From what I've read about Autechre, they create their unique
sounds/textures/rhythms by pushing their equipment into unexplored
territories and experimenting with all available parameters (w/o opening
it up and doing some custom wiring [ala Aphex Twin supposedly]). They
don't need to string together bizarre looking black boxes -- they get all
the bang they can from their buck by using traditional
keyboards/samplers/etc... I wish more people would approach electronic
instruments this way instead of buying some synth for a few nice sounds
and hardly delve into its inards...
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On Thu, 1 Jan 1998 brachielles@juno.com wrote:
}
} >(On the Nord Lead)
} >Sean: "There are a couple tracks on Cichlisuite that are enitrely
} >Nord..."
} >Rob: "I think the Nord has been the most inspirational piece of gear
} >we've worked with, it's pushed us to get all our other gear to try and
} >emulate it."
}
} That quote kind of hurt when I first read it. It kind of destroyed this
} mental picture I had of the autechre-ists running around in their
} darkened studio patching together this can-opener and that atari and
} stepping on discarded printed circuit boards as they ran from one
} unidentifiable machine to another. I had always hoped that even a
} picture of their studio would still leave us scratching our heads as to
} how they coaxed those noises out of that pile of wiring. Oh well, the
} music still manages to do the job for me anyway....