just had a quick look at this Wikipedia entry, and it says that these three comments on this archived analogue v digital barney on the Planet Mu forum was the only time that the Cornish One entered into public conversation about these releases. Well, that's not completely true, so in the spirit of completism, I present this unedited email, which I eventually received in response to 17 slightly embarrassing questions I sent to him via his publicist at the time. Don't get too excited, though, her reply to me started thus: "afx questions. i will buy you a beer if you can make any sense of this. sigh." I managed to strip some of the more intelligible quotes from it for a short piece in the back of Dazed & Confused, smiled wryly and buried it in my archives, only to stumble across it the other day – there is some sense buried in there if you persevere.

    (This might make part of a short series on mildly disastrous interviews. Or it might not.)

    A few ANSWERS FROM Richard D James.

    1. Analogue is to digital as what is to what?

    composer is to journalist

    2. No, really - what's the appeal of all these analogue synths? Is it the pleasure you get from working with them, or is it in the unique feel they have for the end listener?

    There is only so much numerical music making that I then to take before obtaining cravings for something of truths to employ. The only true thing about the computers touches the keyboard and the static head on the screen. It helps when there are samples of true things to a certain extent. The fact that the crash of a computers is the only human thing about them. I count our brains am made to act one on the other with the other human ones and if we are on our own only for too a long time we start to go from biscuits. The manufacture of the music only on the Digital Equipment is nice during one moment, as to leave on holiday by yourself is nice during one moment whereas you beseech interaction, making ways on your clean obtains pretty synths insulated and similar are like my boy friends, they are unforeseeable like my best friends and need constant attention, they have certain characteristic odors, you must touch them in a special way to benefit the best from them. Its why I obtain the end of support finished so much fetishistic, its gathering taste of the people.

    3. Are those words on "Crying In Your Face"?

    supportive measuring is how I`d like to think of myself as a wordless twot who doesnt even know he can exist unless otherwise expressed to preference by other owners of products of the feline variety tell me otherwise,now I think you should agree to destroy your insane questions even though you were nice enough to ask them directly to me with great bravery.

    4. Bear suits are excellent. Discuss.

    Bringing to bear on people what you want like certain physical actions from a transduction of an email when and where you want them to can only be described as not wanting to do to ones self as to what other people would have one to do onto other peoples friends who know you but only by means of the transmundane time-realm but altogether in a hairy almost non interactive squarepushery manifesto way.

    5. Did electronic / dance music reach its natural conclusion with drill'n'bass? Did this have anything to do with your current musical direction?

    Id be a liar if i wasnt going to horse answer your question in an altogether truthful symbiotic musical mindsetted way but to be honest with you at the end of the earwig day and after ive begun to fully focus on the ocean ,we are music listeners riding in the same boat of cack. To want to draw a conclusion at any point can only mean that one has given up and is tired of journalism and has become ready to watch daytime tv all throughout ones numb day.

    6. Have you ever sold any of your own records on eBay?

    No but I did buy my own footprint on some lino that I left behind at a party.

     

    7. What made you decide to release last year's Analord series on such a quaint format as 12" vinyl?

    Because of ones failure to realize that they are in denial of the most sympathetic sound input method to the brain they must delude themselves in the hope that they can be forgiven of their classic mistake,its very touching and can remind us all of children playing outside in rivers so i wouldnt be too worried about this,just swallow your pride and move sideways.

     

    8. What criteria did you apply in whittling down the 41 Analord tracks to 10 for the album release? Was this, at least in part, a reaction to the notion that Drukqs might have worked better as a single LP?

    minimalism is favored by the tired people who bevel distribution with onlslaught of 4,500 new squelches in 6 minutes that require a reduction in the human working hours required by the listener to lifes made easier of the variety of the store of hmv but he is also useful in not disapointation of the wax that gathers human beings of the love although the defensive being is not in favor of my option..

     

    9. What is the biggest lie you have told to the press (be honest now)?

    to be honest with you that i am the aphex twinny pics.

    10. Will the film of Neuromancer remain forever stuck in development hell? Had you given much thought to what you might create for the soundtrack, should it ever have come to that?

    because of the film of Neuromancer and its remaining always in order, attacked in the hell of developmentosis, I had to take a lot in consideration and became confused to that which you could generate for the sonorous column, you would have it to never come to that one?

     

    11. When you're out and you see someone in a sweaty Warp T-shirt making a rabid beeline for you, what do you do?

    take a picture of them to add them to my fan database then ask their name.

    12. Did you sample the sound of a filing cabinet being moved for "Alberto Balsalm"?

    ha thats a good guess no it was opening a lid on an ammunition box with a wireless microphone inside.

    13. What's your favourite computer virus?

    ill attach it to this email for you.

    14. What is the greatest piece of music that you heard in the last year or so? Or do you still prefer your music above anyone else's?

    yes some new things ive just made i spose.

    I havnt heard much this year but probably this album i just got

    Bernard Bonnier-casse-tete [1979]

    15. What's the silliest request you've had recently, remix or otherwise?

    Outkast offered me a new Bugatti EB110 in exchange for 2 remixes.

    16. Can you see yourself retiring the Aphex Twin / AFX moniker at some point, and moving on to something completely different? What challenges are there still out there for you?

    If I held to use the Wortaphex aphexsysteme me would so finally complain, it was it I stops it to use bankruptcy to make.

    17. Would you consider appearing in Celebrity Big Brother? Perhaps you could have a go at the theme tune while you're there.

    Yes I would go on there, demolish the whole set after working out all the weak points then cut all the camera cables with the wire cutter i would have sneaked in.

     

    Posted by Rod Stanley at 23:17

    Labels: Aphex Twin

     

    http://rodstanley.blogspot.com/2009/03/synths-and-biscuits-aborted-interview.html

     

     

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