This was without question the least ambient ambient-party I've ever been
too. Autechre played 45 mins of mad beats - mostly tracks from Tri Repetae
and Anvil Vapre, all of which received quite a reworking considering the
very minimal setup they had to work with. Sean expressed considerable
displeasure with the mixer they had (and also used in NYC) as it really
only allowed them to drop in beats and other percussive elements and
wasnt capable of all the fine tuning and tweaking that they would've
liked. That said, I was incredibly impressed - clearly the last few years
of live performances have giving them plenty of exercise.
Plenty of interesting stuff ahead too. Sean mentioned that they've done
two more Gescom EP's for Skam, and another for Warp that will feature
Autechre remixes. They've also done remixes for Lamb and a new one for Nav
Katze. As for limited EP that will be only available to Autechre list
members, its likely to be a 10" but not much else seems to have been
decided upon yet. He also said that they have lots of tracks of other
styles recorded that they hope to put out - lots of hip hop, some
straight 4/4 techno, and some junglish stuff he said was similar to
flutter.
After Autechre came DJ Mark Broom of GPR and he played a smooth set
of acid/ambient house, flawlessy done. Then it was Jonah's turn as
Spacetime Continuum, his set lasted an hour or so and was a lot better
than I expected after seing him live on the Sea Biscuit tour in NYC.
His set a mixture of straight 4/4 and breaks, kept interesting by
plenty of noodling and strong melodic elements. I also heard Jonah has
been recording with Morris..
Other DJs included Baltimores own Lovegrove and Infinity, Gamall (I
think), and DJ Orion of Astralwerks, all of whom added to what was a
stunning night. Many thanks to Peter of Awerks, Lg, etc etc.
:: Alan M. Parry
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