XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

it's almost through the whole track. never noticed it before but can hear it on bleep. making me mental.

autocray is die antwoord

i always expect janet jackson to start singing in 'T ess xi' because those synth chords at the beginning remind me of her song 'when i think of you'.

  On 2/19/2013 at 11:49 PM, modey said:

The first half hasn't properly clicked with me yet; it has some really great moments but like every other Ae album I still need to memorise some parts before I can truly appreciate it. Part two, however, oh boy. So fucking good. I have a feeling I'm gonna wear the third and fourth records out from frequent playing.. as long as the packaging isn't excessive like with Oversteps, zole.

Why are those the ones that get you? For me, it's the Jatavee C - Tess ix combo that is killer. The kicks and snares are just punching you in the face.

Those tracks especially, but also others on the album, I've found the snares (and the high-pitched blips chords in T ess xi) to be quite 'rushed' in the sense of hitting waaay early, giving the album several moments of seeming as if it is building momentum by speeding up or otherwise getting ahead of itself. It's an interesting, hyper contrast to the other tracks that are lower-tempo and overall more laid-back sounding.

not exaited anymore

5.9/10

  On 2/20/2013 at 9:34 AM, encey said:

 

  On 2/19/2013 at 11:49 PM, modey said:

The first half hasn't properly clicked with me yet; it has some really great moments but like every other Ae album I still need to memorise some parts before I can truly appreciate it. Part two, however, oh boy. So fucking good. I have a feeling I'm gonna wear the third and fourth records out from frequent playing.. as long as the packaging isn't excessive like with Oversteps, zole.

 

Why are those the ones that get you? For me, it's the Jatavee C - Tess ix combo that is killer. The kicks and snares are just punching you in the face.

 

Those tracks especially, but also others on the album, I've found the snares (and the high-pitched blips chords in T ess xi) to be quite 'rushed' in the sense of hitting waaay early, giving the album several moments of seeming as if it is building momentum by speeding up or otherwise getting ahead of itself. It's an interesting, hyper contrast to the other tracks that are lower-tempo and overall more laid-back sounding.

T ess xi is definitely a highlight of the first disc for me. That little melodic twitch at ~3:01 gets me every time. So fucking jazzy!

Also, Flep's little nod to V-proc, and then Tuinorizn's subtle chord progression. And the Bladelores chords, obviously.

Other than that, I think there's still a bit to unlock here. I'm probably nowhere near the amount of listens you guys are at though, so take my opinions with a grain of salt or your favourite spice. It's funny though that the second half feels more immediate to me.

  On 2/20/2013 at 1:12 AM, jules said:

trying to tell if there is digital noise in 1 1 is or if my copy is fucked up. I don't remember hearing it for a long time but now it's all I can hear.

Take a look on a spectrum analyzer, like the one in foobar. I think you'll see a very high frequency peak for the duration of the track.

  On 2/20/2013 at 1:12 AM, jules said:

trying to tell if there is digital noise in 1 1 is or if my copy is fucked up. I don't remember hearing it for a long time but now it's all I can hear.

Are you listening on speakers or headphones? On speakers I can hear like a digital noise, a bit like when a CD is scratched. I can't hear it on headphones, which would suggest it is supposed to be there but comes out odd on my speakers :/

  On 2/20/2013 at 1:48 PM, modey said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 9:34 AM, encey said:

 

  On 2/19/2013 at 11:49 PM, modey said:

The first half hasn't properly clicked with me yet; it has some really great moments but like every other Ae album I still need to memorise some parts before I can truly appreciate it. Part two, however, oh boy. So fucking good. I have a feeling I'm gonna wear the third and fourth records out from frequent playing.. as long as the packaging isn't excessive like with Oversteps, zole.

 

Why are those the ones that get you? For me, it's the Jatavee C - Tess ix combo that is killer. The kicks and snares are just punching you in the face.

 

Those tracks especially, but also others on the album, I've found the snares (and the high-pitched blips chords in T ess xi) to be quite 'rushed' in the sense of hitting waaay early, giving the album several moments of seeming as if it is building momentum by speeding up or otherwise getting ahead of itself. It's an interesting, hyper contrast to the other tracks that are lower-tempo and overall more laid-back sounding.

 

T ess xi is definitely a highlight of the first disc for me. That little melodic twitch at ~3:01 gets me every time. So fucking jazzy!

In the midst of the rest of the sounds, it reminds me of a saxophonist wolfing out, like at the end of Bowie's "I'm Deranged." But then later on when you can hear it on its own, it sounds more like Mahavishnu Orchestra flute :-p

The delayed, crackly scintillating pads on Jatevee are my fav. sound on the album right now. It feels really good on headphones.

vinyl has arrived at bleep

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:32 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

vinyl has arrived at bleep

 

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

Can't wait! I haven't heard the album yet because I decided to wait for the vinyl.

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:58 PM, eclipsis said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:32 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

vinyl has arrived at bleep

 

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

Can't wait! I haven't heard the album yet because I decided to wait for the vinyl.

same here, not even heard any preview snippets yet... hope amazon ships soon as well

proto-tuinorizn @ 1.16.40 (last track): http://soundcloud.com/recman/26marzo2010

  On 2/20/2013 at 6:01 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:58 PM, eclipsis said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:32 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

vinyl has arrived at bleep

 

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

Can't wait! I haven't heard the album yet because I decided to wait for the vinyl.

 

same here, not even heard any preview snippets yet... hope amazon ships soon as well

yes plz. PLEASE AMAZON. PLEASE!!!!!!

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The delayed, crackly scintillating pads on Jatevee are my fav. sound on the album right now. It feels really good on headphones.

I'm digging this album more than I thought I would, and I'm highly anticipating the arrival of the vinyl. Are those Exai stickers in that Bleep shot? I better get some of those goddamn stickers, if they are!

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:32 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

vinyl has arrived at bleep

 

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

I wonder what those circular things are? they're definitely not CDs, since there's no hole in the centre...

  On 2/20/2013 at 6:46 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:32 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

vinyl has arrived at bleep

 

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

I wonder what those circular things are? they're definitely not CDs, since there's no hole in the centre...

They're Exai promo cards/postcards.

  On 2/20/2013 at 6:48 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 6:46 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/20/2013 at 5:32 PM, kieselguhr kid said:

vinyl has arrived at bleep

 

http://instagram.com/p/V9Z-q6MI5T/

I wonder what those circular things are? they're definitely not CDs, since there's no hole in the centre...

They're Exai promo cards/postcards.

weird shape!

thanks for the additional info, I wonder if we'll all get some?

Looked like stickers to me, but promo cards will be cool, a slight bonus for ordering from Bleep I guess.

*exaited again*

  On 2/20/2013 at 7:03 PM, feltcher said:

Looked like stickers to me, but promo cards will be cool, a slight bonus for ordering from Bleep I guess.

 

*exaited again*

You'd think, since they had such a massive amount of preorders that even the bleep servers crashed when it was released digitally, that we'd be getting TDR designed fleshlights or something as a bonus. You know we deserve it. But no, just some round cd-esque stickers. And they don't even have a hole in them!

  On 2/20/2013 at 6:05 PM, qnio said:

proto-tuinorizn @ 1.16.40 (last track): http://soundcloud.com/recman/26marzo2010

I agree. interesting how they choose what needs to be done in album-format.

tuinorizn sounds like something venetian snares might make. jatevee c is also pretty meh to me.

those are the only 2 obvious low points for me at the moment.

  On 2/20/2013 at 7:03 PM, feltcher said:

Looked like stickers to me, but promo cards will be cool, a slight bonus for ordering from Bleep I guess.

 

*exaited again*

I hope it's stickers! That silver one could sit nicely on the back of my MBP to cover the shiny apple logo.

  On 2/19/2013 at 7:28 AM, ambermonk said:

Listened to recks on on the way home from work tonight. I must admit, when you're driving alone at night on a road with no traffic and no street lamps in the immediate vicinity, it's perfect.

So true. Listened to bladelores at 2am driving home. Kept me up because its such a good track