judgement call

When were they not microwaving their own poop? I though this is why we liked Ae?

Yeah, I think last year's releases were all about refining their process for optimal convenience and milkin' the cash cow. They're still above average as far as 21st century electronic music but not by nearly as much as Quaristice.

Of course, I kinda got that feeling from Untilted too. I still think it's one of their worst. Or, least good, rather :) Maybe that's just how it goes when they make big changes to their process (e.g. setting aside the computers to chiefly use the Elektrons, MPC, and G2... or vice versa). I think there was a thread about that around here somewhere.

Can't say for certain 'til I hear the 2012 release(s).

Eh, Untilted is one of my favorite albums honestly, and I haven't really even gotten into Oversteps or MoT yet.

But, to answer the original question, more than likely, yes.

As long as the tunes are still good, I have no issue with this, especially considering (internet fanboy rumor-mill aside) that RDJ and the brothers Sandison haven't made a peep about any upcoming releases.

Autechre are allowed a few mishaps.

Horrible thread. Voted no, even though being an artist is all about microwaving your own subconscious poop.

prove they aren't microwaving their own poop.

Maybe with this EP box set, but I still think Move of Ten is one of their best releases.

accidentally microwaved poop

poop is sliced up, loaded into computer. computer generatively microwaves small pockets of poop.