On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Gonzi (Fresh) wrote:
} I think their rythms have evolved somewhat and become perhaps a bit more
} complex, but fankly how different is what they are doing now from the
} Anti EP? Not a whole lot. It's not necessarily that I'm against the lack
} of structure in some of their songs, it's the fact that what they're
} doing now compared to what they were doing years ago is too simmilar to
} my ears. The one thing that must be avoided at all costs if 'this' music
} is to be a constantly innovative and expanding genre is the relaxation
} into a comfortable mode where its sufficient simply to deliver the
} product that everyone expects from a given artist. This has already
} happened with FSOL, I think (among a few others) and I would hate to see
} it happen Autechre. Perhaps I'm being overly paranoid, but it's the one
} thing I think that seperates IDM from becoming an overly insular form of
} art music that churns out the same tracks to the same indoctrinated fans
} for year after year.
Autechre's use of filtering, noise, layering, complex beats,
etc. is expanding constantly. They are moving in directions that many
other IDM artists are not even exploring. Progress? Yes, I think so.
When I buy an Autechre album I don't know quite what to expect. Granted,
they have some similar *elements* in each work, but their overall sound
has changed drastically over the years to my ears. They are still
challenging the listener, which is something lacking in a lot of IDM now.
Once Autechre starts going down the drum & bass path, I might change my
mind, however. I have nothing against that style, but that's not what
Autechre is about.
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