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.
>>
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