Evillzzo wrote:
So I see your point, perhaps "Amber" is just too avant garde for me?
Autechre is definitely an acquired taste. You can always count on an Ae
release to take a few days of intense listening to get accustomed, but
when you do--hold on for a ride.
Perfect example-- I have been listening to Chiastic Slide for about 5 days
now. If you weren't into Amber or Tri... or the EP's, you will not like
this album. That being said, I strongly recommend this disc, it has the
cold beauty Ae is known for and it their most abstract work yet. It took a
few days for it to sink in, but it's one of those things where it's
impossible to understand it's complexity w/o several listens.
As a side note, can arty-farty types out there see a similarity between
Ae's musical progression and the modern art movement, in particular
cubism? In both cases the subject matter starts out being
quasi-'conventional' (I'm referring to Incanubula being beautiful but at
the same time niave and the most accessible Ae recording) and then
gradually becomes more and more deconstructed until it reaches a point of
virtual abstraction. Also for both Ae and cubism the essence of the art as
well as it's beauty comes not from what it represents but rather all of
the little pieces and details that together bring out a rich architecture
of sound (and for painting, sight).
If you look at the Ae discography chronologically, you can definitely see
how the recordings become more and more filtered, fragmented and tweaked.
I guess that's why I like Ae so much, because they are not only push
innovation for electronica in general, but also they push themselves to
keep reworking and reworking...you can always count on them to give you a
new angle of approach when it comes to IDM.
brainwashed since art school,
Nate
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