Autechre. Live. Twentytwentytwo.

[xxx]

7 hours ago, Iwanttobefree said:

Was doing our pre gig walk around the area and caught the lads doing soundcheck

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Those fallen leaves, the black door and the ominous din are straight out of a horror film/VHS Head track. "Don't...open...that...door!"

[zaizai]

Found this poster on instagram, Soz if already posted

Edited November 3, 2022 by zaizai

[neurone]

15 hours ago, Iwanttobefree said:

Was doing our pre gig walk around the area and caught the lads doing soundcheck

You went to the EKKO show ? did you enjoyed it ?

[DyeMyBlueBlack]

1 hour ago, zaizai said:

Found this poster on instagram, Soz if already posted

poster is amazing - I saw a picture of someone holding up a physical version of it

[Silent Member]

6 hours ago, neurone said:

You went to the EKKO show ? did you enjoyed it ?

It was amazing. Club set. all bangers. dark and rythmic. Pretty close to the Barbican set (from what little I've heard of that).

Edit: pic of souvenir 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Silent Member

[jaderpansen]

12 hours ago, psn said:

mmmh https://lineto.com/typefaces/replica/ ...

so, how was it bro?

[casual helipad]

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.

 

[jaderpansen]

Bald men and core fans

[kausto]

2 hours ago, jaderpansen said:

mmmh https://lineto.com/typefaces/replica/ ...

Oversteps font, isn't it?

[Grain Bastard]

1 hour ago, jaderpansen said:

Bald men and core fans

Who else felt like Sean was speaking directly to them

[gnarlybog]

If North Face started producing wigs tomorrow, sales would skyrocket. 

[ignatius]

stoked for whenever they drop the live set bundle. so looking forward to that. 

[d-a-m-o]

14 minutes ago, ignatius said:

stoked for whenever they drop the live set bundle. so looking forward to that. 

 

[Draft78]

On 10/31/2022 at 7:35 PM, Alcofribas said:

can confirm

...although Persephone says otherwise, there are rumors in the lower regions that she pushed no more than a few buttons in the first ten minutes. And it's not the first time she turns out to be narcissistic 

 

Edited November 3, 2022 by Draft78

[Draft78]

btw... I have to give up to discouragement : I waited too long to book the ticket to Turin (I wasn't sure I could go), and when I decided to take it, it was sold out. I subscribed to that special list for places that are free again, but nothing to do, missing 24 hours and the naive optimism, once again, have to lay prone.

I try to console myself with "c2c sucks" things, but it doesn't work.

[Alcofribas]

37 minutes ago, Draft78 said:

btw... I have to give up to discouragement : I waited too long to book the ticket to Turin (I wasn't sure I could go), and when I decided to take it, it was sold out. I subscribed to that special list for places that are free again, but nothing to do, missing 24 hours and the naive optimism, once again, have to lay prone.

I try to console myself with "c2c sucks" things, but it doesn't work.

some one get this man a ticket

[jaderpansen]

3 hours ago, kausto said:

Oversteps font, isn't it?

Exactly!

[xxx]

2 hours ago, Grain Bastard said:

Who else felt like Sean was speaking directly to them

Aye--add me to Sean's low-key rotisserie lol

[NewSchoolScience]

We have our share of bald men at our gigs - who are as old as us

Ummmmmmm…

[Ski Nell]

[scumtron]

Sean has moved to a village in nowhere, Norway. Amazing.

[t yst r]

41 minutes ago, scumtron said:

Sean has moved to a village in nowhere, Norway. Amazing.

Coz of a girl no less. Ultimate IDM.

[psn]

21 hours ago, jaderpansen said:

so, how was it bro?

Haven't listened to any of the recent sets, so can't compare it to them. But it was quite a bit more monotonous than the onesix sets, which had 4-5 very distinct sections. The sound was great, but not as 3D as in 2016. Skittery bass drums/sub bass lines dominating the sound - shaking up your innards while being really well balanced - with crisp synthesized percussion that sounded like PM stuff on top. A really nice almost 4/4 kick section in the middle that was relatively laidback and provided some good variation. Some rattling metallic stuff here and there, some formant stuff that sounded like a giant mech failing to communicate. I was wishing they would pull it back a little bit in a couple of sections.

They played for ~75 minutes in total darkness. One moron got his phone out and lit up the whole room at one point, and then proceeded to snap a photo with the flash on.  

Edited November 4, 2022 by psn

[casual helipad]

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)  

 

Edited November 4, 2022 by casual helipad

[Silent Member]

lol, I forgot about the flash moron. At least he was somewhat quick about it.