Autechre Artificial Intelligence I: Autechre's Contributions

[Joyrex]

I've been listening to the classic Artificial Intelligence I, more specifically Autechre's contributions, The Egg and Crystel, and I am amazed how well they hold up after all these years. Simply amazing tracks.

[YO303]

Yeah that was before they sold all of their hardware to buy taquitos.

[Guest cult fiction]

The drum programming is pretty unreal for mid-1992

[sup]

The drum programming is pretty unreal for mid-1992

the musics dope to

 

autechre rpetty cool

[xyrofen]

Crystel is a pretty awesome song.

[J3FF3R00]

Those and The Dice Man. Definitely ace.

[modey]

wrong subforum d00d

[Joyrex]

wrong subforum d00d

 

Yeah, I thought about that - at first I was going to talk about AI overall, but Autechre's tracks stand head and shoulders above the rest (even Polygon Window). I'll move this.

[modey]

I don't think i've actually heard the other tracks on the compilations! Apart from polygon window of course. I'll have to give them a listen.

[beerwolf]

I still play these tracks all the time (and Chatter from volume 2), they still sound really cool to me and have aged perfectly.

[mcbpete]

rpetty

That track was on a later Ae release ....

[eh Speedy]

I always liked Speedy J's "Fill 3" which for years I thought was The Orb's "Loving You" because the track titles were switched on the case, and I hadn't heard "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Center Of The Ultraworld" yet.

[joseph]

too bad autechre stuck their head up their ass and started making pretentions quasi-academic bullshit with "Amber"

[Stock]

too bad autechre stuck their head up their ass and started making pretentions quasi-academic bullshit with "Amber"

 

[Friendly Foil]

too bad autechre stuck their head up their ass and started making pretentions quasi-academic bullshit with "Amber"

I don't think I like you

[beerwolf]

Yeah I really wish Autechre had made the same album 12 times over.

 

 

The tracks on AI 1, are Sunny Weather Autechre. When the warm sun is shining and have a cold glass of beer in your hand and fancy some Autechre, what do you play? Always these tracks.

[beerwolf]

It would be nice if the lads could make a sunny summer weather album. Thats sounds cheesy as fuck I know.

 

It won't happen. Forget I said anything lol.

[mcbpete]

too bad autechre stuck their head up their ass and started making pretentions quasi-academic bullshit with "Amber"

In what way is Amber 'quasi-academic bullshit' ?!

(In fact, how on earth can a track be 'quasi-academic' )

[joseph]

[ChrisRyder]

"The Egg" is a tuuunne

[Guest Xenblake]

"The Egg" is a tuuunne

 

Good tune. I prefer the "cleaner" sounding version of it in Eggshell from Incunabula though.

[Joyrex]

"The Egg" is a tuuunne

 

Good tune. I prefer the "cleaner" sounding version of it in Eggshell from Incunabula though.

 

See, I'm quite the opposite - I never really cared too much for Eggshell, but The Egg just screams 'Autechre' for me - at least the Autechre I prefer.

[Guest Xenblake]

The Egg is definetely more hip hop inspired, although those cut up voices that come in around 1:45 sound a bit too messy and out of place IMO. It gets wicked from around half way through where the meaty beats start coming in.

 

I think the "shiny" clean production on Eggshell does it better justice though. I find the hecticness in The Egg comes across as slightly disorganised, as bits plastered on here and there for effect.

[modey]

I love the extra melodies in The Egg.. I've ripped them off quite often

[Guest sirch]

too bad autechre stuck their head up their ass and started making pretentions quasi-academic bullshit with "Amber"

In what way is Amber 'quasi-academic bullshit' ?!

 

that's what i thought. but they didn't actually do this 'til quite some time after Amber. :)