is the new autechre album any good?

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Confield has been out awhile and I'm still not sure whether to buy it or not. I loved the EPs, 7.1 and 7.2, however I went to see them live in March and they were shit, sort of. Good to start with but at the end I felt like I had spent the last hour inside a power drill. I've heard its like Chiastic Slide? Any suggestions

― tom newman, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

We discussed the new album in Autechre: Classic or Dud. Good thread btw with interesting ideas. But anyway: I like it a lot. Don't play it too often because the wealth of excellent music in the past few months but...I was glad they opened their sound again, let it breath a bit (I'm a bit of an Amber man more than Chiastic Slide for instance). Some really amazing sounds also, like the start of the 1st track. I don't like them live though.

― Omar, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

well, tom. its more chiastic than amber thats for sure, but i think its a bit of a break again from more recent stuff (check the autechre thread for more on this). half of it is brilliant, the rest is pretty good.

where did you see them anyway? i saw them at the brixton fridge in april, and they were very very good (despite stilted crowd and excessive heat)

― gareth, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I've never heard them but want to know how to pronounce their name; is it Oh-TEK-Ray?

― Sean, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

ahh-tek-grrr

― Michael Taylor, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

according to warpsite, there is no correct pronunciation.

i have always said or-tek-er. to rhyme with daydreamer

― gareth, Thursday, 12 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

it didn't impress me terribly, it just sounded like lots of blustery noise and DSP without much attention to making an interesting listen - and i own damn near all of their other releases, so i'm speaking as a 'fan', i suppose. i'll probably buy the actual CD someday (i have it as mp3s ATM), but i was more impressed by the new mouse on mars. but they're german, and more fun at parties.

― your null fame, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Let me have a guess. I guess it's 50-50. I'll go for 'No'.

― the pinefox, Friday, 13 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

it took me a long while to get it but thankfully i kept trying. their predilection for murkiness is refreshing, especially after being bored by the loop-loop-loop structure of 'tri repetae'. one of my autechre-knowledgeable friends sez it's the most subtle album he owns and i believe it. i mean, when it's good, it's really good. pen expers has about four seconds of godly beauty that i missed for the twenty listens until it finally clicked with me (as opposed to just clicking, as i dismissed it as being at first). everyone who has it, go and listen to it again now, just for me. thanks.

― ethan, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

It's great. It's taken me a month to realise it, but last Saturday, twitching and shaking through caffeine abuse, I sat down and listened to it twice whilst posting to ILE on and off. And it worked. It finally made sense in my raddled state and continued to work as I recovered. Listened to it once subsequently and I now reckon it might well be the best thing they've ever done.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

he's on the money.

― ethan, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Back in the days of usenet, the general rec.music.ambient consensus pronunciation seemed to be Ow-Tech-Er. Boy, they are a pain in the ass for radio djs. Not only their name, but their impossible to pronounce song titles.

― bnw, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Ha. I just say em phonetically, weird or not. Then again usually I leave the cases at home, so I say something "that was a track from Autechre. It has some weird name."

― Josh, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Yeah I really dig it....good to see 'em moving away from their old sounds esp 'cause lesser talents (Funkstorung anyone?) have ripped 'em off and made the jittering beats thing cliche.

― David, Friday, 10 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

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