elseq 1-5

[Guest]

hmm...

dunno, especially with synthesized music I find it's pretty fun to look at the waves one way or the other (see scope pics above).

Just a plain ol scope can tell you so much about a signal (or the relation between signals such as left/right).

things which aren't obvious from listening are easily revealed...

 

it's also a dead honest, spot on & beautifully simple form visualization..

 

Basically if you don't have a scope you're a noob.

 

so suck it & don't tell me what to do with my files :)

[KovalainenFanBoy]

damn

[ScaldedBorneo]

Is it just me or does elseq 5 feel like a fire?

[modey]

there exists a properly mastered reference point/baseline for sounds like these?

lol yeah exactly. It's fkn ae, they can do whatever they want. imo they're one of the few bands who sound better with tons of compression

[Guest totemcrackerjack]

Pendulu hv moda was the first track I accidentally opened, and titty smacking christ.

[may be rude]

yeah pendula hv moda sounds incredible

[PlatrixECV]

 

 

Elseq definitely has the most nocturnal/nighttime vibe of all ae lps/eps. My fav is still ep1, but that is subject to change

 

Agree, on the nocturnal. I find a noticeable difference in how much more I enjoy it at night. Downright weird.

[Alcofribas]

 

there exists a properly mastered reference point/baseline for sounds like these?

lol yeah exactly. It's fkn ae, they can do whatever they want. imo they're one of the few bands who sound better with tons of compression

 

 

 

these are people who understand.

 

phling, do you have a particular oscilloscope you like?

 

 

there exists a properly mastered reference point/baseline for sounds like these?

lol yeah exactly. It's fkn ae, they can do whatever they want. imo they're one of the few bands who sound better with tons of compression

 

 

 

these are people who understand.

 

phling, do you have a particular oscilloscope you like?

 

 

 

sorry, "oscillikscope"

[sweepstakes]

there exists a properly mastered reference point/baseline for sounds like these?

lol

[ScaldedBorneo]

Wow I'm having a tough time getting into elseq 5. I'm surprised it's one of people's favorites. I guess I really like some of the concepts/sounds behind it, but these are some of the songs with the least development of all of elseq 1-5, and it gets a bit boring hearing the same thing for ten minutes. I don't know maybe it's too minimal for me right now. I wouldn't be surprised if it grew on me a lot though because it seems like one of the few elseqs with a clear focus.

[Guest]

Scalded, my thoughts exactly after listening to Elseq5, but may be subject to change.

[eclipsis]

Anyone got Draft 7.30 vibes from acdwn2?

[wredny]

There it is. The Pitchforks have spoken: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21950-elseq-1-5/

[usagi]

bunch of dicksucks.

[jaderpansen]

"(...) just two dudes taking pleasure in real-time collaborative music making. Which, in a way, might serve to deflate the futuristic vibe a little."

 

mhm, yeah... right.

[NewSchoolScience]

some people just don't buy digital

 

same with aleksi perala ......too much stuff...

 

4 and half hours of autechre jams is great but i bet they didn't spend half as long making this as oversteps

 

Fucking state of this

[zlemflolia]

 

 

Arriving in a month thick with surprise album releases from A-listers like Beyonce, Drake, James Blake, and Radiohead, Autechre’s Elseq might not surpass its peers in terms of buzz or anticipation. But it has definitely got them beat in sheer volume. The five-part series—which was posted to the UK-based electronic duo’s webstore last week—adds up to more than four hours of music, out-clocking it’s peers by a significant margin

 

"out-clocking it's peers"...?

Beyonce, Drake, James Blake, and Radiohead are Autechre's "peers"...?

 

LOL

[ketteltian]

They must be so proud eh?

[AJW]

 

 

 

Elseq definitely has the most nocturnal/nighttime vibe of all ae lps/eps. My fav is still ep1, but that is subject to change

 

Agree, on the nocturnal. I find a noticeable difference in how much more I enjoy it at night. Downright weird.

 

 

Yes! Some of the tracks really shine in a different way around this time the witching hour (pendulu casual, pendulu hv moda, freulaeux, oneum, eastre). These long hypnotic tracks. I wait until dusk before listening.

[futureimage]

 

Arriving in a month thick with surprise album releases from A-listers like Beyonce, Drake, James Blake, and Radiohead, Autechre’s Elseq might not surpass its peers in terms of buzz or anticipation. But it has definitely got them beat in sheer volume. The five-part series—which was posted to the UK-based electronic duo’s webstore last week—adds up to more than four hours of music, out-clocking it’s peers by a significant margin

 

"out-clocking it's peers"...?

Beyonce, Drake, James Blake, and Radiohead are Autechre's "peers"...?

 

LOL

What a brilliantly invalid point. Where do they get these writers from?

[IOS]

^ From the hipstergarten.

[futureimage]

^ From the hipstergarten.

Truth. Also, why the separate ratings? May as well have given the whole thing a 7. FFS

[Jamesqdot]

There it is. The Pitchforks have spoken: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21950-elseq-1-5/

"There aren't a lot of melodies to be heard..."

 

I can't even...

[Alcofribas]

There it is. The Pitchforks have spoken: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21950-elseq-1-5/

imo "elseq" does not definitely sound like jams. this review is only echoing what lots of people on here have been taking for granted, that this release is autechre jamming or improvising or running software that's being controlled in real-time. it's certainly possible that this is true, or that at least some of the tracks employ such methods. but imo there is nothing about this music that is just so obviously "jams" like pitchfork and some peeps on this forum are suggesting and if it wasn't for the fact that sean has talked a lot about computers and spitting out albums in real time i'mnot sure what it is about this release that's justscreaming "this is just some edited jams by the electronica duo the 'chre."

 

fact is we have no real idea about autechre's compositional processes. and this seems like a fairly deliberately contrived mystery on their part; for all their willingness to discuss software stuff or how they make albums by pressing record and jamming away, they also seem to walk back many of these claims and insist tracks are made meticulously note by note or sean will get pissed and tell people they don't know what they're talking about when they employ the term "generative." personally, i don't think they're being mysterious to construct some cool idm identity, i just think they're artists who don't wish to be pinned down by cheap shop talk in lame interviews.

 

anyway, this pitchfork review is, unsurisingly, shit. there's no way some reviewer sat down, listened to 4 hours of autechre and just came to the conclusion that these are jams. the reviewer probably played elseq on his computer while browsing the internet to find things to write in his assignment and came up with "it's long" and "it's jams."

 

love this bit: "the Brown and Booths violent squelches."

[Amen Lare]

 

^ From the hipstergarten.

Truth. Also, why the separate ratings? May as well have given the whole thing a 7. FFS

 

 

Would be interesting to know the method of calculation behind these.

 

elseq 1 is 7.0 - OK, i got that, rather straightforward

elseq 2 has 6.6 - eh? I guees it looks nice, also shows that it's a bit worse

6.9 for elseq 3 - porn reference?

7.1 for elseq 4 - maybe it has to do with quantity of tracks on EP, you need at least 5 for a 7

6.8 for elseq 5 - so they all have different ratings, something interesting is in the baking

 

According to my calculations the overall rating is 6.88