XI year old Autechre Album Released: Exai (WARP234)

  On 5/4/2013 at 2:29 PM, StephenG said:

How'd you do it? I'm... special. Used to work fine if I just posted the link, do I have to do something different now?

Well from the link it looks like you just posted a list of the videos matching the search query ' mr horse no sir i don't like it' rather than any specific video.

  On 5/4/2013 at 2:48 PM, mcbpete said:

 

  On 5/4/2013 at 2:29 PM, StephenG said:

How'd you do it? I'm... special. Used to work fine if I just posted the link, do I have to do something different now?

Well from the link it looks like you just posted a list of the videos matching the search query ' mr horse no sir i don't like it' rather than any specific video.

 

 

Yeah, I guess so. User error, sorry sorry. =(

exai is only an essay

  On 5/4/2013 at 1:08 AM, oscillik said:

nodezsh is neck and neck with second bad vilbel as probably the most sinister sounding thing they've done

 

Nodezsh, it's the ominous threatening younger brother of Etchogon-S

i finally understand irlite get 0, it's some dude biting his teeth while tripping his balls off

  On 5/5/2013 at 10:45 PM, AJW said:

 

  On 5/4/2013 at 1:08 AM, oscillik said:

nodezsh is neck and neck with second bad vilbel as probably the most sinister sounding thing they've done

 

Nodezsh, it's the ominous threatening younger brother of Etchogon-S

 

good theory

 

I shall put it to the test when I spin Oversteps next

nodezsh and runrepik are growing, but i still don't love them.

 

cloudline still blows.

 

and runrepik is still in 5s to my ears (from some other thread). in fact, i did a survey of people at work who make various kinds of music. 1 out of 4 people counted it in 4s, the other 3 counted it in 5s just like me.

the nodeszh synths are used on quaristice/quaristice live set synths. anyone know what hardware they use for that specifically?

Yesterday I finally enjoyed tuinorizn.

so is there anyone so much into it considering it the best release they ever did?

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:30 PM, o00o said:

so is there anyone so much into it considering it the best release they ever did?

no

But I somehow lately find Exai and Oversteps a complementation.

I mean, Exai is the missing beats of Oversteps, and Oversteps is the missing harmony that lacks in Exai.

They can even be treated as if they recorded an album and before mixing, they first released the melodic parts of every song and 3 years later they rescued the beat parts and released them again.

Edited May 6, 2013 by Rulohead32

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:30 PM, o00o said:

so is there anyone so much into it considering it the best release they ever did?

 

I would put it top three. I can't recall ever being as obsessed with an Autechre work upon its release as Exai.

 

 

It seems like they've found a middle ground between Tri Repetae/Chiastic era with the Confield/Untitled.

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:30 PM, o00o said:

so is there anyone so much into it considering it the best release they ever did?

 

The more time passes the more I consider it. Draft, Confield and Untilted are so firmly in my favourites because of how they've not bored me at all as time has passed. Exai so far is standing the test of time, I adore it but it'll need a few more months before I know.

 

I don't dislike a single track though, so that's a major plus.

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:01 PM, theSun said:

and runrepik is still in 5s to my ears (from some other thread). in fact, i did a survey of people at work who make various kinds of music. 1 out of 4 people counted it in 4s, the other 3 counted it in 5s just like me.

Woah what? To me it's a pretty rigid 4/4 pattern. Like, each hit can be placed nicely on a 16th note grid.

  On 5/7/2013 at 1:39 PM, modey said:

 

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:01 PM, theSun said:

and runrepik is still in 5s to my ears (from some other thread). in fact, i did a survey of people at work who make various kinds of music. 1 out of 4 people counted it in 4s, the other 3 counted it in 5s just like me.

Woah what? To me it's a pretty rigid 4/4 pattern. Like, each hit can be placed nicely on a 16th note grid.

 

 

It's a polymeter pattern - the drums are in 4/4 meter and the bass is in 5/8 meter (at least from the start and for a while). The patterns align every 40 (or is it 20?) quarter notes.

 

Check the explanation and the "Beat Preserving Polymeter 4/4 with 5/8" video here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(music)#Polymeter

Edited May 7, 2013 by psn

Ah right, I did think that might be what you meant as I was listening to the other elements of the track! Interesting; I'll have to pay more attention next time I listen!

This guy manages to squeeze out quite a few Exai-ish sounds from his MonoMachine:

 

 

For instance:

- deco loc drums around 8-10 minutes

- cloudlines "lead" around 40 minutes

 

  On 5/7/2013 at 1:54 PM, psn said:

 

  On 5/7/2013 at 1:39 PM, modey said:

 

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:01 PM, theSun said:

and runrepik is still in 5s to my ears (from some other thread). in fact, i did a survey of people at work who make various kinds of music. 1 out of 4 people counted it in 4s, the other 3 counted it in 5s just like me.

Woah what? To me it's a pretty rigid 4/4 pattern. Like, each hit can be placed nicely on a 16th note grid.

 

 

It's a polymeter pattern - the drums are in 4/4 meter and the bass is in 5/8 meter (at least from the start and for a while). The patterns align every 40 (or is it 20?) quarter notes.

 

Check the explanation and the "Beat Preserving Polymeter 4/4 with 5/8" video here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter_(music)#Polymeter

 

thank you!!!!!

 

psn i want to kiss your luscious lips - i figured there was a polymeter of some sort but i simply cannot make myself hear a groove in 4s.

  On 5/6/2013 at 9:30 PM, o00o said:

so is there anyone so much into it considering it the best release they ever did?

Right now I would rank it 3 after Chiastic and Draft. So pretty fucking highly. But who knows how I'll feel in a year or two.

I think I found another shared sample, from here, sean's favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4nWYGSoSoU

All through the track there's a sound which is obviously used in cloudline, does anyone know where it comes from?

Edited May 7, 2013 by Joseph

To me runrepik it's a 6/8 midtempo or a 3/4 very uptempo.

Edited May 7, 2013 by Rulohead32

runrepik is totally ae footwork. All it needs is for the kicks to be a bit longer and a half time clap, haha

  On 5/7/2013 at 8:34 PM, Joseph said:

I think I found another shared sample, from here, sean's favorite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4nWYGSoSoU

All through the track there's a sound which is obviously used in cloudline, does anyone know where it comes from?

 

Which sound?

I'm hearing the distinct sound of the skulltrumpet in the background. Same as in cloudline. Obviously.

The "beep" with a bit of reverb at every 2 and 4 times of every bar? I don't think it's the exact cloudline sound, but it reminds. Although that sound is very used.