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I repost my question about vocal samples from deco Loc (soz) and opinions about bocs harvest

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:30 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Just how "generative" (not sure this is the right word for this) were some of the tracks on Confield? Tracks like Sim Gishel, Parhelic Triangle and Uviol, for example.

I've read so many rumors and theories about this, that I don't know what to believe at this point. I mean, it sure doesn't sound like you just hit record and then left the computer running for a few minutes, since all the tracks seems to go somewhere. Were you adjusting stuff on the fly or?

 

hella good album btw

 

edit: also, last question. I promise. for realz.

 

 

parhelic triangle wasn't algo at all

 

sim gishel was slightly

 

uviol was a lot

 

but none of it's in the way you prob think of 'algorithmic' with loads of randomness. it was all planned out, with bits of it being executed after intervals etc

like a track but codified

 

that's the thing when u say algorithmic people think you mean unplanned and sprawling. doesn't mean that at all in our case, just means procedural

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:33 PM, Rob Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:29 PM, Joseph said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:02 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:02 PM, logakght said:

What do you think of Wolfgang Voigt's GAS project?

really like it

tbh i'm a huge fan of his anyway

 

Awesome, do you have a favorite GAS album?

 

Also, do you like his recent stuff? (last 3 years or so)

 

favourite gas LP, pop - for PO6 & POP7 quite specifically

 

Mine too. I figured this would be your answer, I think the level of sample manipulating ability he reached on POP is the only thing I've heard that compares to ae's finest moments.

I think I've been to all your Glasgow gigs. My absolute favourite was in ... Tin Pan Alley I think, the tour around the time of Tri Repetae. Man that was good -- proper pummelling. Anyways, I don't expect you guys to remember that particular gig, but it leads on to my question ... do you have a favourite venue or city to play in, and do you have a stand out gig that's been your most enjoyable to date?

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:34 PM, Indicator said:

I repost my question about vocal samples from deco Loc (soz) and opinions about bocs harvest

i like TH and i'm waiting to see who figures out the samples

If y'all had some actor play you in a movie, who would you pick?

 

Also who would direct it?

 

Hell, who would write it?

cant think of a smarter question, but pretty curious about that one : there is a 30min recording of Gescom, live in manchester in 2002.

are you involved in that ?

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:30 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Just how "generative" (not sure this is the right word for this) were some of the tracks on Confield? Tracks like Sim Gishel, Parhelic Triangle and Uviol, for example.

I've read so many rumors and theories about this, that I don't know what to believe at this point. I mean, it sure doesn't sound like you just hit record and then left the computer running for a few minutes, since all the tracks seems to go somewhere. Were you adjusting stuff on the fly or?

 

hella good album btw

 

edit: also, last question. I promise. for realz.

10% give or take

Did you really smash buttons into your keyboard randomly and come up with the name "Autechre"

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:37 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:34 PM, Indicator said:

I repost my question about vocal samples from deco Loc (soz) and opinions about bocs harvest

 

i like TH and i'm waiting to see who figures out the samples

are the samples from something fairly well-known?

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:19 PM, Rob Ae said:

u mean a button that moves all parameters a bit more. 1-100. yeah ok that is diff a bit, but what if your really close to something quite good, and u press that, u may never find what u were after - and be further from it than b4. we call that 'pot' luck

Yeah exactly. It's risky. Like u said, I could be on to something. Usually if I can feel something sounds decent I'll begin the manual tweaking and cleaning.

 

Synplant looks like a quirky thing. I could mimic that using a more complex patch with hundreds more values and randomize everything in 1% increments.

 

I use this method mostly when I have a blank slate and am feeling lazy. It can be tough jumping into things cold when there's no idea of what sounds I want to get into. That being said, I am gearless thus subject to the electronic abyss. Shit can be scary. The elektron looks like fun id like to get my hands on one

do you recall Iera being used on an adult swim commercial for the Tim and Eric show, or a Steve Brule spinoff? It felt like an odd match because the tune is pretty wicked, and the commercial is for some *sick* comedy.. they use a lot of Flying Lotus on the channel. Does Warp consult with you guys to use a track, as in that case?

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:34 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:30 PM, Friendly Foil said:

 

Just how "generative" (not sure this is the right word for this) were some of the tracks on Confield? Tracks like Sim Gishel, Parhelic Triangle and Uviol, for example.

I've read so many rumors and theories about this, that I don't know what to believe at this point. I mean, it sure doesn't sound like you just hit record and then left the computer running for a few minutes, since all the tracks seems to go somewhere. Were you adjusting stuff on the fly or?

 

hella good album btw

 

edit: also, last question. I promise. for realz.

 

parhelic triangle wasn't algo at all

 

sim gishel was slightly

 

uviol was a lot

 

but none of it's in the way you prob think of 'algorithmic' with loads of randomness. it was all planned out, with bits of it being executed after intervals etc

like a track but codified

 

that's the thing when u say algorithmic people think you mean unplanned and sprawling. doesn't mean that at all in our case, just means procedural

cool. Thanks for clearing that up. (edit: both of you) Edited November 6, 2013 by Friendly Foil

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:33 PM, auxien said:

I haven't caught up with today yet...and I asked before, I assume yall didn't answer on purpose but I'll try again.

 

What's myslb mean/stand for or whatever?

 

Sent using magic

 

there's actually a clue out there and i'm waiting to see if anyone notices

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:37 PM, k h o v said:

cant think of a smarter question, but pretty curious about that one : there is a 30min recording of Gescom, live in manchester in 2002.

are you involved in that ?

u got a link?

 

just to be clear, theres a few geswackers

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:38 PM, Zeffolia said:

Did you really smash buttons into your keyboard randomly and come up with the name "Autechre"

mbe not random, but i had no idea after AU' of the outcome.

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:38 PM, barbara planar said:

do you recall Iera being used on an adult swim commercial for the Tim and Eric show, or a Steve Brule spinoff? It felt like an odd match because the tune is pretty wicked, and the commercial is for some *sick* comedy.. they use a lot of Flying Lotus on the channel. Does Warp consult with you guys to use a track, as in that case?

 

they probably paid for a blanket license, which means they can use stuff when they want within some stipulated limits and everyone gets a cut depending on something like market share

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:30 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:27 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:19 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:15 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 6:30 PM, triachus said:

I've found out in this thread you guys have once performed with Fennesz. I'm guessing there are no recordings of it?

 

Also found this: http://autechre.net.ua/en/articles/article11.htm

 

What year was that? How did it that you guys performed together, who contacted who?

 

You said playing with him "went well". Is there a chance you guys might ever do something like that again? Or a collaborated album? Maybe just 1 track even? Fennesz is quite the collaboration beast.

 

*pushes it to the limit*

 

yeah i like his stuff a lot, i'd def do another gig with him i think he gets what we're doing

 

that brings me to another thing:

 

 

When doing collaborations/remixes, do you usually approach someone, or do you get approached? Or are there middlemen who do suggestions and lay connections?

 

we get approached, it's always cos someone has a release coming up etc

 

And still no Depeche Mode, right? Do you think they know about you? I mean, they do electronic music and are dirtier with production than before.

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:38 PM, Maxwell said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:19 PM, Rob Ae said:

u mean a button that moves all parameters a bit more. 1-100. yeah ok that is diff a bit, but what if your really close to something quite good, and u press that, u may never find what u were after - and be further from it than b4. we call that 'pot' luck

Yeah exactly. It's risky. Like u said, I could be on to something. Usually if I can feel something sounds decent I'll begin the manual tweaking and cleaning.

 

Synplant looks like a quirky thing. I could mimic that using a more complex patch with hundreds more values and randomize everything in 1% increments.

 

I use this method mostly when I have a blank slate and am feeling lazy. It can be tough jumping into things cold when there's no idea of what sounds I want to get into. That being said, I am gearless thus subject to the electronic abyss. Shit can be scary. The elektron looks like fun id like to get my hands on one

 

more like u should have 2x reaktors , then make the one u like less, become more like the one u like, i guess thats what synplants more about.

Edited November 6, 2013 by Rob Ae

have you listened to that Meatbingo album out on Skam? It is so good.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzt_7YCKCdA

 

http://boomkat.com/downloads/785390-meatbingo-trendy-robots

Edited November 6, 2013 by ZombieLincoln666

Either of you have any interest in Supercollider anymore, or does Smalltalk code do you head it too much?

 

I love Max to death, but often feel deflated when some algorithmic process takes an extraordinary amount of patching in Max, but is only several lines of code in Supercollider.

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:38 PM, Alcofribas said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:37 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:34 PM, Indicator said:

I repost my question about vocal samples from deco Loc (soz) and opinions about bocs harvest

i like TH and i'm waiting to see who figures out the samples

are the samples from something fairly well-known?

Linda Thompson is a good starting point

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:37 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:34 PM, Indicator said:

I repost my question about vocal samples from deco Loc (soz) and opinions about bocs harvest

i like TH and i'm waiting to see who figures out the samples

 

 

Well, psn already suggested Personal Jesus and made some "proof" mix for it.

  On 11/6/2013 at 11:37 PM, soma said:

If y'all had some actor play you in a movie, who would you pick?

 

Also who would direct it?

 

Hell, who would write it?

 

argh i have no idea

sounds like the kind of thing watmm should decide

 

i mean that's always how it works irl isn't it, some actor gets picked and the actual person groans when they read the news story telling them

 

ken loach did a decent job of raining stones tho, that was set in my home town

actually you could just throw that into premiere and do some head swaps

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:58 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/6/2013 at 10:43 PM, naawRaybarn said:

a few random bits:

 

- favourite character/moment in Lost (if you watched the series?)

 

- favourite Yoda scene in any SW movie?

 

- C. Nolan's or T. Burton's Batman?

 

- Brave New World or 1984?

 

- Favourite type of beer (ale, lager, stout, etc)?

 

- Could you recommend a dessert featuring banana and chocolate?

 

er hurley probably, at least he's the one i'd be most likely to hang out with

 

the meeting scene when luke doesn't know who he is and yoda's trolling the shit out of him

 

burton's (sorry but that first burton film was ace when it came out, i know it seems a bit shit now)

nolan's are like, not serious enough to be seen as serious. they could have been a million times more serious imo. bane was shit as well, sounded like a bad impression of patrick mcgoohan

 

brave new world

 

ipa or ale, but I'm not much into beer, its alright

 

i don't know any but i dunno maybe i just don't think the tastes compliment that well

 

 

 

yay, Cheers Sean!

 

- good choice, Hurley is a great lad! I'm a big fan of Locke myself! how do you think they managed to finish up the whole series?

 

- haha yes that's a good Yoda moment, I second that I guess :) btw why do you think Lucas decided to add Jar Jar to the franchise?

 

- Yeah I'm a fan of Burton's universe as well, but I really like them both. Burton's vision still stands the test of time I think. Haha I thought everyone heard a distorted Sean Connery in Bane's voice!

 

- do you think our society today are "progressing" towards Huxley's vision of BnW? Or maybe we are there already more or less?

 

- last dessert you had that gave you pleasant vibes?

 

- what do think of Spielberg's AI?

 

 

oh and here's a photo of me visiting some folks in Wales over a year ago. me to the right. Any comments? :)