XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

[oscillik]

[triachus]

now those are some nice looking beercoasters

[baph]

I've been holding off on giving Exai a good listen for a while; ordered a new turntable so that I can do the non-digital vinyls justice. Will binge once that arrives. The album is more digestible and engaging on vinyl somehow (not that the CD/file versions are bad in any way), and the pressing is so fucking lush. It just feels right, man.

 

The azimuth on my current TT is off and not adjustable and I'm afraid it'll hurt the 'chre. :(

Edited September 3, 2014 by baph

[doorjamb]

listening to minipops & anticipating syro makes me appreciate exai... what a beast of a release!

 

where tomorrow's harvest (& syro, from the tone of reviews so far) are mostly polished refinements of past iterations, exai felt like a genuine step forward for ae.

[dumplings]

I haven't listened to Exai in full for a good while, but more so playing single tracks here and there to still give me the saesoning.

 

I want to try and stave off listening to ae before syro drops for some reason, anyone else getting them feels?

 

deco Loc buUumps.

[YangYing]

Just posting here to compare the two threads...

[Boxus]

The second half of the second disc is where it's at for me. I listen to the run of spl9 - YJY all the time.

 

recks on was incredible on early listens and I remember thinking it would get old after a while.. was wrong. It gets better and better.

[hello spiral]

dat ae, so damned dependable.

 

We've got live bootlegs, cancer benefit track and new LP for 2015 to look forward to!

[auxien]

 

 

new LP for 2015 to look forward to!

 

WAT????

[doublename]

The Ae tour cancelled thrad contains tidbits.

Edited September 21, 2014 by doublename

[auxien]

Ace. Thanks mate.

[someguy]

[/rules]

 

really amazing album. 1 1 is, deco Loc, and YJY UX are the best tracks IMO.

[usagi]

2015 Ae is unspokenly expected anyhow due to their regular release schedule. dependable as fook.

[xox]

 

 

recks on was incredible on early listens and I remember thinking it would get old after a while.. was wrong. It gets better and better.

 

so true ....so true

[Kavinsky]

2015 sounds so IDM

[eclipsis]

 

 

 

recks on was incredible on early listens and I remember thinking it would get old after a while.. was wrong. It gets better and better.

 

so true ....so true

 

The Krakow set included a track that was similar to recks on. I mean it had a very heavy straightforward hip hop beat with some amazing fuzzy bass. One of the highlights of the show for me. I hope it will be released at some point.

[PlatrixECV]

Reading Pitchfork's gushing Best New Music review of Syro today make me angry again about the 5.9 they gave to Exai.

 

Hypothetical: If the promo CD from Warp to Pitchfork labelled as Syro "accidentally" contained the consensus ten best tracks of Exai instead of the Syro album what would the pitchfork score have been? 9.5? 9.8?

 

I like that Ae releases records every 2 years, but one has to wonder how the hype machine could get going if this was their first album in eight years like it was for BoC/ Aphex / Daft Punk.

 

 

Small print: This is not mean to be a diss on Syro or Aphex.

[xox]

exai and autechre in general are too genius and works of genius by definition are those that're understood in future (we all know how ae music works and how many yrs we usually need to really understand their albums, don't we?) so i'm not surprised with the pitchfork's 5.9.

[doublename]

Why would anyone care what P4K thinks about electronic music? 'Tis not an area of their expertise.

[Guest WNS000]

deco Loc and 11 is are favs from the album, and I think 1 1 is might be one of their best of all time. Not to say that oversteps/move of ten were bad, I love oversteps, but I think they really stepped up their game with longer expansive tracks on Exai

 

Yes. 1 1 is is almost a completely flawless track. And even with "flaws" it is one of the best tracks I have ever heard throughout all genres. Amazing.

[Guest WNS000]

Also, anyone else noticed/loving the very subtle dying "heartbeat" at the end of bladelores? A beautiful moment. And at the very end of bladelores the super-hidden melody under the noise.

Edited September 23, 2014 by Jev

[petina]

is 18 (keyosc) really not available anywhere in 24 bit??? augh

[dumplings]

Exai is the album that keeps on giving.

[Guest Roksen Creek]

And recks on just keeps on getting better and better...

[xox]

Also, anyone else noticed/loving the very subtle dying "heartbeat" at the end of bladelores? A beautiful moment. And at the very end of bladelores the super-hidden melody under the noise.

 

yes, i like that side-chained kick and the hidden melody. exai is full of moments like those.

 

@roksen

i have recks on on repetae. such balls!