Autechre What to tell people the first time they hear Ae

When someone asks me what i like i just say "Autechre" and then i go on to say that Confield is the pinnacle of modern music. Then they call me out on it. I reach for my ipod and choose Bine or Parhelic Triangle. Within about 3 seconds they take of the headphones and walk away. Probably not the best approach. Suggestions?

  dr lopez said:

When someone asks me what i like i just say "Autechre" and then i go on to say that Confield is the pinnacle of modern music. Then they call me out on it. I reach for my ipod and choose Bine or Parhelic Triangle. Within about 3 seconds they take of the headphones and walk away. Probably not the best approach. Suggestions?

headphones? there's the problem. lock them in a room and put that shit through a big ass system until they are praying to the gods of ae.

read the fucking rules

tell em to listen to the concept and not just the sound ...roll a joint then tell emlisten to pro radii and ask them what they see

I played a few tracks off amber at a bbq recently and few of my friends thought it was a joke-I'm keeping autechre too myself from now on

When I was introduced to autechre a friend of mine gave me a disc with Amber and LP5 on it. (Prior to that all i really knew about electronic music was that I liked Aphex Twin.)

I remember my friend was real like hesitant and precautionary about autechre. He described it as "music for machines" and i was like uh huh ok. Then I clicked play on Foil and was like, Yes plz autechre.

Rae and under boac were similar experiences.

  dr lopez said:

When someone asks me what i like i just say "Autechre" and then i go on to say that Confield is the pinnacle of modern music. Then they call me out on it. I reach for my ipod and choose Bine or Parhelic Triangle. Within about 3 seconds they take of the headphones and walk away. Probably not the best approach. Suggestions?

tell people you went to virgin for the latest in the ministry of sound series and all you got was this crappy album

I played my friend who was into techno Arch Carrier and he was hooked!

heyas, first post.

I've shown a few people autechre, usually with a positive response...

the key is to start them on the more accessible stuff.. Arch Carrier is a good suggestion... V-Proc is also a real crowd pleaser. Envane works well too.

most people i know are into hip hop (a few alternative music stragglers as well)... when the question of autechre arises, i usually start off with ccec, dropp, augmatic disport, milk dx, most of draft, and pen expers! they either take it or leave it!

then i show them this!

Last october I told a friend of mine "Here's something REALLY abstract" and I played Pro Radii for him. He absolutely loved it, and now he's slowly getting into their music.

i dont play Autechre to anyone, fuqers dont deserve it

Start at the beginning - everything makes more sense if you work through their albums from Incunabula upwards

An introduction at Parhelic Triangle and Confield level is asking a bit much of anyone :angry:

I've noticed that lot of people that listen to Ae for the first time say to me that "It sounds like Aphex Twin". And I told them it's two worlds appart, they can make the difference by listening to several Autechre's bits.

Last time I've made a friend listen to their work was with Untitled - I shouldn't do that. It's hard for a first-time thing.

Tri Repetae is the good one, with Amber and some Quaristice tracks.

I'd start with some of their earlier work like Bike, Silverside, Eggshell for a person who isn't into the music at all. It also depends on the musical background of the person.

why hasn't anybody mentioned nil yet? jeeez.

A few of my friends love the Gantz Graf music video. I didn't get them into their albums but they know who Autechre are.

i suggest KRIB. that fucking track just got everyone i played it to.

Altibizz is such a beauty as well.

lentic catachresis works better

I also agree with modey that Nil is a fantastic choice

  Brian Tregaskin said:

read the fucking rules

What the fuck is wrong with you? He didnt do a SINGLE thing wrong, you post read the fucking rules in every goddamn thread you don't approve of, STFU

Rettic AC would be a good introduction track (considering they've heard of boc), Pencha of the cichlisuite ep is also incredibly listenable for first timers.

  thehauntingsoul said:

I also agree with modey that Nil is a fantastic choice

 

  Brian Tregaskin said:

read the fucking rules

 

What the fuck is wrong with you? He didnt do a SINGLE thing wrong, you post read the fucking rules in every goddamn thread you don't approve of, STFU

sounds like you need to read the rules again, carefully

I'm pretty sure to actually hear Confield/Draft 7.30/Quaristice as more than random noise, you have to have quite a big musical background.