Best track on Oversteps?

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:32 PM, baph said:

Gesamtkunstwerk

just my word for an really incredible album, that i am really enjoying.

Never played an album this hard since the good old days of redman, wu-tang etc.

nuff said.

***** pt2ph8, see on see, Treale, os veix3, krYlon

**** r ess, Yuop, ilanders, O=0

*** qplay, d-sho qub, redfall

** known(1), st epreo

* /

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:32 PM, baph said:

lol, internet

 

Seriously, though, the album does work best as a whole/Gesamtkunstwerk. krYlon might actually be an indicator of that as its function really does seem to be one of recapitulation.

yeah, in a similar sense i really quite like Xektses sql as an appendix. it may not seem that "developed" as the other tracks, but after the total destruction that is Yuop, how could anything bloom fully? last throes on the ashes.

on topic: atm probably O=0 and Yuop, cos i'm such an emo cunt.

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:49 PM, xox said:

***** pt2ph8, see on see, Treale, os veix3, krYlon

 

**** r ess, Yuop, ilanders, O=0

 

*** qplay, d-sho qub, redfall

 

** known(1), st epreo

 

* /

This exactly. For me, probably between see on see and pt2ph8 for the top spot.

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:55 PM, Jacck said:

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:49 PM, xox said:

***** pt2ph8, see on see, Treale, os veix3, krYlon

 

**** r ess, Yuop, ilanders, O=0

 

*** qplay, d-sho qub, redfall

 

** known(1), st epreo

 

* /

 

This exactly. For me, probably between see on see and pt2ph8 for the top spot.

***** see on see, Treale, os veix3, qplay

**** r ess, ilanders, Yuop, d-sho qub, known(1)

*** redfall, st epreo, O=0, pt2ph8, krYlon

this will change probably, though

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:51 PM, jaderpansen said:

  On 2/23/2010 at 7:32 PM, baph said:

 

atm probably O=0

 

 

hehehehehe. get it? get it?

 

 

 

too soon for me to pick a favorite really though. there are some more immediate attention-getters of course...Treale, d-sho qub, ilanders, Yuop. i quite like qplay and O=0 though, if i had to pick inital faves.

To quote my post in the megathread a while back:

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Os Veix3 is among my top 3, if not my favorite track. It's like walking across the surface of Mars, surrounded by rocks, spikes, and gaseous mini geysers, bouncing and erupting all around you like waveforms in rhythm with your step. Desolate and solitary, but not depressing. Wish it would go on longer.

Now that I have high quality, I am certain this is my favorite on the album at this point in time. It inspires the most visuals, which for me always makes a track stand out far beyond the rest.

r ess & Yuop are two of my favs... perfect bookends for the album! Treale & ilanders are up there too.

i must say i pretty much like em all equally (krYlon doesn't grab me too hard, though) though i've certainly played known(1) the most.. just more for the mood i'm in right now i guess. they're all pretty equally spectacular, but see on see and d-sho-qub are pretty high up too.

  On 2/23/2010 at 8:01 PM, bubbhasdance said:

***** see on see, Treale, os veix3, qplay

 

**** r ess, ilanders, Yuop, d-sho qub, known(1)

 

*** redfall, st epreo, O=0, pt2ph8, krYlon

 

this will change probably, though

I mostly agree with this

r ess

os veix3

treale

ilanders

see on see

d-sho qub

qplay

O=0

i still can't help but feel alittle disappointed

by this album.

as i said before, listening to it just reminds me of

how wonderful some of their previous albums have been.

there are definitely some highlights and splendid moments,

but i must say i am left a bit limp.

maybe i will continue to grow to like it more?

it doesn't entirely feel as though that is going to happen, but...things change.

o=0 and St epreo

It's still very very early but treale is king

  On 2/24/2010 at 8:05 PM, troon said:

r ess

os veix3

treale

ilanders

see on see

d-sho qub

qplay

 

 

i still can't help but feel alittle disappointed

by this album.

 

as i said before, listening to it just reminds me

how wonderful some of their previous albums have been.

there are definitely some highlights and splendid moments,

but i most say i am left a bit limp.

 

maybe i will continue to grow to like it more?

it doesn't entirely feel as though that is going to happen, but...things change.

Yes. Oversteps is enjoyable, but when you go back and listen to any post Tri Repetae album after having indulged in Oversteps for a while, you realize how much more they have to them. Even Quaristice, which I'm not mad keen on as far as Ae albums go, seems to have a lot more going on track by track. I don't just mean layers and programming wizardry here: I also mean general inventiveness, polish, buried sonic nuggets, attention to detail, etc. But the guys are older now, there's the baby, blah blah. I suppose it's to be expected - I'm just surprised at how some people are drooling over it. Good for them, though! I wish I could do that... I mean I did spend a fair bit of money on the release and a gig ticket, so I really WANT to love it.

  On 2/25/2010 at 3:28 AM, Lianne said:

Good for them, though! I wish I could do that... I mean I did spend a fair bit of money on the release and a gig ticket, so I really WANT to love it.

then just wait for the next one. this wont seem so bad anymore to you because that one is totally going to suck.

See on See

  On 2/25/2010 at 4:06 AM, jules said:

  On 2/25/2010 at 3:28 AM, Lianne said:

Good for them, though! I wish I could do that... I mean I did spend a fair bit of money on the release and a gig ticket, so I really WANT to love it.

 

 

then just wait for the next one. this wont seem so bad anymore to you because that one is totally going to suck.

lol.

You know why this album kicks ass Lianne? Because for once there isn't a single track that deteriorates into chaos over time, as has appeared on EVERY SINGLE FUCKING AE ALBUM SINCE LP5 (I think). There also isn't a single track that ACCELERATES INTO INFINITY AT THE END, which has also happened far too often after LP5. It feels to me like they are breaking patterns and that can only be a good thing. I swear on Quaristice when Simmmm started falling apart halfway through I yawned and thought "oh, it's another fall-aparty track, well at least the start was nice."

I think my enjoyment of Oversteps stems as much from the sense of freshness as it does from the music itself. It doesn't really seem like it's trying to prove anything, it just grooves along. Also I think it's a case of the sum being more than the parts; the overall mood the album evokes is pretty unique I think.

  On 2/23/2010 at 11:13 AM, Obel said:

known(1) or d-sho qub so far... Can't decide.

This.

  On 2/25/2010 at 4:15 PM, lumpenprol said:

  On 2/25/2010 at 4:06 AM, jules said:

  On 2/25/2010 at 3:28 AM, Lianne said:

Good for them, though! I wish I could do that... I mean I did spend a fair bit of money on the release and a gig ticket, so I really WANT to love it.

 

 

then just wait for the next one. this wont seem so bad anymore to you because that one is totally going to suck.

 

lol.

 

You know why this album kicks ass Lianne? Because for once there isn't a single track that deteriorates into chaos over time, as has appeared on EVERY SINGLE FUCKING AE ALBUM SINCE LP5 (I think). There also isn't a single track that ACCELERATES INTO INFINITY AT THE END, which has also happened far too often after LP5. It feels to me like they are breaking patterns and that can only be a good thing. I swear on Quaristice when Simmmm started falling apart halfway through I yawned and thought "oh, it's another fall-aparty track, well at least the start was nice."

Actually, this is a very good point. You have made me re-think things a little. A part of me was hoping for more weird Simmm-like breakdowns, but it is true that to do that again on yet another album would have been too predictable (even if at one time it sounded attractively un-predictable.)

i don't understand how you can not love the simmm breakdown

Hmm right now I am quite enjoying 'd-sho qub'.

  On 2/25/2010 at 5:50 PM, theSun said:

i don't understand how you can not love the simmm breakdown

It is amazing, isn't it? And it doesn't just end with it. What's wonderful about the track is that beauty is restored again in the last section - with those rhythmic, alien chimes, that thudding kick drum and those dark sci-fi chords. That track is a three-sectioned work of musical gold.

I'd love a whole album of Simmm-like experiments. I know Oversteps has synth patches that are very similar to the sounds on Simmm (like Known 1), but their application is very different.

  On 2/25/2010 at 5:54 PM, Lianne said:

  On 2/25/2010 at 5:50 PM, theSun said:

i don't understand how you can not love the simmm breakdown

 

It is amazing, isn't it? And it doesn't just end with it. What's wonderful about the track is that beauty is restored again in the last section - with those rhythmic, alien chimes, that thudding kick drum and those dark sci-fi chords. That track is a three-sectioned work of musical gold.

 

I'd love a whole album of Simmm-like experiments. I know Oversteps has synth patches that are very similar to the sounds on Simmm (like Known 1), but their application is very different.

definitely. ae are masters of turning a song into a totally different feel, see surripere, latent quarter, simmm, etc. i don't get too much of that in this album, but i'm starting to pay closer attention to the more subtle chord changes...

Oversteps is as close as you get to an Autechre pop album. They actually have set melodic instruments that play all the way through the tracks, and some of the tracks even have a verse and chorus

I still like it, but I can see myself suddenly getting really sick of it at some point.

Im sure Autechre will surprise yet again with their next release though and I certainly wish theyll go back to doing sound sculpturish music like Confield and Gantz.