Exai bottom three

Because this is where the most controversy (and hence the most interesting discourse) lies, I figured I'd start this thread. What are your three least favorite Exai tracks and why? I'm talking currently so don't worry about considering things like " it might grow on me". I'm mostly curious to see a condensed sample of the various thoughts on this.

For me:

Runrepik - just doesn't grab me. The beat feels lazy and the melodies sound clunky and awkward but not in a good way.

Irlite - the last few minutes when the bass really kicks in are pretty sweet but the track seems way too long for no real reason. I'd prefer the length to be distributed among some of the shorter pieces namely prac f.

Nodezsh - the full on horror at the end is fucking lush but I feel like the lopsided beat on the way there is just awkward for the sake of being awkward.

*opinions subject to change without notice and by god this was not an easy task.

anyone else listening to exai without looking at or paying attention to track names/numbers? having no idea what track is what gives the autechre experience a refreshing perspective. its harder to nit pick and find flaws in a song that you don't know by name.

I think this is a bad time to ask this question. The album is too densely layered to form a consistent opinion, at least for me. I'm finding new things in every song as the days go by.

irlite is one of my favorite tracks, not one of the worst, imo. I guess this just shows you how much opinions will vary.

I know a lot of people won't agree, but for me, cloudline wasn't one of the star tracks on the album. It was good, but didn't really pack a real lasting impression on me.

nodezsh isn't really anything special for me, same with runrepik.

Also, when I say some tracks are "nothing special" I'm still talking about exai here. They are all phenomenal tracks, but are just a little lacking in comparison to the other tracks.

ae is like the preseident

u cant judge it til after 20 full album listens

We can go back and judge again later. I was curious about the current opinions so we can compare them later with our original least favorites. Hence my comment about that in the OP.

i'd put cloudline at the bottom for now, not sure I can add another 2. It's all good though, because it all flows. There's nothing as jarring as know(1) here.

  On 2/10/2013 at 3:06 AM, RadarJammer said:

anyone else listening to exai without looking at or paying attention to track names/numbers? having no idea what track is what gives the autechre experience a refreshing perspective. its harder to nit pick and find flaws in a song that you don't know by name.

It's better this way, i listened to the album today on the move without the opportunity or inclination to check what track it was, just left it playing. I got home and stuck in on the speakers at neighbour bothering volume and a lot of tracks hit me which i didn't notice on the headphones. Cloudline might be my new fave.

Flep doesn't do anything for me

bladelores, annoyingly long, and nothing really evolves.

1 1 is, most annoying filter they've ever used, and it's too long.

cloudline, pretty much the same reason as bladelores, too long and doesn't really evolve, nothing much going in it and the high synth is pretty annoying too.

Just cloudline. Whenever i want to skip a track and look which track it is, it's the same old cloudline. There's probably an awesome track hidden there, but ijust aint hearing it yet.

So strange, cloudline is basically tied with t ess xi for my absolute fav

I can see why keyosc is a bonus track.. it's not great. I mean it is good for a bonus, but people saying it is a good album closer - not for me. It's sound and style just doesn't come close to fitting in with the album.

stop picking on cloudline

I'm not too keen on the end of bladelores I guess

i don't like any ae japan bonus tracks

and bottom 3 so far on exai are

runrepik

recks on

YJY UX

actually i take that back, the one on confield is a monster

jatevee-c

T ess xi

recks on

Deco Loc (sounds like flying lotus doing zomby,not good)

Bladelores (dont like the bass line sound, the melody or the general timidness of the track)
Nodezh (the drum beat and the drum sounds in the 2nd have are borderline unlistenable)

i think cloudline is an underrated one for here, as far as a hip hop-ish track i think it's one of if not the strongest of the whole LP. Especially since it has that sub sine bass going through it.

lol nodezsh is one of my favs.. can't think of one i don't like actually right now... flep revealed itself last night after smoking some weed..

Man, I adore nodezsh and runrepik.

I must have the tracklisting jumbled up or something because those tracks are godly. Probably the most interesting on the album.

I have a top 18.

Runrepik is still my least favorite, it gets a little better as the song goes on but for whatever reason it's just not feeling like a good fit.

If I had to pick one other, maybe sl9. The second half of the song is A+ material, but the first half is just a little too loose and jammy.

I still like it though.

Maybe flep & bladelores... not bad tracks, and bladelores actually wmstarted growing on me the last listen, but they don't stack up to the rest for me yet. Not as familiar with the 2nd disc yet.

Favs would have to be irlite and jatevee!

Flep doesn't really do anything for me, but I think everything else is solid and will continue to grow on me.

nodezsh - Oversteps outtake.

Deco loc - Untilted outtake.

runrepik - Roland V Drums demo.

:P

I still like them.

Fleure, Flep & deco Loc