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1997-02-06 08:24Chavez-Paul<where did the moniker autechre come from...> FAQT Magazine #1, March 1996, Interview with

From:: Chavez-Paul <chavez@netrax.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 00:24:35 -0800
Subject:: (idm) o-tech-er-ah / better late than never

<where did the moniker autechre come from...> FAQT Magazine #1, March 1996, Interview with Rob & Sean. Q: Where does the name come from? A: Off a computer screen. We were naming a track and in the track window we typed in a few letters (only allows for eight characters). The name was pronounceable and we liked the sound of it. It's not really important. There you go. The Interns

1997-02-06 14:06CheOn Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Chavez-Paul wrote: > <where did the moniker autechre come from...> > >

From:: Che <zeus8@synthcom.com>
Cc:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 14:06:04 +0000 ()
Subject:: Re: (idm) o-tech-er-ah / better late than never
Reply to:: (idm) o-tech-er-ah / better late than never

On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Chavez-Paul wrote:

quoted 14 lines <where did the moniker autechre come from...>

> <where did the moniker autechre come from...> > > > FAQT Magazine #1, March 1996, Interview with Rob & Sean. > > Q: Where does the name come from? > > A: Off a computer screen. We were naming a track and in the track window > we typed in a few letters (only allows for eight characters). The name > was pronounceable and we liked the sound of it. It's not really > important. > > > There you go.

This has been my suspicion all along. Most of their songnames look like filenames on a braindead OS/file system. Che

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