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

hi, what are your favorite music videos? If you could have any director do a video for you, who would it be?

 

Do you get on each other nerves sometimes? and if so, how to you resolve issues?

 

do you have a lot of outtakes in the making of your albums? If so can we hear the ones from LP5??

song mode on the elektrons - did you ever use it? or all patterns. it's quite fun but it took me a long time to get around to using it.

  On 11/3/2013 at 3:18 AM, Ascdi said:

Any healthy living tips for those of us who, like you guys (I imagine), are stuck either by choice or necessity inside in front of a computer or LCD screen for long periods of time working? Get up often, take breaks, get some sun, etc?

 

Is there an Ae workout plan or diet regimen you’d recommend? I am actually not joking, btw. Personally I’ve been experimenting lately with a mostly gluten-free diet, which is a pain but seems to be treating me much better.

Eating gluten-free food is absolutely pointless if you are not allergic to gluten.

Honestly not intending to do the whole 'feminist stance' thing but...

 

I've often been confronted with seemingly pure disbelief that a girl such as myself could possibly "get" the sounds you produce, like it shouldn't be in my genetic make up. Even more so because when I first got into Autechre I was instantly drawn to albums such as Chiastic Slide (as opposed to say, Amber) seems to confuse some people or assume I therefore must be seriously aspergic.

 

Which leads onto:

 

The other thing I wondered about is the unfortunate status symbol attached to how high you are - or consider yourself to be- on the Autism Spectrum, and how this correlates with your ability to cerebrally connect with music like Autechre.

 

This turned out to not really be a question, I guess I just wondered about your opinion.

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:40 PM, Boxus said:

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 11:10 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 8:12 PM, Boxus said:

 

  On 11/4/2013 at 7:56 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

do you like ween? it's 2 crazy musicians making a bunch of awesome tracks

I remember hearing an alternate version of Buckingham Green in one of the webcasts, so I'm guessing that one's a yes!

 

Have you guys done any coding in ChucK?

 

 

nah but i saw it years ago and it looked interesting iirc it was made for live coding, is that right? would prob appeal to me if so

 

Yeah you can queue up different bits of code on the fly. I just started checking it out last week, it seems pretty slick. I like how you approach time in it, you set up all the parameters then tell the compiler to pass chunks of time to let sound happen with that config. Kinda trippy, makes you think differently.

 

I was listening to Oversteps today and I was wondering - did you have specific patches for those tracks that would generate them in an ongoing way, so you could leave them open as long as you wanted and have the melodies keep varying? Or were the songs set up to go through a certain number of variations / loops and then end? I just imagine it would be so sweet to pop open a patch and have it play a couple hours of pt2ph8 while you're doing things around the house.

 

A while back i saw this video about Scheme Bricks, an interface for live coding : http://blip.tv/nebogeo/slub-makeart-1-1541574

It's heavily based on Scratch (which is kind of a drag & drop interface for programming - mostly for education purposes) , but the clip sounded allright

Ok one more thing, just because I would feel left out if I didn't....

 

Can you name my avatar? I've had him on here for about a year now, I glitch him up differently every now and then and I think he needs a name....

Good afternoon from the states!

No questions yet. Just wanted to say thanks for helping shape me as a person through your music! Keep it coming guys.

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:41 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:31 PM, Sean Ae said:

 

 

are you expecting them to try to sneak some porn into one of our videos? i'll keep a lookout

 

definitely not what I was suggesting, It's just curious to me that Warp is creating controversial videos again. Or i shouldn't really say 'again' since the only ones that might be considered controversial are rubber johnny and maybe windowlicker. the !!! shorts thing was kind of a joke but the other half of my question was serious about the 0pn and new Jackson video (with all the penis hands being chopped off and lush forests made of pubic hair)

My earlier question probably was skipped over because it was silly but does autechre's music convey any sexuality whatsoever ..ever either unintentionally or not? Even in an obscured way like sampling from pornography (matmos has stated they are fond of sex slapping sounds from gay porn).

 

edit: I've noticed at least here in America people seem afraid to dance to your sets, at least the last time you've played here. Since that time, there has been a much higher ratio of female attendees at weird electronic music shows. How often do you see females gyrating in a passionate fashion to your music ? Are Americans just chin strokers or is it typical audiences of yours won't feel comfortable going wild on the dancefloor? That old video (from like 92?) posted recently of you guys playing was the most people I've ever seen dancing to Autechre music.

 

 

partly that we were being marketed in the usa by an industrial label, and then a kind of clueless well-meaning vanity label, for like 10 years

there were traces of dance music culture in the usa in the mid 90s but not like the uk and europe really, and our audience there were like, the wax trax audience, all introverts and weirdos

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:50 PM, Captain Kittens said:

 

  On 11/3/2013 at 3:18 AM, Ascdi said:

Any healthy living tips for those of us who, like you guys (I imagine), are stuck either by choice or necessity inside in front of a computer or LCD screen for long periods of time working? Get up often, take breaks, get some sun, etc?

 

Is there an Ae workout plan or diet regimen you’d recommend? I am actually not joking, btw. Personally I’ve been experimenting lately with a mostly gluten-free diet, which is a pain but seems to be treating me much better.

Eating gluten-free food is absolutely pointless if you are not allergic to gluten.

 

Solid first post. #gluten #alert

 

Sorry, I'll stop gunking up the thread now.

What is your favourite piece by Tangerine Dream?

How does the weather and the city influenced you guys?

 

Sometimes feels like living in a "big city" ( london / ny / etcs ) is kinda of a problem if you want to concentrate in your personal work since there's "noise" ( in all meanings not only sound-wise ) everywhere/all the time and seems to be harder to be immerse in your "own world".

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:23 PM, pixelives said:

It's assumptive to think that Warp has some agenda with the video content. Mostly we're talking about artist/director concepts that they simply approve. Also you're sounding vaguely puritanical.

 

Btw the !!! guys are some of the nicest people I have ever met. It may not be your cup of tea. But people do like it. Also: Nik is a awesome dancer and doesn't take himself too seriously. Always a good thing.

yeah they're top guys

they gave us sausages on our last tour - they were really cool, hospitable as fuck

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:00 PM, th555 said:

Any technical developments you guys are looking forward to?

yeah i want one of those million-year-lasting hard drives they say they can now make

  On 11/5/2013 at 9:37 PM, InSpectr said:

 

How need to do,in order for you to come to Russia?

whether you want to Russia?

If you have already scheduled visit , when?

 

I'm serious. have investors who are interested in your arrival and they ask what your requirements (fees, visa, accommodation, city)

sorry for my english.

can write to me personally.)

BTW wasn't referring to you SB, but the other commenter. :)

have you guys ever experienced a hard drive crash where you've lost an impactful amount of music in progress/or sounds? It seems like everybody i know has experienced a massive crash at least once while forgetting to back things up.

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:55 PM, Hexahedral said:

What is your favourite piece by Tangerine Dream?

as an album phaedra

but as a track probably kiew mission - that ppg vocal stuff does my head in, and even tho the track's slightly cheesy it's really evocative for me of some other time/place

  On 11/5/2013 at 11:03 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

have you guys ever experienced a hard drive crash where you've lost an impactful amount of music in progress/or sounds? It seems like everybody i know has experienced a massive crash at least once while forgetting to back things up.

 

Thank you for reminding me. Haven't backup for weeks...

  On 11/5/2013 at 11:03 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

have you guys ever experienced a hard drive crash where you've lost an impactful amount of music in progress/or sounds? It seems like everybody i know has experienced a massive crash at least once while forgetting to back things up.

 

yeah i lost a lot of stuff over the years, no huge volumes tho thank god

rale @ 2:40 mark there's a two note sound similar to windows "usb device disconnected" chime.

This little 'tuh-duh' fucker always catches me off guard.

Is it a deliberate attempt to piss off windows users?

Edited November 5, 2013 by skyking

  On 11/5/2013 at 11:01 PM, pixelives said:

BTW wasn't referring to you SB, but the other commenter. :)

yeah i got that, i just didn't wanna sound like some kind of nutter haha, i really like em, but like, I'm not wearing shorts like that on stage :D

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:34 PM, Rob Ae said:

did u find the rodelius one yet? not at my lib so can't scan for it soz

Not sure if I'm hunting the right Rodelius (Hans-Joachim Roedelius ?) as I'm getting a lot of early 80s Eno esque tracks at the moment in my hunt

  On 11/5/2013 at 11:06 PM, skyking said:

rale @ 2:40 mark there's a two note sound similar to windows "usb device disconnected" chime.

This little 'tuh-duh' fucker always catches me off guard.

Is it a deliberate attempt to piss off windows users?

ha no it's pure coincidence

there's a sound in one of SND's tracks that's the same as one of my custom IM sounds, still gets me after years

  On 11/5/2013 at 11:01 PM, InSpectr said:

 

  On 11/5/2013 at 9:37 PM, InSpectr said:

 

How need to do,in order for you to come to Russia?

whether you want to Russia?

If you have already scheduled visit , when?

 

I'm serious. have investors who are interested in your arrival and they ask what your requirements (fees, visa, accommodation, city)

sorry for my english.

can write to me personally.)

 

 

ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY BUY OUR AE AFTER ONLY THREE POSTINGS

  On 11/5/2013 at 10:55 PM, Hexahedral said:

What is your favourite piece by Tangerine Dream?

thats hard to answer,

 

like exit loads, phaedra loads, rocky mountain hawk, supernatural accomplice. plenty more really tho

Sean, Rob, are you spirituous or religious? Do you believe in some kind of elusive higher power?

Edited November 5, 2013 by Jev