XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

[xox]

This thing is worst than Logima Strictica 36.

[sweepstakes]

Or it could be more meaningless tDR artwork..

Pffft, what's the fun in that? Let's indulge in some good old-fashioned constellational obsessiveness!

[beariksson]

I actually found something in the cover art

[sweepstakes]

O SHT

 

 

DNBRSSLS

 

 

[KovalainenFanBoy]

The artwork looks pretty meh

[LimpyLoo]

The artwork looks pretty meh

 

yeah it's all pixelated

[yshf]

!!!

exited to see what cloudline will sound like

[Vilwx]

I feel generally uninterested with the art at the moment. But for most albums the artwork tends to match the music pretty closely (prime example for me is Chiastic Slide), so I'm confident I'll grow to like it once I stare at it along to the music. Earlier I saw a face half-in-shadow in the center and now I'm starting to see it automatically.

 

I've been listening to Ae for a few years but only became a "fan" a couple years ago. This is my first pre-Ae-album anticipation. Has anyone else had the experience of disregarding the art and then "getting it" once you hear the album?

Edited December 13, 2012 by Vilwx

[goDel]

It's going to be an Ae goes minecraft album. I can't......wait

 

 

[baph]

The album cover is telling you that this will sound like LP5 if LP5 was invaded by black squares instead of a white sticky label.

[Guest pixelives]

O SHT

 

 

DNBRSSLS

 

 

ENHANCE........

ENHANCE......

ENHANCE..........

[Terpentintollwut]

When I heard the wonderful news that there was going to be a new album, I saw a bowl of crisps in your eyes.

[xy_politics]

I clearly see b12 on the cover...

 

By jove, you're right:

 

[ZmillA]

Interesting that the album cover is similar to the quartisce series of covers

[syd syside]

I like the cover

[awepittance]

what's crazy is that someone actually paid TDR to make that, i wonder how many revisions took place before the final one was decided on. 2xcd AE album is quite awesome though, i wonder if this will be more sketchy and up front like Quaristice. EVen though it's not a perfect album by AE standards, i'd rather have something less focused and a little un-cut sounding. Oversteps was too laser focused for me, need more ADD AE!

and to whoever asked for the Gantz Graf fart machine, couldn't have said it better myself. AE were the king of digital farts, and Tankraken was the last time we heard them let out a massive squelcher. more farts plz, thx

Edited December 14, 2012 by Awepittance

[sweepstakes]

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Also Python is breedy cool. I tried to get PHP to work on windows and then I remember that PHP is dumb anyway.

[gl0tch]

Solid color and rudimentary shapes != sounds like Queersauce.

 

Everybody already knows this sounds like QR Tetris AIDS.

[awepittance]

more queersauce please

[baph]

QR Tetris AIDS is so good though

[modey]

what's crazy is that someone actually paid TDR to make that

I agree that the main cover image isn't much to go crazy over, but the rest of the design (by this I mean everything from the other pixel art pieces to the typesetting and even the choice of stock) is pretty damn amazing, imo. Compare the Oversteps/MoT digital art to the vinyl versions and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[baph]

the full package itself looks well lush

i love lush packages

[psn]

It's all still very far fetched, but I corrected a bug in the rotation code and found a weird one:

1-+J-1AEBGMANY74DG%/%A 

AE Britain Great Manchester 74 Max?!?!

 

 

Three more containing AE:

LMMPAZAE+Y0*UNZ66EN1NN 
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SQQK9M8AF2/OFPHRCAEN+1 

 

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AFX 2K and Biggie!

[Guest frankbank]

orrrddaaad

[Guest texan whip]

Exai - EXperts in Artificial Intelligence. I'm guessing a nod to Incunabula.