Julius anthony Martinez wrote:
quoted 3 lines a hasty judgement, and I now feel it was. It still isn't in the class of> a hasty judgement, and I now feel it was. It still isn't in the class of
> the 1st two albums but it *is* quite good. And, I like it better than Anvil
> Vapre right now.
I actually like _Tri Repetae_ better than any of the earlier full-
length releases, especially _Incunabula_; Autechre has gotten better
and better at rendering really unique textures and sounds. On the first
release they had some interesting rhythms, but their overall sound
was a bit lacking. Then it seems that they evolved the structure of
their pieces over the EPs (_Garbage_ and _Anti_) as well as _Amber_
so that the songs progress very slowly; the tracks seem to be more or
less explorations of texture and polyrhythms rather than dynamic pieces
that have some kind of "plot" to them. This attention to detail in
terms of the sonic quality of the pieces seems to me to be the
group's strength; however, the tendency to produce more static
songs usually seems to be the main complaint from most people when
talking about their releases.
I also think _Tri Repetae_ grooves more than any other release; _Anvil
Vapre_ and the _Basscadet EP_ have some good beats, but the new
full length just jams. I'd love to hear this at a club at really
high volumes (especially "c/pach" and "dael") - now if they only
come to Chicago in 1996, I'll be in heaven :)
quoted 4 lines I think these albums are very good examples of the careful and repeated> I think these albums are very good examples of the careful and repeated
> listening that these types of music require before the listener can grasp
> the work. There isn't too much instant gratification with these albums,
> but if you give them time you'll probably be rewarded.
I agree - when I first heard _Amber_, I found it to be really boring,
but now I can't keep it out of my CD player. It's a good practice
to keep listening to a release you don't like initially, because it's
good to challenge your musical tastes on a continual basis. On the
other hand, some stuff just never ends up working out.
GD