Draft 7.30

I would like to take this moment to call attention to Reniform Puls, which I think is severely underrated around here (at least, people don't often mention it) but its a total throwback to Tri Repetae for sure, beautiful melodies and all that fun stuff. Pretty much an ace track, although pretty much everything on Draft is ace so I dunno.

yeah, that's a sweet track for sure

Yeah, they both start off really good and kind of develop into a chaotic pattern

  On 3/9/2010 at 2:11 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

I would like to take this moment to call attention to Reniform Puls, which I think is severely underrated around here (at least, people don't often mention it) but its a total throwback to Tri Repetae for sure, beautiful melodies and all that fun stuff. Pretty much an ace track, although pretty much everything on Draft is ace so I dunno.

really like the early part of the track. feels like it gets a little too diffuse/scattered as it goes on.

  On 3/10/2010 at 2:14 AM, Capsaicin said:

Yeah, they both start off really good and kind of develop into a chaotic pattern

they form a trifecta with cap.iv (the best of the three).

I think you're right (about both the trifecta and cap.iv being the best)

Cap is one of the most unusual and emotional tracks. Really wish Autechre used more obvious sampling like the ghost soul voice in Cap. It´s such a beautiful contrast to their crazy synthetic beats.

those chords in cap are just so perfect. i still hate lentic tho

I really want to write up a 'encey's guide to Draft,' like my Confield one.

I like Draft 7.30 - it's very imaginative. But I think I much prefer Confield's production, having listened to them both again. Confield seems to use the stereo field more, it's atmospherics are more upfront, and it's warmer - but still glitchy and unpredictable like Draft.

  On 3/10/2010 at 4:31 PM, encey said:

I really want to write up a 'encey's guide to Draft,' like my Confield one.

have you got a link to that? i saved it on to my pc at some point but lost it when i switched to a laptop. would be good to read it again, it's like a playguide!

ps. yes, a guide to draft would be amazing. as well as one for oversteps, eventually (once it sinks in, i imagine).

  On 3/11/2010 at 1:37 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 3/10/2010 at 3:27 PM, theSun said:

those chords in cap are just so perfect. i still hate lentic tho

how can you hate lentic?

i don't know why i can't get into it. it just sounds to me like they left the room after 4 minutes and it just goes on way too long.

Draft is definitely a cold sounding album. Has a lot of neat ideas but I prefer their warmer, fuzzier productions.

  On 3/11/2010 at 2:19 AM, modey said:

  On 3/10/2010 at 4:31 PM, encey said:

I really want to write up a 'encey's guide to Draft,' like my Confield one.

have you got a link to that? i saved it on to my pc at some point but lost it when i switched to a laptop. would be good to read it again, it's like a playguide!

 

ps. yes, a guide to draft would be amazing. as well as one for oversteps, eventually (once it sinks in, i imagine).

I can't seem to find it!

  On 3/10/2010 at 6:01 PM, Lianne said:

I like Draft 7.30 - it's very imaginative. But I think I much prefer Confield's production, having listened to them both again. Confield seems to use the stereo field more, it's atmospherics are more upfront, and it's warmer - but still glitchy and unpredictable like Draft.

I find Confield's production to be a bit more of a blunt object that Draft's though. It's less defined, less subtle and not as vast and imaginative as Draft's. Draft seems to have more colour and flavour and also a lot more clarity and sharpness.

  On 3/11/2010 at 2:41 PM, theSun said:

  On 3/11/2010 at 1:37 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 3/10/2010 at 3:27 PM, theSun said:

those chords in cap are just so perfect. i still hate lentic tho

how can you hate lentic?

 

i don't know why i can't get into it. it just sounds to me like they left the room after 4 minutes and it just goes on way too long.

I adore Lentic... I get very strange feelings as it just blurs into a sandstorm of beats at the end. I still clearly remember the first time I ever heard it, it was the thing that got me obsessed with Autechre. It was a bit of a revelation to me so I guess maybe it has some influence on me liking the track so much but I still listen to it and enjoy it just as much.

  On 3/11/2010 at 2:50 PM, frits said:

Draft is definitely a cold sounding album. Has a lot of neat ideas but I prefer their warmer, fuzzier productions.

yea i also feel like it's their coldest, like metal on metal. some of the funk beats are great: 6ie.cr // Vl Al 5 - simply great tune, still it's like all metal percussion and no soul. Untitled used that "percussive" aesthetic to better, more organic/real, effect I thought. LP5 is the master of all in that regard.

i don't like the loud IN-YOUR-FACE high treble of Draft 7.30.

i listened to draft while driving through rush hour traffic for about an hour. was not pleasant. i was even more irritable because of draft. in fact, i hate draft now.

  On 3/27/2010 at 1:13 AM, Hanratty said:

i listened to draft while driving through rush hour traffic for about an hour. was not pleasant. i was even more irritable because of draft. in fact, i hate draft now.

lol, hectic.

Holy shit, has it really been 7 years??? This album still seems so new to me. It's like when someone said "the best thing they've done since Draft 7.0" i thought "that practically was the last thing they did. And then i realized we're a whole three albums + Gescom release later. Well fuck man, that's still going to be fresh sounding in 20 years, and probably still ahead of most of what's being made then in electronic music. This album and Richard Devine's Cautella are like the apex of futuristic sound design to my ears.

A track which I don't think has been mentioned here is Vl Al 5, which is one of my favourite tracks on Draft. The ending is particularly amazing, with the funk and hip-hop samples spliced and made into an insane breakdown. Loving Xylin Room, Surripere and V-Proc too.

I fucking love this album.

I gave all of Ae's albums bar Amber (and now Oversteps) to a friend of mine last month. He listens mainly to drum and bass and The Prodigy.

I was suprised to wake up to this text this morning:

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Jst listened 2 draft 7.30... omg its ace

  On 3/27/2010 at 11:59 AM, silverside said:

A track which I don't think has been mentioned here is Vl Al 5, which is one of my favourite tracks on Draft. The ending is particularly amazing, with the funk and hip-hop samples spliced and made into an insane breakdown. Loving Xylin Room, Surripere and V-Proc too.

My favourite track off Draft easily. Just sounds so hot and wheezy, gorgeous sound design.

  On 3/10/2010 at 6:01 PM, Lianne said:

I like Draft 7.30 - it's very imaginative. But I think I much prefer Confield's production, having listened to them both again. Confield seems to use the stereo field more, it's atmospherics are more upfront, and it's warmer - but still glitchy and unpredictable like Draft.

For real? To me it's the other way around.

When Draft first came out it basically vaporized me. It's both mean and gorgeous. Arcades, spiderwebs, woozy back alleys, calm rushing light redesigning, allowing the disorientation to stretch and yawn it's infinite flexing jaw, breathing out it's hot moist XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Draft 7.30, Untilted and Oversteps are the most beautiful things i've ever listened to.

IV VV IV VV VIII sounds like someone beating the crap out of a parrot.