Gonzi (Fresh):
quoted 6 lines I think their rythms have evolved somewhat and become perhaps a bit more> I think their rythms have evolved somewhat and become perhaps a bit more
> complex, but fankly how different is what they are doing now from the
> Anti EP? Not a whole lot. It's not necessarily that I'm against the lack
> of structure in some of their songs, it's the fact that what they're
> doing now compared to what they were doing years ago is too simmilar to
> my ears.
Not to draw this thread out too much longer, but I guess I still don't
understand what you mean about being the same. As others have pointed
out, their sonic/timbral vocabulary has been pretty much redifined with
each EP/LP combination - Envane/Chiastic sounds different than Anvil/Tri
sounds different than Garbage/Amber. Here's what Chiastic and Envane
have to offer that is original IMO: 'Rettic AC' and 'Hub' are nice bits
of musique concrete - nothing like this on any of their previous
releases; 'Cichli' is in 10/4 and tunes in different meters are
surprisingly rare for IDM in general; 'Nuane', 'Latent Quarter', and
'Laughing Quarter' have some of the most quirky and nuanced programming
they've ever done (all stumbly and noisy) - which doesn't sound like
their previous releases at all.
quoted 6 lines The one thing that must be avoided at all costs if 'this' music> The one thing that must be avoided at all costs if 'this' music
> is to be a constantly innovative and expanding genre is the relaxation
> into a comfortable mode where its sufficient simply to deliver the
> product that everyone expects from a given artist. This has already
> happened with FSOL, I think (among a few others) and I would hate to see
> it happen Autechre.
I guess it depends on what you consider to be innovation. I think that
some basic subgenres within IDM are peaking, d&b in particular, and
Autechre is one of the few artists trying to work outside of the current
phase yet all the while incorporating some of its elements. Not that
they're alone, but one of the prominent ones for sure.
GD