XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

[Stock]

I do hope so ! Autechre triple album !

[auxien]

comparing this release to what we normally expect from a double album seems to me that it may be, along with quite premature, off base entirely. even an IDM vet like RDJ did a double album basically adhering to the rock/mainstream concepts of such a thing: lots of variation in song style and structure to 'keep it interesting' with a nice intro piece to start the first album, a catcher of a first track for the second album, a nice soft pretty outro piece for the last track on the album preceded by an 'epic' track or two...i'm generalizing like a mofo but i think you may get the idea.

 

but what i'm saying is i don't think AE are going to approach a double album quite like that. i think this might be closer to Quaristice/Versions/Quadrange in tone of material than Drukqs or whatever else. they probably just had a lot of tracks that they though would work as an album, it just happened to be more than and hour and eighteen minutes or whatever.

 

as others have noted there is no distinction of 'disc 1, disc 2' or even with something like EP7 where there was a definite split of EP7.1 and EP7.2...this is being presented (from what we know now at least) as one whole album, one which just happens to run over the 'normal' time limits of an album. and further i don't think there will necessarily be any bullshit filler, otherwise they certainly could've added even more tracks...they're over 30 minutes away from running over time for 'filling' two compact discs.

Edited December 16, 2012 by auxien

[triachus]

In-depth analysis on what the tracknames might mean/refer to:

 

 

1. FLeure

 

 

At first glance you might think "Autechre naming a track simply 'flower'? That's very pretty! I'm feeling all kinds of fuzzy inside." Wrong! Ae sometimes refer to obscure shit. One can be pretty sure that the capitalized FL refers to a relatively unknown program they use to make their music, named Fruity Loops.

 

 

2. irlite (get 0)

 

 

According to google: "IRLite is a tool by Tony Marona that converts AMX IRL (IR Library) to a .text file that contains hex (pronto) codes". With the 'get 0' part, ae asks to get 0 copies of that program. It's an anti-advertisement saying you shouldn't use it, perhaps ruining Tony's program career this way. Not sure if that's legal.

 

 

03. prac-f

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I didn't watch the video either. Let's assume the answer is in there and that we won't under stand it/it's about voodoo magic.

 

04. jatevee C

 

 

Finnish.

 

 

jäte (“waste”) +‎ vesi (“water”)

 

jätevesi

 

1. sewage, wastewater

 

 

stay classy, ae

 

 

05. T ess xi

 

 

 

http://www.wcfanshop.com/servlet/the-T.ESS-ergonomic-baselayers/Categories

 

 

functional thermal underwear with silverfresh anti-bacterial material, 3D knitting technology, moisture controlling thermal channels and a super soft fabric

 

If that quote isn't IDM then the genre is truly dead.

 

 

 

06. vekoS

 

 

ACROBATS MOTHERFUCKER

 

 

 

 

 

 

07. Flep

 

 

This led me to a page where one person was speaking in what seems to be autechre tracktitles

 

Welcome to TATI0NS W0LD.. Rmbr kip it real !!.....flep,nazz & maish....Tee le efeh

 

http://peperonity.com/go/sites/mview/tationsfam

 

Who is this? Why is this? Ae know.

 

 

08. tuinorizn

 

 

"Tuin" is Dutch for garden, and by my guessing "orizn" means "you try and pull something out of your ass for this one" in ancient Aramaic.

 

09. bladelores

 

 

 

fuck yeah

 

10. 1 1 is

 

 

track 10 having an identity crisis, thinking he's 11.

 

11. nodezsh

 

 

track 11 refuting track 10's claims, saying "no, this is". Both tracks are related to Dolan.

 

 

12. runrepik

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michal_%C5%98ep%C3%ADk

 

Run, dude! Ae incoming.

 

13. spl9

 

 

plants! i guess

 

14. cloudline

 

 

That's very pretty! I'm feeling all kinds of fuzzy inside.

 

15. deco Loc

 

 

FRENCH WEDDING CHAIR RENTAL SERVICE MOTHERFUCKERS

 

 

 

http://www.decoloc.fr/

 

16. recks on

 

 

 

reck (rk)

tr. & intr.v. recked, reck·ing, recks

To take heed of or to have caution.

 

recks on! = be careful!

 

aenarchy

 

17. YJY UX

 

 

Or perhaps the tracknames don't really mean anything at all. Huh. How about that.

 

 

 

And the album title of course:

 

 

 

[beariksson]

*golf clap*

[auxien]

In-depth analysis on what the tracknames might mean/refer to:

 

 

15. deco Loc

 

 

FRENCH WEDDING CHAIR RENTAL SERVICE MOTHERFUCKERS

 

 

 

http://www.decoloc.fr/

 

 

fucking lawl

[Guest the anonymous forumite]

not sure about that leak, most likely not Ae, though it sounds tewe-ish (CSlide track 2)

[YELLOW]

Ts1a > 6852

Edited December 16, 2012 by YELLOW

[Salvatorin]

outstanding work triachus

[Zephyr_Nova]

Yes, I second that accolade.

[gl0tch]

yes.... glotch do you read this?

 

read what?

[gl0tch]

HOLYWTFBBQ! I can NOT wait for this to come out.

 

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..."To say Exai is a divisive album is (while in line with the effervescent and murky lore Brown/Booth) an understatement. Repeated listens continue to reveal a strange anthropology — here, the footprint of the duo's explorations are front and center, and yet all signifiers dissolve once again. I have to ask myself, what is the strategy, the recourse, and the terrain for Exai?

For the listener it's a familiar engagement with recurrent rewards. But something doesn't feel right here. While Exai is Autechre's celebrated 11th release, it leaves the imprint of something more immediate, less formal. Are we finally given entrance to Booth and Brown's own acknowledgement of their career or is Exai's fruit simply a redefinition of the accidental artifact? Multiple listens continue to reveal a reinvestigation of the nature of "mistake," but what would have been a deliberate "glitch" for 2001, is an immediate flourish tinged with calculated nostalgia. One only they could pull off."

 

- Patrick Sisson, December 2012

 

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I dug around a little bit and looks like promos went out with the year-end push. And lo and behold, seems like a review mix is out there! This looks like a snippet of vekoS!!!

 

http://soundcloud.com/p_sisson/p-sisson-vekos

 

 

 

[Guest pixelives]

OHHHH. FUCKK. Shit. I really don't want to listen to snippets before hearing the thing in whole. WELP. Looks like I broke that rule. HUGE PADS.

[Guest wolfslice]

..."To say Exai is a divisive album is (while in line with the effervescent and murky lore Brown/Booth) an understatement. Repeated listens continue to reveal a strange anthropology — here, the footprint of the duo's explorations are front and center, and yet all signifiers dissolve once again. I have to ask myself, what is the strategy, the recourse, and the terrain for Exai?

 

For the listener it's a familiar engagement with recurrent rewards. But something doesn't feel right here. While Exai is Autechre's celebrated 11th release, it leaves the imprint of something more immediate, less formal. Are we finally given entrance to Booth and Brown's own acknowledgement of their career or is Exai's fruit simply a redefinition of the accidental artifact? Multiple listens continue to reveal a reinvestigation of the nature of "mistake," but what would have been a deliberate "glitch" for 2001, is an immediate flourish tinged with calculated nostalgia. One only they could pull off."

 

- Patrick Sisson, December 2012

 

Link to this quote before I believe anything you write, glotch. Google turned up nothing. Also I'm sure whats left of xltronic misses your pre release antics.

 

Edit: didn't even bother listening to the obviously fake "snippet."

Edited December 17, 2012 by wolfslice

[awepittance]

lol

[Guest pixelives]

Oops. Should have looked at who wrote that post. Grain of salt, I've taken... ;)

[Guest pixelives]

Also I'm always apprehensive about a soundcloud member with only one upload.

[gl0tch]

I love how people with < 50 posts are telling ME what's up.

 

Whatever. This is real guys. Sisson knows whats up.

[Guest wolfslice]

I love how people with < 50 posts are telling ME what's up.

 

Whatever. This is real guys. Sisson knows whats up.

 

It's not like 650 is much better. Plus you know me from xltronic where I have around 4k, even if you pretend you don't. Nice try with the review though ;)

[modey]

ZOLE

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Yesss.. This is lol.

 

^hmm. odd quoting :/

[awepittance]

Patrick Sisson is a well known reviewer to anyone who read Pitchfork when it was a print zine previous to being on the web, not surprised AE would give the guy one of the early promo copies.

it's your loss if you don't want to hear the new snippet, which i must say is a true return to form. beautiful stuff

edit: clearly it's not a gl0tch track since it sounds very much like 'queersauce' (mike's words not mine) take it with a 'grain of salt' but it's the real deal

Edited December 17, 2012 by Awepittance

[Guest wolfslice]

clearly it's not a gl0tch track since it sounds very much like 'queersauce' (mike's words not mine) take it with a 'grain of salt' but it's the real deal

 

Clearly.

 

 

 

Patrick Sisson is a well known reviewer to anyone who read Pitchfork when it was a print zine previous to being on the web, not surprised AE would give the guy one of the early promo copies.

 

Thanks for putting the matter to rest, I'm sure it's completely legitimate.

[gl0tch]

I actually don't know what to think of the track. Like Awepitttance said, this is def in the vein of Queersauce, but different. Makes sense in light of the album art actually.

 

Anyways, there's plenty of private circles online for the oldschool guard, early traders. I'm pretty sure his comments weren't part of an official review.

 

As for post count, sorry for stepping on your wolf paws, wolfslice.

[Guest pixelives]

Well. If Warp is sending out promos I guess I'll be getting mine soon.

[Salvatorin]