AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM!

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:56 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:52 PM, jules said:

when you guys are getting your live sets together, do you usually start with a base of the record you are touring on or have a whole new thing going on? with stuff like flex 96, it seems all fresh but the untilted tour had obvious stuff from the album which then morphed into stuff for quari. i havent heard any of the oversteps tour (hint hint)

 

im excited over what exai material could morph into live with all those huge grooves.

 

it really depends, with quaristice etc it kind of happened 'organically' cos we didn't have a full studio for a few months and we were jamming with sequences from the live set

and sometimes we take sequences from album tracks and throw them into whatever live set we're doing

but yeah for the most part we start from scratch

 

awesome. i guess that 45 minutes recks on will have to live in my brain then.

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:56 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:52 PM, jules said:

when you guys are getting your live sets together, do you usually start with a base of the record you are touring on or have a whole new thing going on? with stuff like flex 96, it seems all fresh but the untilted tour had obvious stuff from the album which then morphed into stuff for quari. i havent heard any of the oversteps tour (hint hint)

 

im excited over what exai material could morph into live with all those huge grooves.

 

it really depends, with quaristice etc it kind of happened 'organically' cos we didn't have a full studio for a few months and we were jamming with sequences from the live set

and sometimes we take sequences from album tracks and throw them into whatever live set we're doing

but yeah for the most part we start from scratch

 

Always been curious about this myself.....

This particular live segment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxqSfMVWn8- is probably my all-time favourite Autechre moment. Is this an evolution of a previous live section or album track? If not, did it ever morph in to something which appeared on a later release?

It's mind blowing. Beatwise are we hearing a good bit of the EFM bass drum in there?

when i listen to your music i often feel intense inspiration, like this burst of freedom and desire to make music and like anything is possible, but at the same time i also will often feel completely humbled, like i could never be that good, and like ae is just on some other fantastic level.

are there any records that make you guys feel this way? like, something that completely inspires you and connects you with your love of music but at the same time makes you feel like it's way ahead of you?

for you, is there a particularly depressing, sad autechre track or do you try to stay away from overtly communicating things like that?

Per definition this is the last question: Did you guys ever read http://5z8.info/banned-in-the-US_q3p8hy_-----TAKE.TWITTER.LOGIN-----

What do you guys think about the fact that most little kids and toddlers these days seem to be playing on devices such as ipads and what not?

Also incase my question wasn't a repeat, what's your favorite opening and closing tracks on an album?

Hey guys, I'm still here following this, which leads me to ask did y'all realize probably hundreds if not thousands of man-hours are being lost right now due to the obsessive compulsion to click refresh?

Worth it tho :)

Also I'm about to record a remix of my friend's track onto cassette tape, first feeding a few live tracks into a fostex x-18h 4-trk, then straight recording it using a technics rs-t911 double cassette deck....have y'all any words of wisdom that would be some things to consider?

Edit:

What it feels like in Memphis today

are you guys enjoying this? it looks tiring. You are very cool to do this.

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:12 PM, Sam said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:56 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:52 PM, jules said:

when you guys are getting your live sets together, do you usually start with a base of the record you are touring on or have a whole new thing going on? with stuff like flex 96, it seems all fresh but the untilted tour had obvious stuff from the album which then morphed into stuff for quari. i havent heard any of the oversteps tour (hint hint)

 

im excited over what exai material could morph into live with all those huge grooves.

 

it really depends, with quaristice etc it kind of happened 'organically' cos we didn't have a full studio for a few months and we were jamming with sequences from the live set

and sometimes we take sequences from album tracks and throw them into whatever live set we're doing

but yeah for the most part we start from scratch

 

 

Always been curious about this myself.....

 

This particular live segment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmxqSfMVWn8- is probably my all-time favourite Autechre moment. Is this an evolution of a previous live section or album track? If not, did it ever morph in to something which appeared on a later release?

 

It's mind blowing. Beatwise are we hearing a good bit of the EFM bass drum in there?

 

this part was new - made just for the live set.

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:15 PM, Wurstwasser said:

Per definition this is the last question: Did you guys ever read http://5z8.info/banned-in-the-US_q3p8hy_-----TAKE.TWITTER.LOGIN-----

repost that link - i think something went wrong there - it feeds back

A humble request: will you each post a pic of yourself answering questions in the thread and then post it in the Most Recent Pictures thread in Gen Ban?

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:19 PM, marf said:

are you guys enjoying this? it looks tiring. You are very cool to do this.

yeah its good

keeping track of it all is a bit kind of totally impossible due to navigation slowness so if i'm skipping anything just repost it

some stuff i'm skipping cos i already answered ITT somewhere

and obv I'm trying to do other things like eat as well

sean eats? another myth horribly destroyed imo

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:25 PM, skibby said:

rob and/or sean, is there any truth to this: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?=733223

truth in what sense?

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:27 PM, Alcofribas said:

sean eats? another myth horribly destroyed imo

i know i should have said i need to perform osmosis or something

No time to eat when you watmm.

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:23 PM, Rob Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:15 PM, Wurstwasser said:

Per definition this is the last question: Did you guys ever read http://5z8.info/banned-in-the-US_q3p8hy_-----TAKE.TWITTER.LOGIN-----

repost that link - i think something went wrong there - it feeds back

 

Yeah, correct. I wanted to catch you in an endless loop and then sell you to best bidding fanboys but it obviously did not work. *runningawayquickly*

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:28 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:27 PM, Alcofribas said:

sean eats? another myth horribly destroyed imo

i know i should have said i need to perform osmosis or something

don't you have like a custom max osmosis patch or something? come on man.

  On 11/6/2013 at 3:42 PM, triachus said:

You are influenced by a lot of hip-hop, mainly 80's. Do hip-hop artist that listen to your music hear that influence? How do most hip-hop artist or fans react to your music?

 

 

Outkast praising Squarepusher, Kanye West sampling Aphex Twin... Were there ever any big rap/hip-hop names that approached you for collaborations/productions, or wanted to sample you (or have?)?

 

Any well-known rapper that you want to be approached by?

*push*

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:17 PM, soma said:

Hey guys, I'm still here following this, which leads me to ask did y'all realize probably hundreds if not thousands of man-hours are being lost right now due to the obsessive compulsion to click refresh?

 

Worth it tho :)

 

Also I'm about to record a remix of my friend's track onto cassette tape, first feeding a few live tracks into a fostex x-18h 4-trk, then straight recording it using a technics rs-t911 double cassette deck....have y'all any words of wisdom that would be some things to consider?

 

Edit:

 

What it feels like in Memphis today

yeah do a few runs at diff levels

make sure the azimuth's sensible, if not then def run off copies to digi like as soon as you do it

other than that nah, i mean there's no rules

Sean can you please give the ok to Rob to post his track titles for the Oversteps tour? :)

Preferably going by the Domino recording too as that's the one I live off!

Oh also, the live stuff you're working on now. Is this going to be essentially for the Exai tour, or are you thinking of being great and doing a tour for your next album due Summer 2014? (pls say yes <3)

Last question ever: can you name a future track 'obel is the best'? I think that's a reasonable request considering I'm a top notch boy

  On 11/6/2013 at 7:31 PM, triachus said:

 

 

 

 

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 3:42 PM, triachus said:

You are influenced by a lot of hip-hop, mainly 80's. Do hip-hop artist that listen to your music hear that influence? How do most hip-hop artist or fans react to your music?

 

 

Outkast praising Squarepusher, Kanye West sampling Aphex Twin... Were there ever any big rap/hip-hop names that approached you for collaborations/productions, or wanted to sample you (or have?)?

 

Any well-known rapper that you want to be approached by?

 

*push*

 

lel kanye sampled afx, which track? didn't know about that

no clue i dunno how many hip hop ppl check our stuff

i know el-p likes some of it, he approached for collab once, might still happen i was busy as fuck at the time

i dunno there are so many i like, like asking me what's my favourite cheese or something

how are your backs holding up? (eh sorry if this sounds weird)

i mean i do notice a lot of strain from standing, head down looking at gear, or just sitting at a desk a lot....

It's fair to say you enjoy 70's/80's German electronic with kraftwek laying some foundations for 80's hip hop... Do you like anything coming out of Germany now? Ie modeselektor/apparat/siriusmo?

Don't listen to Skibby, the link isn't real. Skibby's about to get banned when an admin clicks on that.

Oh my god, I am scrolling through Bull Wallet Versions and am out of breath how much laugh I have really

Have you guys seen them? Some of them are really stupidly genius...