XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

[Hugh Mughnus]

I can totally see actively disliking Draft, by the way, but I can't see thinking it's terrible. Too much effort and care involved to be terrible.

 

I think it's amazing but it's the one ae album I have to be in a certain headspace to enjoy. And even then it's prickly and confrontational.

 

Baseless speculation but I have to imagine whatever place the 'chre were in when they made it is probably not a place they want to dwell in too frequently.

 

Maybe terrible was a bit strong of a word. I think it just colours my opinion that so many people hold it in such incredibly high regard when I found it to be an average electronic album as far as that era goes (with Drukqs, Ultravisitor, and Go plastic having come out within a few years of it), and sub-par when it comes to Autechre. I far prefer EP7, Exai, and even Amber.

 

I found it crossed over the line that separates experimentation/wankery and musicality, into the wankery zone a bit too much... Where Exai is music first, technicality second, I found Draft to be the reverse... IE experimentation took precedence over musicality...

 

Those are just my tastes though. I'm going to get raked over the goals for what I said above.. lol

 

Edit: I LOVE "theme of a sudden roundabout" though. Incredible track, my favorite off the album.

Edited October 20, 2013 by StephenG

[Guest]

My favorite autechre album's dick is bigger than your favorite autechre album's dick!

 

So true. But Quaristice is a vagina. A black pure knob twiddling music absorbing hole.

 

yeah if you think quaristice sucks your an idiot

 

If one thinks Quaristice is alright he's an iVan Boopse.

Edited October 21, 2013 by Guest

[AJW]

keyosc is dreamy. autechre smiling starlight twinkly lullaby!

[Guest]

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cloudline is the best track on Exai. It's just so funky, lush and super super cool. Best part is maybe starting a minute before snares clock in at somewhere 6:00... The use of gaps and out-of-order beats as in 7:19 is just masterfully. <eom></thread>

Edited October 25, 2013 by Guest

[AJW]

^ probably my most listened to Exai track along with prac-4 and recks on

[Lesley]

I always turn the sound up when recks on comes on, then do a little dance or crazed head-nodding.

[Boxus]

I still don't get cloudline. I don't know what I think of it. Everything in the track seems to clash in a really weird way. I just... dunno. If I'm in the right mood I love it. I think this one will take longer to open up for me.

 

I guess it's a bit like Eidetic Casein where you get this light, airy, almost silly sort of track in the midst of a dark menacing album, and the juxtaposition is confusing.

[Ivan Ooze]

I still don't get cloudline. I don't know what I think of it. Everything in the track seems to clash in a really weird way. I just... dunno. If I'm in the right mood I love it. I think this one will take longer to open up for me.

 

I guess it's a bit like Eidetic Casein where you get this light, airy, almost silly sort of track in the midst of a dark menacing album, and the juxtaposition is confusing.

it's like autobahn but they are stuck in a car in a traffic jam in the future with acid rain melting the windscreen wipers and drones and shit flying over

they are also very high

[lumpenprol]

lol

yeah, I'm very on the fence about cloudline. But it definitely is a high-as-fuck sounding track

[Alcofribas]

that part @ 5.06 -- quite daft

[Guest]

that part @ 5.06 -- quite daft

 

Haha!

 

that bit at 5.06 just kills me

[Boxus]

How had I not heard keyosc until now?? Amazing track.

[David Bowman]

This album is only improving as time goes on, still quite possibly my favorite of 2013

[Guest Rulohead32]

This album is only improving as time goes on, still quite possibly my favorite of 2013

My second fave after overgrown

 

(sent from my not-Apple device using Talk That Talk Deluxe Edition)

 

 

[Guest jasondonervan]

 

[oscillik]

I can make a fake that sounds nothing like Autechre too :D

[Guest jasondonervan]

I can make a fake that sounds nothing like Autechre too :D

 

[Hugh Mughnus]

I can make a fake that sounds nothing like Autechre too :D

 

Edit: No homo, bro.

Edited October 29, 2013 by StephenG

[joseph]

Cloud line is the best track on Exai. The Dmitri's get it.

[Guest Rulohead32]

 

I can make a fake that sounds nothing like Autechre too :D

 

Edit: No homo, bro.

 

stephenGay

[Guest rd1994]

even though I assume fake..it is still pretty decent If I am honest

[Hugh Mughnus]

 

 

I can make a fake that sounds nothing like Autechre too :D

 

Edit: No homo, bro.

 

stephenGay

 

Very Astute.

[xox]

to me exai is all about yjy ux lately

[Panoptic Sweep]

Cloud line is the best track on Exai. The Dmitri's get it.

 

Correct. Dmitri?

[Salvatorin]

fucking awesome username

Edited November 5, 2013 by Salvatorin