elseq 1-5

  On 5/12/2023 at 12:27 PM, trying to be less rude said:

Pitchfork rated volumes 1–5 of the album individually, with scores of 7.0, 6.6, 6.9, 7.1, and 6.8

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Pitchfork is an embarrassment.

  On 5/9/2023 at 1:29 PM, neurone said:

oh sorry I didn' take time to search in the forum .  so, idk.

but nevermind because actually I realise that you're about pendulu hv moda, while what i'v read was about "spaces how V" so double sorry

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yeah you can hear it here back in 2010, so cool 

  On 5/14/2023 at 6:18 AM, DyeMyBlueBlack said:

What the hell is even that?

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more numbers

  On 5/14/2023 at 1:06 PM, Bodhidharma said:

yeah you can hear it here back in 2010, so cool 

 

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Which track from elseq are we hearing part of here? I love this set (I think this Youtube version is actually better quality than the file that I have...), but I'm not connecting this with elseq. There's that bit that made it onto tuinorizn, though.

  On 5/18/2023 at 2:12 PM, mTesc said:

Which track from elseq are we hearing part of here? I love this set (I think this Youtube version is actually better quality than the file that I have...), but I'm not connecting this with elseq. There's that bit that made it onto tuinorizn, though.

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spaces how V

Pitchfork is utter garbage. A lot of things I've mellowed on the last few years but that place is mostly fucking worthless nowadays.

I remember back in the day when music papers generally were a hive of rebellion and a massive fuck off to mainstream culture. Pitchfork has a fucking Versace advert on regular rotation for fucks sake. And full of American problem politics. And absolute turd female rappers. Fuck off I'm not interested. 

  On 5/18/2023 at 5:16 PM, beerwolf said:

Pitchfork is utter shit.

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Word. Their takes on Ae are particularly bad. They gave Exai a 5.9

I don't agree with most of their ratings, but Pitchfork's rating system itself isn't that weird, just multiply the score by ten and think of it as a percentage. Giving Exai 59% is fucking dismal but one of the things that really gets me is that that their score is based on multiple people who work at the place's opinions but the review is only one person's take. As a result, these don't always match up. Pitchfork is mostly best for their coverage of things like indie rock rather than anything electronic that isn't Cut Copy or Neon Indian, etc.

  On 5/18/2023 at 5:23 PM, AnwarAutokino said:

Word. Their takes on Ae are particularly bad. They gave Exai a 5.9

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when exai came out a friend of mine said "that record is teh god" <- (reproduced with typo) . his review is much better in every way than any pitchfork review ever. 

  On 5/18/2023 at 5:23 PM, AnwarAutokino said:

They gave Exai a 5.9

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and then we have this lol

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17064-the-disintegration-loops/

7 years!!!!!!

  On 5/19/2023 at 10:36 AM, xox said:

and then we have this lol

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17064-the-disintegration-loops/

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I love Basinski but there is so much more in his career I find enjoyment in than The Disintegration Loops

  On 5/18/2023 at 5:28 PM, splesh said:

I don't agree with most of their ratings, but Pitchfork's rating system itself isn't that weird, just multiply the score by ten and think of it as a percentage. Giving Exai 59% is fucking dismal but one of the things that really gets me is that that their score is based on multiple people who work at the place's opinions but the review is only one person's take. As a result, these don't always match up. Pitchfork is mostly best for their coverage of things like indie rock rather than anything electronic that isn't Cut Copy or Neon Indian, etc.

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I'm sure I read (somewhere) that the ratings are added after by editorial staff and are independent of the actual review.

I admit I still check out pitchfork cos often the reviews will throw up good/interesting stuff that I wouldn't hear about otherwise, for example this: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/noemi-buchi-matter/

Didn't hear these in years and recently revisited, so fresh and so clean the magic of autechre man

  On 6/5/2023 at 5:04 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

Didn't hear these in years and recently revisited, so fresh and so clean the magic of autechre man

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Welcome back Ivan !

Well, how about that?

  On 7/1/2024 at 4:22 PM, Neurodancer said:

Well, how about that?

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they finally received a film award for their music! i guess recognition comes when you least expect 

congratz ae bros!

It's Ian Anderson reselling his designs!

elseq still top tier 

Some current thoughts on elseq:

Foldfree casual, pendulu hv moda and freulaeux are some of the lushest shit they've done on this side of Oversteps. 

C16 deep tread is a fun alarm clock track, I have been enjoying it for this purpose. You should try. You will wake up.

Around 12:45 in elyc6 0nset is where I often have the thought, "am I really up for the rest of this?" It seems to be the pivotal moment. I usually go for it obv, but it seems like this point in the track is always where it crosses my mind.

C7b2 4:16-4:55 still some of their best fart work ever. Ballsy as hell, they just went for it lol.

  On 10/13/2024 at 6:46 AM, toaoaoad said:

C16 deep tread is a fun alarm clock track, I have been enjoying it for this purpose. You should try. You will wake up.

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I used to drive to work at 5:30am with 5 going - freulaeux on full blast: sodium lights in the morning mist off the river