XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

Pleased as punch to of only posted 3 times in this big bucket of wank juice.

  On 2/5/2013 at 8:42 PM, xox said:

 

  On 2/5/2013 at 8:07 PM, Springymajig said:

I think this thread alone proves that you certainly don't have to be intelligent to like Autechre...

 

Hehehe yah maybe...but that's why i said ''average IQ'', of us > as a group.

 

 

  On 2/5/2013 at 8:12 PM, compson said:

>Who said anything about being intelligent to be in the 1%? I solely meant people who listen to AE or AE themselves. That's it.

 

You said it! You said that 99% of people are morons. Moron is a term for mild mental retardation used for people with an IQ of 51–70.

...if you want to be strict. I wasn't that serious at all you know...

 

EDIT: Is my english that bad?! I mean you guys are native English speakers...

 

Look I wasn't being serious. ffs lol

  On 2/5/2013 at 8:50 PM, compson said:

 

  On 2/5/2013 at 8:42 PM, xox said:

 

I wasn't that serious at all you know...

 

 

Look I wasn't being serious. ffs lol

Put this thread out of its goddamn misery, you sadistic fucks.

hooray that guy is gone

LETS DANCE

Is this old news? 13034 = release date

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AougnYAALBAvdHI0MTNBNm1ZbldiN29ISHFBUWp4WVE

Wow, I never thought I'd say this but I think that locking this thread might be a good idea. It's like meeting up with an old school friend you used to be really close with, only to find they're now an arrogant pisshead that frequently drops bigoted remarks and starts a fight with the guy sitting behind him for fun.

However, to tackle the possibility that merely posting nothing but moaning about this thread in itself is hypocritical as it produces nothing of worthy discussion, how about we try to discuss Exai again, right?

I'm finding it really interesting that they're returning to more beat driven hip hop style tracks, it's almost as if their career has been culminated from a deep fascination to almost create the definitive hip hop sound. Their earlier stuff seems to be more focused with the structural and sample manipulation aspects taken to their logical extreme, whereas from LP5 onwards the focus shifted towards an extremely advanced understanding and determination of control the audio technology that essentially allowed hip hop to become the genre it has. It almost seems logical in a way that they're returning to their older structures yet with a new and more controlled sound palette, like after 22 years they're finally beginning to finalise the sound they originally envisioned and that everything before it was like a work in progress documentation of how the sound progressed. Maybe I'm alone in thinking this? Just feel that whilst the samples that I've heard are in no way derivative, it's almost as if the expectation that their work should be challenging is waning. Like, I expect with this album it's going to click with me immediately whereas in comparison say from EP7 onwards, you have to let it sink in to understand what they were trying to achieve in order to really appreciate the music.

Maybe this is all pretentious bollocks, who knows. I'm just trying to bring the thread's relevance back a little, hopefully I can't be blamed for that

Just noticed too that using a vertical scale, you get 11234

Album 11

WARP234

I was under the assumption that everyone was acting absurd because it was funny.

Everybody calm yourselves and contemplate the intricacies of life. Take some time to meditate on what matters. In this case it is Exai.

  On 2/5/2013 at 9:23 PM, compson said:

I was under the assumption that everyone was acting absurd because it was funny.

Yea, this thread has been quite entertaining. I'd love more absurdity.

  On 2/5/2013 at 9:23 PM, compson said:

I was under the assumption that everyone was acting absurd because it was funny.

Yeah totally, you're all so tough and old-school, i wonder is there even a way to fuck ya'll in the ass for a young chap.

EZ guys

  On 2/5/2013 at 9:18 PM, Aserinsky said:

Wow, I never thought I'd say this but I think that locking this thread might be a good idea. It's like meeting up with an old school friend you used to be really close with, only to find they're now an arrogant pisshead that frequently drops bigoted remarks and starts a fight with the guy sitting behind him for fun.

 

However, to tackle the possibility that merely posting nothing but moaning about this thread in itself is hypocritical as it produces nothing of worthy discussion, how about we try to discuss Exai again, right?

 

I'm finding it really interesting that they're returning to more beat driven hip hop style tracks, it's almost as if their career has been culminated from a deep fascination to almost create the definitive hip hop sound. Their earlier stuff seems to be more focused with the structural and sample manipulation aspects taken to their logical extreme, whereas from LP5 onwards the focus shifted towards an extremely advanced understanding and determination of control the audio technology that essentially allowed hip hop to become the genre it has. It almost seems logical in a way that they're returning to their older structures yet with a new and more controlled sound palette, like after 22 years they're finally beginning to finalise the sound they originally envisioned and that everything before it was like a work in progress documentation of how the sound progressed. Maybe I'm alone in thinking this? Just feel that whilst the samples that I've heard are in no way derivative, it's almost as if the expectation that their work should be challenging is waning. Like, I expect with this album it's going to click with me immediately whereas in comparison say from EP7 onwards, you have to let it sink in to understand what they were trying to achieve in order to really appreciate the music.

 

Maybe this is all pretentious bollocks, who knows. I'm just trying to bring the thread's relevance back a little, hopefully I can't be blamed for that

For me, confield and on all clicked instantly, more or less, and everything before confield aside from tri repetae++ (my introduction to ae) has taken me years to appreciate in their own way. I find their pre-confield style less oriented toward active listening if that makes sense. A big part of this is my predilection toward the complexity and feel of the overall sound and specifically the rhythms that started with confield. To me their earlier beats and song progressions tended to be kind of flat and uninteresting (compared to their later work, not compared to other artists necessarily), but again, that's just me.

From what we've heard so far of Exai I hesitate to make any assumptions aside from feeling like we're going to get a very multi-dimensional yet refined release. As far as i'm concered their taste level has gotten more and more razor sharp over time. And so being aware that people are saying it seems closer to their earlier sound, I can't wait to hear the possibility of their old sound through the lens of their newer ways./

All I know is that what we've heard so far has me all dreamy bout the lushness that Exai sure as fuck will be.

Whoa, that math is cool! Knew there had to be some sense in that cover (besides creeperface)!

@Stickfigger

Yeah they've said themselves that they feel more like they're just channeling something outside of themselves when they make music. Doesn't seem like they're big on contrivance or putting up arbitrary barriers that might get in the way of said channeling.

May the lord be with us all.

Let us pray.

  On 2/5/2013 at 10:02 PM, encey said:

Whoa, that math is cool! Knew there had to be some sense in that cover (besides creeperface)!

Was a fella on ILXOR made the spreadsheet, I've created another here in all 4 directions and that's how I got the other number: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ashz164heHOwdDdiYzF6Y2VTZ3d0bmd0WlRyOUlxVVE#gid=0

Not sure if there's any significance in 6359 or 12539, unless you can think of anything

fucking lock this debacle already

There is no need to lock this thread. If people are not behaving delete their posts and increase warn status. No need to punish the rest of us for the mistakes of a few.

Also anyone but joyrex/mods has no say in locking this thread. If you don't like it, don't read it. Simple. Don't ruin our fun just because you think it's too fanboy.

apparently it's watmm's time of the month.

(bizarre mutant animal picture quota preserved.)

disclaimer: unrelated brag post

you know which improbable event actually occured today, and before exai leaked?

i've finally received my government-funded Elektron Analog Four synthesizer! Take that, taxpayers!

And good luck to everyone in this thread, see you after bladelores.

I'm not envious by nature so all I can say is congratulation and i hope I'll serve you well.

#....fart :)

  On 2/5/2013 at 10:52 PM, phling said:

disclaimer: unrelated brag post

 

you know which improbable event actually occured today, and before exai leaked?

i've finally received my government-funded Elektron Analog Four synthesizer! Take that, taxpayers!

  On 2/5/2013 at 9:07 PM, xy_politics said:

Is this old news? 13034 = release date

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AougnYAALBAvdHI0MTNBNm1ZbldiN29ISHFBUWp4WVE

  On 2/5/2013 at 9:20 PM, xy_politics said:

Just noticed too that using a vertical scale, you get 11234

 

Album 11

WARP234

Well that's some cool shit right there.