Ipacial Section

I have never noticed these before, and I listen to Ipacial Section a lot. Starts at 2:35. Higher than 17kHz. Hell it goes throughout the whole song since that point and I have NEVER noticed it. EVER. Another one kicks in at 5:02. It's actually really fucking amazing just how much shit is going on in this track.

Top 5 track for me. Hell the opening 4 off untilted might be in my top 5

This section is so ipacial (ipacial)

That girl when I see you I go all special (SPECIAL)

Anyway, yeah, Ae uses high frequencies a lot. The one in Ipacial Section doesn't hurt at all, which is a nice change. This is probably my favorite track off of Untilted.

Yes, this is possibly my favorite track off an already great album. It stunned me from when I first heard it, and it hasn't got boring since. So much going on, so many surprising shifts, and does anyone else find moments of it really funny!?

  On 3/23/2010 at 12:01 PM, Lianne said:

does anyone else find moments of it really funny!?

YES. 3:29, the cute little synth that just repeats itself like "oh no what's going on? :innocent-worried face:" Then the garbled voices later in the track. It's a glimpse of Fermium before Fermium actually plays. Augmatic Disport also has that grove at 2:44 and then 6:40 which is fantastic... Untilted is an album filled with pure joy - their most playful album.

Obviously The Trees is an exception to what I've said above (as it may very well be their darkest track), but I love it all the same.

the trees is their darkest track? i always thought it was at least mildly playful with that silly acid line in the back.

ipacial section is like the kind of music i wish more electronica was. there's multiple groovy sections, morphing into each other unpredictably. one of their most creative and inspiring tracks for me. when i first heard it i thought it was the funniest thing ever. i love the high freq chords they use, i think it's just fifths but fuck it sounds so good.

probably my favorite autechre track. <3

Haha that's weird, I was listening to this track at pretty much the same time you posted this this morning and noticed those tones for the first time too.

One of their few tracks that has never clicked with me unfortunately. I like the end but the first half drives me mad in the same way Dial does.

it has like two layers of super high pitched frequencies

  On 3/24/2010 at 3:29 AM, Capsaicin said:

it has like two layers of super high pitched frequencies

absolutely brilliant track and yeah it does. i always assumed it was a 2 or 3 note chord and they just added the remaining two notes in about 30 secs apart. its hilarious that such a minor and almost inaudible detail seems to do so much for the track.

the notes in question are like a good rug.

"it really brought the room together"

*Sun does dude chi pose with ae on Walkman standing on said rug*

  On 3/25/2010 at 2:32 PM, theSun said:

the notes in question are like a good rug.

 

"it really brought the room together"

irl lol

I recently just heard said frequencies for the first time and untilted is my favorite most listened to album.

AE never fails to consistently surprise and please.

Finally this track is getting some long overdue recognition. When Untilted first came out everyone had a hard-on for Pro Radii which I always thought (and still do) pales in comparison to Ipacial Section. This is my fave off this release by far. The buildup to 3:22 is just awesome then it changes the whole direction of the track and you realize that was one big intro to the "meat" of the song. The use of the very high frequencies in this track is quite amazing, it really unifies the song, it would be interesting to hear the track without them in it.