Autechre Altered: Carbon fake Oversteps leak... better than actual?

[ghOsty]

I remember finding out when there was a fake leak being passed around claiming to be Oversteps, it was actually a mis-named file of the debut album by Altered: Carbon... Before I knew it was a fake, I was really interested in the new direction Autechre had kind of taken, seeming to re-incorporate some of their earlier hip-hop influences with the glitchy IDM. Upon hearing the actual Oversteps release, I was somewhat dissapointed... I haven't been able to get as into it as any of their other releases so far. Now that I think about it, I think I enjoyed the album posted falsely as a leak more than the actual... This may be an unpopular opinion, and I do LOVE Autechre and Gescom but I suggest some seek out the album and give it a try.

[xyrofen]

[Dementia]

You've got my vote.

[sysyphus]

 

tinted corvettes was legit, but meh.

[Guest Greg Reason]

Nope. ae album is better. By a long shot.

[purlieu]

What

[Guest theSun]

it just sounded like some dudes trying to be autechre and forgetting that no matter how close you get, you'll come off as some second rate rip-off.

 

(for the record I don't try to sound like a second-rate autechre rip-off myself....It just sort of happens)

 

i remixed one of the early movements in lego feet and listening to it now is like :facepalm:

 

i even put the real ae at the end of it for some context and whenever the real ae part comes in i just want to cry.

 

how do you make it sound so CRISP ae?

[xyrofen]

it just sounded like some dudes trying to be autechre and forgetting that no matter how close you get, you'll come off as some second rate rip-off.

 

(for the record I don't try to sound like a second-rate autechre rip-off myself....It just sort of happens)

 

i remixed one of the early movements in lego feet and listening to it now is like :facepalm:

 

i even put the real ae at the end of it for some context and whenever the real ae part comes in i just want to cry.

 

how do you make it sound so CRISP ae?

 

Years of Mantronix.

[ghOsty]

Yeah okay, so I'll admit I wasn't completely serious in my original post... No, I know Altered: Carbon is not better than Autechre. It's just, Oversteps to me still just seems very bland compared to the rest of their catalog. I know some of their previous releases have had to grow on me in the past, but this one just isn't doing that. There are a couple tracks I do enjoy but overall, I can't help but write this one off. Move Of Ten however I'm liking a lot.

[xyrofen]

Yeah okay, so I'll admit I wasn't completely serious in my original post... No, I know Altered: Carbon is not better than Autechre. It's just, Oversteps to me still just seems very bland compared to the rest of their catalog. I know some of their previous releases have had to grow on me in the past, but this one just isn't doing that. There are a couple tracks I do enjoy but overall, I can't help but write this one off. Move Of Ten however I'm liking a lot.

 

It's obviously some softer Ae coming off of Quaristice, Untilted, and friggin' Draft 7.30 if you want to go back that far. I find Oversteps to be really serene, playful, and dark at the same time though.