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

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:29 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:06 PM, amni said:

Last 2 questions I promise :-)

 

Your live sets, say Oversteps,each year sound quite similar from town to town so how do you approach it? You have a foundation and then tweak over the top?

 

I kind feel bad for you guys at the moment although I am sure we are all enjoying chatting to you, but I cant help feeling like you are doing tech support.

So my final question is ,my Windows 8 computer isnt working. What should I do?

 

not really they vary tons, unless u mean in terms of tracks, the patterns were changing constantly it doesn't even really repeat bars never mind whole tracks

 

unless, is this a ruse?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:28 PM, Retosik said:

are you two going to make two separate albums in the future?

i'm a huge fan of this idea

 

it might have happened already

how would you know

Nobody could know... i bet rob made Oversteps. seriously tho, you should make separate albums once, not neccesarily under "autechre".

another q's: what's your worst track? did you made a bot to make tracks for you? have you considered not making music anymore (plsno)? and please answer this: what are lyrics to "ccec" and what's the sample from?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:47 PM, Uniret said:

I'd ask you hundred questions about this and that, but since I'm temporary retarded, I'll let the other members take care of that.

I just wanna say I really enjoy your music, and repeat a question I asked a while back, that may or may not have been answered;

Have you listened much to jazz, and if so, who are your favorite jazz musicians, favorite jazz albums, etc?

not really

i only have like 4 jazz records, all of which i just got cos i heard them round mates' houses

i find it really inconsistent in terms of sound

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:45 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:42 PM, gmanyo said:

Have you ever released a track on album that you made in a super short amount of time and just liked?

 

yeah quite a few, esp on the early albums

Sorry, can't help but be curious: how short are these? Less than a day? An hour? Any specific tracks you remember doing in a notably small amount of time?

love reading through all the responses, some insightful stuff.

and so marathonic.. just like the mixlr stream a while back, really like that. was reading these responses yesterday night trying to catch up, and at a certain moment you get over a threshold and things just start to get nice and deep (nice and derp). thanks!

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:48 PM, Retosik said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:29 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:06 PM, amni said:

Last 2 questions I promise :-)

 

Your live sets, say Oversteps,each year sound quite similar from town to town so how do you approach it? You have a foundation and then tweak over the top?

 

I kind feel bad for you guys at the moment although I am sure we are all enjoying chatting to you, but I cant help feeling like you are doing tech support.

So my final question is ,my Windows 8 computer isnt working. What should I do?

not really they vary tons, unless u mean in terms of tracks, the patterns were changing constantly it doesn't even really repeat bars never mind whole tracks

 

unless, is this a ruse?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:28 PM, Retosik said:

are you two going to make two separate albums in the future?

i'm a huge fan of this idea

it might have happened already

how would you know

Nobody could know... i bet rob made Oversteps. seriously tho, you should make separate albums once, not neccesarily under "autechre".

 

another q's: what's your worst track? did you made a bot to make tracks for you? have you considered not making music anymore (plsno)? and please answer this: what are lyrics to "ccec" and what's the sample from?

 

haaa i don't want to answer any of them

So, like when your term is up here on watmm, (minus what I posted several threads ago about what I think will actually happen),

Will there be a "goodbye watmm!" or will you just disappear, whilst lurking, laughing at all the questions that will be pouring in for days?

Ugh, haven't been here the last few hours and still have to read through 40 pages...

Anyway, a question:

Could you give a little input on the making of your latest webcast?

How long were you working on it, what software did you use (could you rec any for a basic mix?), how did you choose tracks etc.

Thanks.

Lifeforms or Dead Cities?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:39 PM, Frankie5fingers said:

 

just gonna bump this shit yo.

  On 11/6/2013 at 3:34 PM, Frankie5fingers said:

would love to hear your guys' thoughts on another one of my favorite artists, Solar Fields. ever heard/listen to him? Aside from you two he's one of my biggest influences to making music.

 

not heard any, will check it

Do you have a track that was more difficult to make than it sounds?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:53 PM, beetles said:

Lifeforms or Dead Cities?

Accelerator

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:50 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:48 PM, Retosik said:

 

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:29 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:06 PM, amni said:

Last 2 questions I promise :-)

 

Your live sets, say Oversteps,each year sound quite similar from town to town so how do you approach it? You have a foundation and then tweak over the top?

 

I kind feel bad for you guys at the moment although I am sure we are all enjoying chatting to you, but I cant help feeling like you are doing tech support.

So my final question is ,my Windows 8 computer isnt working. What should I do?

not really they vary tons, unless u mean in terms of tracks, the patterns were changing constantly it doesn't even really repeat bars never mind whole tracks

 

unless, is this a ruse?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:28 PM, Retosik said:

are you two going to make two separate albums in the future?

i'm a huge fan of this idea

it might have happened already

how would you know

Nobody could know... i bet rob made Oversteps. seriously tho, you should make separate albums once, not neccesarily under "autechre".

 

another q's: what's your worst track? did you made a bot to make tracks for you? have you considered not making music anymore (plsno)? and please answer this: what are lyrics to "ccec" and what's the sample from?

haaa i don't want to answer any of them

rob, what are the lyrics to ccec ;___;

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:56 PM, ZombieLincoln666 said:

Do you have a track that was more difficult to make than it sounds?

parhelic triangle

all tomorrow's linoleum

squarepusher remix

there's 3, there are quite a few

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:52 PM, northernplastic said:

Ugh, haven't been here the last few hours and still have to read through 40 pages...

 

Anyway, a question:

Could you give a little input on the making of your latest webcast?

How long were you working on it, what software did you use (could you rec any for a basic mix?), how did you choose tracks etc.

 

Thanks.

mostly traktor

made a huge playlist really gradually, like over the course of a year, and then went thru it later doing lots of 20-60 min mixes in certain bpm ranges, then mixed them together

talking about parhelic triangle @ sean, what does it remind you of? i guess it creeps me out a bit sometimes

confield was my first proper ae album btw

What is the most Autechrean planet?

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:48 PM, gmanyo said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:45 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:42 PM, gmanyo said:

Have you ever released a track on album that you made in a super short amount of time and just liked?

 

yeah quite a few, esp on the early albums

 

Sorry, can't help but be curious: how short are these? Less than a day? An hour? Any specific tracks you remember doing in a notably small amount of time?

 

yeah most of the tracks on amber were done in less than a day for example

incunabula the older ones took longer cos we were using a 4 track but soon as we got the atari we were firing them out, one or two a day, but not working every day cos we had jobs

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:35 PM, xox said:

YJY UX is my fav Ae track at the moment. It has such a huge impact on me; especially on my 'spiritual' state of mind ...like i'm at the center of sahara at sunset and transcendental things are starting to unfold. Such a joy! I'm literary experiencing it.

 

Can u please say anything more about it? ... i'm happy with anything u drop at me.

 

Thnx!

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:51 PM, olo said:

So, like when your term is up here on watmm, (minus what I posted several threads ago about what I think will actually happen),

 

Will there be a "goodbye watmm!" or will you just disappear, whilst lurking, laughing at all the questions that will be pouring in for days?

i thought joyrex would lock it no?

when is the over? what timezone…..

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:02 PM, mokz said:

What is the most Autechrean planet?

saturn

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:03 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:02 PM, mokz said:

What is the most Autechrean planet?

 

saturn

 

ah

jupiter

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:00 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:56 PM, ZombieLincoln666 said:

Do you have a track that was more difficult to make than it sounds?

 

parhelic triangle

all tomorrow's linoleum

squarepusher remix

 

there's 3, there are quite a few

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:52 PM, northernplastic said:

Ugh, haven't been here the last few hours and still have to read through 40 pages...

 

Anyway, a question:

Could you give a little input on the making of your latest webcast?

How long were you working on it, what software did you use (could you rec any for a basic mix?), how did you choose tracks etc.

 

Thanks.

 

mostly traktor

made a huge playlist really gradually, like over the course of a year, and then went thru it later doing lots of 20-60 min mixes in certain bpm ranges, then mixed them together

 

Cool, thanks for the reply.

Like I said before, the webcast was one of the greatest musical events this year (along with Exai of course, didn't listen to l-event yet, so I can't really judge).

Saturnian Jupitor

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:47 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:46 PM, Rhombix said:

++ Hey xox, totally seconded on YJY UX there. By far my favourite closer.

Also, just wondered if you had any thoughts on an early minimalist/process piece for solo organ called Melody III (Discogs):

It uses a 36-note pattern which is layered at nine different speeds... are you interested in this type of process/generation?

 

i am if it sounds good

sorry, the youtube didn't show up:

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:02 PM, Franciscus said:

talking about parhelic triangle @ sean, what does it remind you of? i guess it creeps me out a bit sometimes

 

confield was my first proper ae album btw

yeah i dunno what it reminds me of actually, some kind of lumbering deep thing

it has that dragging feeling, sort of ancient and sleeping

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:05 PM, Rhombix said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:47 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:46 PM, Rhombix said:

++ Hey xox, totally seconded on YJY UX there. By far my favourite closer.

Also, just wondered if you had any thoughts on an early minimalist/process piece for solo organ called Melody III (Discogs):

It uses a 36-note pattern which is layered at nine different speeds... are you interested in this type of process/generation?

i am if it sounds good

sorry, the youtube didn't show up:

 

 

ok this reminds me of laurie spiegel tons

i like it

Was this thread partially cringeworthy?

Be brutally honest.

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:39 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 9:21 PM, Schlitze said:

When you guys are on tour do you ever get to an unfamiliar venue, look around the place and have any concerns about how good it's gonna be? or do you put all your faith in the organisers to get the right venue? or get pissed off at a venue change at towns you've played in previous years? I saw you in glasgow 2005 and 2008 which were at the Art school (organised by Numbers i think), great venue, and the sound was massive. Then in 2010 at Sub Club, still a great gig, but a much smaller venue, more intimate and more subdued atmosphere (lots of chin strokers there that night / monday night, in comparison to Art School where the crowd can get a bit mental down the front {chanting ''one more tune'' i recall, lol}). I guess if i was on tour and had played a couple of gigs in a great venue, and was ready to go back there a coupla years later only to be told ''we're moving you somewhere less epic, you'll have to turn the volume down a bit, it's a monday night'' i'd be a bit pissed off. Any grumbles about that kind of thing?

 

i way preferred the art school gigs but that stuff's beyond our control really

it's as much in the interests of a promoter to put on a decent night as it is ours

 

the monday night thing was just cos of us being on tour, we have to play somewhere on monday, glasgow got the short straw that time soz

 

I actually turned up late to that sub club gig thinking u guys were playing later, as you never usually started at the art school before midnight. Walked in about 11.40 and went to get a drink at the bar, my mate was like ''i think thats ae started already'' i was like ''no way, thats Rob Hall, ae don't start till after midnight''. my mates like ''i think thats them on just now''. I pushed my way through the darkness to find it was indeed ae mixin it up there. I'm still annoyed i missed that lovely screechy track at the start. Anyway, went back to the bar finished my drink and then went and enjoyed the rest of the gig.

It was only during Rob Hall's set i pondered ''Why the hell was Sean wearing, Rob's Planet 69 T-shirt?''