XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

  On 3/6/2013 at 8:25 AM, Awepittance said:

 

  On 3/5/2013 at 10:15 PM, the anonymous forumite said:

 

  On 3/5/2013 at 9:59 PM, playbynumbers said:

Though, to be fair, "Bladelores" is incredible.

 

Yeah, it reminds you of Boards of Canada.

 

haha! i knew you (anonymous forumite) were an older member, now it's a question of who... *ponders*

 

I didn't get any stickers with my vinyls!! :(

  On 3/6/2013 at 5:25 PM, azatoth said:

I didn't get any stickers with my vinyls!! :(

email Bleep and tell them - if you ordered before the end of Sunday's broadcast, you should've gotten some.

I got my vinyl and stickers yesterday--very happy with the package!

I like Keyosc more than half the tracks on the album, what a shame

It can now be confirmed that the track isn't named "keyosc" but "18 (keyosc)"

Y'all better remember that, because we don't take too kindly to people who write Autechre tracknames incorrectly 'round these parts

kiosk

  On 3/6/2013 at 6:08 PM, oscillik said:

kiosk

Im still at it. Listening through the album. Did a few varied listens. In the car, loud as hell on the stereo, headphones etc. Lots of repeated listens too..

I still havent found a single track on Exai that tickles Me the right way. So far the songs seem indifferent to me, almost bland.

Exai is Well produced and sounds good. But the beats, compositions and the tracks themselves just dont... Well, provoke me the way Oversteps, parts of quaristice and pretty much everything else by Ae have done before.

I'll put it aside for a while and then come back to it.

I like the artwork though..

  On 3/6/2013 at 9:24 PM, uiert said:

Im still at it. Listening through the album. Did a few varied listens. In the car, loud as hell on the stereo, headphones etc. Lots of repeated listens too..

I still havent found a single track on Exai that tickles Me the right way. So far the songs seem indifferent to me, almost bland.

 

Exai is Well produced and sounds good. But the beats, compositions and the tracks themselves just dont... Well, provoke me the way Oversteps, parts of quaristice and pretty much everything else by Ae have done before.

 

I'll put it aside for a while and then come back to it.

 

I like the artwork though..

Give yourself time to attune to it. Although I loved it right off the bat, some of the songs did seem far more simple than they actually turned out to be once I got to know them better.

The dynamic work they've done on this record is pretty fucking astounding in the way that it gives each track a definite revealing behavior as you continue to listen over time.

Their music is almost always like this, but with Exai it feels even more accentuated and integral. It kind of feels like they were trying to see how far they could take the interplay of surface and background sound.

  On 3/6/2013 at 9:24 PM, uiert said:

Im still at it. Listening through the album. Did a few varied listens. In the car, loud as hell on the stereo, headphones etc. Lots of repeated listens too..

I still havent found a single track on Exai that tickles Me the right way. So far the songs seem indifferent to me, almost bland.

 

Exai is Well produced and sounds good. But the beats, compositions and the tracks themselves just dont... Well, provoke me the way Oversteps, parts of quaristice and pretty much everything else by Ae have done before.

 

I'll put it aside for a while and then come back to it.

 

I like the artwork though..

I'm sure you'll find it amazing once the next album comes out...

Their records have always been imagination-based. Exai takes it to the furthest extent in a lot of ways. The way the gaps you can fill in are so exotic.

I'm looking at you recks on

  On 3/7/2013 at 1:01 AM, disoriental express said:

 

  On 3/6/2013 at 9:24 PM, uiert said:

Im still at it. Listening through the album. Did a few varied listens. In the car, loud as hell on the stereo, headphones etc. Lots of repeated listens too..

I still havent found a single track on Exai that tickles Me the right way. So far the songs seem indifferent to me, almost bland.

Exai is Well produced and sounds good. But the beats, compositions and the tracks themselves just dont... Well, provoke me the way Oversteps, parts of quaristice and pretty much everything else by Ae have done before.

I'll put it aside for a while and then come back to it.

I like the artwork though..

Give yourself time to attune to it. Although I loved it right off the bat, some of the songs did seem far more simple than they actually turned out to be once I got to know them better.

 

The dynamic work they've done on this record is pretty fucking astounding in the way that it gives each track a definite revealing behavior as you continue to listen over time.

 

Their music is almost always like this, but with Exai it feels even more accentuated and integral. It kind of feels like they were trying to see how far they could take the interplay of surface and background sound.

With untilted, quaristice, oversteps I had this immediate " wtf have they been up to now?!" but still found the albums appealing straight from the first listen. Then with further listens, the albums opened up. With MOT and ( so far ) Exai this hasnt happened.

I will get back to it soon, will take some time to revisit older material, perhaps LP5

i love how the first 3/4ths of recks on teases you with the hi hats dropping in and out and then the last quarter is nothing but hi hats/insects, and vocodor chatter...

  On 3/6/2013 at 8:23 AM, Awepittance said:

 

  On 3/6/2013 at 4:54 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

holy shit the bubbles at 3:03 of recks on...

 

 

1:58 to 3:56 of recks on is the best of Exai for me atm

have you checked out Scorn? Up until the 4 minute mark its practically a full on Mick Harrris/Scorn mid period (gyral, zander) homage

yes. nev3r got into it really. always responded real well to this particular performance of his though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeq4A1wqI0E

the camera work helps

  On 3/7/2013 at 7:43 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

i love how the first 3/4ths of recks on teases you with the hi hats dropping in and out and then the last quarter is nothing but hi hats/insects, and vocodor chatter...

 

  On 3/6/2013 at 8:23 AM, Awepittance said:

 

  On 3/6/2013 at 4:54 AM, impotentwhitecapitalist said:

holy shit the bubbles at 3:03 of recks on...

 

 

1:58 to 3:56 of recks on is the best of Exai for me atm

 

have you checked out Scorn? Up until the 4 minute mark its practically a full on Mick Harrris/Scorn mid period (gyral, zander) homage

 

yes. nev3r got into it really. always responded real well to this particular performance of his though...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeq4A1wqI0E

 

the camera work helps

this song/video is sick.

i dont seem to have any scorn on my computer. can anyone recommend an album or two to listen to^~^

The stickers were nice n all but the lame info sticker on the back of the cd cover is just a bit shit. Mines not even put on straight, completely wonk. They could of made more effort with that, unless the idea is the peel it away to leave it completely blank . Bit cheap that side of it.

holy shit, the bass on the vinyl version is BRUTAL

i had to jump in and agree with a very similar comment.

this sound amazing. everything is so fucken clean and crisp and clear and amazing. the first bass hit on the drum pattern for T ess xi, for every bar. that massive, sloppy, whuppy bass hit (*wwwwWhup!*). my god it sounds amazing.

it also only just occured to me that Flep is incredibly similar sounding to 11 is. they seem to have a lot of similar sounds and ideas.

the vinyl is definitely making me appreciate the drums. the drums! are incredible. there's so much character just in the bass hits.

album sounds better on vinyl than on CD i think. At least compared to albums like Untilted, Draft 7.30 and Confield which all sound better suited for cd or digital

lol, the bass at the end of jatevee C is making my windows/door/everything in my apartment rattle

edit: holy shit t ess xi!

  On 3/7/2013 at 10:18 AM, Awepittance said:

album sounds better on vinyl than on CD i think. At least compared to albums like Untilted, Draft 7.30 and Confield which all sound better suited for cd or digital

yeah. I still love Draft and Confield on vinyl though. Parhelic Triangle is just so beautfully organic that it needs vinyl, imo.

  On 3/7/2013 at 10:18 AM, Awepittance said:

album sounds better on vinyl than on CD i think. At least compared to albums like Untilted, Draft 7.30 and Confield which all sound better suited for cd or digital

i need to re-listen to Oversteps again on vinyl. i remember thinking it was pretty similar to the cd, but again, i definitely need to listen to it some more. (i may have just been bothered and annoyed after dealing with all the excessive layers of tightly packed fiddly packaging with the box and sleeve and record sleeve.)

i thought Oversteps and Move of Ten worked better on the vinyl format. Something about the sound palette on both albums. While confield and Draft and Untilted all sound good on vinyl too, the crispy digital glitchy high end is mostly missing, especially on Draft. It makes the album sound significantly different, which can be good depending on your mood.