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    Burial - Chemz

    in New & Upcoming Releases

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    4 minutes ago, zero said:

    I can't be the only one who mentally associates Burial, Christmas, and a classic watmm post from years back...I'm sure it was @jules who described putting the household to bed, retreating to the study to sit by the fire, sip scotch, and relax with the latest Burial 3 track ep crackling in the background...at least that's how I remember it. I could be completely wrong here and this is a false memory I implanted.

    Come Down to Us is a Christmas night tradition for me now. I haven’t checked this new track out yet.

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    AE LIVE ‘08 - post replica submissions here

    in Autechre

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, eclipsis said:

    i've never got into his other works much but this record is essential

    absolutely. Trance Archeology is another really good one. Def different, but worth checking out.

     

     

    3 minutes ago, IOS said:

    oh yeah, perfect fit - I'm thinking especially the 15:00 mark when the superlush Nord enters

    Amazing photo dude

    Thanks! Yea that's a good one. The one that specifically resonated was that super slick groove at 50:32.

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    Autechre - PLUS 20.11.20

    in Autechre

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    4 minutes ago, Alcofribas said:

    there's definitely music that seems to only work in specific conditions, i think that's cool!

    Oh yea, for sure. I can't listen to any new ae until the alco review is posted. then it's like the go ahead.

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    Autechre - PLUS 20.11.20

    in Autechre

    Posted · Edited by jules

    17 minutes ago, Alcofribas said:

    this is an interesting conversation. i wonder how many watmmers can honestly say they've come to deeply love and connect with music as a result of habituation, rubbing away that adverse reaction due to exposure. speaking personally, i don't feel there's enough time in my life to establish relationships to music in this manner. it's true i may come to appreciate some detail of a specific song while listening to it in the background every day at work, but typically i'd say this has just resulted in being less irritated by something, not growing to actually really like it after thinking i hated it. there have been many times over my life i've come to appreciate something i was originally repulsed by but more often than not this has been as a result of distance, of years of personal growth clearing a space in which i can appreciate it anew.

    for me music is essentially about pleasure and i this pleasure is not necessarily enhanced by scrutinizing why this is. to be perfectly honest, if there isn't something ultimately inscrutable about music i highly doubt it would have such an intense appeal. music is an encounter with something mysterious, ineffable. this mysterious surplus is obvious more or less profound depending on the example but in the end if i could just read scientific literature and stare at a memento mori while pondering why i like lush pads, they'd probably lose some of their "magic" so to speak.

    There is something to be said that is maybe less about habituation and more about mood though. I'd say my relationship with Burial's music is the best example for me. When that first came out and people were going ape about it, I just did not get it at all. I tried quite a few times but it was just meh to me. A few years later I put it back on, and it was a combo of my mood, the weather and all of that and it hit hard. Since then, I really got into his stuff but only during those moods. I can't play his stuff on a bright sunny day at all. And now, I can't not put it on on Christmas and wintery or grey days. It's attached to a specific mood and time. I'm sure everyone has examples like that with artists. 

     

    I think my relationship with ae's music was never about how difficult it was or anything like that. They weren't 'difficult' when I got into them around tri-rep. I was a huge hip hop fan in the 90s and they just struck that chord of something new and hyper creative to me. Since then following their creative journey has been beyond rewarding to me. I love how they compromise nothing. As you had said earlier in the thread, they make no fanfare about shit, don't attach paragraphs to why it is relevant or any of that nonsense. And their stuff is just so dense that repeated listens only become that much more rewarding.

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    Autechre - PLUS 20.11.20

    in Autechre

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    44 minutes ago, eclipsis said:

    I always thought irlite (get 0) is what jazz would sound like if jazz musicians would keep up with new technology like Davis used to throughout the decades of his work.

    Same with spaces how V

    that is super Miles-y to me

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    AE LIVE ‘08 - post replica submissions here

    in Autechre

    Posted

    I think one of the best things about this, aside from the incredible effort - obviously - is hearing what each of them contribute. I beat the shit out of the early version of this and was incredibly familiar with the set that way. Listening through last night and hearing all of Rob's parts on top was just mind-blowing. This is seriously right up there with the legendary Glasgow show. It really is an unbelievable piece of music and the creativity in the layers and beat fuckery is just off the charts. It's dark and nasty and absolutely relentless. It has so much swagger. Perfection.

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