elseq 1-5

[Nenlow66 13]

https://vimeo.com/172173634?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-comment_rcvd-2017&utm_campaign=31141
 

mesh cinereal on going to the sun road 

[markedone 532]

wtf freulaeux is TOO good

the rave-stabs are more evident here than on other recent tracks- almost sounds like a sample was the starting point?  but then it gets super mangled and processed into alien shapes.  and then the last part of the track launches into ambient space-orbit using the same pieces.  absolutely mental track.

[President Squidward 352]

well good news guys i was too harsh on this album its quite good

[hello spiral 1533]

oh thank God

[splesh 193]

While I love pretty well everything they've ever released (not always equally, mind you) elseq 1-5 is definitely my favourite album of theirs.

[Temporarily omitting Oversteps and Move of Ten, the run from Quaristice through to and including NTS Sessions is unimpeachable, but then, so is their catalog either way]

[IDEM 921]

I was listening to "c7b2" this morning when my nine-year-old walked in, listened for a second and said, "That sounds like farts."

I guess it's time for her to have her own WATMM account. They grow up so fast ... 😪

[fizzkinz 43]

For years I had decided I didn't care for Eastre

After maybe 2 listens I just opted to skip it, and for the past 4 years when going through elseq I would exclusively listen to mesh cinereaL when I got to elseq3. It was a huge issue I had with elseq; my inability to just listen through as i always felt there were tracks I had to skip to get to the gold level stuff

But today after thinking about how I have been more than happy to live in the slow burns on NTS like e0, I went back and gave eastre a try
I can't see what I didn't like about it. I thoroughly enjoyed the listen 
It obviously wasn't the length I took issue with, as there are longer tracks on elseq and NTS that I immediately liked. 

[toaoaoad 405]

Eastre is definitely one of those right-place right-time kind of listens imo. I found it strangely fitting this past September when the skies were filled with American wildfire haze for days on end. It has a pretty tense atmosphere for a 22 minute listening commitment, but in the post-apocalyptic (or presently apocalyptic?) world of today, it's not so hard to settle into.

[sweepstakes 866]

I've never skipped eastre. It seems quite appropriate for the entire last 4 years.

[eclipsis 213]

6 hours ago, toaoaoad said:

Eastre is definitely one of those right-place right-time kind of listens imo. I found it strangely fitting this past September when the skies were filled with American wildfire haze for days on end. It has a pretty tense atmosphere for a 22 minute listening commitment, but in the post-apocalyptic (or presently apocalyptic?) world of today, it's not so hard to settle into.

i'd say pre-apocalyptic

[toaoaoad 405]

16 hours ago, eclipsis said:

i'd say pre-apocalyptic

Stage 1 Apocalyptic

 

[Guest]

listened to Elseq 5 last night and its still the one.

I wonder how much of their trickery is with noise gates? carefree counter dronal is a good example but some of the way that things seem to be gated based on the kick drum in spaces how just knocks my socks off

[__f37d1-_ 2]

Will need to add my reply to this release as well as it's possibly my favorite one by them. As opposed to the way I felt back in '16, I see this record as a proper release and not just some "jams", no  idea why I felt that way back then. I still listen to this on a regular basis, it just doesn't seem to get "old". I love playing acdwn2->latentcall. ♥² 

Edited January 14 by __f37d1-_

[Boxus 157]

On 12/2/2020 at 10:07 PM, toaoaoad said:

Eastre is definitely one of those right-place right-time kind of listens imo. I found it strangely fitting this past September when the skies were filled with American wildfire haze for days on end. It has a pretty tense atmosphere for a 22 minute listening commitment, but in the post-apocalyptic (or presently apocalyptic?) world of today, it's not so hard to settle into.

I've been listening to elseq 3 a lot the last few weeks, it really does fit the moment well.

3 remains my favorite installment, and eastre is my favorite track of the whole collection. it's minimal yet so bold, just grabs hold and doesn't let go. deeply engrossing murky doomscape

[Amen Lare 305]

You know who else appreciates elseq a lot -- this guy! Every Ae track ranked! Five tracks from elseqs in the top 10.

https://endofreel.medium.com/every-autechre-track-ranked-breaking-down-the-100-greatest-autechre-tracks-5c59c368fbeb