Guest nem30 Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 "Nearly two decades later, the duo have returned with their first album under a new Conservative parliament" (http://thewhaleshipglobe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/review-autechre-exai-warp234.html) Lol, is this kid a left wing nutcase or what? Kind of OT, (and don't know about thewhaleship critic) but Autechre are somewhere on the left wing nutcase spectrum themselves, eh? The Anti Ep sounds like it at least. And I think they said in an interview somewhere that LCC on untitled was named after the very 'left' London County Council (guys who set up the barbican in London). I don't think Tories are ever going to be very popular around Rochdale, anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Kind of OT, And I think they said in an interview somewhere that LCC on untitled was named after the very 'left' London County Council I'm not sure about this. I emailed the Autechre track name meaning site when I saw "LCC London County Council" written on the side of a building in Hackney and suggested that could possibly be the meaning of the acronym as they were Londoners at the time, but as I recall they've never said that in an interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aserinsky Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 "Nearly two decades later, the duo have returned with their first album under a new Conservative parliament" (http://thewhaleshipglobe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/review-autechre-exai-warp234.html) Lol, is this kid a left wing nutcase or what? flol, as someone who is probably considered a left wing nutcase, this was incredibly difficult to read. For me it seems a desperate attempt to attribute a political ideology for no other reason than to forward the ideals of the reviewer, which for me seems both a rather dangerous way of analysing art and pretty pretentious, like the reviewer wanted to show off their consistency of analysing politics but knew their arguments weren't strong enough, so they veiled their arguments by clutching straws through music reviews. If the politics is specifically relevant to the music please mention it, but introducing it like that just seems in honesty rather petty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I guess he forgot to read the full Anti EP label: 'Autechre is politically non-aligned. This is about personal freedom' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nem30 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I guess he forgot to read the full Anti EP label: 'Autechre is politically non-aligned. This is about personal freedom' Do you have a link to that label? The one linked to from the blog is here: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xrv12iL91qa80am.jpg But doesn't include that sentence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think it was on the other side of the "seal." I can't find it now either. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I can confirm it's on the other side of the seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 think this is a new 1 http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/02/10/autechre-exai-2013/ btw this review touches on something i've been meaning to ask (this is no doubt jazz but cant be arsed to search ) he says in the review there is no way of telling who does what, but i often read on here the idea that Sean is more beats and Rob is more melodies (or is that the other way round?) where do people get that idea from? Has this been mentioned in interviews somewhere or did someone just dream it up one day? Anyhow am loving Exai so far.. I love how it is really accessible but also dense and deep at the same time. If this grows on me like most Ae does it could well end up being my fav album by them but far too early to say. Also concur with people saying how this a very different listen on headphones than blasted on a system. Both sound awesome but it’s almost like listening to a different album which is weird.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzkinz Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 but i often read on here the idea that Sean is more beats and Rob is more melodies (or is that the other way round?) where do people get that idea from? Has this been mentioned in interviews somewhere or did someone just dream it upThere was an interview around quaristice where Sean said he tends to lean toward beats and rob tends to be more atmosphere/abstract melodiesBut it is by no means black and white between them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 thanks for your reply, does any1 have a link to said interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 but i often read on here the idea that Sean is more beats and Rob is more melodies (or is that the other way round?) where do people get that idea from? Has this been mentioned in interviews somewhere or did someone just dream it up i did a phone interview with Sean when Oversteps was released and he mentioned that about 60% of the tracks they did were solo efforts (i.e. not collaborative at all) which I thought was interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehauntingsoul Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think you have the percentages backwards, wasn't it that 40% were solo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think you have the percentages backwards, wasn't it that 40% were solo? I'm pretty sure it was 60% solo. I specifically remember him initially saying "it's about 50/50," then pausing and saying (iirc): "actually probably more like 60/40 solo." I could be wrong though. i don't have the transcript to hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lucy Faringold Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Lucy, is that phone interview available somewhere? The stuff about who does what didn't make the feature (only about a third of what's said in a half-hour interview makes it into print). I don't generally link to stuff with my real name on because I prefer forum anonymity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzkinz Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 thanks for your reply, does any1 have a link to said interview?Here's a transcript of the interview from an older WATMM threadhttp://forum.watmm.com/topic/30687-interview-with-sean-booth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieselguhr kid Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 here's another one http://www.tarumatu.com/links/album-review-autechre-exai/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roksen Creek Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 here's another one http://www.tarumatu.com/links/album-review-autechre-exai/ Reads like 5 stars to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 one more http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/02/10/autechre-exai-2013/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Haha, I love the part about dancing to AE like Elaine in Seinfeld, which I have totally done before for a laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pixelives Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 here's another one http://www.tarumatu.com/links/album-review-autechre-exai/ That one was ok. Kind of pedestrian. But then again I'm a pretentious twat. But hey if it gets new people to buy the record, then kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropi Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 "In spite of the twists and turns of their history Autechre are nothing if not consistent. Each release bears their unmistakeable hallmark. However, with Exai they’ve created a work which reveals renewed faith in their own identity and which should act as compass in years to come." ...just read the exai review in the new wire mag (march 2013). they liked it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the anonymous forumite Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 please type the entire review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropi Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 oh, it would be easy to copy & paste - but it's not availble for free on their site so I guess joyrex would B7 me quickly then! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franciscus Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 "Nearly two decades later, the duo have returned with their first album under a new Conservative parliament" (http://thewhaleshipglobe.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/review-autechre-exai-warp234.html) Lol, is this kid a left wing nutcase or what? flol, as someone who is probably considered a left wing nutcase, this was incredibly difficult to read. For me it seems a desperate attempt to attribute a political ideology for no other reason than to forward the ideals of the reviewer, which for me seems both a rather dangerous way of analysing art and pretty pretentious, like the reviewer wanted to show off their consistency of analysing politics but knew their arguments weren't strong enough, so they veiled their arguments by clutching straws through music reviews. If the politics is specifically relevant to the music please mention it, but introducing it like that just seems in honesty rather petty. indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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