Any sniff of an Exai special edition or sub album?

  On 1/22/2013 at 9:57 PM, YELLOW said:

Whoever gets the bonus track has an obligation to share it

READ THE RULES YOU WILL BE BANNED

I AM REPORTING YOU TO OBEL AND SKILLREX ER UMMM JOYLESSREX ASAP

oh wait

they are out back doing coke

never mind

You seem a bit of a dick. Don't try to tell me you aint, because i've already made my mind up.

Are you talking to me? I was just genuinely curious about your setup, it sounds very mysterious and sub Google. But if you don't want to tell me cos you think I'm a dick then whatevz.

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

Move Of Ten

Itd be cool if it came in a titanium brushed container with just shadowed embed text EXAI and inside a holographic card touch screen visualizer. Kind of a combo aesthetic of T2 and Jurassic Park/Minority Report.

It'd be cool if fridges were space ships.

Ahaha Yes that would be absurd and cool as well. The future is awesome!

  On 1/25/2013 at 6:45 AM, sweepstakes said:

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

 

Move Of Ten

 

Didn't do it for me, it was mostly Oversteps removes.

you said they had abandoned the EP format, but Move Of Ten shows that they clearly haven't

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  On 1/25/2013 at 7:09 AM, oscillik said:

  On 1/25/2013 at 6:45 AM, sweepstakes said:

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

 

Move Of Ten

 

Didn't do it for me, it was mostly Oversteps removes.

 

you said they had abandoned the EP format, but Move Of Ten shows that they clearly haven't

It ain't no...

- Garbage

- Anvil Vapre

- Envane

- Cichlisuite

- ...or even EP7. OK maybe a little but not really.

  On 1/25/2013 at 2:45 PM, sweepstakes said:

  On 1/25/2013 at 7:09 AM, oscillik said:

  On 1/25/2013 at 6:45 AM, sweepstakes said:

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

 

Move Of Ten

 

Didn't do it for me, it was mostly Oversteps removes.

 

you said they had abandoned the EP format, but Move Of Ten shows that they clearly haven't

It ain't no...

- Garbage

- Anvil Vapre

- Envane

- Cichlisuite

- ...or even EP7. OK maybe a little but not really.

in what way is the format different?

In other words I feel that there is a difference between an EP and a remix EP, "version" album, or "sub album". The length may be the same, it may fit the "legal" definition of the format, but it's a different thing. It's different in spirit.

What I think of as an EP is a small but self-contained collection of tracks that have strong cohesion to a theme or aesthetic and have a narrative, mood, or energy arc. Envane sounded a lot like Chiastic, Cichlisuite sounds a bit like LP5, but they are different beasts with their own fine tuned logic.

Autechre was awesome at this. They got the idea better than anyone else I'm aware of. This is why I'm butthurt about the Quadranges and MoT.

  On 1/25/2013 at 7:09 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 1/25/2013 at 6:45 AM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

 

 

Move Of Ten

Didn't do it for me, it was mostly Oversteps removes.

 

you said they had abandoned the EP format, but Move Of Ten shows that they clearly haven't

Move of Ten isn't in the EP format

It could have been called a LP and labelled that way and we'd never know the difference.

  On 1/25/2013 at 3:16 PM, Zeffolia said:

 

  On 1/25/2013 at 7:09 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 1/25/2013 at 6:45 AM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

 

 

Move Of Ten

Didn't do it for me, it was mostly Oversteps removes.

 

you said they had abandoned the EP format, but Move Of Ten shows that they clearly haven't

Move of Ten isn't in the EP format

 

It could have been called a LP and labelled that way and we'd never know the difference.

Move of Ten would not stand up against the strength of ANY of their LPs (imo). It is definitely an EP, and after a year of so of listens, not a particularly strong one at that.

I find move of ten to be a bit stronger than oversteps. Granted there are songs on oversteps which are better than anything on MoT, but I still think the "ep" surpassed the album proper.

  On 1/25/2013 at 3:05 PM, sweepstakes said:

In other words I feel that there is a difference between an EP and a remix EP, "version" album, or "sub album". The length may be the same, it may fit the "legal" definition of the format, but it's a different thing. It's different in spirit. What I think of as an EP is a small but self-contained collection of tracks that have strong cohesion to a theme or aesthetic and have a narrative, mood, or energy arc. Envane sounded a lot like Chiastic, Cichlisuite sounds a bit like LP5, but they are different beasts with their own fine tuned logic. Autechre was awesome at this. They got the idea better than anyone else I'm aware of. This is why I'm butthurt about the Quadranges and MoT.

That's funny, since Cichlisuite is apparently remixes of the song Cichli, and Envane supposedly along the same lines, being remixes of Nuane. None of this has been confimed, as far as I know. It's purely conjecture...

But Move Of Ten is still an EP.

  On 1/25/2013 at 3:16 PM, Zeffolia said:

 

  On 1/25/2013 at 7:09 AM, oscillik said:

 

  On 1/25/2013 at 6:45 AM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 1/24/2013 at 2:41 PM, oscillik said:

 

 

Move Of Ten

Didn't do it for me, it was mostly Oversteps removes.

 

you said they had abandoned the EP format, but Move Of Ten shows that they clearly haven't

Move of Ten isn't in the EP format

 

It could have been called a LP and labelled that way and we'd never know the difference.

Move Of Ten is in the EP format - the vinyl is split over two short releases, in much the same way that most of Autechre's EPs have been released in the past.

Well you can call it an EP if you like. To me, it's like calling Spam pork. But sure, it fits the denotative definition.

And yes, afaik you're absolutely right about Envane and Cichlisuite. But they didn't do lazy rehashes like on MoT. They were so creative that they came up with something totally different, unrecognizable even.

  On 1/26/2013 at 11:54 AM, sweepstakes said:

And yes, afaik you're absolutely right about Envane and Cichlisuite. But they didn't do lazy rehashes like on MoT. They were so creative that they came up with something totally different, unrecognizable even.

Personally I think MoT was more for the die hard fans and Oversteps was more for the musos and critics.

Both are class but I listen to MoT far more than Oversteps which doesn't quite have the repeated listening quality imho.

  On 1/25/2013 at 3:05 PM, sweepstakes said:

In other words I feel that there is a difference between an EP and a remix EP, "version" album, or "sub album". The length may be the same, it may fit the "legal" definition of the format, but it's a different thing. It's different in spirit. What I think of as an EP is a small but self-contained collection of tracks that have strong cohesion to a theme or aesthetic and have a narrative, mood, or energy arc. Envane sounded a lot like Chiastic, Cichlisuite sounds a bit like LP5, but they are different beasts with their own fine tuned logic. Autechre was awesome at this. They got the idea better than anyone else I'm aware of. This is why I'm butthurt about the Quadranges and MoT.

AE used to think of EPs the way you do, it seems, but they don't anymore, obviously. Gantz Graf was the last EP that fits your conception of it, and i'd honestly be a little surprised if they did one like that in the future...it just seems like they've changed how they choose to do things.

Yes, I think you're right.

Most of MoT sounds like completely new tracks, and nothing like Oversteps.

There's definitely overlap, some songs more than others. But I also see it as new tracks. Much more original than quadrangle but that's no contest