Autechre B12

There doesn't seem to be any posts on these guys..? For me they were as big a part of the early electronica scene as Autechre, The Black Dog and Aphex Twin. Came down from many a mental night to Time Tourist and Electro-Soma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAlvVY6vStU&feature=related

Time Tourist has aged well and I still love that Telefon track from the AI compilation.

...that's all I'm familiar with though...

great cover

hm, that's strange. i made a b12 thread, but i can't find it

along with the two albums you mentioned, i really like all those musicology/redcell/2001/cmetric b sides. practopia is pretty good stuff too, "New Age" is so cute! Electro Soma is the SHIT though. takes me back to a time when i was still exploring all this stuff. the way Basic Emotion starts is so memorable for me

alright, you really got me in the mood for them again.

I only discovered them a few months ago, and started with Last Days of Silence which I like a lot. Then I got Time Tourist which I haven't liked as much, but have only played it twice so far. I just found Last Days of Silence more interesting and modern I guess. Time Tourist seemed more ambient techno which I'm not as into.

lots of love here

B12 are probably my favorite of the A.I. era of Warp. Very underrated and easily "classic" techno artists. Their material is very evocative of that era without sounding too dated.

Is this really the first B12 thread?

massive love for b12. always solid.

  On 3/26/2010 at 5:06 PM, joshuatxuk said:

B12 are probably my favorite of the A.I. era of Warp. Very underrated and easily "classic" techno artists. Their material is very evocative of that era without sounding too dated.

 

Is this really the first B12 thread?

nope

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/49754-b12/page__p__1142949__fromsearch__1entry1142949

  On 10/14/2009 at 4:47 PM, Calx Sherbet said:

oh, and Satori on Electro Soma. i swear there is a Brian Eno track that starts exactly like it. it's either an Apollo track or something on Shutov Assembly. i can't place it

i'm still noticing this!!

  On 3/26/2010 at 4:42 PM, sidewinder said:

I only discovered them a few months ago, and started with Last Days of Silence which I like a lot. Then I got Time Tourist which I haven't liked as much, but have only played it twice so far. I just found Last Days of Silence more interesting and modern I guess. Time Tourist seemed more ambient techno which I'm not as into.

I just picked Last Days of Silence up, liking it, definitely a harder sound

hall of mirrors is one of the best things ever.

  On 3/26/2010 at 6:02 PM, Calx Sherbet said:

  On 3/26/2010 at 5:06 PM, joshuatxuk said:

B12 are probably my favorite of the A.I. era of Warp. Very underrated and easily "classic" techno artists. Their material is very evocative of that era without sounding too dated.

 

Is this really the first B12 thread?

 

nope

 

http://forum.watmm.com/topic/49754-b12/page__p__1142949__fromsearch__1entry1142949

 

Ah, thanks, and sweet, it has a huge list of recommendations!

i have a 12" of theirs that is apparently rare and expensive. it has that telephone track on it and a bunch of etchings and a fax number.

i love these guys especially the newer. i just think they got so good in the modern. i really treasure my red Practopia and blue Slope 12"s, and they sold out really fast. Practopia is 100% good. guess it was originally a Redcell EP. Last Days of Silence is so good i find it hard to listen to the old ones, mind you i didn't really catch them the first time around.

Thuggin' love B12!

Slope is a surefire floor destroyer, my copy is fairly battered now from rinsing it senseless

They got any other stuff in a similiar vein?

  On 3/27/2010 at 2:32 PM, Solo Strike said:

Slope is a surefire floor destroyer, my copy is fairly battered now from rinsing it senseless

 

They got any other stuff in a similiar vein?

yeah check any of that newer stuff. 32 Lineup or Last Days of Silence. killed me that LDoS had every track from 32 Lineup and Slope on it, though i think some of the mixes were slightly different.

Love B12. They're fuckin fantastic, I like everything they've done.

not to mention the label itself. the Posthuman EP was great! the last track sounds exactly like BoC.

i think eventually there should be a Boards of Canada compilation where all the artists make songs exactly in that style but not covers.

they're pretty good but get a tad same-ish after a while methinks