Autechre Known (1)

statements:

known(1) is cool.

known(1) is not as cool as cap iv.

this doesn't even sound like Autechre

like maybe if they got together with Bibio and Ultre

well, for me, the primary chord progression / melody is the main juice. it does tend to get a tad repetitive, but it's an engaging enough series of changes to keep me interested.

some of the elements at the end of certain repetitions verge on a bluesy type sound, which is something i'd never have equated with autechre. in fact, the whole main 'riff' if you will, is rather reminiscent in general timbre and structure to some delta blues guitar playing. at least in my mind.

anyway, i love it. and it doesn't make me angry that others dislike it.

its a melodic recording, the point is the power of the melody not the synthesizers used. it's a great track for me

  On 2/10/2010 at 6:21 PM, theSun said:

  On 2/10/2010 at 6:20 PM, Obel said:

Is known(1) really that bad? Because, you know, I've heard chenc9-1dub...

 

fuck i hate that track

lol yeah that one isn't that good.

But for reals how can you guys hate Known(1) but not krYlon? I gotta be honest, krYlon just does not do it for me. Out of all the tracks it's the one that seems to have the least focus, and the least amount of melodic coherency. It just sounds a little bit too gay. Kinda like batman and robin gay. Just out of curiosity, for those of you who hate known(1): what are your thoughts on krYlon?

  On 2/11/2010 at 2:05 AM, thehauntingsoul said:

  On 2/10/2010 at 6:21 PM, theSun said:

  On 2/10/2010 at 6:20 PM, Obel said:

Is known(1) really that bad? Because, you know, I've heard chenc9-1dub...

 

fuck i hate that track

lol yeah that one isn't that good.

 

But for reals how can you guys hate Known(1) but not krYlon? I gotta be honest, krYlon just does not do it for me. Out of all the tracks it's the one that seems to have the least focus, and the least amount of melodic coherency. It just sounds a little bit too gay. Kinda like batman and robin gay. Just out of curiosity, for those of you who hate known(1): what are your thoughts on krYlon?

Haha, I actually quite like KrYlon. I mean I don't find it amazing, but it's not bad. I think it's because Known(1) sounds very dry, very general MIDI, and has little in the way of atmosphere or dynamics, while KrYlon is more silky and fluid. Like I said before, I find the screwed up lead sound in known(1) quite interesting, but the rest is too irritating to ignore. :-)

Yeah, KrYlon is really beautiful. It's a lot better than 'not bad'. I'm not quite sure why I like it so much - it's got something very special going on in those layered, crystal clear synth layers.

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known is a good track, it's one of the better uses of phys mod synthesis on the album. It almost sounds like they are using the Harm Visser Kyma string patch on it, it has that distinctly spectrally low pass dithery filtered sound. I almost want to say it's Cameleon, but not sure.

  On 2/10/2010 at 10:17 PM, maus said:

 

i find known(1) to be one of my favourites from oversteps, and part of it is that it actually HAS a melodic structure that doesn't necessarily feel like it was created by KOAN (although the synth 'melody' over the top of it kinda does...)

 

hey maus, nice to see you in the autechre sub forum, i agree that this track in particular sounds more deliberate. which tracks on the album do sound Koan-y or generative/stochastic to you (if any)? Treale although it's one of my favorite tracks, sounds ridiculously random melody based. i love it

  On 2/11/2010 at 2:51 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 2/10/2010 at 10:17 PM, maus said:

Treale although it's one of my favorite tracks, sounds ridiculously random melody based. i love it

 

Yeah, I love the wtf melodies and chord changes in that track. Maybe I'm just mental, but I'd be quite happy with two CDs off insane random melodies and weird chord shifts, if it was done as funky as it is on Treale.

Known (1) sounds like Coil's First five mins after a violent death, dark river and the remote viewer mash up. And if I remember correctly Coil had a pic of AE trying to get into a live show posted on the Coil website (they looked pretty high)

Coil and AE were due to release a collaboration album before Chiastic Slide came out, nothing ever came of it though

  On 2/10/2010 at 6:52 PM, Mugsey said:

Known(1) reminds me of the beginning of the Hitch Hikers Guide theme tune.

Shit, now I'm really looking forward to hearing it (seriously).

one of my favorite tracks actually. that piercing squeal sounds so sterile like something rubbing up on a clean surface and i like how the guitar supplements it all

I enjoy known(1) actually.

It just has that sound to it than you can never quite remember, so you have to keep playing the track. It grows on you.

I can't wait to hear Known(1) now. Actually I just can't fucking wait for this album!

  On 2/11/2010 at 7:24 AM, extherium said:

I enjoy known(1) actually.

 

It just has that sound to it than you can never quite remember, so you have to keep playing the track. It grows on you.

this

i like this song a lot

  On 2/11/2010 at 9:50 AM, Obel said:

I can't wait to hear Known(1) now. Actually I just can't fucking wait for this album!

Yea for real. This is the part that sucks about not listening to the leak.

i can't understand how someone can make known(1) and at the same time something like that wonderful melodic moments in Treale that occurs at 0:23 and 4:45

  On 2/11/2010 at 7:24 AM, extherium said:

 

 

It just has that sound to it than you can never quite remember, so you have to keep playing the track.

Really??? I can't forget it from the first time...

OKOKOKOKOK...i'm gonna shut up!

known(1) is the best track ever.

known(1) must be a joke, evidence of the real fake even. It's unlistenable.

  On 2/11/2010 at 1:55 PM, 123 said:

known(1) must be a joke, evidence of the real fake even. It's unlistenable.

If you like Drane2, then probably you will love Known(1).

  On 2/11/2010 at 2:21 PM, Garkken said:

  On 2/11/2010 at 1:55 PM, 123 said:

known(1) must be a joke, evidence of the real fake even. It's unlistenable.

If you like Drane2, then probably you will love Known(1).

that's a weird comparison. Drane 2 is really moving. Known(1) is an enjoyable pisstake.