Autechre EP7

Just bought the wave version of EP7 just because I heard an awesome track from it on the Autechre broadcast.

And Jesus F**n Chris is this some sweet shit. I remember listening to it in my early days and thought it was too chaotic and "sketchy", but now it was an instant click.

I can´t believe this came out in 1999! These tracks are as fresh as ever and sounds like the predecessor to a lot of the wonky stuff being released right now.

Love the hiphop grooves and funky synth lines, and some of the best use of subtle glitchy effects I´ve ever heard. Just too funky!

Why I´m bringing this up is especially because some of the tracks remind me a lot of Oversteps, especially Maphive6, and I keep drooling over the thought of EP7 getting the production quality of Oversteps!

I also remembering reading a couple reviews on EP7 and they were all completely ripping it apart saying it was rubbish with just a few decent tracks. Maybe the crowd just weren't ready to truly appreciate it?

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/363-ep7/

Either way I think it´s my favorite from Autechre side by side with Quadrange EP and I recommend everyone to give it a rerun!

  On 3/7/2010 at 1:23 AM, frits said:

 

Why I´m bringing this up is especially because some of the tracks remind me a lot of Oversteps,

I believe it's the opposite.

Maphive6 and O=0 are an obvious link to me. I can see similarities between EP7 and Oversteps apart from that, too - though Oversteps sounds far more widescreen and polished to me, even if EP7 is more detailed. I don't know if that makes any sense ... what I mean is, even if EP7 is packed full of more events and glitchy goings ons and interesting experimentation, it doesn't sound as obviously rich as Oversteps - even though Oversteps has less going on.

Oversteps sounds proper 3D.

hmmm... ep7 is a personal favorite of mine. and by the sounds of it... looks like i'm going to enjoy oversteps... although i do enjoy everything in between. (i'm probably the only person that hasn't heard oversteps yet... i'm one of those that waits until i have it in my hands).

Ya that´s what I meant with "I keep drooling over the thought of EP7 getting the production quality of Oversteps!"

The version of Netlon Sentinel I heard at the Broadcast was a LOT more lush than the original. Maybe they just added EQ. I might have my go at the wave files and make them more juicy with Ozone 4.

  PITCHFORK said:

The problem with EP7 lies with its lack of diversity. These songs all sound reasonably similar, offering very little in the way of originality. It's hard to differentiate between the tracks, and after 20 minutes, it even begins to grate.

I actually think that review is spot on. Rpeg, Outpt, Dropp, Maphive 6.1, Netlon Sentinel and Pir are all good tracks but definitely not amazing (amusingly those all add up to approximately EP length).

I do think they are amazing compared to most other music being released these days. Awesome funky rhythms and for me represents the pinnacle of the typical Autechre sound.

Too bad all the tracks are basically in mono, I might upload the widened version of the wave files with a bit more modern loudness curve. .

  On 3/7/2010 at 2:20 AM, frits said:

I do think they are amazing compared to most other music being released these days.

Perhaps. I don't really pay attention to music being released nowdays unless it's from an artist whose work I usually enjoy. Occasionally I'll hear a track on the radio and be impressed, usually not. I don't mind mono when Autechre do it. The Trees sounds incredible (I always presumed it was stereo but with some sort of effect on making both levels equal), it's so full.

ep7 was the beginning of new autechre.

while i don't think they were able to create a complete sonic environment such as in envane, chiastic slide and cichli suite this album is bustling with creativity. i'm by no means a DAW expert but i think this is about the time they started experimenting with max. overall this album would be superfly if it were remastered by ae. i feel like they've got the chops to make these sounds work in a more lush atmosphere these days.

i think oversteps is the beginning of new new autechre, but only time will tell.

  On 3/7/2010 at 2:54 AM, theSun said:

ep7 was the beginning of new autechre.

 

while i don't think they were able to create a complete sonic environment such as in envane, chiastic slide and cichli suite this album is bustling with creativity. i'm by no means a DAW expert but i think this is about the time they started experimenting with max. overall this album would be superfly if it were remastered by ae. i feel like they've got the chops to make these sounds work in a more lush atmosphere these days.

 

i think oversteps is the beginning of new new autechre, but only time will tell.

Your "new Autechre" and "new new Autechre" points definitely make sense, I agree.

love that album.. er ep. very unique sound compared to their other output. so dense. amazing, fat, phat! rich synth work. thick, hypnotic beats and clusters of noise coming at ya. little bits of melodies and chords hidden in the tracks.. the lack of epic reverb is really refreshing. 7.2 is especially strong, every track is practically a different concept

Trent Reznor said it's his favourite ae record. But he would say that cause it's the first one he distributed in US.

  On 3/7/2010 at 2:54 AM, theSun said:

i think oversteps is the beginning of new new autechre, but only time will tell.

definitely. i really hope they expand on the fm synthesis idea and make some really wacky grating stuff.

I sorta have a love/meh relationship with ep7, definitely some of my favorite autechre tracks on it (rpeg, dropp, maphive) although listening to is straight through can sometimes be a bit tedious.

Maybe someone else here already suggested this, or maybe I just imagined it, but in a lot of ways Oversteps sounds like an alternate follow-up to ep7, made with very similar textures as confield but very opposite in terms of mood and intent.

  On 3/7/2010 at 2:54 AM, theSun said:

ep7 was the beginning of new autechre.

 

while i don't think they were able to create a complete sonic environment such as in envane, chiastic slide and cichli suite this album is bustling with creativity. i'm by no means a DAW expert but i think this is about the time they started experimenting with max. overall this album would be superfly if it were remastered by ae. i feel like they've got the chops to make these sounds work in a more lush atmosphere these days.

 

i think oversteps is the beginning of new new autechre, but only time will tell.

Supported.

Netlon Sentinel in particular tears forward through their discography like nothing else until that point. It seems like something that could exist at any point after EP7 but at no point before it. Which is funny, because it's the least auspicious ae name ever: http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-18192-Netlon-Sentinel-Strawberry-Tub.html

EP7 and LP5 sound very very very ahead of their time even today. So does a lot of other Autechre. It's just how they do stuff. :P

But yeah, that era is awesome for Ae.

re: baph - yea that's true, i think netlon sentinel was an important link to confield/untilted for me. i just wish the percussion on netlon sentinel hit harder, less fuzzyness. fucking rofl at netlon sentinel strawberry tub.

Funnily enough, I had a winning bid for a CD copy of this on ebay over the weekend, a bargain at £7.49 including postage.

I got mine for 5 dollars even on ebay

I did a remaster of Netlon Sentinal. Did some slight widening and upped the transients a bit. Really made a huge difference and sounds more like what I heard at the radio, cause that version was just massive. I had goosebumps all over but i didnt get that with the original cause its too muddy.

I can take or leave Squeller, Dropp and Netlon Sentinel, but otherwise the album is fucking awesome.

  On 3/7/2010 at 6:27 PM, baph said:

  On 3/7/2010 at 2:54 AM, theSun said:

ep7 was the beginning of new autechre.

 

while i don't think they were able to create a complete sonic environment such as in envane, chiastic slide and cichli suite this album is bustling with creativity. i'm by no means a DAW expert but i think this is about the time they started experimenting with max. overall this album would be superfly if it were remastered by ae. i feel like they've got the chops to make these sounds work in a more lush atmosphere these days.

 

i think oversteps is the beginning of new new autechre, but only time will tell.

 

Supported.

 

Netlon Sentinel in particular tears forward through their discography like nothing else until that point. It seems like something that could exist at any point after EP7 but at no point before it. Which is funny, because it's the least auspicious ae name ever: http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-18192-Netlon-Sentinel-Strawberry-Tub.html

Oh man, I feel the same way about Netlon Sentinel, and the visceral harshness of the phrase 'tears foreward' combined with the cleverly chosen italics made for one of the most exhilarating posts I've ever read.

  On 3/7/2010 at 11:30 PM, Obel said:

I can take or leave Squeller, Dropp and Netlon Sentinel, but otherwise the album is fucking awesome.

Those are three of my favourites from the album. To each their own; my fave song from EP7 is Pir.

I really don't understand Pitchfork thinking this album all sounded the same but rave on about music like Burial.

I think EP7 is an incredibly varied album, like most of Autechre's albums (Oversteps probably the biggest exception and yet it's still awesome).

I have to admit, although most ae I love from the moment I listen to it, EP7 took me a while to get into. There's a lot of tracks I really like on it, but it's certainly not quite up there with the rest of the music they did around that time.

I think because it's so varied it's one of those albums where everyone will have different favourites. For me, it would have to be Maphive right through to the Pir. Those 4 work really well with each other I reckon.

  On 3/8/2010 at 7:42 AM, vproc said:

  On 3/7/2010 at 11:30 PM, Obel said:

I can take or leave Squeller, Dropp and Netlon Sentinel, but otherwise the album is fucking awesome.

 

Those are three of my favourites from the album. To each their own; my fave song from EP7 is Pir.

I've always quite liked Rpeg.

Really, the only part of the album I dislike is the intro to Maphive6.1.