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Autechre discography
Rob Brown and Sean Booth performing at the SeOne Club in London (2005)
Studio albums16
Live albums28
Compilation albums2
Music videos3
EPs16
Singles1

British electronic music duo Autechre have released thirteen studio albums, sixteen EPs, and a handful of singles.[1] They have also released 28 concerts as digital downloads through their own digital store.[2]

  • 6Promos, collaborations, and remixes

Studio albums[edit]

Release dateTitleLabelPeak chart positions
UK
[3]
US
Elec
[4]
US
Heat
[4]
US
Ind
[4]
29 November 1993IncunabulaWarp, Wax Trax!/TVT
7 November 1994Amber81
6 November 1995Tri Repetae[I]86
24 February 1997Chiastic SlideWarp130
13 July 1998LP5Warp, Nothing135
30 April 2001ConfieldWarp15347
7 April 2003Draft 7.30149940
18 April 2005Untilted19917
3 March 2008Quaristice1481350
23 March 2010Oversteps1241546
5 March 2013Exai882133
19 May 2016elseq 1–5
5 April 2018NTS Session 1nts.live/Warp
12 April 2018NTS Session 2
19 April 2018NTS Session 3
26 April 2018NTS Session 4

^I Released as Tri Repetae++ in the US with Garbage and Anvil Vapre

Digital

Live albums[edit]

Release dateTitleLabel
29 October 2015AE_LIVE_KRAKOW_200914Warp
AE_LIVE_BRUSSELS_031014
AE_LIVE_UTRECHT_221114
AE_LIVE_DUBLIN_191214
8 December 2015AE_LIVE_KREMS_020515
AE_LIVE_NAGANO_300515
AE_LIVE_GRAFENHAINICHEN_170715
AE_LIVE_DOUR_180715
AE_LIVE_KATOWICE_210815
30 January 2019AE_LIVE_PORTLAND_240915
AE_LIVE_SEATTLE_250915
AE_LIVE_VANCOUVER_260915
AE_LIVE_CHICAGO_290915
AE_LIVE_TORONTO_011015
AE_LIVE_MONTREAL_021015
AE_LIVE_NEW_YORK_031015
AE_LIVE_BOSTON_041015
AE_LIVE_PORTSMOUTH_051015
AE_LIVE_PHILADELPHIA_061015
AE_LIVE_WASHINGTON_071015
AE_LIVE_ASHEVILLE_081015
AE_LIVE_ATLANTA_091015
AE_LIVE_ORLANDO_101015
AE_LIVE_MIAMI_111015
AE_LIVE_AUSTIN_131015
AE_LIVE_LOS_ANGELES_151015
AE_LIVE_SAN_FRANCISCO_161015
AE_LIVE_DENVER_171015

Compilations[edit]

Release dateTitleLabelPeak chart positions
UK
[3]
US
Elec
[4]
US
Heat
[4]
US
Ind
[4]
11 April 2011EPs 1991–2002Warp
24 August 2018NTS Sessions 1–4Warp

EPs[edit]

YearTitleLabelPeak chart positions
UK
[3]
US
Elec
[4]
US
Heat
[4]
US
Ind
[4]
1991Cavity JobHardcore
Lego FeetSkam
1994Anti EPWarp
1995Garbage138
Anvil Vapre102
1997Envane94
Cichlisuite127
1999Peel Session[A]
EP7
2000Peel Session 2
2002Gantz Graf108
2008Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae
2010Move of Ten
2013L-Event

Notes:

  • A^Peel Session charted at number 2 on the Budget Album Chart, as opposed to the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Singles[edit]

YearTitleLabelNote
1994'Basscadet'WarpNo. 56 UK Singles Chart[5]
1996'We R Are Why'Mail-order 12' vinyl
1999'Splitrmx12'12' vinyl promo, sold through mail-order
2017'JNSN CODE GL16 / spl47'Touched Music

Promos, collaborations, and remixes[edit]

  • 1996: Keynell (12' vinyl promo, two remixes of the Gescom track)
  • 1996: The Fall / Drome / Autechre split 7' (free with issue 16 of German fanzine What's That Noise?, includes 'P.I.O.B (Mix Two)')
  • 1997: Radio Mix (hour-long DJ remix of own and other artists' tracks)
  • 1997: Autechre performed the music on the track 'アイレ可愛や' on Mari Hamada's album 編む女
  • 1998: Tortoise / Autechre: Adverse Camber / To Day Retrieval (12' vinyl, two remixes of the Tortoise track 'Ten-Day Interval')
  • 2003: æ³o & h³æ (2xCD Minimax, collaboration with Hafler Trio)
  • 2005: æo³ & ³hæ (2xCD, collaboration with Hafler Trio)
  • 2008: 'Quaristice (Versions)' (Limited to 1,000 copies, contains remixes of 11 Quaristice tracks)
  • 2008: Digital Exclusive (3-track EP available only in the Japanese iTunes Store)

Autechre remixes of other artists[edit]

ArtistTrackYearAppears on
Buck-TickIconoclasm (Don't X-ray da DAT mix)1994シェイプレス
The Higher Intelligence AgencySpeech3 (Conoid Tone Reformed by Autechre)1994Reform
Palmskin ProductionsEvolution of the Beast (Autechre Mix)1994The Beast
Saint EtienneLike a Motorway (Skin Up, You're Already Dead)1994Like a Motorway
SchaftSKF10047 (mixed by Autechre)1994Switchblade
Beaumont HannantPsi-Onyx (Psix Million Dollar Myx Oscar Goldman's Bonus)1995Psi-Onyx
ScornFalling (Autechre - 'FR 13' Mix)1995Ellipsis
SlowlyOn the Loose (For Internal Use Only)1995Ming
SoftballetformsJail of Freedom (Jailtilsli)1995Remix for Ordinary People
VVliezwei (Vliegenbos Morning Reproduced by Autechre)1995Sub-Machine/The Unheard/Vliezwei
DJ FoodSexy Bits (ae9v mix)1996Refried Food
Dominique DalcanAveugle & Sourd (Autechre Mix)1996Aveugle & Sourd Remixes
Edge of MotionEarth Ball (Autechre Rmx)1996Ad Hoc
GescomKeynell (1)1996Keynell Remixes
GescomKeynell (2)1996Keynell Remixes
ImpulseOne-Six-Four-Seven (Numbers Rammed Down My Ear Mix by Ae)1996One-Six-Four-One-Seven EP
Wall of Pressure
Kinesthesia (Cylob)Sanq (Autechre Mix)1996Empathy Box Remixes
Previously Unavailable on Compact Disc
LambGold (Autechre Mix)1996Gold
Mike InkParoles (Autechre Repoles)1996Polka Trax
Nav KatzeHappy? (Qunk Mix by Autechre)1996Gentle and Elegance
Silvania1belm : autechre mx1996Delay Tambor
Spacetime ContinuumString of Pearls (Autechre Mix)1996Remit Recaps
GescomKeynell (Remix)1997Radio Mix
Jimi TenorTake Me Baby (Remix)1997Radio Mix
LexisHypnotise (Autechre Remix)1997Criminal Elements/Hypnotise
Mark BroomAny No. Between 1 & 17 (Autechre Remix)1997Angie Is a Shoplifter (EP)
MediumCelsius (Rebuilt by Autechre)19977 Hills Clash
MerzbowEcobondage (Ending) Ae Remix1997Scumtron
Nav KatzeHappy? (Qunk Mix Dub)1997Never Mind the Distortion
Autechre/TortoiseAdverse Camber1998Adverse Camber/To Day Retrieval
Autechre/TortoiseTo Day Retrieval1998Adverse Camber/To Day Retrieval
East Flatbush ProjectTried By 12 (Autechre Mx)1998Tried by 12
GescomKeynell (Rmxd by Ae)1998This
GescomMag 3.1426 (Rmxd by Ae)1998This
GescomViral Rival (Rmxd by Ae)1998This
Skinny PuppyKilling Game (Autechre Mix) (Bent Mix)1998Remix dystemper
StereolabRefractions in the Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix)1998Miss Modular
Refractions in the Plastic Pulse
Various Artists8 (Ae Mix)1998Remixes
Across Uneven Terrain
D-BreezeCrazy For Love (Remix)1999Mask 500
Jürgen PaapeAutechre (TR7AEremix) vs. Jürgen Paape1999Sub Rosa vs. Kompakt
Nightmares on WaxSal Batardes (Purple Mix)1999Warp 10+3 Remixes
PhoeneciaOdd Job (Systems Mono Version)1999Odd Job(s)
SquarepusherTwo Bass Hit (ae Mix)1999Maximum Priest E.P.
Various Artistsno. 8 (æ2 mix by Autechre)19998, 8.5, 9 • Remixes
KrutonSmallfish Pa.Track2 (Autechre Remix)2001Granular Plateaux
FreeformA.T (Autechre)2002Audiotourism Reinterpretations: Vietnam and China
JelloNeph (Autechre Ultramatique 6 Mix)2003Lungbone EP
SeefeelAutechre Remix of Spangle by Seefeel2003Autechre Remix of Spangle by Seefeel
Team DoyobiPush Chairs for Grown Ups (Autechre Remix)2003Push Chairs for Grown Ups (Remixes)
EarthCoda Maestosa in F(flat) Minor2005Legacy of Dissolution
Mark BroomAny Number Between 1 & 17 (Autechre Alt Mix)2005Angie Revisited
Sensational meets KouheiSensachre 10 Mix (Autechre Remix)2006Sensational meets Kouhei
SurgeonBad Hands Part II (Autechre Remix)2007Whose Bad Hands Are These? (Part I)
Unique 3The Theme (Autechre Remix)2007The Theme
LFOWhat Is House? (LFO Remix) (Autechre Remix)2009Warp20 (Recreated)
The Black DogTunnels Ov Set (Autechre Remix)2009We Are Sheffield
AnodyneClose Your Eyes (Corporation Street Remix By Autechre)2010The Remixes EP
DeneirThe Winding Ladder (Autechre Remix)2010Nowhen EP
The Bug feat. Killa P & FlowdanSkeng (Autechre Remix)2010Infected
Ninja Tune XX: 20 Years of Beats & Pieces
The Bug feat. Killa P & FlowdanSkeng (Autechre Dub)2010FACT Magazine Download
Oberman KnocksDilankex (Autechre Remix)2014Dilankex
Russell HaswellHeavy Handed Sunset (Autechre Conformity Version)2015As Sure as Night Follows Day (Remixes)
Giorgio Moroder & Raney Shockne611 Time Out (Autechre Remix)2016Tron RUN/r (Original Soundtrack)

Music videos[edit]

  • 1993: 'Basscadet (Bcdtmx)' (from 'Basscadet' single)[6]
  • 1995: 'Second Bad Vilbel' (from the Anvil Vapre EP)
  • 2002: 'Gantz Graf' (from the Gantz Graf EP)

References[edit]

  1. ^'Autechre'. Warp Records. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  2. ^'Autechre - AE_LIVE'. AE_STORE. Bleep Stores. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ abcd'UK Chart Positions'.
  4. ^ abcdefghi'Autechre Chart History'. Billboard. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  5. ^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 34. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^'Basscadet Autechre'. iTunes. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
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Rob Brown and Sean Booth performing live as Autechre in 2007
Background information
Also known asLego Feet
OriginRochdale, Greater Manchester, England
Genres
Years active1987–present
Labels
Associated actsGescom
Websiteautechre.ws
MembersSean Booth
Robert Brown

Autechre (/ɔːˈtɛkər/) are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are one of the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all of Autechre's full-length albums have been released beginning with their 1993 debut Incunabula. They gained initial recognition when they were featured on Warp's 1992 compilation Artificial Intelligence.[1]

Influenced by styles such as electro, acid house, and musique concrète,[2] the music of Autechre has evolved throughout their career from early, melodic techno recordings to later works often considered abstract and experimental, featuring complex algorithm-generated production and few stylistic conventions.[1] Their work has been associated with the 1990s electronic genre known as intelligent dance music (IDM).[3]

  • 2History
  • 4Recording
  • 8External links

Pronunciation[edit]

Booth and Brown pronounce the name Autechre with a Rochdale accent (/ɔːˈtɛkə/aw-TEK-ər).[4] However, they have explained that the name can be pronounced in any way one sees fit.[5] Booth explains: 'The first two letters were intentional, because there was an 'au' sound in the track, and the rest of the letters were bashed randomly on the keyboard. We had this track title for ages, and we had written it on a cassette, with some graphics. It looked good, and we began using it as our name.'[6]

History[edit]

Early years (1987–1992)[edit]

Brown and Booth met through Manchester's graffiti scene in 1987 when they both lived in Rochdale.[7] Heavily influenced by electro and house,[2] they began trading mixtapes and then creating their own compositions[5] while collecting a handful of cheap equipment, most notably a Casio SK-1sampler and a RolandTR-606drum machine.[8] Their first release was Lego Feet, a 12' recorded under an alias of the same name brought out by Manchester's Skam Records. Their first release as Autechre was the single 'Cavity Job' in 1991, released on Hardcore Records. Two more tracks appeared during the following year, under the now finalised Autechre name, on the Warp Records compilation Artificial Intelligence, part of the series of the same name. The compilation contained 'The Egg', later reworked for their first full-length release under the title 'Eggshell'.

Incunabula and Amber (1993–1994)[edit]

In 1993 Warp released their debut album, Incunabula, which became a surprise success, reaching the top of the UK Indie Chart.[9] The album had a cool, calculated feel, with clear techno and electro roots, but also showed hints of the rhythmic flourishes and tuned percussion that would later become an important feature of their work. An EP of remixes of Incunabula's 'Basscadet' was released in 1994, with animated computer graphics for the Bcdtmx version created by Jess Scott-Hunter. This music video featured on MTV Europe's Party Zone when Autechre were interviewed during the show in September that year.[10] 1994 also saw the release of Amber, an album featuring a more ambient, less percussive approach than their debut.[citation needed]

The Anti EP was released shortly before Amber and is, as of yet, the only Autechre release to have an explicit purpose: it was a protest against the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which would prohibit raves, defined as any gathering of nine or more people where rave music is played. Rave music was defined as music which 'includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats'.[11] The record came wrapped in a seal, on which was printed a legal warning: 'Flutter has been programmed in such a way that no bars contain identical beats and can therefore be played at both forty five and thirty three revolutions under the proposed new law. However we advise DJs to have a lawyer and musicologist present at all times to confirm the non repetitive nature of the music in the event of police harassment.'

In a 2008 interview with Pitchfork Media, Rob Brown mentioned that Incunabula and Amber retrospectively sounded 'cheesy'.[12] Brown later clarified that 'they were perhaps more simple, but not in a shit way.'[13]

Tri Repetae, Chiastic Slide, and LP5 (1995–1999)[edit]

A frame from the video for 'Second Bad Vilbel'

1995 saw the release of Tri Repetae, their third album, as well as the EPs Anvil Vapre and Garbage, featuring a monochrome cover designed by The Designers Republic, with whom Autechre have long held a close association. Tri Repetae and its associated EPs were combined into a two disc set entitled Tri Repetae++, which was released in the United States. An official promotional video was created for 'Second Bad Vilbel' from Anvil Vapre by English visual artist Chris Cunningham (his first). The 'Second Bad Vilbel' video featured rapidly cut shots of industrial machinery and robotic movement, synchronized with the music. Cunningham later re-edited the video in 2002, following his disappointment with the original: 'It was intended to be completely abstract but it didn't quite work out that way'.[14] A two track vinyl-only EP entitled We R Are Why, was available to buy during certain concerts and via mail order during 1996. Also in 1995, Autechre's track 'Nonima' was featured on Mind The Gap Volume 5, a Belgian compilation of electronic music [15].

Autechre released three records in 1997: the full length Chiastic Slide, and the EPs Envane, and Cichlisuite (pronounced 'sickly sweet'). The latter EP consists of five remixed versions of 'Cichli' from Chiastic Slide. Radio Mix was also released in 1997; a rare CD-only promotional recording, it contains an hour-long DJ mix of other artists' tracks, some of them remixed by Autechre, as well as a short interview edited sometimes to the point of incomprehensibility.

An untitled record (typically known as LP5 or simply Autechre) followed in 1998. It has been seen as a transitional work, with Brown commenting in 2005 that 'a lot of people have cited it as a classic Autechre album because it bridges the gap between the guys who liked our old stuff and the guys who got propelled on to our new stuff.'[16]

1999 saw the release of their first Peel session EP, consisting of three tracks broadcast on John Peel's show for BBC Radio 1 in October 1995, as well as a vinyl-only limited edition promotional EP entitled Splitrmx12. 1999 also saw EP7, which is classed by the group as an EP despite being over an hour in length.

Confield, Draft 7.30, and Untilted (2000–2007)[edit]

Autechre live at SeOne

The new millennium brought about a drastic change in Autechre's style, demonstrated by Confield (2001) and Draft 7.30 (2003), as well as the Gantz Graf EP (2002). The title track from Gantz Graf inspired an iconic video by British designer Alex Rutterford, featuring an object (or an agglomeration of objects) synchronized to the music as it morphs, pulsates, shakes, and finally dissolves. Rutterford, who had previously created an unofficial video for the Tri Repetae track 'Eutow' as part of the Channel 4 music programme Lo-Fi in 2001, claimed the idea for the 'Gantz Graf' video came during one of his LSD trips.[17] The second Autechre Peel session EP was also released in 2002, containing four tracks broadcast in 1999, named by John Peel himself. Autechre released two collaborative albums with Andrew M. McKenzie's Hafler Trio collective during the following three years (see collaborations).

The reactions by both professional critics[18] and fans[19] to the release of Confield were mixed, though generally positive. According to Sean Booth, 'most of Confield came out of experiments with Max that weren't really applicable in a club environment.'[20] In contrast, 2003's Draft 7.30 was seen by some[21] as an easier record to grasp. Booth stated in an interview around the release of Draft 7.30 that '[rhythm] doesn't seem to limit us in the way it did when we first started. Now I think we just get it, we're totally fluent in it and can be more expressive.'[22]

Untilted (a play on the word 'untitled'), the duo's eighth album, was released in 2005. It roughly continued the sound of their previous two LPs, though featured compositions that mutated greatly during their duration, typically alternating between passages of ambience and heavily processed, precise beats, such as on 'Ipacial Section'. M-5000 firecracker videos. Its final track, 'Sublimit', is at almost sixteen minutes Autechre's longest composition to feature on any of their albums until 2016's elseq 1-5. The release of Untilted was followed by a two-month tour that took the group around Europe, America and Japan, but withdrew them from studio work for an unusual length of time.[12] The outcome of this, coupled with a forced change in studio setup, was a gap of three years between releases, longer than ever before.

Quaristice, Oversteps, and Exai (2008–2013)[edit]

Their ninth album, Quaristice, was released in early 2008. In contrast to Untilted, it is made up of twenty tracks, more than any other Autechre release, each typically around 2–5 minutes in length. The download-only Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae EP that accompanies it (as well as the Versions bonus disc and three tracks released exclusively through the Japanese iTunes Store) brings the total length of music released during their Quaristice era to over five hours. Among this is the hour-long 'Perlence subrange 6-36' that closes the EP. Each track on Quaristice was edited down from lengthy improvised sessions between Booth and Brown,[12] some of which were released in longer versions on Quaristice. Quadrange.ep.ae. Although Sean Booth has stated that the FLAC release of Quaristice is the actual product,[23] the album was also released by Warp Records as a double LP and a single CD as well as an elaborate two CD edition by Warp Records. Limited to only 1000 copies,[24] and containing both the regular album and Quaristice (Versions), this special edition was packaged in a photo-etched steel case. It sold out within 12 hours of being announced.[25]

On 13 January 2010, Warp Records announced Oversteps, Autechre's tenth album. Originally slated to be released in March, it was released a month early in digital form on Bleep.com to those who preordered it; the CD and deluxe vinyl editions were released on 22 March 2010. A two-month European tour occurred in support of the album, followed by limited shows in Japan and Australia, the latter breaking a 15-year absence. Autechre then compiled a mix for the magazine FACT, released in February of the same year, that consisted of tracks by artists such as J Dilla and Necrophagist. On 25 May 2010, Warp Records announced the ten track Move of Ten, an EP by the duo in conjunction with the release of Oversteps. The digipack CD and the two 12' vinyl version, as well as a digital download, was released on 12 July 2010.

In April 2011 a boxset of EPs entitled EPs 1991 – 2002 (excluding Move of Ten) was released, with artwork from the Designers Republic. It includes a CD copy of their debut EP, Cavity Job, the first time it has been released on the format.[26] In 2011 as part of Warp's 'Made in Japan' relief concert for the victims of the 2011 Sendai earthquake, an eleven-minute piece was released entitled '6852', possibly part of a previous live recording.[27]

The eleventh studio album entitled Exai was released on 5 March 2013, having been available for download from the official website as of Valentine's Day, 14 February 2013.[28] The duo announced their 14th EP L-Event on 17 September 2013, which was released on 28 October 2013.[29]

AENA tour, AE_LIVE, elseq 1–5 and NTS Sessions (2014–present)[edit]

During 2015, the duo embarked on a tour across North America, marketed as AENA. The tour was officially announced on the Warp Records website on 25 May 2015 but promotional material (specifically the logos for the upcoming tour) can be found that was released on 13 August 2014.[30][31][32] On 29 October 2015 members of the Autechre mailing list were given invite-only permission to download a live recording from the duo titled AE_LIVE, a collection of 4 hour-long soundboard recordings of a series of concerts that took place in 2014.[33] On 1 November 2015 a Bleep.com substore opened up giving the public the ability to purchase and download the collection.[34][35]

On 13 May 2016 a new Autechre track under the title of feed1 was played on Tom Ravencroft's late evening show on BBC 6 Music after an announcement made on the Warp Records Twitter feed which was accompanied by a piece of geometric album art.[36][37] On 18 May 2016 a second new track was played on KSUA, an Alaskan student radio station, again announced in a tweet by Warp. Afterwards, Warp released the snippet of the Autechre song on their soundcloud under the title 'c16 deep tread'.[38][39] On 19 May 2016, their twelfth studio album, elseq 1-5, on Autechre's AE_STORE_ page. Warp Records have stated that there are no plans to release the album on a physical medium, making the album Autechre's first digital-only studio album release.

On 6 April 2018, a livestream of new material was broadcast on NTS Radio, marking the first of four live streams released every week of the month. On 9 April 2018, it was unveiled that the sessions, totaling 8 hours of material, would be packaged and released as NTS Sessions 1–4 with a listing on the AE_STORE, including 12xLP and 8xCD boxsets. The livestreams coincided with the announcement of live sets in Japan and Australia, including their first ever performance in Tasmania at the Dark Mofo Festival.

In November 2018, Richard Devine joined the user chat room of the electronic music forum We Are The Music Makers and hinted at an easter egg on the AE_STORE website.[40] Following a partially hidden link, the user could download instrument parameter files for Elektron's hardware which Autechre used for the 2008 Quaristice tour. When loaded into a Monomachine or Machinedrum these files allowed the user to create their own Quaristice tour soundboard.

Influences[edit]

A wide variety of influences have been noted as discernible in Autechre's music. The duo's roots in tagging, early hip-hop and electro music, and b-boy culture in general are still evident, with many reviews noting hip-hop rhythms—sometimes heavily obscured or processed, and sometimes explicit even in later work. All of Autechre's live webcasts have featured large amounts of early hip-hop and electro. In a review of Oversteps, The Wire noted 'Treale' as being 'a reminder of Booth and Brown's musical apprenticeship as teenage B-boys'.[41] As Autechre's music and studio setup evolved, reviews started to note influences from farther afield; experiments in algorithmic and generative synthesis, musique concrète, and FM synthesis drew comparisons with Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Bernard Parmegiani from critics such as Paul Morley.[42] Autechre also cite Coil as a major influence, with an unfinished collaboration of unknown completeness occurring around the release of LP5 and EP7.[43] One critic has stated that Autechre create 'some of the most complicated music you could ever hope to drown in' and are 'recognized as pioneers in experimental music'.[44]

Recording[edit]

Autechre use many different digital synths and a few analog synths in their production,[8] as well as analog and digital drum machines, mixers, effects units and samplers. They have also made extensive use of a variety of computer based sequencers, software synthesisers, and other applications as a means of controlling those synths and processing the synthesized sounds. Much of the hardware and software they use has been customized by the band themselves.[8] Autechre have also experimented in depth with development environments such as Max/MSP,[6] and Kyma,[6] amongst others, from 1997 onwards. From 2005 until 2009, they have used the ElektronMachinedrum and Monomachine, alongside Akai MPC and Nord Modular in their live performances.[45] It has also been rumoured that Autechre have used military equipment in their work.[46] In 2008, Sean Booth reported that if he were locked in a cell for a year with only one piece of software and one piece of hardware, he'd 'probably take a copy of Digital Performer and an AKGC 1000 microphone.'[47] Other machines that Autechre have repeatedly mentioned in interviews are appreciated for their interface and aesthetics as much as their sound, including the RolandTR-606 and MC-202, and the Nord Lead. According to the 2016 interview to Resident Advisor, both members haven't bought a piece of equipment 'in the last 5 years', making MAX/MSP a primary production method, with Sean Booth stating that 'in Max I can generally build the thing I need, and if I don't know how to do that it'll generally be worthwhile learning.'

Collaborations, remixes and covers[edit]

Both Booth and Brown are known to have been heavily involved with the majority of releases by the mysterious Gescom collective, although Booth admitted in an interview that around 20-30 musicians overall are connected with what he describes as an 'umbrella project'. Three elaborately packaged albums (æ³o & h³æ, æo³ & ³hæ, and ha³oe & ah³eo) have been made by Autechre in collaboration with Andrew M. McKenzie's ongoing Hafler Trio project. These albums are significantly more minimal than any other Autechre release, featuring dense, claustrophobic and noisy drones. A track called 'Elephant Gear', credited to both Autechre and Canadian breakcore musician Venetian Snares under the alias AEVSVS, was released on a compilation in tribute to Elektron co-founder Daniel Hansson, who died in a car accident. Autechre have collaborated with several artists for live performances, including Zoviet France,[46]Fennesz and Roedelius[48]3. Telepathics Meh In-Sect Connection, an album by Sean Booth in collaboration with Mika Vainio of Pan Sonic and Kouhei Matsunaga, was released in early 2010.

In 2009 they contributed a cover of an LFO song to the Warp20 compilation, as well as having their song 'Tilapia' covered by John Callaghan.

The compilation CD The Only Blip Hop Record You Will Ever Need, Vol.1, issued in 2002 by David Byrne's Luaka Bop Records, contains a cover version of 'Gnit' performed by Marie + Scratch. It is performed using only human voice samples.

Autechre helped initiate the All Tomorrow's Partiesmusic festival in 2000, and curated the 2003 festival.

Radio[edit]

Autechre have been involved with radio since their early days, originally spinning for IBC Radio, a Manchesterpirate radio station in 1991, where they had their own show playing Belgian techno alongside their own demos.[49] Later they would appear as part of Gescom for their weekly 'Disengage' show on Manchester's Kiss FM.[46]

Webcasts[edit]

Autechre have streamed exceptionally long live DJ mixes as webcasts to coincide with the release of four albums so far:

  • A nearly nine-hour live mix on 10–11 April 2005 (GMT) to coincide with the release of Untilted.
  • A twelve-hour live stream on 23–24 February 2008 to coincide with the release of Quaristice.
  • A twelve-and-a-half-hour live stream spanning 6pm – 6:30am (GMT) on 2–3 March 2010 to coincide with the release of Oversteps.
  • Two separate ten-hour live streams from 8pm to 6am (GMT) on 2 and 3 March 2013 to coincide with the release of Exai.

Discography[edit]

Main article: Autechre discography

Studio albums

  • Incunabula (1993)
  • Amber (1994)
  • Tri Repetae (1995)
  • Chiastic Slide (1997)
  • LP5 (1998)
  • Confield (2001)
  • Draft 7.30 (2003)
  • Untilted (2005)
  • Quaristice (2008)
  • Oversteps (2010)
  • Exai (2013)
  • elseq 1–5 (2016)
  • NTS Sessions 1–4 (2018)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ abDavid Stubbs, 'The Futurologists', The Wire, April 2003, p. 32
  3. ^Drew Daniel interview, November 2005—Pitchfork Media
  4. ^Marc Weidenbaum interview, c. 1997Archived 9 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine—Disquiet. com
  5. ^ ab'BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Autechre'. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. ^ abc'Autechre', April 2004—Sound on Sound
  7. ^'Autechre'. Barcode. 2008. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  8. ^ abc'TECHNO-LOGICAL', November 1997—Sound on Sound
  9. ^Mike Barnes (29 April 2001). 'Autechre: Mathematics is the new rock'n'roll'. The Independent. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  10. ^'Autechre TV Interview 1994'. forum.watmm.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  11. ^'Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 63 (1) (b)'. Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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  14. ^'Chris Cunningham: In Focus'. Inverted Audio. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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  20. ^Tingen, Paul (April 2008). 'In producing their complex, abstract electronica, Autechre have taken the idea of the studio as an instrument to new extremes..' SoundOnSound.com. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  21. ^'Draft 7.30 reviews at Metacritic.com'. Metacritic. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  22. ^Laurence Phelan (6 April 2003). 'The bleeping noise in your head? That'll be Autechre..'The Independent. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
  23. ^'Autechre – Quaristice : Exclusive Feature'. Clash. 6 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
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  26. ^'EPs 1991 - 2002 : Download now, deluxe 5xCD released April'. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  27. ^''Made in Japan relief concert''.
  28. ^McGovern, Kyle (13 December 2012). 'Autechre Ready Two-Hour, Double-Disc Album 'Exai''. Spin. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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  41. ^Sharp, Chris (March 2010). 'Review: 'Autechre – Oversteps''. The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music (313): 98.
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  43. ^'Listening Room'. The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music. 1998.
  44. ^Richards, Chris (8 October 2015). 'Autechre's maneuvers in the dark'. The Washington Post. ISSN0190-8286. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  45. ^'New Machinedrum Percussion Synth', April 2005—CreateDigitalMusic. com
  46. ^ abcWire magazine interview, Feb '97Archived 19 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine—The Wire Magazine
  47. ^Interview with Sean Booth, Jan 2008—Reverb Magazine
  48. ^'FM4'. Fm4v2.orf.at. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  49. ^Cavity Job Discogs entry—Cavity Job

External links[edit]

Autechre Digital Exclusive Ep

  • Autechre – official site
  • Autechre on IMDb
  • Autechre at Curlie
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Autechre.

Mainstream references[edit]

  • Autechre at AllMusic
  • Autechre discography at Discogs
  • Autechre discography at MusicBrainz
  • Sean Booth discography at MusicBrainz
  • Rob Brown discography at MusicBrainz
  • Autechre at Warp Records

Interviews and other[edit]

  • Autechre TV Interview on MTV Europe's Party Zone (September 1994)
  • Autechre interview with Sound on Sound (April 2004)
  • Rob Brown interview with BBC Collective (April 2005)
  • Sean Booth interview with KultureFlash (April 2005)
  • Sean Booth interview with Cyclic Defrost (May 2005)
  • Rob Brown Interview about Quaristice with Barcode Magazine (January 2008)
  • Interview with Sean Booth in The List
  • Autechre, 'Oversteps' by Billboard
  • Sean Booth Interview with Fail (April 2010)
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