On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Ben Coffer wrote:
quoted 5 lines Yep, I'm with you both....Incunabula is my favourite of their albums,> Yep, I'm with you both....Incunabula is my favourite of their albums,
> I feel they lost their way with Amber and then regained it on Tri
> Repetae. Amber just doesn't seem to fit with the others, it seems
> rushed hurried and mainly just beats, whereas the others have very
> beautiful/dark melodies on them.
This will be my last post on the subject; someone else can defend Amber
from now on. Autechre's strongest melodies and sublest textures are
Amber. Nothing else they've done comes close. There is nothing hurried
and nothing out of place on the whole record. It's one of the handful of
real IDM masterpieces. It does require very careful listening.
I hope they've got another record like it up their sleeves somewhere. I
haven't spent enough time with Chiastic to be certain, but so far it
doesn't sound like it's going to be the one. The Gescom EP on clear
screams for a wider release.
Miles