XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

[Amen Lare]

Blade-lores. The name could be coming from lores~ MSP object (lowpass filter with a sharp cutoff/resonance; sharp=>blade).

 

 

Sweet discovery, though it kinda cynical to name one of your all-time epics (at least in size, which ae was always careful for) after fucking filter

[Guest Shadow GriZZly]

i think it's funny as hell actually

[triachus]

They should have named it alleywaystablores

 

 

 

[oscillik]

*goes looking for the baechre/braderoles pshop*

that was such a lol

[Soloman Tump]

I really wish that thread had been kept separate. Absolute goldmine.

[Soloman Tump]

 

 

[modey]

spl9 might have to be one of my favourite things ae have done in recent years. Dense as fuck. Actually this whole album is a lot more '3D' sounding than their previous albums. Quaristice was a step in this direction but didn't have the precision that I expect from ae.

[kausto]

 

jazz?

[Amen Lare]

 

 

 

jazz?

It was used here at March 4th if you follow the address

http://www.taz.de/Neues-Album-Exai-von-Autechre/!112162/

 

Strangely nobody used this promo picture elsewhere, probably because there was too little coverage

[hello spiral]

spl9 might have to be one of my favourite things ae have done in recent years. Dense as fuck. Actually this whole album is a lot more '3D' sounding than their previous albums. Quaristice was a step in this direction but didn't have the precision that I expect from ae.

 

IMO, Quaristice (the actual LP, not versions) was a little too precise.

In that each track just drops you into the deep end of blink-and-you'll-miss-it complexity.

 

I realised this recently when listening on some *ahem* substances. There's just as much 'holy fucking fucking shit there's so much detail' going on but it demands a little too much attention even for seasoned AE fans, which makes it bizarrely disposable.

 

Anyway, on topic: Exai: FUCK what a great album.

[zkom]

[kausto]

lol

[Guest jasondonervan]

lol

[Alcofribas]

lol

[auxien]

speaking of Quaristice/Exai, i realized yesterday how much 90101-5l-l sounds like irlite (get 0). very similar acid-y bass, very similar drum sounds/pattern, even the synths are similar in places.

[o00o]

 

jazz?

epic. I am getting really into this right now. intense

Edited June 20, 2013 by o00o

[beariksson]

why do they do that? they always put the singer in front of the rest of the band in promo shots

[modey]

they're gettin' old

 

 

spl9 might have to be one of my favourite things ae have done in recent years. Dense as fuck. Actually this whole album is a lot more '3D' sounding than their previous albums. Quaristice was a step in this direction but didn't have the precision that I expect from ae.

 

IMO, Quaristice (the actual LP, not versions) was a little too precise.

In that each track just drops you into the deep end of blink-and-you'll-miss-it complexity.

 

I realised this recently when listening on some *ahem* substances. There's just as much 'holy fucking fucking shit there's so much detail' going on but it demands a little too much attention even for seasoned AE fans, which makes it bizarrely disposable.

 

Anyway, on topic: Exai: FUCK what a great album.

 

Perhaps. Precision and detail aren't really related though imo. There's a lot going on but it just feels too loose, I guess? I dunno, maybe one day I'll like it more.

[hello spiral]

they're gettin' old

 

 

spl9 might have to be one of my favourite things ae have done in recent years. Dense as fuck. Actually this whole album is a lot more '3D' sounding than their previous albums. Quaristice was a step in this direction but didn't have the precision that I expect from ae.

 

IMO, Quaristice (the actual LP, not versions) was a little too precise.

In that each track just drops you into the deep end of blink-and-you'll-miss-it complexity.

 

I realised this recently when listening on some *ahem* substances. There's just as much 'holy fucking fucking shit there's so much detail' going on but it demands a little too much attention even for seasoned AE fans, which makes it bizarrely disposable.

 

Anyway, on topic: Exai: FUCK what a great album.

 

Perhaps. Precision and detail aren't really related though imo. There's a lot going on but it just feels too loose, I guess? I dunno, maybe one day I'll like it more.

 

Good point. Food for thought for sure.

 

Don't get me wrong, I've found the album problematic since it's release. When I finally got hold of Versions I was all "Phew, here's my new AE album".

 

But I can't help but keep going back to it and sniffing around it, because it's so awkward.

[Amen Lare]

why do they do that? they always put the singer in front of the rest of the band in promo shots

 

For the same reason the singer is usually called frontman. Sean is always closer because he's way lower than Rob in height. It just happens that Rob is mellow and Sean is fucking intense. Love that picture, it hink they look better with age, unlike many british men including rock and industrial music stars.

[Guest Shadow GriZZly]

This is like one of their most cool photo. Sean seems more mellow here, and Rob looks stylish as hell.

 

*fanboy mode off*

[joseph]

Instantly my favorite AE pic. It also nicely highlights Sean's love of trees.

Edited June 21, 2013 by Joseph

[joseph]

Autechre and psychedelics are, in the lingo of my freshman micro class, "complementary goods".

[Guest Seginustemple]

Sean looks like Capt. Picard

Edited June 22, 2013 by Seginustemple

[baph]

more like Capt. Pick Hard amirite