new Autechre album - Quaristice (early 2008)

03/03/2008, apparently.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Perhaps this will be the folk album they have always had it in them to make

lol

I think all their albums are secretly folk, but you don't notice since they're using the wrong instruments.

It will be full of bleeps and blips. Reviewers will give it an above-average review for being intelligent, while yearning for the old days when Autechre used to write tunes. Thom Yorke will base his 2009 solo album on it.

Autechre will discover the true meaning of atonality when they construct bloops and beeps that follow an inotation nearer to that of pure (natural) intervals, which is closely tied traditionally to tonal feeling, the sense of key. To the untrained ear you wont know what the fuck you are listening to, but it is really folk of the orient applied to synthetic sound. Imagine an autecherean gamelan.

Album title sounds like an Onion parody of an Ae album title.

too many vowels

i predict a return to formless

TS Ae's use of vowels vs Aphex's use of vowels

I've read it was completely written and performed on a

http://i8.tinypic.com/7xbj9yp.png

Disappointed they seemed to give up on their thing of having one or two "companion" EPs per LP.

Maybe the newer version of the Di Wanktron
TENORI-ON
http://www.furibond.com/images/blog/tenori.jpg

Oh shit, why am I even bothering to look foraward to this? (I mean, I am, a LOT, but I know it's going to be yet another shove further up the rectal passage of DSP egowank)

yeah I'm confused by the fact that there are still fans of this band.
I mean they let you download max/msp yourself and try it for 30 days.

Could you come up with this patch in 30 days!? (Hey maybe you could, I dunno, it's all Greek to me.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Autechremax.jpg

Also, anyone can play guitar.

does that patch sound like anything anybody wants to pay to listen to, is the more important question, or at least I thought so

I'm perfectly willing to buy this, btw, if it's awesome, I don't hate the players, I hate the game.

yeah I'm confused by the fact that there are still fans of this band.
I mean they let you download max/msp yourself and try it for 30 days.

-- El Tomboto

what is the minimum mac setup to reasonably run max/msp

http://www.cycling74.com/downloads/maxmsp

you can get old ones too!
I should try this this weekend huh

also what is a "quaristice"

The companion to a cockatrice.

Aquarium Enthusiast Beer's ice-brewed lager

if you count EPs + LPs this is autechre's 18th solo release

03/03/08 => 3x3+8 => 9+8 = 17

coincidence? i think not.

quaristice = quarantine + armistice

autechre's response to "the rising"

the max/msp argument is pretty dumb. i mean, there's any number of ways to generate algorithmic music (with max/msp even), and lots of it doesn't sound at all like autechre (who, as far as i understand it, only partially incorporate generative stuff in their compositions).

the first thing i thought was solstice which is twice a year, but they've munged it to be quarterly or maybe it was recorded around four solstice points over the past two years. how long has it been since the last lp?

xpost, exactly, you can do algorithmic composition by splicing analog tape if you want

Some lizard part of my brain is conditioned to associate Autechre with potential brain-busting new hotness, but the rational part says that's all in the past.

nah they are still awes

Yeah re-listening to Untilted, Autechre still rocking out, I just wasn't receptive. This is why I can't be a music critic.

http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/images/john-kapelos.jpg

"The kids haven't changed ... you have."

My bf was tempted to pull the same trick someone on the WATMM board did last Autechre album, and make a mockup one and release it on torrents to fool everyone into thinking its a leak.

does that patch sound like anything anybody wants to pay to listen to

Hell yes!

I am cipating this album.

don't blow your gaekwad just yet!

The real question is, where's the 9? In the release date?

Appareently a quaristice is something to do with 9 of... something. I forget what now, but it has a reference to 9, yeah :)

that's very informative

quaristice is not in the OED

quartiles come in sets of three

quare, v.

Obs. rare.

To square. Hence quared ppl. a., quaring vbl. n.

a1300 Cursor M. 1664 (Gött.) A vessel..sal be mad of quarid tre. 1611 MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Payd for hewing and quaring of the tymber.

quæritate, v.

Obs. rare

trans. To inquire or search into.

1657 TOMLINSON Renou's Disp. 387 Apothecaryes quæritate its Medicinall use, which Mithridates knew.

also how do we know it's not QVARIStice

Fellows and fellas! Quar is a Welsh town! And you can see the 9 in this aerial photograph!

[img src=http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/Images3_I-P/MerthyrTydfil_TheQuar_AerialView_1945_small.JPG]

Also, a sw#st#k#.

what does a squarstica have to do with a quaristic?

Fellows and fellas! Quar is a Welsh town! And you can see the 9 in this aerial photograph!

[img src=http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/Images3_I-P/MerthyrTydfil_TheQuar_AerialView_1945_small.JPG]

Also, a sw#st#k#.

-- Leee, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 09:37 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

I can't see either, wtf.

MORE LIKE QURAP AM I RIGHT

OK maybe someone was pulling my leg about the nine thing :(

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/03/08/kompakt460.jpg

haha sorry wrong thread!

Trayce, did your bf pull the trick yet? Im listening to the first track supposedly - Anterior - it's 11:25. It might be real I dunno. I don't have time to listen atm, I gotta study for finals.

but it does sound like they are going back to their roots a bit.

I don't have time to listen atm, I gotta study for finals.

Next time someone asks me to define Autechre I will say this.

Anterior - I hope this isn't real. That is the chintziest melody EVER. I guess it improves at around 6:33 w/the more detailed interplay of pulses, but I dunno. I hope this is fake

Well the tracklist put forth on this site doesn't mention any "Anterior." Note the number of 9s that appear in the song names.

I'm afraid its nowt to do with me! Unless R's been up to shit I dont know about.

This Anterior track (which is quite long, and I wouldnt ezpect it to be so long with the amount of tracks supposed to be on the album) seems "chinzy" in the sense that it is lacking all the modulation expected from the sounds I'm hearing. But compared to Vi Scose Poise of confield, maybe it isn't lacking as much as I think. Overall, it sounds like IDM my friend makes so I don't think it's real. And it doesn't have any epic quality to it.

The first half of "quaristice" sounds related to either "square" or "four", and 9 is a square number. Or, it's a double album, 9 is twice 4.5, and 4.5 is (the midpoint of) the interstice between four (and five). Or or, I'm making complete rubbish up. Yeah, that last one.

(Why have none of my IDM nerd internet pals who've been so excited about the last few while I've been going "eh" said anything about this? Are ae finally over even among the DSP-spotting community?)

touch more news via warp mailing list:
http://www.warprecords.com/?news=1372

includes artwork and tracklisting (which matches the one from autechre.info leee posed above)

Quaristice Tracklisting
released 3rd March

1. Altibzz
2. The Plc
3. IO
4. Plyphon
5. Perlence
6. SonDEremawe
7. Simmm
8. Paralel Suns
9. Steels
10. Tankakern
11. Rale
12. Fol3
13. fwzE
14. 90101-51-1
15. bnc Castl
16. Theswere
17. WNSN
18. chenc9
19. Notwo
20. Outh9X

Nice cover:

http://www.warprecords.com/media/img/WARPCD333_Packshot_350web.jpg

DR?

tourdates:
http://warprecords.com/news/?offset=0&ti_id=1369

plz leak soon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/ (about 50 minutes in)

Autechre – 'Simmm' (Warp)
Autechre – 'Paralel Suns' (Warp)

(simmm seemed to be two tracks in one, clanking at first then more melodic. paralel suns could be from SAW2)

oooooooh to listen or not to listen

Not. Her orgasmic presenting style is way too annoying.

Remember that show from The Wire in which three tracks were played?

It's gone now but the internets don't forget.

The promo copies are watermarked hence traceable to the source, so i wouldn't expect leaks anytime soon.

^ Thanks for the link.

I'm a little disappointed, though, at least upon first listen. Only the final track really grabbed me. All three seemed drenched in reverb, which normally I don't mind, and certainly isn't foreign to Autechre's music, but seemed out of place here. I guess those who were put off by their algorithm-centric compositions from the past decade or so might like this, as it's more stripped down and less wacked out. The problem is that they didn't really replace that space with anything compelling.

slightly off topic, but does anyone have that internet dj mix autechre did a few years ago? heard a bit of it at the time and remember it being incredible.

hmm, google reveals they did lots of mixes a couple of years ago, the one i heard had miuzi weighs a ton on it.

google gave me this tracklist of some more of their mixes... want!

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/3/4/848681/aemarathon20061228.txt

Is that the 7.5 hour thing? I've got it. Could ysi(although not right now) - if any of those sites allow >300meg files. Maybe someone else has a link.

Hmm I'm sure I remember writing a post just like this a year or so ago.

xpost - mines dated 2005-04-10.

and apparently it has the PE track -
http://xltronic.com/mb/92626/autechrews-transmission-1011-4-2005-tracklist

megaupload goes up to 500meg, i'm sure i'll find it if i keep looking, slsk and google not being very helpful. would be very much appreciated if you get the chance to upload it though!

Only the final track really grabbed me. All three seemed drenched in reverb, which normally I don't mind, and certainly isn't foreign to Autechre's music, but seemed out of place here. I guess those who were put off by their algorithm-centric compositions from the past decade or so might like this, as it's more stripped down and less wacked out. The problem is that they didn't really replace that space with anything compelling.

That was my first reaction as well … though to give them a break, I usually have to hear what they do with a very high bitrate to really get all the sonic details, and it also takes me a year to 'get' what they're doing – I didn't appreciate Untilted until recently.

This kind of judgment on first listening to lowbitrate samples is what the group itself is anxious to avoid I'd imagine.

http://www.myspace.com/myslb

I stand corrected

This kind of judgment on first listening to lowbitrate samples is what the group itself is anxious to avoid I'd imagine.

True. When I was listening to it I kept daydreaming about the DJ saying "Whoops, somehow I was sitting on the reverb button! This is what the songs really sound like, sorry!", and then playing them again. I'll still give it a fair shot when it comes out. I probably need to revisit Untilted. I only gave it about a month before I gave up.

Download is available now @ bleep, double CD edition preorder & more:

http://www.autechre.ws/quaristice/mail/

That's limited edition double CD edition, by the way. 1000 ex.

i'm really liking those tracks in the Wire stream, the reverb stuff sounds great on them, kind of dubby. the stream made me more excited about the album.

Limited edition double CD eh? Sold! (For £30! And to think I laughed at those Radiohead fans shelling out £40 for the box set.)

yeah, me too. and the download. (and that radiohead disc box) *sigh*

:-)

I thought about paying for the download - I want to hear it before the tour - but I don't feel like paying twice! Daresay it'll find its way onto the net somewhere.

... but the mp3 version contains track-by-track artwork by the Designers Republic!

er, like this one for track 10. Use your imagination for the other 19 tracks: vary the size and location of the small square and the colors (blue, white or black).

http://i26.tinypic.com/24v8kky.jpg

yay

(that's a white square with a black one inside - damn white background, forgot this would happen)

judging from bleep samples, "perlence" is their response to dubstep

and "chenc9" could be the tuss.

It's weird - it's like they're taking a step back (reintroduction of apparent simplicity and melody) and one forward (order in the chaos they'd built up until now) at the same time - if that makes any sense. Think I'm going to like this, but then I like pretty much everything they've done.

Here I was ready to write them off. Based on the Beeb and Wire exclusives, I'm excited that they've finally ditched the super-compressed Draft sound.

I dont have £30 just now :(

Good news for you, it's only £24.99.

US tour dates too.

... and in Canada.

Glasgow date march 1st at the art school i think

it's only £24.99.

plus p+p

so being impatient and a sucker i succumbed to bleep. only i couldn't get the zip download to work so had to get the tracks one by one, then i had to cancel one of them and when i went back to the download manager it wouldn't let me get it again ;_;

Crackle Box, here's that webcast. unfortunately it's apparently missing the first 45 mins or so.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0PPCPADV

and they're hitting Seattle on this tour … BONUS

i'm really loving the new album.

WTF ltd edition is already sold out.

Um, this turns out to be really great. My favorite of theirs since Confield.

cant get into. hope its a grower.

the last three autechre albums have taken ages to sink in for me, but that's not necessarily a bad thing and once i lived with them long enough they were/are very rewarding listens especially untilted. the first listen to this reminded me of parts of chiastic slide a bit.

They essentially slag off the limited edition release in their Clash interview http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/autechre-quaristice;

It makes no odds to me. Actually, it does; I’d prefer (people) to download it than buy it physically. It fits our agenda much better that way. Our plan has never been to produce CDs - it’s always been about making music. If there’s a way of charging for it and getting the content to people, then we’ll adopt whichever is the most transparent. The actual product is the FLAC file – but I don’t object to those who want to own something that they can hold”

i don't see how they're addressing the ltd 2cd release, just the usual physical format vs. digital file debate...

Glasgow date march 1st at the art school i think

-- Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:44 PM (1 week ago)

And if you were there the last time they played the art school you'll know to avoid!

there's a 2cd version?. is it available in the americas?

There was - but it already sold out.

WTF ltd edition is already sold out.

"fwZe" is so sweet, I love their new short attention span policy

yeah after three albums in a row mostly featuring 5-7 minute long gradually evolving tracks, just fausting together 60 minutes worth of snippets seems like a good way to go

the board recording mp3 of the 2005 glasgow show is great. basically the same set I saw in SF at mezzanine, far more straightforward & clubby than anything they put on albums (though the acid numbers on this new one come close)

ledge - thanks for the upload.

that clash interview is great. i think im gonna have a full on comfy chair/dark room/studio speakers/LOUD first listen to this.

Excellent interview by Mark Richardson on Pfork today:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/48520-interview-autechre

I'd like to be an alternate universe where that last para gets picked up by the tabloids.

"Sean Booth Slams R&B! 'It's holding everything back', claims electronic music pioneer"

^ er i mean rob brown of course :/

To those still hoping for a return to the old Autechre sound:

I have just settled down and listened to Incunabula and Amber and realized, in retrospect, how cheesy they were, and how contrasted our newer ideas are. Even though I might still think we're still banging out big riffs and big beats and whatever sort of cinematic, cheesy moments, you just realize that you're too close.

I tend to agree with his assessment, although I'm sure many people would think him loony for saying such a thing.

skimmed thru this on bleep. first track is nice, simm begins really well but loses it a bit for me. the only other thing i like is bnc castl - the temptation to stick a massive kickdrum under it is proving great.

reminder:

Radio show = tomorrow (Saturday 23 February, 20 GMT) on http://www.autechre.ws

cool.

Still figuring out this album. May take some time. One thought: bnc castl reminds me of Are People People - the insane Adrian Sherwood "mix" of People are People by Depeche Mode.

there's a mix for MAH on Radio 1 tuesday night too.

12 hours!?

Autechre - 2008-02-23 - Autechre.ws webcast.mp3
File Size : 495MB (519 728 107 bytes)
Duration : 12:00:37.421 (1906770287 samples)

I only listened to the first hour or two, which was pretty much solid hip-hip/electro. Tuned in a while later to hear the somewhat obscure early Depeche Mode b-side "Now This Is Fun", which they also played on their 2005 webcast.

fausting

lol

attempted playlist for that 12 hour stream thing:

http://5-against-4.blogspot.com/2008/02/autechre-playlist.html

whole album is on their myspace page. I like it more than their last few so far.

loving this and i haven't liked anything of theirs in a while

that wecast is pretty spectacular. i listened to 3 hours of it at work and never got bored of it.

the ltd. ed. special edition has been delayed for a couple of days:

http://www.warprecords.com/news/?offset=0&ti_id=1383

If whatever I've downloaded here is the new Autechre album, I'm very happy with it - but doesn't it sound different from everything else? Here I was, waiting for another bunch of ever-randomising clunkjams and here is something that's actually a lot of fun!

haha, their myspace site looks totally fucked, but because it's autechre i can't tell if it's intentional or just normal myspace bullshit.

So the london gig was night was in a fucking car park. Roofed but a bit short on walls, only about half a dozen coats were in the cloakroom, it was so cold. And the bar didn't take cash, you had to buy tokens... which were sold in blocks of £10 minimum. Massive cuntitude. And no re-entry, which scuppered my plan of nipping out to a local boozer till they came on at 12.30am.

were they any good, though?

The Guardian wasn't very impressed with their Newcastle show: http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2261916,00.html

haha, their myspace site looks totally fucked, but because it's autechre i can't tell if it's intentional or just normal myspace bullshit.

Blocking the background image helps.

They weren't as headfucky as that review suggests. If you've seen them any time over the last ten years then they were pretty much the same, which is fine if you like that kind of thing. And I do. Really excellent rhythms, it felt like they'd invented half a dozen on the spot, never heard before and never to be heard again. Weird noises and screeches yes, but they rarely destroyed the groove. And definite old-skool ae melodies, strings and glockenspiels, bubbling underneath. Virtually all new as far as I could tell, only recognised a couple of melodic snippets from Quaristice.

Did start to feel a leeeedle bit samey about halfway through though.

LOLs at ADM talk in Guardian review. Welcome to the 90s son.

Also LOLs at "their own music is scrambled and mashed-up beyond recognition. Vaguely danceable rhythms are suddenly destroyed by sonic screeches" coz everyone there was wanting the straight four to the floor of their last few LPs I guess.

Ooops, IDM not ADM. Dunno what ADM is--Autistic Dance Music I suppose.

ah but live cough idm cough, even ae, always has been more four to the floor and danceable than the records (which always led me to wonder exactly what records they were playing and how could i get them. never did figure it out.)

Support from Rob Hall (standard IDM dj set, see above) and SND, who played... just beats. No melodies. Virtually devoid of interesting rhythms, even. It reminded me of the standard complaints about ae - cold, abstract - but this lacked any of their complexity, it was totally transparent. Didn't do it for me at all.

A good gig I think - I was entirely sober and yet completely lost track of time - seemed to last about five minutes, and I don't think I fell asleep. The wall of bass did get a bit much at times - submerged almost everything else. And yes, quite chilly. And a lot of people there could have done with a more recent bath or change of clothes.

Err I was just listening to this morning's Today programme coverage of the US elections, and then Autechre came on afterwards!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/audio/autechre.ram

"ah but live cough idm cough, even ae, always has been more four to the floor and danceable than the records."

Not when I've seen 'em really.

no wai! i set my alarm for an hour later 'cause i needed a bit more sleep after the gig, or i'd have heard that, and probably would have freaked me right out. now i'll have to install realplayer, hmph.

xp. well maybe not four to the floor as such, but more consistent and more danceable. imho i guess.

The .ram file isn't actually what was broadcast, it's an extended version of the interview - the bit on the radio was shorter but had vox pops from last night etc.

"Tell us some of the more unusual sound effects you've used and what happens to them next"

"No"

Not when I've seen 'em really.

There was a fair bit to get down to when I saw them circa the last album, and the new one has some straight passages of electro-y stuff that I don't think people could consider onjectionably undanceable. Also not being a dick but I can't think of when Dave Simpson has ever expressed an interest in dance music (but I don't maintain davesimpson.xls or owt)

The first part of that extended version is awful, just clueless and irrelevant questions. She can't even pronounce the album names right!

xp to koogs yeah that was lol.

If anyone wants to Listen Again to the short-form Ae interview on the Today prog itself, it starts around 7:42am (i.e. 1h42m into the clip).

this is painful!

2nd half gets more interesting.

Some ppl in GB got their ltd. ed metal box thingy! They're having trouble opening it! (lol) Maybe it's in my mail box at home! (next week probably, since I'm in Belgium)

someone posted the tracklist on xltronic:

Altichyre
The PlcCpC
IO(monos)
Phylopn
Perlencer range3
SonDere-ix
Tankraken
fol4
90101-61-01
chenc9-x
nofour

This album is like Amber but way more boring. :(

nutso.

fucking postman took my ltd edition back to the depot in the middle of nowhere.

Any San Francisc0x0rs want to take my ticket off of my hands?

HOW MUCHO

$22.75 (which is what I paid).

I MIGHT

leeeee ATT GeeeeMAIL!

How long have the shows been, from opening to close?

loving this and i haven't liked anything of theirs in a while

-- am0n, Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:38 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Link

This is how I feel also.

Bah, I don't think I want to go see them tonight.

you have something better to do?

Definitely more enjoyable than listening to them in the dark.

This is great, far less oblique but still very mindfuckingly them. Insiduous and great. Hussar!

Best thing they've done since EP7.

So I heard this for the first time yesterday.

Well, I didn't like it.

I think my Autechre days are well and truly over.

even more remixes on the way:

http://angryape.com/news/2008/05/12/autechre-to-release-13-new-songs-this-month

ha ha oh god the vortex

names of the alt ep versions

The Plc ccc
Perlence range 7
Perlence Suns
90101-51-6
9013-2
Tkakanren
90101-51-19
Perlence subrange 3
chenc9-1dub
9010171-121
Perlence losid 2
notwotwo
Perlence subrange 6-36

compare to the names of the limited edition CD versions

Altichyre
The PlclCpC
IO (mons)
Phylopn
Perlence range3
SonDEre-ix
Tankraken
fol4
90101-61-01
chenc9-x
nofour

I liked bits of the limited edition CD all right, some of the pieces sound better when allowed to wander all over the place to their natural improv endings instead of being clipped off. but there's a lot of overlap & the obvious point of this whole casually-edited pile-of-tracks project is to force us to do our own editing

this band has always made such beautiful albums that I love listening to all the way through, but I shouldn't have even bothered with the physical version of this one, it's inherently an ipod project

First track The Plc ccc up on bleep now.

£8 to subscribe - 1 track a day for the next 13 days

nice & minimal, that first remix

4 days later, 4 tracks downloaded (33 minutes) and at the moment, IMHO:

new remixes >>> versions disc >>> original album

Yeah, I'm listening to the new remixes most too. Track 3 very very dark. A poster noted on WATMM that the first track PLC ccc is a chopped and screwed version of the Quaristice track.

Unfortunately most of the other posters there are sulking that they are not getting a live soundboard recording that they feel they as fans are entitled to, and as a result trashing this release in a fit of pique. Knobbers.

The Plc ccc
Perlence range 7
Perlence Suns
90101-51-6
9013-2
Tkakanren
90101-51-19
Perlence subrange 3
chenc9-1dub
9010171-121
Perlence losid 2
notwotwo
Perlence subrange 6-36

I fear that by opening this thread, I just installed something.

This is great, far less oblique but still very mindfuckingly them. Insiduous and great. Hussar!

I like that... insidious. I could usually hang with the dissonant nervous freaky shit from the last couple of records that would clear out any room, but this is different than that. It's oogy. It makes me feel unwell.

That's praise, btw.

This almost seems like too many tracks to deal with. Tracing sonic similarities, trying to figure out likes and dislikes... I feel like I'm studying for an exam.

But yes, more like Perlence Suns plz.

I also <3 <3 <3 Altichyre off Versions, that is some seriously affecting minimalism.

The tracks are going to be coming out on iTunes in a fortnight as 4 seperate EPs

1
The Plc ccc
Perlence range 7
Perlence Suns
90101-51-6

2
9013-2
Tkakanren
90101-51-19
Perlence subrange 3

3
chenc9-1dub
9010171-121
Perlence losid 2
notwotwo

4
Perlence subrange 6-36

and should be averaging around 35 mins each, Perlence subrange 6-36 is going to be interesting as the longest track they've released.

there's also a japan itunes store exclusive ep that came out last month.

tracklisting...
1. IO (mons)
2. 90101-54-4
3. Blyz Castl

i think "io (mons)" might be the same version that's on the quaristice versions disc. this is all so confusing...

Hey worlds my bf posts on WATMM religiously and is following this new release closely. Argh board overlaps!

Does saying that "he must be the one with the Peter Gabriel avatar" come under the category of researching ur life? If so, I won't mention it

(Although he does appear to be one of the few reasonable posters on there)

Hahaha oh dear! ok wtf now he wants to know who you are on there!

I haven't posted on there for years because I lost my password, so now I just occasionally lurk, and get riled by the fanboys.

There are folk on there that seem to take it as a personal insult that one of their favourite bands are releasing a large amount of new material, extremely cheaply, that they are under no obligation to purchase.

But dude it doesn't sound like [Incunabula/Tri Repetae/LP5/a.n. other era]!

ooh, 4 tracks in one go?

hard to keep track of all these!!

trayce - your fella, what's his handle?

grozart: I thought knew about this already (unless you really *arent* who Ive assumed you are) anyway its m0dex/modey.

(I said hi to you ages ago on his LJ! I think.)

Perlence subrange 6-36 = 134 Mb! (36 minutes)

(the mp3, that is. Flac = 234 Mb, they've somehow added a Flac link to my download page, but I only ordered the mp3 versions)

(xpost) correction: 58 minutes

58 mins of ambience! Apaz WATMM are all whinging about that, haha.

can someone give me the lowdown on what autechre has done since the first 20 quaristice tracks were released. remixes/eps whatever. i listened to quaristice once or twice and decided not to buy it but my curiosity is making me want to give them a listen again. maybe the album is more complex/rewarding/emotional than I thought. [insert some other adjective that I meant to say]

they've been writing a concept album about you called lorax45%-hhy

also, they've taken up residence under your bed. THE ALBUM IS COMING FRROM INSIDE THE HOUSE

no
I heard there was remixes and new stuff

what songs?

they put out 13 tracks (in high-res .mp3 and .flac formats, downloadable from bleep.com) that are mostly (lengthly, one track is approx. 59 minutes and very minimal) variations of the album tracks 'perlence' and '901010>>|-|'. There is a radical remix of the track 'the Plc', which is a highlight. It is also the first track that was released.

the regular album tracks are far more succinct and already contain most of the highlights. the only worthwhile track on the limited, 2xCD deluxe edition was an extended (and more developed) version of The Plc.

Out of any 2008 release that I spent a good chunk of time listening to, Quaristice is the one that completely dropped off the face of the Earth for me. And it was true for others, apparently - while 1678 other albums were mentioned in the 2008 Pazz+Jop list, Autechre makes no appearance.

Anyone still listening to this? What's the diagnosis (time of death, etc)?

while 1678 other albums were mentioned in the 2008 Pazz+Jop list, Autechre makes no appearance.

Funny, I noticed this as well and almost noted it in the P&J thread.

I'm not a big Autechre fan, so haven't listened to this one more than, say, twice. Both times were the week I bought it, probably.

I kinda forgot about it too

Well, one thing to remember P&J is a collection of top 10s. I can see how none of these 500 people thought it was one of the 10 best albums of the year, even those who liked it.

I listened to a few tracks off it tonight on iTunes, still sounds just fine...?

but doesn't Pazz&Jop and other "best of year X" lists for that matter tend to favor albums that come out closer to the end of the year?

personally, I have listened to this album (and for that matter the new Squarepusher album) a lot this year (Itunes sez 11 times for Quaristice), and dug both records. But a certain number of folks that would have had more loyalty/interest say 5 years ago are just not noticing how truly strong these albums are.

I listened to this album more times than it deserved. 901010 |-| etc. is a worthwhile track. and the opening wafts. otherwise it's garbage.

I gave the album a good few listens and it didn't blow me away (tho' I certainly wouldn't say it's 'garbage') but then I basically overwhelmed myself by getting the album and the bonus disc and all the digital EPs and the Japanese bonus track - 45 tracks in total. Too much to take in. 'Altichyre' off the bonus disc is boooooootiful though.

this comes around every once in a while and it's like o hey what's goin on here