Sonic perfection, nothing less. This is most probably the best Autechre album in terms of balance - there's enough "musicality" to counteract the complexity of some of the rhythms and sounds. It's more than a decade old now but still sounds very fresh. The sound design across the album is brilliant, from the first few notes and sharp rhythms of Acroyear2 to the warm ambience of Drane2
Whack the speed up to 45 RPM and you've got another killer album as well as the original at 33.
I just got this on vinyl today. I've had the album for years before now, but only on cd. When I put it on today for the first time, I was sucked into another world altogether. The fact that the brain can make literally no visual connections to this sound just teleports the mind to a place beyond logical geometry and physics... anther dimension completely... Not even the cover of Draft7.30 can match up to the visuals in my head. The blankness of the cover is literally a canvas for your mind to paint beautiful visuals... woah!
Whack the speed up to 45 RPM and you've got another killer album as well as the original at 33.