@AAAbstractJack I'm not a fan of most music that TRIES to fit in the IDM genre. Why would you want more music that sounds JUST like autechre... Asa-Chang & Junray is criminally underrated. watch?v=PlBrjF66mLg Another older release worth listening to is phantom smasher. watch?v=ijupEdjRqQo Mark Fell/SND. watch?v=Un6Mi1pQc7o (THIS is minimal) Mark Stewart stuff from the 80's like hypnotized was/is way ahead of it's time. watch?v=FLvMRLhLcu0 These songs give me a super joygasm hope others enjoy too
its funny when people call shitty house music minimal. You want minimalism? check out steve reich, fela kuti, taking heads, boards of canada, and of coarse autechre!
@Wechrr Referring to music as minimal is not an insult, it is a musical philosophy of sorts that refers to then a similar progression or pattern is repeated and built upon as is the case with Steve Reichs music or African music (Fela, Talking heads). You also see this in BOC and Autechre and it is a beautiful hypnotic antithesis to the traditional verse chorus structure. I know some house people are similar, but most house has no originality. I will check out Alva though, thanks.
@Wechrr do you know what minimalism refers to? All those artists I referred to often rely on 1 chord or a "constant groove" as it is referred to in African music rather then the typical verse coarse format. For example if you look at the talking heads album "remain in light" which was influenced by fela kuti allot, people talk about the shift towards minimalism where the songs became constant grooves rather then pop format songs.
@aristurtle1 Why would you preach about minimalism when the only person you cited who was a minimalist composer was Steve Reich? I mean honestly, Fela Kuti?
@AnotherRandomGeek I didnt try to start an argument here I just wanted to state how it is laughable how a some garbage house music has hijacked the term minimal due to its sparse and boring production when in fact minimalism as a musical philosophy is something to be admired. Also, yes as I already explained, Fela Kuti and lots of African music could be seen as minimal music and even quite similar to Reich especially the "music for 18 musicians" with the use of the constant groove.
@aristurtle1 Genres do that all the time, they aren't taking minimalism's artistic or compositional aesthetic just using it as a description like ambient house or industrial rock. And the repetition of a "constant groove" is a small indicator of minimalism when talking about dance music.
@aristurtle1 Talking Heads? They're like a white people funk band. Not too minimal. BoC and Autechre are some of the most dense shit, so I'm not sure about that either...
@jpegjpegjpegjpeg I always see these comments with all these thumbs up on other electronic videos about what closed minded cunts some IDM fans can be and never knew why. Thanks for showing me!
For the last time when people talk about minimalism they are referring to a song structure that often involves a constant groove with fe chord changes ie: steve reich, BOC, Fela, and yes this:
@AAAbstractJack if you want more like autechre i highly recomend plaid, proem and phoenecia
everybody seems to say aphex twin and sqaurepusher, but it's like a whole different genre almost, course thats partially why i like the genre as a whole
latest trends however are glitch hop such as glitch mob and eskmo
the genre as a whole comes from deriatives of industrial, id say assemblage 23 and vnv nation are good places to start if you start heading off in that direction based off of this song
@CybertoothAURX Thank you very much for all your input. Autechre's music unfolds
over many different time scales - which is just one of the reasons I found their music so much more interesting than much of the electronica out there. I look forward to checking out your suggestions.
I've notice on some comments/reviews that Autechre's music has been labeled "minimal, minimalism, or
minimalistic" nothing could be further from accurate! Search out "minimalism" for yourselves
@AAAbstractJack also i tend to clump in chillout/downtempo and some dub into this as well though im not sure everyone would agree, but it fits in by definition amon tobin, massive attack, aphilas, machine drum, boxcutter, damiak finally there is the really electro-ey and technoish stuff which is intensely underground kero, B12, couple songs watch?v=z9jI4WxfTLM watch?v=ENkK1q2E-YE watch?v=VU5eR6OJNUc watch?v=g1JiSlYDCt4 watch?v=lGnVLG9i1yk watch?v=Eu3Bs4-tXso watch?v=HF9dg1PoHBw
@AAAbstractJack It's nothing new, really. This album actually goes back to their roots compared to their previous new releases. Try their older releases (like LP7 or Tri Repetae) for sth similar, and their newer releases (Confield, Quaristice) for some of their more experimental works.
Popular and similar artists in this genre are Richard Devine, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Plaid. Gescom is a cool project that Autechre is involved in and is also worth checking out.
@AAAbstractJack apparat -algorythm(jetlag),apparat -multifunktionsebene(shitkatapult) aoki takamasa - parabolica (op disc) although it is wise to check my channel :)
@CammieSpectrum After seeing the film i totally agree. All the way through i was thinking 'which Autechre song would have suited this scene better'.
Lets make a film to go with Ae's aural soundscape. something with hybrid computer/animals falling in love in a post-apocalyptic futuristic alien landscape springs to mind.
@theskywaspink00 Thought they sounded familiar. I haven't looked at the tracklist to the "Pi" soundtrack in a while. Maybe I should? Has anyone checked out Modeselektor? They are kind of in the same vein as this.
Autechre is just another one of Aphex Twin's secret identities, it's so obviously made by RDJ I'm amazed he's managed to keep it up for so long. I was working at a festival a few years ago where he played this live.
@jazzlicka No way, no joke. I even saw RDJ in the supermarket once and he was buying a brand of tropical fruit juice and it was called Ilanders Choice. Coincidence? no bloody way.
@jazzlicka Rob and Sean are puppets, Aphex stays backstage with an intercom telling them which buttons to press. Sometimes they get it wrong, but no-one ever notices.
i cant figure out if this is an incredible piece of sound art or just some well produced unmusical noodling that is almost completely random. someone please tell me what to think
@CK2890 How can this be described in any way as unmusical? For one thing, it has a clear chord progression. If anything, it's incredible, well-produced, semi-random musical noodling/sound art ;)
@bananasontoast93 ok then play me it on the piano. i like this track but the notes/"music" may aswell be completely random and probably are for all we know. it does SOUND great but does that make it great "music" ? i think just about anyone could write this tune or something similar but they couldnt make it sound as good which is where the skill is in this track. i dont know and dont care too much if it is "good music" tho + my original comment was pretty much just a joke btw
Man this song is SOOOOO powerful. When I close my eyes I just see this lightning-storm coming at me on a mountainside. I gives me the chills! I often use this song as a lullaby because even though haunting, it is also just so soothing and calm. LOVE IT!!
Ohh, if only people nowadays were making music as great as this... oh, wait, THEY ARE!
I feel sorry that people feel so nostalgic and depressed with the state of music today and are missing out awesome stuff like this. Autechre is a classic of our age.
@dannydesse Please listen to Incunabula, Amber, & Tri Repetae again before saying that, because nothing even comes close to those albums, Oversteps is still great but nothing like their young days.
Shorty's straight up being a wanker. I agree with casiblake. I love draft, confields, etc. but Oversteps owns them on the melodic front. IT'S OKAY FOR AUTECHRE TO BE MEDIOCRE SOMETIMES SHORTY. I PROMISE.
ilanders is Autechre composing. Composing truly creative, unique, exciting imaginative music. Contrast with the last four albums that have been exercises in production-trick-heavy industrial ambience (Confield), endless beat-glitch with ALMOST non-existent melodic content (Untilted+Draft), and mostly half-formed textural and beat ideas (Quaristice). However good/bad they are, none have matched the COMBINED melodic, rhythmic and textural excellence on Oversteps. (No elitism allowed, Shorty.)
@KrakkaJax I like to write research papers and study to stuff like this. Music with words competes for my brain's attention so I can't concentrate. But I need to listen to something so I choose stuff like this.
@macleodponeage haha, so true, man. I imagine this like Soliloquy for Lilith but gone into the fields of dubstep music, and then Aphex Twin came and remixed it a bit.
To lovers and haters alike, I think Autechre's goal has never been to be easy listening. That's why they've been intriguing for so many years. They refuse to compromise. While this may seem trivial, check Allmusic and look at *all* the imposters. Like it or lump it, ppl are listening.
Like it or not, Booth/Brown have been intriguing throughout their career. Sometimes unlistenable and sometimes self-described "cheesy" I believe that they maintain listenability by being difficult. To the fanboys who hate, it's fine if you don't like it. Us true fans like it that way.
@sheatheman Its amazing you find all that in Quaristice - I found nothing. Just visions of me flogging it at the Vinyl Exchange. It was so disappointing for me.
Oversteps is much better in my opinion. Its their first album I've actually enjoyed since Chaistic Slide. Thats a long time!
I've tried, I never give up on an LP first time. But for me a lot of their recent stuff is just 'dull'. I tried to choose that word very carefully. It just doesn't move me and I don't mean in a 'dance' kind of way. I still pull out the first 4 LPs every so often, and lets face it Incunabula stuff is getting close to 20 years old.
But the later stuff I can take it or leave it. I'm not even bothered wether I actually own it. Anyhow, Oversteps will see me getting back into them. Sounds brilliant.
Well since that time - a time I felt all my favourite artists took a dive - I found myself listening to a broader range of music. Classical, More Jazz, even some pop, but one artist in particular was Bill Callahan. Going back through his catalogue was like finding more treasure than I could handle. Loved his last LP "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle" Its a very different direction for me. I was a Warp fanatic, there won't be many early releases I don't own.
This is all proof that it's Autechre fanbois going through the comments and thumbs-downing any that they don't agree with. And that usually means mine. Karaloca I appreciate your comment, but it seems that there are a lot of people out there that are happy to have whatever Sean and Rob throw at them, which is fine, but that doesn't mean it's good music. Oversteps, however, certainly is. In fact I've come to think that it might just be their best album.
i could argue that the melodies on oversteps are meandering at best and show no evidence of a compositional process, and moreover that the timbre's of the synthesizer programs they chose grade on my ear. i could also argue that ilanders has a middle section that is static and boring.
I could. But i don't. it isn't really about what is good or bad in this case. with an artist like autechre--they have such a powerfully established style--one must simply listen. any track can be acquired
Yep. The ones that sound cruelest at first often have something nice or delicate buried down in them. In my mind I file them near impressions of deserts from natural history programs and holidays.
Theyre music for places people dont go often maybe, wheres its about geology and extreme cold and lichens that are very old. I think anyway.
but i suppose i can understand. i have only been into autechre a few years-definitely not since the 90's, and thus haven't had the weight of expectation and anticipation to negatively effect my reception of each new release.
it's nice to grow up with an artist, but it is also nice to discover them later and have so much material to listen to. both are necessary parts of being a listener.
Ah I do love pissing off fanboys. Hey, guys, I'm saying this is GOOD music here! This is Ae at a new-found peak! And you still insist on being retarded fanboys and thumbs-downing any comment that DARE knock down the deification of your musical gods Sean Booth and Rob Brown. Get a fucking life. Btw Oversteps is a bit good. :)
Rob and Sean could release a CD of their turds splashing down, and people would stroke beards and find something in it. I'm too old and known their stuff ages, since Crystel '92. Not to take anything away from them, they've sonically satisfied me for years, and made works of extreme beauty, but - I don't like everything they make. To be frank those that do just don't like music deeply or are fanboys without ears, kind of like Mac users - blind but loyal.
Fantastic!! So pleased to hear them back on form after the (please don't shoot me) dissapointment of Quaristice. Ive loved my Ae since back in the days of Incanabula (Draft 7.30 is still probably the best IDM ive ever heard) but i did have difficulty with Untitled and Q. These tracks sound amazing... Can't wait for release... Gotta love your Ae.
well i wont shoot you, but i will shoot off some track names.
Altibzz
Plyphon
Perlence
Tankakern
Rale
the album is freaking sick.
its like a defense droid rampaging through the centrifuge of a space station mall.
destroy.
and my favorite track off of the album is paralel suns. it is a view of the barren landscape from the vigil keep of the last outpost. the sun's are setting, bathing the soil in orange light
Quaristice has a couple of nice ideas, and nice ambient tracks certainly. But the rest of it is Sean and Rob throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. *cue fanboi thumbs-downing in 3,2,1...*
my thumbs down will be inherent in the comment and thus negates the need of adding to the aforementioned fanboys.
that's what a large portion of music composition is. what an honor for us to be able to see that.
besides, I can intelligently criticize any other autechre album, and probably get people to agree with me, but the fact of the matter is autechre has a "sound," and as long as they keep that sound in whatever they produce, i will want to hear it.
this is the fiercest track i have heard in a while.
maybe this is autechre's one and only dubstep tribute, as the rhythm is similar, but it has the autechre slant.
put this album on your iphone/ipod/w/e, (I got it from bleep) and switch the songs while looking at the artwork. the black circle for each song is slightly different, each one is unique. COOL!
what a joint! how can people say they should make proper music? the fact that u said means u probably shouldn't be listening to alternative electronica. hahahahahah proper music, what is this then.
I am deeply hurt,leftfield electronic music is in my blood.This is so dissapointing though.I've returned to give it the new tunes another go,but it they're so stale,pointless.
umm yeah .. cause after 20 years ae is a group who has no ideas of their own so they have to take them from uninspired rubbish like those over hyped clowns..
i do blame you for ridiculous comments,. go listen and have a wank to emo apparat selektor then.
Can't agree with your love of Draft, both of those albums sound fairly similar to me - endless drum wank, uh oh wait for the fanboys to come down on that thumbs-down again - but I agree that Untilted was pretty dire. Drums, drums, drums... and more drums! And the odd synth fart.
Melody isn't everything. Especially in electronic music. I personally find it the least interesting component of any electronic composition. More often then not, people wanting (foot tapping) melody and 4/4 time signatures are intellectually lazy or desire instant gratification.
I find both "Draft 7.30" and "Untilted" to be masterpieces in rhythm and timbre, with "Untilted" excelling in percussive texture as well.
Might I suggest the myriad of mainstream sonic drivel for you Cas...
"More often then not, people wanting (foot tapping) melody and 4/4 time signatures are intellectually lazy or desire instant gratification. " Go try Sun Electric, Kenso, Frank Zappa, 5uu's, Matt Chester, Blue Oyster Cult, Naked City, Cocteau Twins, King Crimson, New Order, Magma, Dynarec. Rhythm and timbre become repetitive, dated and "expendable", once the initial "discovery" has worn off. A good melody NEVER AGES. Hence: The Beatles. And also, sod off with your elitist fanboy attitude.
@casiblake I never said melodies are not memorable. I said they are the least interesting component of an electronic work. This is quite true. Think of the enormous functionality of electronic instrumentation and the ability to produce almost any sound imaginable and programming notes in a sequencer to create a melody becomes redundant. Most of the acts you cited were rock bands. Rock relies heavily on riffs and other melodic devices, electronic music does not.
@ShortytheSquirrel Yeah, Draft 7.30 is an absolute masterpiece of IDM. P.ntil5 and Reniform puls are probably my favourite Ae tracks of all time. As for Untitled, Pro Radii is fantastic and as for your comment above i couldn't agree more.
@ShortytheSquirrel You're certainly right. Melody isn't everything. But texture isn't everything either. Neither is rhythm. Each is an extraordinarily important part of music, and while Autechre does a fine job of all of those elements, I think it's reasonable to desire melodic/harmonic content sometimes. There is great power in harmony and dissonance, and I think most of the people who dislike music that is too "accessible" are either pretentious or tone deaf.
I like this sound. It reminds me of the "Pi" soundtrack which is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time.
generaseven 2 weeks ago in playlist What I Listen To
Never before has a song sounded so good at 240p
RabbitWithC4 3 weeks ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Autechre
Yeah Nice one, we put it in one of our playlist...
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MrMushroomBrain 1 month ago
i've just been abducted see u in outer s p a c e
positivethinker101 1 month ago
I like that this song stays pretty consistent and doesn't progress into chaos. I love the sounds involved.
leafmould101 2 months ago
Autechre is an example of experimental electronic gone right. It's well executed and sounds great.
chillskid 2 months ago
Hi Fellow experimental Musician...
we love this, just faved it and put it in our latest playlist, keep up the good work...
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MrMushroomBrain 2 months ago
not comparable
multifunktionsebene 3 months ago
pure pleasure
AleCresta 3 months ago
This is my theme for Dead Space 2
radfreqwiz 3 months ago
@AAAbstractJack I'm not a fan of most music that TRIES to fit in the IDM genre. Why would you want more music that sounds JUST like autechre... Asa-Chang & Junray is criminally underrated. watch?v=PlBrjF66mLg Another older release worth listening to is phantom smasher. watch?v=ijupEdjRqQo Mark Fell/SND. watch?v=Un6Mi1pQc7o (THIS is minimal) Mark Stewart stuff from the 80's like hypnotized was/is way ahead of it's time. watch?v=FLvMRLhLcu0 These songs give me a super joygasm hope others enjoy too
cdeization 4 months ago
what's wrong with electro house? everyone know autechre ripoffs David Guetta, just stfu, thumbs up if your agree
DroiidLife 5 months ago
its funny when people call shitty house music minimal. You want minimalism? check out steve reich, fela kuti, taking heads, boards of canada, and of coarse autechre!
aristurtle1 6 months ago 2
@aristurtle1 I don't see how those artists are minimalistic. Just because they aren't bombast? Maybe you should try sth like Alva Noto. :)
Wechrr 5 months ago 4
@Wechrr Referring to music as minimal is not an insult, it is a musical philosophy of sorts that refers to then a similar progression or pattern is repeated and built upon as is the case with Steve Reichs music or African music (Fela, Talking heads). You also see this in BOC and Autechre and it is a beautiful hypnotic antithesis to the traditional verse chorus structure. I know some house people are similar, but most house has no originality. I will check out Alva though, thanks.
aristurtle1 5 months ago
@Wechrr do you know what minimalism refers to? All those artists I referred to often rely on 1 chord or a "constant groove" as it is referred to in African music rather then the typical verse coarse format. For example if you look at the talking heads album "remain in light" which was influenced by fela kuti allot, people talk about the shift towards minimalism where the songs became constant grooves rather then pop format songs.
aristurtle1 3 months ago
@aristurtle1 Try Ryoji Ikeda
Zartyzzo 3 months ago
@Zartyzzo I like it! I wonder if he uses Renoise?
aristurtle1 3 months ago
@aristurtle1 Why would you preach about minimalism when the only person you cited who was a minimalist composer was Steve Reich? I mean honestly, Fela Kuti?
AnotherRandomGeek 3 months ago
@AnotherRandomGeek I didnt try to start an argument here I just wanted to state how it is laughable how a some garbage house music has hijacked the term minimal due to its sparse and boring production when in fact minimalism as a musical philosophy is something to be admired. Also, yes as I already explained, Fela Kuti and lots of African music could be seen as minimal music and even quite similar to Reich especially the "music for 18 musicians" with the use of the constant groove.
aristurtle1 3 months ago
@aristurtle1 Genres do that all the time, they aren't taking minimalism's artistic or compositional aesthetic just using it as a description like ambient house or industrial rock. And the repetition of a "constant groove" is a small indicator of minimalism when talking about dance music.
AnotherRandomGeek 3 months ago
@aristurtle1 Talking Heads? They're like a white people funk band. Not too minimal. BoC and Autechre are some of the most dense shit, so I'm not sure about that either...
jpegjpegjpegjpeg 3 months ago
@jpegjpegjpegjpeg I always see these comments with all these thumbs up on other electronic videos about what closed minded cunts some IDM fans can be and never knew why. Thanks for showing me!
For the last time when people talk about minimalism they are referring to a song structure that often involves a constant groove with fe chord changes ie: steve reich, BOC, Fela, and yes this:
youtube(dot)com/watch?v=ilcD1fHcGB0
aristurtle1 3 months ago
@aristurtle1 you´re absolutely right!
check out too : Arvo Pärt, Philip Glass.
progdandrea 1 month ago
So comforting
monstersarelikethat 6 months ago
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MrMushroomBrain 6 months ago in playlist music_experimental,avant-garde,etc
For some reason, this reminds of Ulquiorra Cifer.
bleachrules103 6 months ago
I've just recently discovered Autechre via this album
Please people...
is there more music just like this out there or are these guys shredding some new ground?
I can hear ALL the musical derivatives on this album but
I need help with trends in this genre from the last 5 years.
Intelligent comments welcomed.
AAAbstractJack 7 months ago in playlist autechre - oversteps
@AAAbstractJack if you want more like autechre i highly recomend plaid, proem and phoenecia
everybody seems to say aphex twin and sqaurepusher, but it's like a whole different genre almost, course thats partially why i like the genre as a whole
latest trends however are glitch hop such as glitch mob and eskmo
the genre as a whole comes from deriatives of industrial, id say assemblage 23 and vnv nation are good places to start if you start heading off in that direction based off of this song
CybertoothAURX 7 months ago
@CybertoothAURX Thank you very much for all your input. Autechre's music unfolds
over many different time scales - which is just one of the reasons I found their music so much more interesting than much of the electronica out there. I look forward to checking out your suggestions.
I've notice on some comments/reviews that Autechre's music has been labeled "minimal, minimalism, or
minimalistic" nothing could be further from accurate! Search out "minimalism" for yourselves
AAAbstractJack 7 months ago
@AAAbstractJack minimalism is usually in reference to their earlier work, but even then i wholly agree
CybertoothAURX 7 months ago
CybertoothAURX 7 months ago
@CybertoothAURX thanks, man, for so many good suggestions!
synthem 6 months ago
@AAAbstractJack It's nothing new, really. This album actually goes back to their roots compared to their previous new releases. Try their older releases (like LP7 or Tri Repetae) for sth similar, and their newer releases (Confield, Quaristice) for some of their more experimental works.
Popular and similar artists in this genre are Richard Devine, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin and Plaid. Gescom is a cool project that Autechre is involved in and is also worth checking out.
Hope this helps. :)
Wechrr 5 months ago
@AAAbstractJack apparat -algorythm(jetlag),apparat -multifunktionsebene(shitkatapult) aoki takamasa - parabolica (op disc) although it is wise to check my channel :)
multifunktionsebene 3 months ago
exclusively, autechre brings the ¨devil 13¨ original soundtrack
multifunktionsebene 3 months ago
...i can smell this track.
pxgf 8 months ago
crunchy crunch
RandyLahey911 1 year ago
A piece of art !
K1musiconline 1 year ago
I love how nice and long these tracks are, you get your money's worth.
LIGHTRONIX 1 year ago
Ok, it's Autechre, maybe it's not shockingly new anymore but this track is simplyyyyy so goooood.
cerinobalzano 1 year ago
This track NEEDS to be in Tron 2.0.
PixelEater64 1 year ago
@PixelEater64 i was listening to this and watching something else, when a trailer for Tron2 came up and it matched it perfectly.
tweezerfetish 1 year ago
@tweezerfetish that would have been way cooler if Autechre scored Tron: Legacy
CammieSpectrum 1 year ago 2
@CammieSpectrum After seeing the film i totally agree. All the way through i was thinking 'which Autechre song would have suited this scene better'.
Lets make a film to go with Ae's aural soundscape. something with hybrid computer/animals falling in love in a post-apocalyptic futuristic alien landscape springs to mind.
And no violence or shooting at each other :)
tweezerfetish 1 year ago 4
@tweezerfetish your right, although Ae, would have been nice for TRON,
Autechre probablly should be preserved for something even more special than TRON
not a knock on TRON, but it is a Disney Movie
CammieSpectrum 1 year ago
@CammieSpectrum although it would've been good exposure for them. but I agree.
Biopharmer 1 year ago
@CammieSpectrum They should do a Darren Aronofsky movie along with Clint Mansell
hollow1928years 11 months ago 7
@hollow1928years Aren't they on Pi?
erasmus1511 8 months ago
@hollow1928years They already took Autechre Kalpol Introl in PI movie with Clint Mansell
.. I hope they do it again in the future :)
theskywaspink00 4 weeks ago
@theskywaspink00 Thought they sounded familiar. I haven't looked at the tracklist to the "Pi" soundtrack in a while. Maybe I should? Has anyone checked out Modeselektor? They are kind of in the same vein as this.
generaseven 2 weeks ago in playlist What I Listen To
Autechre is just another one of Aphex Twin's secret identities, it's so obviously made by RDJ I'm amazed he's managed to keep it up for so long. I was working at a festival a few years ago where he played this live.
mikeofiveschu 1 year ago
@mikeofiveschu
i see no problem in composing thid tune here by myself, so its really not special at all.
konjunktion26 1 year ago
@mikeofiveschu ur joking right?
jazzlicka 1 year ago
@jazzlicka No way, no joke. I even saw RDJ in the supermarket once and he was buying a brand of tropical fruit juice and it was called Ilanders Choice. Coincidence? no bloody way.
mikeofiveschu 1 year ago
@mikeofiveschu Bro , I seen the boys play live thats Sean and Rob and neither bare any resemblence to aphex twin
jazzlicka 1 year ago
@jazzlicka Rob and Sean are puppets, Aphex stays backstage with an intercom telling them which buttons to press. Sometimes they get it wrong, but no-one ever notices.
mikeofiveschu 1 year ago
I have two versions of this alboom care to explaine......someone?
Doolishaz 1 year ago
@Doolishaz bedroom producers make fake versions of autechre albums and spread them on the internet for some reason.
CK2890 1 year ago 2
PinkFloyd's echoes @start?!!!
weuxa 1 year ago
echoes?!!!!
weuxa 1 year ago
i cant figure out if this is an incredible piece of sound art or just some well produced unmusical noodling that is almost completely random. someone please tell me what to think
CK2890 1 year ago
@CK2890 Many Autechre works are incredible pieces of sound art AND (partly) random. ;)
filegrabber1 1 year ago
@CK2890 why do incredible pieces of sound art and completely random well-produced unmusical noodling have to be mutually exclusive?
galenpeder 1 year ago
@galenpeder because i like/value music better than shiny packaging. i do think this is great tho whatever it is and ive never been that into autechre
CK2890 1 year ago
@CK2890 How can this be described in any way as unmusical? For one thing, it has a clear chord progression. If anything, it's incredible, well-produced, semi-random musical noodling/sound art ;)
bananasontoast93 1 year ago
@bananasontoast93 ok then play me it on the piano. i like this track but the notes/"music" may aswell be completely random and probably are for all we know. it does SOUND great but does that make it great "music" ? i think just about anyone could write this tune or something similar but they couldnt make it sound as good which is where the skill is in this track. i dont know and dont care too much if it is "good music" tho + my original comment was pretty much just a joke btw
CK2890 1 year ago
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MrsMonsieur 1 year ago
So good we played it twice!
inamorty 1 year ago
Man this song is SOOOOO powerful. When I close my eyes I just see this lightning-storm coming at me on a mountainside. I gives me the chills! I often use this song as a lullaby because even though haunting, it is also just so soothing and calm. LOVE IT!!
MotheatTigers 1 year ago
I think the begining sounds like this one /watch?v=YirVhG4lrMk
OcelottMaster 1 year ago
Ohh, if only people nowadays were making music as great as this... oh, wait, THEY ARE!
I feel sorry that people feel so nostalgic and depressed with the state of music today and are missing out awesome stuff like this. Autechre is a classic of our age.
sirmustapha 1 year ago 6
David guetta &co GO HOME
philecops 1 year ago 53
@philecops the justin bieber comments were funnier
vork666 8 months ago
I enter a state of catharsis.
nepta00 1 year ago 2
ilanders. Am I the only one who sees the connection with the ambient techno artist Anders ilar?
carbonC0RE 1 year ago
Great Autechre
philecops 1 year ago
Excellent track from their best album yet. They're one of the truly greats in this genre!
dannydesse 1 year ago
@dannydesse Please listen to Incunabula, Amber, & Tri Repetae again before saying that, because nothing even comes close to those albums, Oversteps is still great but nothing like their young days.
sexypersian22 1 year ago
@sexypersian22 i'd agree for their previous opus, but not for oversteps.
popitem 1 year ago
Sounds really epic and powerful. Unusual for Autechre, but I quite like this direction. Might be the best album just for "r ess" and ilanders.
killers31337 1 year ago
Makes me think of samurais
RandyLahey911 1 year ago
listen to that elektron 12 bit gloss
audiofringe 1 year ago
this song is fucking awesome.. thanks autechre!!!!!!!!!!!
ihatebillyjoel 1 year ago 5
Shorty's straight up being a wanker. I agree with casiblake. I love draft, confields, etc. but Oversteps owns them on the melodic front. IT'S OKAY FOR AUTECHRE TO BE MEDIOCRE SOMETIMES SHORTY. I PROMISE.
cavodine 1 year ago
ilanders is Autechre composing. Composing truly creative, unique, exciting imaginative music. Contrast with the last four albums that have been exercises in production-trick-heavy industrial ambience (Confield), endless beat-glitch with ALMOST non-existent melodic content (Untilted+Draft), and mostly half-formed textural and beat ideas (Quaristice). However good/bad they are, none have matched the COMBINED melodic, rhythmic and textural excellence on Oversteps. (No elitism allowed, Shorty.)
casiblake 1 year ago
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casiblake 1 year ago
I like how fuzzy this track sounds
StickManga 1 year ago
@StickManga That's odd... it sounds rubberized to me.
snailboy38 1 year ago
I need one of those black circles painted on my wall
KingpinSYD 1 year ago
Awesome!
thanks for uploading it!
drew227 1 year ago
Mind blowing stuff, this excites me, both for the factthat i never new they had a new album, and by the sheer tunage with this here song...x
BarryWhitwell 1 year ago
I love the fact that technology can sound so organic.
geographictongue1 1 year ago
Excellent to jam to while playing any sort of hack and slash game in a desert like environment. Love the ambient behind the bass.
Zloo420 1 year ago
Autechre are to music as quantum mechanics is to classical phsyics
Analfracture 1 year ago
Reminds me of Pir off EP7
mazemaster225 1 year ago
11 minutes of a drum machine with diarrhea. What a magnificent piece of art.
KrakkaJax 1 year ago
@KrakkaJax I like to write research papers and study to stuff like this. Music with words competes for my brain's attention so I can't concentrate. But I need to listen to something so I choose stuff like this.
msorte 1 year ago
sounds a bit like Hudson Mohawke
flandersfails 1 year ago
I feel like a zen master listening to this. I feel complete.
TheSchimmi 1 year ago 36
This is qual..
insectovoir 1 year ago
It sounds like nurse with wound fucked aphex twin...
macleodponeage 1 year ago
@macleodponeage haha, so true, man. I imagine this like Soliloquy for Lilith but gone into the fields of dubstep music, and then Aphex Twin came and remixed it a bit.
JoaoPQ 1 year ago
my god this is brilliant I love how the bass isnt overpowering
turbobreaks 1 year ago
why is this album getting to me? quicker than usual lol
Sublimit007 1 year ago
They're amazing. It's unbelievable how they don't try to make things more understandable or easy to gain more popularity, for so many years.
aadambeker 1 year ago
Monster...
JanJoosdt 1 year ago
Relax in chaos. gimmi samoah
roihclemsnemable 1 year ago
is it just me that finds this entire album quite soothing?
deafened 1 year ago 13
me too my friend.
VintageWhiteTerror 1 year ago
For sure.
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
Be good for a movie about them samurai chaps
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
@deafened I understand why you would feel that way. It is, particularly compared to some of the more abrasive Autechre (i.e. Untilted).
hanumann 1 year ago
probably been pointed out but this track is repeated twice on the leak. on the real copy it's only 5 minutes long.
lulwut13 1 year ago
this is stabbing my heart
retrolyte 1 year ago
To lovers and haters alike, I think Autechre's goal has never been to be easy listening. That's why they've been intriguing for so many years. They refuse to compromise. While this may seem trivial, check Allmusic and look at *all* the imposters. Like it or lump it, ppl are listening.
VintageWhiteTerror 1 year ago
Like it or not, Booth/Brown have been intriguing throughout their career. Sometimes unlistenable and sometimes self-described "cheesy" I believe that they maintain listenability by being difficult. To the fanboys who hate, it's fine if you don't like it. Us true fans like it that way.
VintageWhiteTerror 1 year ago
Yeah
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
LOVE
akamoon8 1 year ago
Damn, these guys have really taken a different turn for this album. Everything sounds darker, in my opinion. Ominous. Definitely alien.
Qualanx 1 year ago 2
It is better for the brain soft autechre music like this one !
incYOPmoi 1 year ago
ok. what is wrong with the world. Quaristice has some of the best ambient material in existence.
probably the most overlooked AE track is paralel suns.
the beautifully dwindling melody, like the iron giant slowly falling apart with a smile on his face, the eyes fading.
please give that one a listen. it is tops.
sheatheman 1 year ago
Hahahaha
StreetofCrocodiles 1 year ago
@sheatheman Its amazing you find all that in Quaristice - I found nothing. Just visions of me flogging it at the Vinyl Exchange. It was so disappointing for me.
Oversteps is much better in my opinion. Its their first album I've actually enjoyed since Chaistic Slide. Thats a long time!
karaloca 1 year ago 2
you just need to get into it. embrace the textures and how they have it set. some music that i hated when i bought it is now my favorite.
like squarepusher's "just a souvenir." i thought that album was trash. then i revisited it and realized what was going on.
and how could you have not liked ep7 and lp5?
sheatheman 1 year ago
I've tried, I never give up on an LP first time. But for me a lot of their recent stuff is just 'dull'. I tried to choose that word very carefully. It just doesn't move me and I don't mean in a 'dance' kind of way. I still pull out the first 4 LPs every so often, and lets face it Incunabula stuff is getting close to 20 years old.
But the later stuff I can take it or leave it. I'm not even bothered wether I actually own it. Anyhow, Oversteps will see me getting back into them. Sounds brilliant.
karaloca 1 year ago 2
what was filling the void for you that autechre left over the past few years?
sheatheman 1 year ago
Well since that time - a time I felt all my favourite artists took a dive - I found myself listening to a broader range of music. Classical, More Jazz, even some pop, but one artist in particular was Bill Callahan. Going back through his catalogue was like finding more treasure than I could handle. Loved his last LP "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle" Its a very different direction for me. I was a Warp fanatic, there won't be many early releases I don't own.
karaloca 1 year ago
you should listen to skip james-hard time killing floor blues.
sheatheman 1 year ago
good call, Skip James is amazing blues.
VintageWhiteTerror 1 year ago
Didnt enjoy Confield? Maybe give it another change! Some serious masterpieces there.
snotverdorie 1 year ago 2
This is all proof that it's Autechre fanbois going through the comments and thumbs-downing any that they don't agree with. And that usually means mine. Karaloca I appreciate your comment, but it seems that there are a lot of people out there that are happy to have whatever Sean and Rob throw at them, which is fine, but that doesn't mean it's good music. Oversteps, however, certainly is. In fact I've come to think that it might just be their best album.
casiblake 1 year ago
i could argue that the melodies on oversteps are meandering at best and show no evidence of a compositional process, and moreover that the timbre's of the synthesizer programs they chose grade on my ear. i could also argue that ilanders has a middle section that is static and boring.
I could. But i don't. it isn't really about what is good or bad in this case. with an artist like autechre--they have such a powerfully established style--one must simply listen. any track can be acquired
sheatheman 1 year ago
Yep. The ones that sound cruelest at first often have something nice or delicate buried down in them. In my mind I file them near impressions of deserts from natural history programs and holidays.
Theyre music for places people dont go often maybe, wheres its about geology and extreme cold and lichens that are very old. I think anyway.
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
@ATiredDogsMouth yeah like lichen!! <3
sheatheman 1 year ago
Thats a bit literal I admit.
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
Its also like Oxygene which is always good.
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
but i suppose i can understand. i have only been into autechre a few years-definitely not since the 90's, and thus haven't had the weight of expectation and anticipation to negatively effect my reception of each new release.
it's nice to grow up with an artist, but it is also nice to discover them later and have so much material to listen to. both are necessary parts of being a listener.
sheatheman 1 year ago 2
Yep
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
Ah I do love pissing off fanboys. Hey, guys, I'm saying this is GOOD music here! This is Ae at a new-found peak! And you still insist on being retarded fanboys and thumbs-downing any comment that DARE knock down the deification of your musical gods Sean Booth and Rob Brown. Get a fucking life. Btw Oversteps is a bit good. :)
casiblake 1 year ago
Sheathe just to provide context: I wasn't necessarily replying directly to you before, Youtube's comment system isn't tremendously flexible.
casiblake 1 year ago
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"And you still insist on being retarded fanboys...your musical gods Sean Booth and Rob Brown...Btw Oversteps is a bit good. :) "
There it is again. Its like youre finally having an arguement with The Voices and we all get to watch the public melt down.
ATiredDogsMouth 1 year ago
@casiblake Sadly thats Autechre 'fans'.
Rob and Sean could release a CD of their turds splashing down, and people would stroke beards and find something in it. I'm too old and known their stuff ages, since Crystel '92. Not to take anything away from them, they've sonically satisfied me for years, and made works of extreme beauty, but - I don't like everything they make. To be frank those that do just don't like music deeply or are fanboys without ears, kind of like Mac users - blind but loyal.
karaloca 1 year ago 2
Fantastic!! So pleased to hear them back on form after the (please don't shoot me) dissapointment of Quaristice. Ive loved my Ae since back in the days of Incanabula (Draft 7.30 is still probably the best IDM ive ever heard) but i did have difficulty with Untitled and Q. These tracks sound amazing... Can't wait for release... Gotta love your Ae.
Datathief100 1 year ago
well i wont shoot you, but i will shoot off some track names.
Altibzz
Plyphon
Perlence
Tankakern
Rale
the album is freaking sick.
its like a defense droid rampaging through the centrifuge of a space station mall.
destroy.
and my favorite track off of the album is paralel suns. it is a view of the barren landscape from the vigil keep of the last outpost. the sun's are setting, bathing the soil in orange light
sheatheman 1 year ago
Quaristice has a couple of nice ideas, and nice ambient tracks certainly. But the rest of it is Sean and Rob throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. *cue fanboi thumbs-downing in 3,2,1...*
casiblake 1 year ago
my thumbs down will be inherent in the comment and thus negates the need of adding to the aforementioned fanboys.
that's what a large portion of music composition is. what an honor for us to be able to see that.
besides, I can intelligently criticize any other autechre album, and probably get people to agree with me, but the fact of the matter is autechre has a "sound," and as long as they keep that sound in whatever they produce, i will want to hear it.
sheatheman 1 year ago
First time I've heard the word 'fierce' mentioned in connection to an Ae track..
walterijsenbergh 1 year ago
autechre is what appears in the Oxford English Dictionary under the entry for fierce (adj.)
sheatheman 1 year ago
this is the fiercest track i have heard in a while.
maybe this is autechre's one and only dubstep tribute, as the rhythm is similar, but it has the autechre slant.
put this album on your iphone/ipod/w/e, (I got it from bleep) and switch the songs while looking at the artwork. the black circle for each song is slightly different, each one is unique. COOL!
sheatheman 1 year ago
@sheatheman dubstep !!!
mtronic 1 year ago
is it me or that track bears has some melodic similarities with Villalobos' "Dexter" (in a totally different context of course) ?
anyway, great track, huge album, their best since "AE".
TraumaCommun 1 year ago
is it me or that (sublime) track bears a melodic resemblance to Villalobos' "Dexter" ?
anyway, great job, huge album, their best since "AE"
TraumaCommun 1 year ago
Anyone else think this is a "respect" to Anders Ilar?
discontent 1 year ago
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melodies in this sound like something that a shit metal band would play
barehotmash 1 year ago
@casiblake "Finally they're back to COMPOSING MELODIES" ?????
bbnnt 1 year ago
Yes they are, actually, just listen to O=0
OcelottMaster 1 year ago 2
*:.｡. .｡.:☆ﾟ･(*´▽`)ゞやめてよぉ・・
takemuramasafumi 1 year ago
I really like this song now, sounds good out of huge ass speakers
carliboy908 1 year ago 2
I'm officially addicted to this song.
kove00 1 year ago 3
what a joint! how can people say they should make proper music? the fact that u said means u probably shouldn't be listening to alternative electronica. hahahahahah proper music, what is this then.
stewodd 1 year ago
I am deeply hurt,leftfield electronic music is in my blood.This is so dissapointing though.I've returned to give it the new tunes another go,but it they're so stale,pointless.
johnnycjnr 1 year ago
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I wish they'd stop taking the piss and make some proper fucking music.
johnnycjnr 1 year ago
umm yeah .. cause after 20 years ae is a group who has no ideas of their own so they have to take them from uninspired rubbish like those over hyped clowns..
i do blame you for ridiculous comments,. go listen and have a wank to emo apparat selektor then.
ugh
septopia 1 year ago
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Huge track ! Don't blame me but there is something of Moderat in there...
kazad0607 1 year ago
I see what you mean ;)
vexorism 1 year ago
untitled was their worst album I think..I loved draft
carliboy908 1 year ago
talk by yourself, Untilted is almost my favourite album
OcelottMaster 1 year ago
agreed
ThomComputer 1 year ago
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sephorus 1 year ago
Can't agree with your love of Draft, both of those albums sound fairly similar to me - endless drum wank, uh oh wait for the fanboys to come down on that thumbs-down again - but I agree that Untilted was pretty dire. Drums, drums, drums... and more drums! And the odd synth fart.
casiblake 1 year ago
Melody isn't everything. Especially in electronic music. I personally find it the least interesting component of any electronic composition. More often then not, people wanting (foot tapping) melody and 4/4 time signatures are intellectually lazy or desire instant gratification.
I find both "Draft 7.30" and "Untilted" to be masterpieces in rhythm and timbre, with "Untilted" excelling in percussive texture as well.
Might I suggest the myriad of mainstream sonic drivel for you Cas...
ShortytheSquirrel 1 year ago 2
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"More often then not, people wanting (foot tapping) melody and 4/4 time signatures are intellectually lazy or desire instant gratification. " Go try Sun Electric, Kenso, Frank Zappa, 5uu's, Matt Chester, Blue Oyster Cult, Naked City, Cocteau Twins, King Crimson, New Order, Magma, Dynarec. Rhythm and timbre become repetitive, dated and "expendable", once the initial "discovery" has worn off. A good melody NEVER AGES. Hence: The Beatles. And also, sod off with your elitist fanboy attitude.
casiblake 1 year ago
@casiblake I never said melodies are not memorable. I said they are the least interesting component of an electronic work. This is quite true. Think of the enormous functionality of electronic instrumentation and the ability to produce almost any sound imaginable and programming notes in a sequencer to create a melody becomes redundant. Most of the acts you cited were rock bands. Rock relies heavily on riffs and other melodic devices, electronic music does not.
ShortytheSquirrel 1 year ago
@ShortytheSquirrel Yeah, Draft 7.30 is an absolute masterpiece of IDM. P.ntil5 and Reniform puls are probably my favourite Ae tracks of all time. As for Untitled, Pro Radii is fantastic and as for your comment above i couldn't agree more.
Datathief100 1 year ago
@ShortytheSquirrel You're certainly right. Melody isn't everything. But texture isn't everything either. Neither is rhythm. Each is an extraordinarily important part of music, and while Autechre does a fine job of all of those elements, I think it's reasonable to desire melodic/harmonic content sometimes. There is great power in harmony and dissonance, and I think most of the people who dislike music that is too "accessible" are either pretentious or tone deaf.
PrivateBuckwheat 1 year ago