Autechre. NTS Residency. (_O_)

[Roo]

Yes good interview, the questions were pitched nicely for a good Rob n Sean discussion. Download-worthy.

Edited August 9, 2018 by Roo

[auxien]

 

 

Pitchfork NTS related interview: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/autechre-interview-nts-sessions-david-lynch-where-code-meets-music/

 

nice read (the interview part) as always, thanks!!

 

oooh so one of the tracks is a bladelores jam from 2011, mysterious :P

 

 

That's almost certainly "all end", right? 

 

Probably? Hard to say for certain of course, it could be something not so obviously tied to bladelores, and all end is a more recent take...who knows unless they're asked specifically. If only there was another AAA session some webmaster could talk the guys into... . .  .  .    .     .     .        .   

 

Good little interview, seemed a bit short if anything, probably just edited down a ton? I can't imagine the interviewer just talking to them for 15 minutes and asking 4 questions, but maybe that's how it's done. I dunno.

 

As much shit as we give Pitchfork around here, they deserve getting credit when they do a decent job so: 

[IOS]

i fucking love ae interviews

++

 

"sucky compression" is a great phrase

 

“I’ve got some more casuals here, do you want them” FLOL

[dingformung]

 

 I wouldn’t want to deal with making software. I’m not sure I could satisfy that many people. I’m not a particularly good programmer. Our system is great for making Autechre tracks, but I’m not sure if everybody else wants to do that. And if they do, I’m not sure I want them to.

 Okay, fair enough. Just wanna know if they have a testament and if they wanna release their code after their death

[jules]

 

i fucking love ae interviews

++

 

"sucky compression" is a great phrase

 

“I’ve got some more casuals here, do you want them” FLOL

[Lada Laika]

 

 

 

Pitchfork NTS related interview: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/autechre-interview-nts-sessions-david-lynch-where-code-meets-music/

nice read (the interview part) as always, thanks!!

 

oooh so one of the tracks is a bladelores jam from 2011, mysterious :P

That's almost certainly "all end", right?

Probably? Hard to say for certain of course, it could be something not so obviously tied to bladelores, and all end is a more recent take...who knows unless they're asked specifically. If only there was another AAA session some webmaster could talk the guys into... . . . . . . . .

 

Good little interview, seemed a bit short if anything, probably just edited down a ton? I can't imagine the interviewer just talking to them for 15 minutes and asking 4 questions, but maybe that's how it's done. I dunno.

 

As much shit as we give Pitchfork around here, they deserve getting credit when they do a decent job so:

Yeah definitely seemed short, usually I feel like these p4k features run super long. But there’s something to be said for being concise. Pretty much every sentence has interesting/valuable info.

[joshuatxuk]

 

Lynch is a great example of somebody who appreciates the sophistication of the audience he is working with. He doesn’t patronize his audience. That’s missing from a lot of music out there. One of the things about the internet is that everybody can be very quickly educated on music, but that’s a double-edged sword, because you’ve got a bunch of artists who are desperate to fit in. Everyone’s in a rush to sound the same. At the same time you’ve got this audience who have got access to fucking everything that was ever made, so the audience is actually extremely sophisticated. It’s a weird paradox. You hear a lot of stuff with the same kind of synth lead and the same sucky compression and the same kick drums, the same long chords. It’s incredibly conservative. Then you’ve got this audience who know about Xenakis and Stockhausen and they’re fucking 16-year-olds. I see that as a great opportunity to make things that are genuinely a bit weird.

Am I going to have to watch a David Lynch movie?

 

 

Are the one WATMMer into AE but not seen a David Lynch film and/or Twin Peaks?

[joshuatxuk]

 

 

 

Pitchfork NTS related interview: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/autechre-interview-nts-sessions-david-lynch-where-code-meets-music/

 

nice read (the interview part) as always, thanks!!

 

oooh so one of the tracks is a bladelores jam from 2011, mysterious :P

 

 

That's almost certainly "all end", right? 

 

Probably? Hard to say for certain of course, it could be something not so obviously tied to bladelores, and all end is a more recent take...who knows unless they're asked specifically. If only there was another AAA session some webmaster could talk the guys into... . .  .  .    .     .     .        .   

 

Good little interview, seemed a bit short if anything, probably just edited down a ton? I can't imagine the interviewer just talking to them for 15 minutes and asking 4 questions, but maybe that's how it's done. I dunno.

 

As much shit as we give Pitchfork around here, they deserve getting credit when they do a decent job so: 

 

 

I bet it's way, way cut down. Anyway Philip Sherburne is a great writer and longtime electronic music journalist/fan/etc. - he's been back at p4k for awhile as a contributor. Been writing for them on/off since 2005 but was writing for The Wire and elsewhere years before that. Up there with Simon Reynolds in terms of expertise and sincerity. Used to focus on house, techno, European club stuff but he handles a lot of their electronic music reviews and interviews now. He coined the term microhouse and holy shit that was 15+ years ago and I am getting old

[Chabraendeky]

On unedited jamming:

the tracks were put together and edited with that in mind. We spent ages sequencing it. We were going back in and re-editing bits to fit various sections.

Edited August 10, 2018 by Chabraendeky

[jaderpansen]

 

 

Pitchfork NTS related interview: https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/autechre-interview-nts-sessions-david-lynch-where-code-meets-music/

 

nice read (the interview part) as always, thanks!!

 

oooh so one of the tracks is a bladelores jam from 2011, mysterious :P

 

 

That's almost certainly "all end", right?

 

Yes. (/ending of splesh)

[misuta Go]

 

Lynch is a great example of somebody who appreciates the sophistication of the audience he is working with. He doesn’t patronize his audience. That’s missing from a lot of music out there. One of the things about the internet is that everybody can be very quickly educated on music, but that’s a double-edged sword, because you’ve got a bunch of artists who are desperate to fit in. Everyone’s in a rush to sound the same. At the same time you’ve got this audience who have got access to fucking everything that was ever made, so the audience is actually extremely sophisticated. It’s a weird paradox. You hear a lot of stuff with the same kind of synth lead and the same sucky compression and the same kick drums, the same long chords. It’s incredibly conservative. Then you’ve got this audience who know about Xenakis and Stockhausen and they’re fucking 16-year-olds. I see that as a great opportunity to make things that are genuinely a bit weird.

Am I going to have to watch a David Lynch movie?

 

 

 

what the hell?

[sweepstakes]

i fucking love ae interviews

Me too, I just wish it was longer like the RA one, or there were a bunch of them like the old days. Probably the former because in the old days half the interviews were garbage.

[Ivan Ooze]

went out drinking with one of my best mates who doesn't like electronic music

got home and played him the first track of nts session 2 and it made him puke like a whole bucket full

then i made him sniff from a bottle of poppers on marcus schmickler and i almost had to burry his corpse in my yard

good shit!

[Chabraendeky]

lol

[jules]

lol

[manmower]

 

 

Lynch is a great example of somebody who appreciates the sophistication of the audience he is working with. He doesn’t patronize his audience. That’s missing from a lot of music out there. One of the things about the internet is that everybody can be very quickly educated on music, but that’s a double-edged sword, because you’ve got a bunch of artists who are desperate to fit in. Everyone’s in a rush to sound the same. At the same time you’ve got this audience who have got access to fucking everything that was ever made, so the audience is actually extremely sophisticated. It’s a weird paradox. You hear a lot of stuff with the same kind of synth lead and the same sucky compression and the same kick drums, the same long chords. It’s incredibly conservative. Then you’ve got this audience who know about Xenakis and Stockhausen and they’re fucking 16-year-olds. I see that as a great opportunity to make things that are genuinely a bit weird.

Am I going to have to watch a David Lynch movie?

 

 

Are the one WATMMer into AE but not seen a David Lynch film and/or Twin Peaks?

 

Seen a measly two David Lynch movies but I don't think they were the right ones to be honest.

 

Am also shit at watching tv series, it's extremely rare for me to catch more than a couple of episodes of anything.

 

Always had a feeling I might like, e.g., Mulholland Drive, but never checked. I don't know, maybe it's time.

[therealcathoderaytube]

MAN! I cannot wait to get my hands on the CDs for this! Listening online just isn't enough!

[jaderpansen]

 

 

 

Lynch is a great example of somebody who appreciates the sophistication of the audience he is working with. He doesn’t patronize his audience. That’s missing from a lot of music out there. One of the things about the internet is that everybody can be very quickly educated on music, but that’s a double-edged sword, because you’ve got a bunch of artists who are desperate to fit in. Everyone’s in a rush to sound the same. At the same time you’ve got this audience who have got access to fucking everything that was ever made, so the audience is actually extremely sophisticated. It’s a weird paradox. You hear a lot of stuff with the same kind of synth lead and the same sucky compression and the same kick drums, the same long chords. It’s incredibly conservative. Then you’ve got this audience who know about Xenakis and Stockhausen and they’re fucking 16-year-olds. I see that as a great opportunity to make things that are genuinely a bit weird.

Am I going to have to watch a David Lynch movie?

 

 

Are the one WATMMer into AE but not seen a David Lynch film and/or Twin Peaks?

 

Seen a measly two David Lynch movies but I don't think they were the right ones to be honest.

 

Am also shit at watching tv series, it's extremely rare for me to catch more than a couple of episodes of anything.

 

Always had a feeling I might like, e.g., Mulholland Drive, but never checked. I don't know, maybe it's time.

 

Eraserhead is still the best imo but MD is widely considered a post 2k classic for a reason. Do it! (Sean once explicitly mentioned his affection for Inland Empire (AAA) but i'd save that one for laters once you got into the mode... I found it rather tedious tbqh)

went out drinking with one of my best mates who doesn't like electronic music

got home and played him the first track of nts session 2 and it made him puke like a whole bucket full

then i made him sniff from a bottle of poppers on marcus schmickler and i almost had to burry his corpse in my yard

good shit!

 

lol ... Palace of marvels?

Edited August 10, 2018 by jaderpansen

[Guest]

 

bring them heavies i say!

[mcbpete]

Eraserhead is still the best imo but MD is widely considered a post 2k classic for a reason. Do it! (Sean once explicitly mentioned his affection for Inland Empire (AAA) but i'd save that one for laters once you got into the mode... I found it rather tedious tbqh)

Seen a lot of Lynch and Eraserhead still goes over my head. Lost Highway -> Mulholland Drive -> INLAND EMPIRE are pretty much three sides of the same Lynch coin (and the more I watch them the more parallels there appear to be), love them all....

[jaderpansen]

Lost Highway -> Mulholland Drive -> INLAND EMPIRE are pretty much three sides of the same Lynch coin [...]

 

yeah those definitely share a similar theme (identity crises) and to a lesser extent visual aesthetics / narrative structuring.

[manmower]

 

Lost Highway

 

This is one of the two I've seen by the way, lol.

[Draft78]

I must confess I'm not a great fan of Lynch. I have the impression that he has learned some "strategies" to create a dreamlike, surrealist atmosphere (based essentially on paradoxical coincidences), on which he has built a stylistic code that I feel to be a little "smart". Maybe I'm wrong, but this is what I feel, especially after reading "catching the big fish", a book with poor contents up to the alarming: with aphorisms and metaphors as an American preacher, Lynch tries to "convert" the reader to a pretentious spirituality (in this case transcendental meditation), which has as its purpose "the economical success". A literary catastrophe of such great proportions that I have had the suspect that it is in fact a provocation, or a very courageous act: the intellectual suicide.

That said, I highly recommend one of Lynch's early feature films: The Grandmother.

Dark and perturbing, where innocence produces sweet and oedipal monsters, in a primitive world made of violent and ontological archetypes.

I saw it the first time as a boy, without knowing it was Lynch, and I thought it was some dark work from the eastern europe countries, a sort of psychotic colleague of Jan Svankmajer: imagine the disappointment when I find Lynch's signature.

For me, it remains a very penetrating work: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p5qEt766ZQ

[Roo]

Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway are indeed his masterpieces.

 

Wild at Heart is my 3rd favourite from him.

Edited August 10, 2018 by Roo

[vertsk8er419]

This retard mega drive hip hop track is sick

which track were you describing lol?