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From:
Laurent Knauth
To:
Aleksas Tunikas
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kent williams , incidental derogatory mnemonics
Date:
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:48:39 +0200
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Re: Autechre · Paris
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Absolutely, that makes you enjoying the moment moving relentlessly and connects with their "street beats" culture. On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 4:49 AM Aleksas Tunikas <mail@aleksas.ru> wrote:
quoted 66 lines He doesn't mean 'a primitive boom bap beat' in a degratory way guys,> He doesn't mean 'a primitive boom bap beat' in a degratory way guys, > rather as a way of saying fundamental drum skeleton of the electronic music > folk story. > > вт, 16 апр. 2024 г., 04:53 kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>: > >> That sounds really cool. I hope they release some of the live sets >> >> Is this the concert you saw? >> >> https://youtu.be/DJnCO04GXoQ?si=wIWFZSfOkKeCWZZv >> >> They do a thing live where the skeleton of the beat is a primitive >> boom bap beat, but even the simple beat gets continuously mutated with >> delay and stutter effects. >> >> Some of the things that are going on in their sets aren't hard to >> replicate with modular synth hardware or software. But Sean and Rob >> have made it their full time job to program and re-program and >> re-re-program perhaps the most complex Max/MSP patches ever made. >> >> It's their full time job to hack on Max/MSP to try and come up with >> structures that reflect the music they want to hear. People regard it >> as complex and abstract, but they approach their music with a >> simplicity that's hiding in plain sight. In their live sets there's >> maybe 3 or 4 parts going: Drums, background weirdness, and drones. It >> sounds highly detailed because there's layers of random changes that >> are imposed either manually or free-running. But the way they mix and >> have different sounds interact, there's a unity. It's like Bach suites >> for solo instrument. There's really a single through line, albeit >> fractally distorted and warped,by hands on manipulation and programmed >> chaos. >> >> A briefer version: They're using the trackpad on their MacBooks for >> all the live input from Rob & Sean. That means no matter how busy and >> apparently complex the sound is, it's mostly the product of two >> fingers controlling one thing at a time. >> >> On Sun, Apr 7, 2024 at 5:41 AM Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Although I must be the same age as them, I'd never been to an Autechre >> concert and didn't know what to expect. >> > >> > Despite the lack of show - all the lights were off - I have been >> overwhelmed by the sheer power of this concert. >> > >> > The concert hall was probably equipped for World War III, but everyone >> here knows that Autechre is no avalanches of noise or tunnels of sub-bass. >> > >> > On the contrary, every transient is generously delivered, especially >> when you least expect it, as you're often caught off guard. The "snare >> drums" were in the spotlight, and despite many a techno night, I'd never >> felt such intensity : my muscles were tense and fluid at the same time, and >> sometimes I got liberated giggles. 1h30 of a rhythmic rollercoaster that >> James Brown would not have disowned. >> > >> > I came away with the feeling of having witnessed a masterpiece >> skilfully laid out from start to finish. >> > I'd been following them from a distance since "Confield", which I >> hadn't really appreciated, nor the following albums, but I'm going to dive >> back in. They are their own best evangelists ! >> > >> > It was a splendid, ech-straordinary evening. >> >