Chiastic Slide: Best to Worst

Nuane

Tewe

Cichli

Recury

Pule

Cipater

Rettic AC

Hub

Calbruc

You can't fade me.

Ugh, this is a tough one. I love all the tracks so much.

Cipater

Nuane

Tewe

Recury

Cichli

Rettic AC

Calbruc

Hub

Pule

  six said:

Ugh, this is a tough one. I love all the tracks so much.

 

Cipater

Nuane

Tewe

Recury

Cichli

Rettic AC

Calbruc

Hub

Pule

mine is almost identical to yours

Nuane

Cipater

Recury

Tewe

Cichi

Rettic AC

Calbruc

Hub

Pule

although i find Nuane to be like twice as good as any other track on Chiastic. Autechre has never been that epic and emotional, not before and not ever since. its probably my favorite ae track of all time besides Surripere

Cichli

Cipater

Nuane

Tewe

Recury

Calbruc

Pule

Rettic AC

Hub

  Ghostbusters III said:

although i find Nuane to be like twice as good as any other track on Chiastic. Autechre has never been that epic and emotional, not before and not ever since. its probably my favorite ae track of all time besides Surripere

Too bad the madness at the beginning doesn't last 13 minutes.

lool I actually like pule, it the perfect creamy middle right betwixt Recury and Nuane

  Bob Dobalina said:

lool I actually like pule, it the perfect creamy middle right betwixt Recury and Nuane

Not a bad track at all and a good breather between those two. It just doesn't quite compare to the rest of a brilliant album. Probably the closest to a perfect album I have ever heard.

  six said:

  Bob Dobalina said:

lool I actually like pule, it the perfect creamy middle right betwixt Recury and Nuane

 

Not a bad track at all and a good breather between those two. It just doesn't quite compare to the rest of a brilliant album. Probably the closest to a perfect album I have ever heard.

Pule is genius. The bassline is like neverending and beautiful beats while the melody slowly takes you onto cloud nine as the track progresses. I adore how Autechre simply mutes the beats and lets the melody finish a few songs, like on Cichli, Pule and Nuane.

  Ghostbusters III said:

although i find Nuane to be like twice as good as any other track on Chiastic. Autechre has never been that epic and emotional, not before and not ever since. its probably my favorite ae track of all time besides Surripere

Complete agreement, except for the Surripere part, that track does nothing for me.

I agree with you, GB3: Nuane is emotionally effective! Every time I listen to this very track, I picture myself some Sherlock Holmes cartoon because that repetitive melody.

Too..... Too-too-too-TOO.................................too-too-TOO!

  lumpenprol said:

  Ghostbusters III said:

although i find Nuane to be like twice as good as any other track on Chiastic. Autechre has never been that epic and emotional, not before and not ever since. its probably my favorite ae track of all time besides Surripere

 

Complete agreement, ESPECIALLY for the Surripere part, that track does EVERYTHING for me.

Hmm...

I'll have to go

Cipater

Nuane

Tewe

Rettic AC

Cichli

Calbruc

Recury

Pule

Hub

Hub just doesn't... stick to me.

  lumpenprol said:

  Ghostbusters III said:

although i find Nuane to be like twice as good as any other track on Chiastic. Autechre has never been that epic and emotional, not before and not ever since. its probably my favorite ae track of all time besides Surripere

 

Complete agreement, except for the Surripere part, that track does nothing for me.

go listen to it again.. :wink2:

Pule... actually my favorite... it's just gorgeous

Cipater

Cichli

Recury

Rettic AC

Tewe

Nuane

Hub

Calbruc

Nuane = Hub > Calbruc > Cipater > Cichli > Rettic AC > Recury = Pule = Tewe

I like the ending to Pule. Sounds extremely lush and natural.

For me its:

Recury

Nuane

Hub

Calbruc

Pule

Cipater

Cichli

Tewe

Rettic AC

I gotta say Chiastic Slide is one of the most perfect albums ever, no joke.

edit...

Cichli

Nuane

Tewe

Cipater

Rettic AC

Pule

Recury

Calbruc

Hub

I guess? I'd divide Cipater, if I could, and put the first half where it is on the list and the second half at the end. Or maybe before Hub. Hubbububbubub

right now

cichli

cipater

tewe

pule

nuane

hub

calibruc

recury

rettic ac

Chiastic Slide=Chiastic Slide.

Cipater is 2 songs the second one starts at about 3:27 lol

Cipater

Calbruc

Cichli

Pule

Nuane

Tewe

Hub

Rettic AC

Recury

its sounds like a visceriod crawling over the circuit board. I'd say it's one of the best ae songs: Rettic AC

Then right behind it Recury and Calbruc. The rest is also ok.

Megabump. Here's my list/review:

Cichli - Classic example of a perfect Ae track. The melody is so saturated with emotion that it pours into every nook and cranny of the jagged, fragmented structure of beats that climb up and down like a hectic ocean tide.

Pule - A complex line of notes explore a vast new terrain, rising and falling wherever the trail takes it. It all culminates with a beautiful utopia, teeming with rich, alien biology. I get serious goosebumps imagining this.

Cipater - Incredible opening to the album. A rigid, mechanical rhythm sparks away until, after it is ingested by a biological force, it turns into a living thing. The sheer scale of this structural metamorphosis is an amazing example of Ae's musical ability.

Nuane - An epic closer to an epic album. A great density of raw emotion builds, then slowly thins out until nothing but radioactive chatter can be heard. While this gradual thinning out is certainly inspired, I do find the eight or so minutes of decay to be rather dull.

Tewe - A haunting roam through a twilight jungle.

Recury - Countless images can be seen as the building blocks of Recury repeatedly explode. Icebergs falling apart, rockets catapulting into space, bodyslams hitting hard against the ground, clouds of glitter with a piercing shine.

Rettic AC - Exquisite use of white noise, with a dense network of careful tweaks and perfectionist details that only Ae are capable of crafting. The melody that pokes through the noise like a bright light carries so much atmosphere, putting me in mind of a beautiful landscape.

Calbruc - Fairly rudimentary for Ae's standards, but still enjoyable.

Hub - For me, this track doesn't really stand up to the high standard set by Chiastic Slide.

1. Pule [ask me about my obsession]

2. Nuane [every sound here works together. perfectly. and truly their finest example of 'decay' in the ending. Whenever I hear Yuop I just think of the masterful ending to Nuane and lament that it didn't receive the same drawn-out treatment.]

3. Cipater [love the progression! damn fine slice of autechre]

4. Rettic Ac [very powerful once it clicked with me. walking in SNOW]

5. Cichli [one of their most 'innocent' melodies]

6. Tewe [shit gets tribal. love it]

7. Hub

8. Recury

9. Calbruc [poor calbruc. its not bad. but towards the bottom of most lists]