XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

i swear the first half of vekoS has an evil man whispering "say your prayers" in various cadences like something from a movie vhs head would sample

I love the scary melancholic tracks like 1 1 is

It's fucking beastly

I'm with the guys who don't much like the upbeat funky synths. I do like the intro of tuinorizn though as I feel it has this sinister feel behind it

spl9 sounds so dystopic

the ambient beauty of the mid section of bladelores (before the beat drops) is serious business. stop listening to it as 'autechre' and just hear it as sound/music, it's really a nice thing to have put into existence... good for them.

i distinctly remember discovering the twisted beauty of Draft 7.30, every day anticipating listening to it riding the subway, imagining peoples' faces melting away to the rhythms... no other ae release has had such strong effects on me, but this here album gives me that feels again.

  On 2/10/2013 at 9:46 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/10/2013 at 7:28 PM, Lianne said:

I wonder if we'll get a truly 'experimental' or challenging album from them again? Some of the first disc (tracks 1-3 especially) and spl9 are really dark and alien, but overall this one is seeming even more poppy than Oversteps in a way. Sure, that was softer and had a lot more melody, but the b-boy like, hip-hoppish, 'funky', super polished edge and the pretty straightforward beats (to me) on this one make it seem much more accessible than ever Oversteps, what with its more more unusual, 'stately', composed, soft sound.

so let me get this straight

 

Autechre get slammed for making stuff like Confield by a certain populace of listeners, to cries of "I wish they'd make stuff that sounded like LP5/Amber/EP7 again"

 

so Autechre make stuff that sounds 'familiar' (if you can even attribute such a quality to music by Autechre) and they get slammed again.

 

DIFFERENT OPINIONS

I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL OF WATMM DOESN'T AGREE ON THE SAME THING

Opinions are like rap careers, everybody's got one

Pronunciation, do you folks pronounce jatevee c like jat-a-vee-see or jate(like gate)-vee-see?

  On 2/10/2013 at 11:33 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

Pronunciation, do you folks pronounce jatevee c like jat-a-vee-see or jate(like gate)-vee-see?

 

 

jat-a-vee-see for me

I pronounce it like the Finnish word for waste water, jätevesi.

Two full spins in, this album is easily the most satisfying body of work they've released since LP5 (to me at least). Although I loved some of the sounds and ideas that Quaristice had to offer, I never was able to shake the feeling that the album was a bit undercooked (it didn't help that they released 3-4 versions of almost every song). With Exai, it feels like they took some of the brilliant ideas from Quaristice (bolstered by the amazing melodic experimentation on Oversteps/MOT) and applied the same level of detail and complexity that they had on Confield. While I've thoroughly enjoyed all of their releases from Draft-MOT, I feel like all of those albums were more concerned with experimenting within one specific set of ideas while Exai incorporates all of the best ideas from the last 10 years into one expansive, detailed, intimidatingly creative body of work.

Also, while I feel like this album is going to take far longer to begin to fully understand than anything else they've released in the last 10 years. I have a feeling this is going to be my "desert island" ae album, either this or LP5.

  On 2/10/2013 at 11:14 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

 

  On 2/10/2013 at 9:46 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/10/2013 at 7:28 PM, Lianne said:

I wonder if we'll get a truly 'experimental' or challenging album from them again? Some of the first disc (tracks 1-3 especially) and spl9 are really dark and alien, but overall this one is seeming even more poppy than Oversteps in a way. Sure, that was softer and had a lot more melody, but the b-boy like, hip-hoppish, 'funky', super polished edge and the pretty straightforward beats (to me) on this one make it seem much more accessible than ever Oversteps, what with its more more unusual, 'stately', composed, soft sound.

so let me get this straight

 

Autechre get slammed for making stuff like Confield by a certain populace of listeners, to cries of "I wish they'd make stuff that sounded like LP5/Amber/EP7 again"

 

so Autechre make stuff that sounds 'familiar' (if you can even attribute such a quality to music by Autechre) and they get slammed again.

 

DIFFERENT OPINIONS

I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL OF WATMM DOESN'T AGREE ON THE SAME THING

whooosh

I'm really loving the last track YJY UX ...such a nice vibe

  On 2/10/2013 at 9:35 PM, elusive4 said:

 

shame irlite is about pefect except for trhat horrendously annoying instrument at 6'40'' and 3'10''. and rarely happens with them but ther's nothing like being wacked out of the tune when you hear something that puts the image in your head of someone playing a instrument (hitting buttons to initiate sounds or physically playing a keybaord) like those sounds at 6'40'' i cant get image out of my head of a person making those sounds (playing live) instead of it being naturalyl part of the track with no humans involved. totally kicks me out i hate it. breaks all concentration and immersion. i dont think ill ever be able to listenpast those sounds =`,`=

Wow, the little bouncy melody early on is one of my favourite moments in the track. When it came in on first listen I though "fuck yeah!".

Worst thing about Exai is when you can't stop the cum coming out of penis, or when penis flips inside of your body like a sock.

  On 2/11/2013 at 12:18 AM, manmower said:

Worst thing about Exai is when you can't stop the cum coming out of penis, or when penis flips inside of your body like a sock.

lol what....?

wait...

no what? pics or gtfo!

lol wat

i thought i hit a plateau with this thing but it's taking off again and I just can't fathom how they made a two-hour album this good.

  On 2/10/2013 at 11:38 PM, TheTransitionary said:

 

  On 2/10/2013 at 11:33 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

Pronunciation, do you folks pronounce jatevee c like jat-a-vee-see or jate(like gate)-vee-see?

 

 

 

jat-a-vee-see for me

and always in an Indian accent, by a guy with a great mustache, socks and sandals!

  On 2/11/2013 at 1:16 AM, Lucy Faringold said:

i thought i hit a plateau with this thing but it's taking off again and I just can't fathom how they made a two-hour album this good.

it really is that good.

  On 2/11/2013 at 12:26 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 2/11/2013 at 12:18 AM, manmower said:

Worst thing about Exai is when you can't stop the cum coming out of penis, or when penis flips inside of your body like a sock.

 

lol what....?

 

wait...

 

no what? pics or gtfo!

sorry old ref

the fact that people don't know that quote fills me with sadness...

  On 2/11/2013 at 2:25 AM, lumpenprol said:

the fact that people don't know that quote fills me with sadness...

Yeah I feel old now, and it seems like only yesterday I was a huge noob

  On 2/11/2013 at 2:27 AM, thehauntingsoul said:

 

  On 2/11/2013 at 2:25 AM, lumpenprol said:

the fact that people don't know that quote fills me with sadness...

 

Yeah I feel old now, and it seems like only yesterday I was a huge noob

so has the album leaked yet