Autechre Draft 7.30 / Gantz Graf EP

yeah, nice review hauntingsoul,

Draft has taken a while for me to get the hang of. Some tracks immediately jumped out at me such as 61e.CR and V-Proc -- the rest I have to admit are still taking their time to grow on me. I fully appreciate this album though as a body of mechanical work. Melodies are few and far between but that doesn't matter to me anyway. It's a completely different direction to Confield - they left the paranoia in their last record behind and headed toward a more clean and clinical, almost a "hectic", metallic sounding record. Some of the sounds on Draft are truly profound, I wonder how and what they used for some of those melodic undertones, e.g the breakdown in 61e.CR where the melodic undercurrent creeps in. I love that sound.. ae are very subtle in their ways, you really need to take a lot of time and patience to enjoy this album. Though it's quite far from being my favourite, I rate it as their toughest and strongest record in terms of the percussion it delivers in almost all the tracks.

Most would probably agree that Surripere always delivers - definitely my most enjoyed track from Draft.

I think ae could have easily added some great ambient tracks on this record by recycling the subtle melodic sounds from tracks like 61e.CR and Surripere.

Stand out tracks: 61e.CR, Surripere and V-Proc.

VL AL 5 sounds like it has something living in it

Just thought I would get my Gantz Graf review in here before this thread dies.

Gantz Graf is a pretty epic track and the vid that goes along with it is largely regarded as the most accurate visual representation of Ae music ever created. The actual track is a great mix of glitch and intricate grinding beats with harsh melodies creeping through from time to time. I really overkilled this track for myself though and I find it hard to seriously dig it until the last minute when the track begins to wind down and end, which is really a fucking amazing little chunk of music. Should be longer though, 4 minutes is not enough.

Dial. has a really awesome beat. If you don't like it, you really need to hear it on a bassy sound system because on shitty speakers or ipod headphones the track sounds all high and and clicky, which it is but the track is not the same if you don't have the really deep heavy pops to go along with it. This track sounds like the mental state of a manic serial killer. Almost like some insane clown-killer who is stabbing a girl to death and smiling happily like a pig in shit. The woman scream sample is really skin-crawling, and the melody is so insane, this really is the auditory equivalent of homicide. Easily the most disturbing Ae track I've heard.

Cap IV is probably really underrated. The first few seconds are really annoying which used to lead me to just skip the track completely, but this one has alot beneath the surface. The melodies and chords present here stylistically date back to the tri repetae period, but the beats are the most highly progressive on the album. This is your semi-typical Ae track with blended crazy percussion and subtle, soothing melodies. Think Pen Expers, 61E.cR, Cichli, that sort of thing.

All in all, this album is pretty sick and I sort of wished they had thrown in an ambient track and a few more tracks on top to make it a full length ep instead of just a 3 tracker but maybe short and sweet really is the name of the game here

just bought 7.30 on vinyl

the coverart on the vinyl sleeves and on the double page inside is just awesome

now I need to get untilted

Putting on Cap IV full volume whilst early morning cleaning makes my neighbours happy campers

quote Baseketball: "do the happy dance! Do the happy dance!"

  On 11/15/2009 at 6:00 AM, AJW said:

Putting on Cap IV full volume whilst early morning cleaning makes my neighbours happy campers

 

quote Baseketball: "do the happy dance! Do the happy dance!"

Haha, minor aside but I used to live with Joey, the sick and dying kid from that movie. He was also the son on Frasier. He is all grown up now and still a very funny guy.

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of their tracks with voice samples are usually people saying "Autechre."

This is true of Dial and Cap IV.

aww tech ray

I still CANNOT get into the Gantz Graf lp. Cap IV i can get into on occasion. But fuck it's all so noisy and chaotic, too much for a white man as my uncle would undoubtfully say.

It's the only Ae that I truly haven't "gotten" yet...

Draft on the other hand is a beaut

someone link that gantz graf for girls track. i'm far too lazy

  On 11/22/2009 at 4:06 PM, theSun said:

someone link that gantz graf for girls track. i'm far too lazy

http://www.mediafire.com/?04txj1zzgmz

nvm

doesnt work

i'll upload it later if i get a chance tho it was a bit shit if i recall

helps you "get" the song tho, at least that's what those i've played it for have said

i've been meaning to watch the gantz graf music video since i've got a hd tv now

is there a hi res version of that video up somewhere?

  On 11/23/2009 at 6:59 PM, rocky path said:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/e624dl

haha.. nice

Does anyone else think that "Dial" is almost kinda like their take on the Robert Hood style of minimal techno?

Struck me when listening to this track last week>