your favourite Ae beats

I love those tracks/moments where they lay down a tough head-nodding rhythm. post your favourite Ae beats here (for the 20th time).

my faves, in chronological order:

Latent Quarter from 4:15 onwards where the beat returns with a vengeance, fuck yeah. one of the best parts of Gescom's Strasbourg mix was when they dropped this with a rap over the top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpePzwXm5jw

Chiastic Slide was full of boss beats but the best of 'em imo was the deadly closer Nuane, which I see as a sort of a precursor to Lentic Catachresis, another dense, intense finishing track. I love how it washes out after 5:10 and leaves just a skeletal beat with the menacing robotic blips and growls. night-time cruising music in an industrial city.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT0m_-al-B8

Yeesland! dat switchup at 2:17 where the beat comes to a skidding halt and re-arranges itself with the whooshes and the synth lines, amazon. Cichlisuite deserves more love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cBmECIv9w0

C/Pach. this was one of my Ae starter tracks, it captured my imagination with its lovely upbeatness and was replayed many, many times. it's probably one of their most accessible tracks. somehow manages to sound crispy and juicy at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRxM81JP5L4

skipping way ahead in the catalogue to a must-mention, V-Proc. 'nuff said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSB8Pw0Mb8

and so many more, haven't even gotten to the later stuff. and I missed Arch Carrier.

I guess the majority of my picks are where their hiphop influences show more, although there's other stuff going on too. Yeesland actually seems to mash hiphop and techno elements together in an awesome way.

VLetrmx21

This is tough. But onr which really kicked my butt was "Rale" from "Quaristice". Amazing vacuum acid hardcore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjgOJ9haC1A

Goz Quarter comes to mind, very much a hip-hop influenced track. When those strings come in, it really gets things going

I love Goz Quarter.

There's so many favourite Ae beats to choose from, not sure where to start.

I think I'll go with some underrated ones like the one in Hub. There's something I find really futuristic and atmospheric about the sound design, especially that looping beat. Something also very ominous and foreboding about the track, almost sinister.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgEEEJsyvwk

Leterel has a really cool sliding beat. It reminds me of water for some reason. The track conjures images of an oasis in a desert for me. I have no idea why, I think the strings make me think of a desert and heat...

I guess the guy who posted the video kind of agrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPWB06EArvA

Pir just has the happiest, most carefree beat Autechre have ever done. It's a beat that says hey, it doesn't matter about all the shit you've been through, everything's going to be alright in the end. Just makes me smile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5XJhzPwxmg

Fol4 on Quaristice Versions has a really evil beat that gets going around the 2 minute mark until the chaos engulfs it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrKpJ9rDWnE

And how about Drane, to finish things off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQcwCOA0-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7c_U9ZeBX8

intro beat: what a way to say 'untilted is here'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti5yridoDnE

almost an ae cliche at this point, but such technical excellence designed to make you feel seasick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57CioVZSTeA

2:58 when the beat kicks in properly. so propulsive, but chilled and dubby

Cipater

They've got some excellent beat-work tucked away in their remix catalog as well...

  On 8/13/2012 at 10:27 PM, kaini said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7c_U9ZeBX8

intro beat: what a way to say 'untilted is here'

totally. completely uncompromising in such a fantastic way.

laughing quarter is all about the drums for me. love they way totally occupy ALL of the sonic space

  On 8/14/2012 at 4:22 AM, dr lopez said:

laughing quarter is all about the drums for me. love they way totally occupy ALL of the sonic space

Completely agree. One of their absolute best tracks.

Second Scepe all day long.

Cfern for me.

When Sublimit moves into that twisted up electro sample

• pce freeze 2.8i. The sound design here is top-notch, yet so simple. Subtle perfection.
  
• Clipper. Oh yes. Charging through the streets with these beats in your ears is like driving a tank.
  
• Second Bad Vilbel seems to be oddly underrated on here. There are many highlights, but the breakdown at 6:08 is fucking insane.
  

Also, dunno if Cichli has been mentioned yet but that's an obvious headbanger. Nothing beats that 5/4 crunch...

Can't forget this obscure little jem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlgNJI72uQ

  On 8/13/2012 at 5:18 PM, Bertolt Brechtakt said:

"Rale" from "Quaristice".

YES.

where's the love for zeiss contarex??

right here. here is where it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQiqRYk4pV0

  On 8/15/2012 at 10:11 AM, Boxus said:

where's the love for zeiss contarex??

 

right here. here is where it is.

Also, HERE. Perhaps my favourite ever

and -

Weissensee Against Im Glück (I like it at 45rpm)

Rae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ7Mu8YJbSU

And where was 6IE.CR?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0r1LEnLsc

Oh shit, how did I forget ccec?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HePulrHCW_A

Dael & Cipater

oh fuck yeah Blyz Castl, good call.

Also cheers to Goiter on the Jail of Freedom recommend, that's got to be my favorite remix they've ever done.

Second part of

Fuck, I forgot that schaft track existed

Ok, so just all of the key nell variations, despite the repetition

And the fucking gorgeous groove that winds down Sublimit

  On 8/14/2012 at 4:11 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

They've got some excellent beat-work tucked away in their remix catalog as well...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ztC74ODRI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb83pEpAF8w

Indeed

I have so much love for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPRhzW8bXuI