(idm) Re: Autechre (was the fall of WARP (or not))
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Arjun wrote:
quoted 3 lines I think Autechre's music is very boring since most of their tracks are>> I think Autechre's music is very boring since most of their tracks are
>> nothing more than a bunch of loops smeared out forever. The build-up of
>> an Ae-track seems to usually involve a new sample every 128 bars.quoted 3 lines I think you might be missing the point. IMHO, Autechre is one of the few>I think you might be missing the point. IMHO, Autechre is one of the few
>outfits who create sounds/noises/rhythms that are actually worthy of being
>looped.
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quoted 6 lines I assume you're exaggerating when you say 128, but Autechre is innovating>I assume you're exaggerating when you say 128, but Autechre is innovating
>in this respect as well. Listen to track 1 of the Garbage EP for stuff
>that'll confuse your tapping foot. At the end of track 2 of Key Nell, the
>strings are in one tempo, and the fucked-up cut-up voice rhythms are in
>another. The last track on Key Nell has a chord progression that's 18 bars
>long instead of 8 or 16 like you would expect.
I'm totally down with this - although Autechre's tunes are loop-based,
the textures lend themselves well to repetition. Besides, they tend to
tweak the sounds to add dynamics to the phrasing of the beats/melodies.
And you can't fault them for rhythmic innovation - 'Rsdio' and the Key
Nell EP are great examples of this. I can't wait for their next
full-length!
GD
Onnow: 'La reine Margot': period French drama in a Gen X/grunge stylee -
yuck! Isabelle Adjani could do better...