cern Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Now I have made the ultimate AE playlist with almost everything released. Not gonna listen to youtube-quality bad recordings of live shows ofc but around 100 hours of Autechre material.. From Lego Feet MC-202 TR-606 patterns to their first big hit Incunabula straight into ambience with Amber, ANTI EP and the beast TRI REP and end everything with SIGN-PLUS. This gonna take a long time but I while sleep in between ofc. My goal is to find the sweet spot of their era! I want to find the ultimate golden sound sculptures they manage to do. But first: WHAT AE ERA WAS YOUR FAVOURITE AND WHY? Im asking this questions because i want to pay more attention to your thoughts. CHEERS WATMM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nil Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 From elseq, and that includes AE_LIVE (can’t remember the release chronology) and onwards. Can’t really explain why as it’s more of a gut feeling than something I could rationalize, ever since these release I just instantly click with their vision (while I didn’t before). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 bronze aege 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scumtron Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 94-99. I discovered Ae in 99. This was before file sharing, but I worked at a small indie radio, with (at that time) a massive record archive. I bought myself a MiniDisc-player and copied as much as I could, including whatever warp/rephlex I found. Although I'd gradually moved more and more frm pop and rock into more experimental electronic music, I still remember the feeling walking around in my own bubble listening to what seemed like something genuinely new. I can't remember that feeling ever since. Although I appreciate almost everything they've done, the period from Amber (wasn't much into Incunabula) to EP7 has that sweet aura of nostalgia added to the fact that it was some excellent albums/eps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-a-m-o Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Tough question... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 94 to 98 + Untilted + Elseq 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 LP5 to gantz graf was a fuckin' run. i almost want to include tri repetae in that because i think it was the beginning of an aesthetic they carried throughout, just increasing in complexity etc. however it wouldnt be fair. no one could top my list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) after some careful thought my fave AE era is probably their 1991 through 2020 stretch. Edited February 2, 2021 by auxien 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 I've a soft spot for Amber -> LP5 but still very much enjoy everything else also Can someone repost that mosaic of cat images, you know where the images progressing visually not unlike the way the 'chre have progressed aurally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipsis Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Confield onwards. So new millennium era I guess. Exai -> NTS Sessions is the soft spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderpansen Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 98-03 / 14-18 + live sets 05-08... i think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipsis Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Just now, jaderpansen said: 98-03 / 14-18 + live sets 05-08... i think. Not a fan of Exai? If I had to choose Exai would be the number one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderpansen Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) sure am, contains some all time favs like 1 1 is, nodezh and spl9... but overall i prefer AE_LIVE and elseq. edit: SIGN too, thinking about it. Edited February 2, 2021 by jaderpansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 1993-now Following along with their creative journey has been the most rewarding for me of any of my favorite artists. I jumped on around 98 after I discovered Tri Rep and it totally blew my mind. I have been a fan ever since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 This is a tough one. If I had to pick one year, I'd say 1997. Envane, Chiastic Slide, and Cichlisuite were all released that year. I hate to use the term paradigm shift because it sounds pretentious and cliché, but in these releases it's evident that this point in time marked an evolutionary step in their career. At this point they go beyond merely changing up loop layers throughout tracks and take a more "surgical" approach in their sequencing. It's the point in time where precision editing really begins to manifest, and would carry on indefinitely from that point onward. (Hope that made sense) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 92-95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitonly Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, ambermonke said: (Hope that made sense) it do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flacid Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Confield to Quaristice Since then I've probably preferred their live work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecaseman Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 93-96. Incunabula and Anti are my favorites. Love Trip Repetae, Chiastic Slide, Envane. They really lost me when Confield hit, and haven't been much into them since. Outside a couple amazing tracks like "Pen Expers" and "V-Proc", it hasn't been interesting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister miller Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 incunabula and especially amber.....tri repetae as well i love all the complexity of the new stuff, but i just love the sound of the early 90s gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 58 minutes ago, jules said: 1993-now Following along with their creative journey has been the most rewarding for me of any of my favorite artists. I jumped on around 98 after I discovered Tri Rep and it totally blew my mind. I have been a fan ever since. this. But if i had to pick one that really stands out to me, i love the sound pallette they were using 95-98. and its a wormhole to explore, all the remixes from that era are ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 18 minutes ago, mister miller said: but i just love the sound of the early 90s gear. in a nutshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaderpansen Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 M4 Lema-r cazt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amad Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) 2003 - 2015. Draft for me is a step forward in terms of sequencing, a perfection of what begun around 98. From Untilted to Quaristice (with support from their live sets, which have a lot in common) there is a def change of approach in sound, and i think the drums start getting more synthetical (where Draft was more analytical). Quari live set brings the nords which are the base to Oversteps, pure bliss. Then Exai for me is a sort of bringing all of it together,very rich and dense sound-wise, rhythm-wise, sort of a all-arounder. and AE_LIVE cause it is ridiculously compelling, when I think 'AE' i think these two last ones. To sum it up imho these is the material that doesnt sound 'dated' in any sense (don't get me wrong i love the early stuff but frankly i think the sound is very specific to the time) but feels richer than elseq-onwards (there is a lot of gold on elseq for me tho, it is still in 2015 so) Edited February 2, 2021 by amad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 2001 (Confield) to now (PLUS/SIGN), maybe excluding Oversteps and Move of Ten. Anything earlier I listen to pretty rarely anymore, with an exception of some remixes like the Keynell stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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