Tri Repetae - Autechre > Reviews

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 ... Read review

Advantages: Wicked music
Disadvantages: ...A little abstract for some...

Autechre make sounds that by rights should be emitted by the factory that built the terminatior machines. If they were making fluffy robots that bring you a cup of tea, and not Austrian-accented killing machines. Does that make any sense? Ok then, how about this: For Abstract sprawling soundscapes that seem to almost defy description in their grandiose and epic scale, that exist as they are without recourse to easy reference points or dance ... Read review

Advantages: some great songs
Disadvantages: too experimental for some

...snarling, slow machine-funk of "Dael," Tri Repetae fully confirms Autechre's evolution into electronic noise kings. If not as immediately experimental as the fractured work by the likes of Merzbow, Tri Repetae expertly harnesses the need for a beat to perfectly balance out the resolutely fierce, crunching samples and busy arrangements, turning from being inspired by Aphex Twin to being equally inspiring in itself. "Rotar" does a particularly fine ... Read review