Might it be another 3 year wait?

Dont worry, you'll see a full Autreche album plus a Boards of Canada album before an Aphex Twin album. Wanna bet?

The Boards of Aphextre

I guess Autechre are kind of due a long wait. For some sad reason I dont picture them producing too many more LP's together. We should cherish each one we get from this point on I think.

But if we dont have new AE by this time next year, I will be a little worried.

They don't live near each other anymore right?

It's incredibly rare to have a 2+ decade musical career as strong as theirs has been. How much longer can they really last? Will they make records until they die? We've already heard them speculate in at least one interview about potential post-autechre careers ("dive headfirst into academia" was said), so we know they've given it thought.

I really hope that at some point they decide to get into hiphop production.

.. or that we'll hear an acoustic album at some point. Not guitars and flutes and such, but real percussion and acoustic instruments triggered by some kind of mechanical process. Could you imagine Oversteps played on real bell-like instruments? Would be mindblowing!

Yeah I have a feeling they'll be like Cluster. Those guys are in their 70s and still making amazing music.

  On 6/4/2012 at 3:57 AM, Joseph said:

They don't live near each other anymore right?

 

It's incredibly rare to have a 2+ decade musical career as strong as theirs has been. How much longer can they really last? Will they make records until they die? We've already heard them speculate in at least one interview about potential post-autechre careers ("dive headfirst into academia" was said), so we know they've given it thought.

NOT living near each other is probably what helps them keep it going at this point. They've mentioned things like having almost identical setups and the ease of transferring MIDI files and the like. It allows freedom, but also a coherence and allows the "third person," the Ae person, to exist simultaneously in two places. The technology will only get better to make these things easier and more dynamic as we move along. Live wireless or LAN sync over hundreds of miles? Who knows?

Could you imagine spending your every creative moment over 20+ years in the same room with the same person? Not I.

i think they'll be fine, as long as Sean doesn't do too many drugs.

  On 6/6/2012 at 5:14 AM, pixelives said:

  On 6/4/2012 at 3:57 AM, Joseph said:

They don't live near each other anymore right?

 

It's incredibly rare to have a 2+ decade musical career as strong as theirs has been. How much longer can they really last? Will they make records until they die? We've already heard them speculate in at least one interview about potential post-autechre careers ("dive headfirst into academia" was said), so we know they've given it thought.

 

NOT living near each other is probably what helps them keep it going at this point. They've mentioned things like having almost identical setups and the ease of transferring MIDI files and the like. It allows freedom, but also a coherence and allows the "third person," the Ae person, to exist simultaneously in two places. The technology will only get better to make these things easier and more dynamic as we move along. Live wireless or LAN sync over hundreds of miles? Who knows?

 

Could you imagine spending your every creative moment over 20+ years in the same room with the same person? Not I.

good points. also we don't know very much about their creative process so speculation is rather futile...

  On 6/6/2012 at 6:12 AM, Joseph said:

  On 6/6/2012 at 5:14 AM, pixelives said:

  On 6/4/2012 at 3:57 AM, Joseph said:

They don't live near each other anymore right?

 

It's incredibly rare to have a 2+ decade musical career as strong as theirs has been. How much longer can they really last? Will they make records until they die? We've already heard them speculate in at least one interview about potential post-autechre careers ("dive headfirst into academia" was said), so we know they've given it thought.

 

NOT living near each other is probably what helps them keep it going at this point. They've mentioned things like having almost identical setups and the ease of transferring MIDI files and the like. It allows freedom, but also a coherence and allows the "third person," the Ae person, to exist simultaneously in two places. The technology will only get better to make these things easier and more dynamic as we move along. Live wireless or LAN sync over hundreds of miles? Who knows?

 

Could you imagine spending your every creative moment over 20+ years in the same room with the same person? Not I.

 

good points. also we don't know very much about their creative process so speculation is rather futile...

Right. Of course.

I'm just going by what I can recall in an interview regarding separate, but nearly identical studios and the transfer of files. They, in a sense remix each other, bouncing back and forth. I've been hearing about more and more collaborations that work this way. Wouldn't have been easily possible until fairly recently.

Hell, at this rate it might be a 3-year wait for the Legofeet vinyl... too soon? OK, sorry.

  On 6/6/2012 at 5:14 AM, pixelives said:

NOT living near each other is probably what helps them keep it going at this point. They've mentioned things like having almost identical setups and the ease of transferring MIDI files and the like. It allows freedom, but also a coherence and allows the "third person," the Ae person, to exist simultaneously in two places. The technology will only get better to make these things easier and more dynamic as we move along. Live wireless or LAN sync over hundreds of miles? Who knows?

 

Could you imagine spending your every creative moment over 20+ years in the same room with the same person? Not I.

No. Come to think of it, though, hanging out in the same room day-in, day-out probably has a lot to do with why their mid-to-late 90s material kicked so much ass. Well, that and absence of broadband internet.

  On 6/6/2012 at 7:20 AM, sweepstakes said:

Hell, at this rate it might be a 3-year wait for the Legofeet vinyl... too soon? OK, sorry.

 

  On 6/6/2012 at 5:14 AM, pixelives said:

NOT living near each other is probably what helps them keep it going at this point. They've mentioned things like having almost identical setups and the ease of transferring MIDI files and the like. It allows freedom, but also a coherence and allows the "third person," the Ae person, to exist simultaneously in two places. The technology will only get better to make these things easier and more dynamic as we move along. Live wireless or LAN sync over hundreds of miles? Who knows?

 

Could you imagine spending your every creative moment over 20+ years in the same room with the same person? Not I.

 

Well, that and absence of broadband internet.

THIS

The 00's were just as amazing.

Shit time flies though. Can't believe Oversteps is already 2+ years old. Hoping for a 2013 album!

  On 6/4/2012 at 2:33 AM, Roo said:

I guess Autechre are kind of due a long wait. For some sad reason I dont picture them producing too many more LP's together. We should cherish each one we get from this point on I think.

 

But if we dont have new AE by this time next year, I will be a little worried.

I cherish their albums already. I mean they are my favourite musicians.

i will bet anyone 20 english pounds that a new ae release will be out before the end of the year.

usagi u could live off that for like 2 weeks...

i'm picking up vibes that somethings on its way.................they're probably just having creative differences on the cover art color...

"What about #D1FFFF?"

"Nah..... #AFCAFF is more enigmatic"

"What, like #FFF76B?"

  On 6/28/2012 at 12:25 PM, phudoshin said:

i'm picking up vibes that somethings on its way.................they're probably just having creative differences on the cover art color...

 

"What about #D1FFFF?"

 

"Nah..... #AFCAFF is more enigmatic"

 

"What, like #FFF76B?"

Rob: "Let's release it this year."

Sean: "No, hang about...that Boards of Canada thing is coming out soon...soon...soon...

It's the standard upcoming Ae album anticipation cycle. We usually don't have a clue about their next release until right before it happens. In the meantime, there are plenty of music options out there.

didn't they used to have a contractual obligation with warp to release a certain number of full-lengths and eps within a certain length of time? i remember hearing this said some time in the past, but it's been years and may have not been true, or the 'contract' may have changed since then.

since one of them said recently that he hasn't been making music at all really for almost a year, my wet dream is that they'll start an 'unreleased tracks' series or something. how fucking awesome would that be?

A collection of unreleased Ae goodies would indeed be very awesome.

  On 5/16/2012 at 10:27 PM, Obel said:

There'll be an announcement at the end of September.

Yeah, true say.

If they ever stop making music, I'd be more than happy if they released some live recordings instead.

  On 6/29/2012 at 12:44 AM, Bewarethefriendlyfoil said:

If they ever stop making music, I'd be more than happy if they released some live recordings instead.

As long as it was in 5.1 surround sound

  On 6/29/2012 at 9:17 AM, feltcher said:

  On 6/29/2012 at 12:44 AM, Bewarethefriendlyfoil said:

If they ever stop making music, I'd be more than happy if they released some live recordings instead.

 

As long as it was in 5.1 surround sound

Co-signed. This would fucking rule.

  On 6/28/2012 at 7:22 PM, ambermonk said:

It's the standard upcoming Ae album anticipation cycle. We usually don't have a clue about their next release until right before it happens. In the meantime, there are plenty of music options out there.

Well true, but sometimes they have announced albums a few months in advance, and that is a bit annoying. I'd rather know a couple weeks or maybe a month in advance, otherwise I'll just sit around anxiously waiting for what seems like forever! :p