elseq 1-5

  On 5/30/2016 at 2:57 PM, AliceS said:

pendulu hv moda really is something else, when I listen I'm just waiting for those two awesome synths to come in and basically tell their own story. 2:52 and the huge one at 7:09, I can't get enough of them. In my top 5 for sure. So many mental images.

i get these:

c7b2 is a behemoth. I can't even visualize anything with it, I just love the tour of timbres. Squelchy bass of all colours and flavors.

I can hear bits of Gescom's 1D Shapethrower in the end of c7b2

  On 5/30/2016 at 3:09 PM, xox said:

 

  On 5/30/2016 at 2:57 PM, AliceS said:

pendulu hv moda really is something else, when I listen I'm just waiting for those two awesome synths to come in and basically tell their own story. 2:52 and the huge one at 7:09, I can't get enough of them. In my top 5 for sure. So many mental images.

 

i get these:

 

 

totally get this man.

this is eastre for me:

and this is feed1:

and TBM2:

when u buy the 24 bit version

elseq 1-5 is a scientology conspiracy designed to impregnate based cruise into our collective anii.

more PKD than LRH, thankfully

  On 5/29/2016 at 8:11 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 5/29/2016 at 7:10 PM, wredny said:

 

  On 5/28/2016 at 3:19 PM, Alcofribas said:

 

  On 5/28/2016 at 11:59 AM, wredny said:

There it is. The Pitchforks have spoken: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21950-elseq-1-5/

imo "elseq" does not definitely sound like jams. this review is only echoing what lots of people on here have been taking for granted, that this release is autechre jamming or improvising or running software that's being controlled in real-time. it's certainly possible that this is true, or that at least some of the tracks employ such methods. but imo there is nothing about this music that is just so obviously "jams" like pitchfork and some peeps on this forum are suggesting and if it wasn't for the fact that sean has talked a lot about computers and spitting out albums in real time i'mnot sure what it is about this release that's justscreaming "this is just some edited jams by the electronica duo the 'chre."

 

fact is we have no real idea about autechre's compositional processes. and this seems like a fairly deliberately contrived mystery on their part; for all their willingness to discuss software stuff or how they make albums by pressing record and jamming away, they also seem to walk back many of these claims and insist tracks are made meticulously note by note or sean will get pissed and tell people they don't know what they're talking about when they employ the term "generative." personally, i don't think they're being mysterious to construct some cool idm identity, i just think they're artists who don't wish to be pinned down by cheap shop talk in lame interviews.

 

anyway, this pitchfork review is, unsurisingly, shit. there's no way some reviewer sat down, listened to 4 hours of autechre and just came to the conclusion that these are jams. the reviewer probably played elseq on his computer while browsing the internet to find things to write in his assignment and came up with "it's long" and "it's jams."

 

love this bit: "the Brown and Booths violent squelches."

 

 

(...) Progressions rather slow and not that abrupt as on their previous releases. (...)

 

this applies to pretty much their whole output up to untilted, tho. even on exai the average number of distinct "parts" per track was 2~3 max... meandering tracks with shitloads of microvariation is pretty much what autechre is (with obvious exceptions). this release is not particularly jammy imo.

 

'meandering tracks with shitloads of microvariation is pretty much what autechre is' exaclty same feelings, here! My point was that it might feel 'jammy' since I imagine that it's easier to handle microvariations then totally smasheverything (surripere or transition between 'FLeure' and 'Irlite (get 0)' are my favourite examples) and recreating sth new - remember everything in realtime!

On the other hand, who knows?! Maybe their soft is already so warped with patches that they can do whatever they want. Mix everything: rhythm, keys, reverb, structure at the spot, right off the bat...

Besides, great quote jader! It think we should compile a WATMMs review from snippets like this! It would set the standards high...

Honestly is anyone else out there doing music this complex/longform/engaging? The rest of my library is feeling boring stacked against it at the moment.

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freuaelux or whatever it's called reminds me a lot of perlence losid 2 on quadrange. like the ghost of an old techno track or something. so interesting

I think my current fav is spaces how v. when those drums come in after 3:30 or so, bliss

@ eugene

lol what was once stoya now it's tom cruise

nope

autechre have been forward thinking and their investment lets them accelerate further and further beyond everyone else in many respects.

On the topic of AE's mention that they were really close to being able to spit out an album in real-time, I kinda get the feeling that the tracks on elseq were largely spat out in a single go with very little revision/iteration there.

Obviously there is some amount of iteration in the patch design process, but there's a really improvisational feel to the tracks here, and coupled with their previous statement it makes me thing they spent the majority of the time setting up the patches, but when it came time to the record they just hit record and jammed them out akin to how they do their live sets.

Curious how others feel about this. Do you guys sense their meticulous iterative design has been pushed to the side in favor of the more emergent quality that their live setup can give their music?

  On 5/30/2016 at 9:58 PM, jules said:

like the ghost of an old techno track or something.

Nice.

  On 5/30/2016 at 10:06 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

(...) when it came time to the record they just hit record and jammed them out akin to how they do their live sets.

 

Curious how others feel about this.

on tracks like feed1, c7, eastre, TBM and pendulu c mayyybe... the rest? don't think so, no way in hell. i mean c'mon 13x0 is a fucking opera in itself...

I still haven't listened to all the tracks. I'm still stuck on my fave five. acdwn2, artov, pendulu, eastre & latentcall. It's hard to imagine it can get any better than those tracks! Gonna check out the rest tomorrow

  On 5/30/2016 at 11:39 PM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 5/30/2016 at 10:06 PM, thehauntingsoul said:

(...) when it came time to the record they just hit record and jammed them out akin to how they do their live sets.

 

Curious how others feel about this.

 

on tracks like feed1, c7, eastre, TBM and pendulu c mayyybe... the rest? don't think so, no way in hell. i mean c'mon 13x0 is a fucking opera in itself...

 

non imo

Double dawg dang. curvcaten is new favourite, nudges eastre out of the top 5

Hearing feed1 in good quality is immense. 13x0 step is nice too. I'm hearing nothing bad so far..Ae are on fire here!

I have gained a new respect for TBM2 which I had originally perceived as overly simplistic but I am hearing lots of strange things in the background (and even foreground) that I did not know existed before.

If they upped the volume or length on some of these things it would definitely make the track a lot more immediate sounding, but I actually think it was smart to keep things very restrained and subtle.

It kinda forces you to meet it half way and use your imagination to amplify what peeks through. Little mysteries keep poppin up to keep it fresh.

  On 5/31/2016 at 12:34 AM, orchard disk said:

I have gained a new respect for TBM2 which I had originally perceived as overly simplistic but I am hearing lots of strange things in the background (and even foreground) that I did not know existed before.

If they upped the volume or length on some of these things it would definitely make the track a lot more immediate sounding, but I actually think it was smart to keep things very restrained and subtle.

It kinda forces you to meet it half way and use your imagination to amplify what peeks through. Little mysteries keep poppin up to keep it fresh.

Yep, the same thing happened with me and "TBM2" too. It might be one of their most subtle tracks. It's an interesting experiment. I'm still not sure how much it will pay off, but I certainly can agree that I hear new oddities all over the place with every new listen. Some of the things I didn't hear until like my third time listening seem to be so obvious now.

The percussive/bassy tracks really beg to be played loud, more than pervious releases. Something particularly cathartic about them this time around.

  On 5/31/2016 at 2:21 AM, sweepstakes said:

The percussive/bassy tracks really beg to be played loud, more than pervious releases. Something particularly cathartic about them this time around.

curvcaten. I haven't been able to stop replaying it everytime I get to the end of elsucc1.

the bass and overall feel of that track reminds me of some of the moodier tracks off EP7, like Zeiss Contarex.

I'm finding this much more hypnotic than any previous ae. it begs for your attention but also just to be there to zone out to at the same time. it's quite amazing in that regard.