Autechre - Autechre

Advantages: Extremely good quality elecrronica
Disadvantages: May not appeal to all

...Autechre, consist of just 2 artists, whom also work under the alternative alias Gescom on the skam record label, this release under the highly successful Warp label is in my opinion the best of Autechre's long playing releases. I own the whole undeleted Autechre discography and out of them all i find this release the most varied and satisfying, when compared to incunabula which is more synth based and less aggressive, this album may be more appealing to a broader base of music fans. This is by no means mainstream music but shows Autechre's full range of talent. The sleeve design created by by the highly successful Chris Cunningham, responsible for the aphex twin come to daddy video, along with Bjork's 'all is full of love' music video. This in an electronic classic, and though some tracks are quite noisy and glitchy, this isnt too harsh... Read review

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Advantages: Some brilliant moments.
Disadvantages: Half-baked. Lacking.

..., with a couple of guys messing around, a bit like the introductive segment to Chunk-s from Music is Rotten One Note, Tom's previous work. Two Bass Hit is a hip-hop re-mix by Autechre. You can hear Autechre's 1999 sound, the year in which they released their Ep7 oeuvre. It isn't that good, though, albeit the fact that the use of sound is. But it has little to do with anything else on this album; rather bland. Circular Flexing is an interesting piece. It is a heavily warped hip-hop and acid mix, flinging tight sequences into a tornado of spinning drums. Highly technical. However, we are still far away from Squarepusher's usual genius. Shin Triad is a Wagonchrist mix, brilliant and truly evocative of Squarepusher's sound. It features big chunky drumming and mangled mixing of a Jamie Lidell-like voice. The voice is processed beyond recognition. Shin... Read review

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Advantages: Original. Intelligent. A specific sound.
Disadvantages: Track 10 is a bit dissapointing.

...Autechre's textural album. Amber is Autechre's 4th work; 2nd album. Sean Booth and Robert Brown released Incunabula back in 1993, a roaring success. This album would attract quite a following. They would then concentrate their sounds and release 2 very singular Eps. The first of these, Basscadet, featured 5 completely different remixes of their ground-breaking track by the same name. These were so plural in their construction that the whole concept of remixing the same material never got boring. Once again, the duo illustrate their sheer genius. The second Ep would be a tiny 3-titled oeuvre, acting as a protest against the "British Criminal Justice and Public order act 1994". This particular law had prohibited gatherings of people listening to repetitive music. Autechre would then release two techno-based tracks and a third, Flutter... Read review

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Advantages: Extremely good quality elecrronica
Disadvantages: May not appeal to all

...Autechre, consist of just 2 artists, whom also work under the alternative alias Gescom on the skam record label, this release under the highly successful Warp label is in my opinion the best of Autechre's long playing releases. I own the whole undeleted Autechre discography and out of them all i find this release the most varied and satisfying, when compared to incunabula which is more synth based and less aggressive, this album may be more appealing to a broader base of music fans. This is by no means mainstream music but shows Autechre's full range of talent. The sleeve design created by by the highly successful Chris Cunningham, responsible for the aphex twin come to daddy video, along with Bjork's 'all is full of love' music video. This in an electronic classic, and though some tracks are quite noisy and glitchy, this isnt too harsh... Read review

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Advantages: Original. Intelligent. A specific sound.
Disadvantages: Track 10 is a bit dissapointing.

...Autechre's textural album. Amber is Autechre's 4th work; 2nd album. Sean Booth and Robert Brown released Incunabula back in 1993, a roaring success. This album would attract quite a following. They would then concentrate their sounds and release 2 very singular Eps. The first of these, Basscadet, featured 5 completely different remixes of their ground-breaking track by the same name. These were so plural in their construction that the whole concept of remixing the same material never got boring. Once again, the duo illustrate their sheer genius. The second Ep would be a tiny 3-titled oeuvre, acting as a protest against the "British Criminal Justice and Public order act 1994". This particular law had prohibited gatherings of people listening to repetitive music. Autechre would then release two techno-based tracks and a third, Flutter... Read review

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Advantages: Unique, elegant, dreamlike
Disadvantages: Tracks 2 and 10 are flawed

...Incunabula was the first album released by Autechre in 1993. As an interesting side note, Incunabula means "swaddling clothes" in Latin. Sean Booth and Robert Brown, a.k.a Autechre, are true masters of electronica. Much like Richard Devine, Mira Calix, Datach'i, Venetian Snares and Squarepusher, these guys expand the clichéd genres of I.D.M (Intelligent Dance Music) and electronica in general. Incunabula is the first of 15 others works by Autechre. It is a tremendously influential piece of work and most importantly, is the root and core to all other Autechre releases; as well as a key to unlocking their frame of mind. Usually, you will find 3 kinds of Autechre fans: - Those who prefer their first 7 works; Incunabula, Basscadet, Anti, Amber, Tri Repetae, Garbage and Anvil Vapre. - Those who are mystified by Envane and Peel Session vol... Read review

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