Autechre's latest could definitely be the soundtrack to a robot versus alien action flick. The best thing about this album is that you can listen to it quietly and still get the full effect (IMO for the first time with them). Maybe it's because each drum hit sounds like 10 drum hits on top of each other. And of course, if you want it loud, it goes there too, with plenty of little creaks and moans hidden in the sped-up percussion hits. It continues the line from Drafts because of the reduced reliance on conventional tonal structure. This is for people who love percussion.
If you really want to know what I think:
Untilted shows progress in compositional techniques, freeing individual sounds from their role or function in the song and allowing them to retain their autonomy as discreet phenomena. Where previous albums have been sonic "landscapes," I hear the movement toward "still life" from Drafts much further developed here. In other words, if you want to think of previous albums as showing what another planet might look on the surface (or even what the architecture might look like), Untilted perhaps details the specificity of objects in alien life. What do alien plates, fruit, umbrellas, piggy-banks, and toys look like? Listen to this album and you will see it in your mind. And yes, there is a track called 'the trees' on there, but I still see it as a departure from soundscapes and an arrival at integrated beats.

Autechre's latest could definitely be the soundtrack to a robot versus alien action flick. The best thing about this album is that you can listen to it quietly and still get the full effect (IMO for the first time with them). Maybe it's because each drum hit sounds like 10 drum hits on top of each other. And of course, if you want it loud, it goes there too, with plenty of little creaks and moans hidden in the sped-up percussion hits. It continues the line from Drafts because of the reduced reliance on conventional tonal structure. This is for people who love percussion.
If you really want to know what I think:
Untilted shows progress in compositional techniques, freeing individual sounds from their role or function in the song and allowing them to retain their autonomy as discreet phenomena. Where previous albums have been sonic "landscapes," I hear the movement toward "still life" from Drafts much further developed here. In other words, if you want to think of previous albums as showing what another planet might look on the surface (or even what the architecture might look like), Untilted perhaps details the specificity of objects in alien life. What do alien plates, fruit, umbrellas, piggy-banks, and toys look like? Listen to this album and you will see it in your mind. And yes, there is a track called 'the trees' on there, but I still see it as a departure from soundscapes and an arrival at integrated beats.

I totally disagree with the comment above - this album is packed with deeply embedded melodies, at first listen you'll be punched in the groin by the funk and not hear much else, but if you have the patience to pursue this masterpiece further, you'll discover a wealth of intricacies; attention to detail is quite astounding. Some would render this album as the audio equivalent to sitting in a tin bus shelter whilst a mate outside throws his coinage shrapnel at the roof of said construction...

But maybe that's a good thing, yes?

"Untilted" is entirely excellent. This accomplished album has substance that will outlive the innumerable electronica fashion-formulas to come. The album occupies a different space - perhaps pre-Autechre, in a sense.

I thought for the longest time that this record was called 'Untitled'. Then I thought it would be a good idea to go in and closely listen to the details of this record. A gripe I have is that it's mastered in a symphonic way. The quieter parts are just way too quiet. It's only a great listen if you play it really loud or on headphones, then it blows you away. Occasionally there is an abstract repetitiveness that expires it's interest prematurely. Other than that if you are a fan you should go grab a copy. New listeners would do best with LP5/EP7. My favorite is still Confield.

Despite many bad reviews of Untilted, I love this album. It's really opened the door to Autechre for me. I loved their first two albums, but I was trying to find one of their later albums that would get me into their cold IDM style. I think Untilted did it for me.

LCC is a gem, must be in Autechre's best of somewhere. The only slight con about the track is the almost silent start, but perhaps this just builds up tension for the actual track or gets the listener to turn the stereo up and get blasted by a huge brick of AE beats.
Ipacial Section shows that the duo can push the beats even further. This track is a beast.
Pro Radii is another great track that starts with short bursts of an audience cheering over one of the most pounding, bassy and mysterious beats I've ever heard. This then merges itself into Augmatic Disport. Typical AE, stuttering mechanical beats with quiet drony pads underneath.
Iera features the typical clicky AE drums with a squelching beat-repeat like sound in the back. This is then introduced to droning melodies.
Fermium sounds like metal. A lot of sharp drums stuttering over string-like pads that sounds quite different to the other tracks. If the others are monsters, this is the little slimy thin creature in the corner having a fit.
The Trees returns to the glitchy drums and squelchy basses. In parts it sounds like AE are returning to the old material before the track transforms into a mass of morphing drums.
Sublimit must be one of the longest IDM tracks I know, but it deserves 16 minutes. It starts with normal drums (normal compared to some of the other tracks) which some glitched out bell-like sounds are layered on top of. At about 3 and a half minutes through, the track transforms into a type of glitch AE haven't really gone into much, at least to my knowledge. This part of the track reminds me of parts of Venetian Snares' Super Glue Funk Hits album. The track then transforms again with dark churning basses over glitching Linn-like drums. The structure then breaks down into some synthesized drums over quiet pads which keep running until the end of the track.

As I said before, this album opened up Autechre to me, and I can't stop playing it now!

Honestly, this album is the most accessible music Autechre has put out in years. These 8 tracks are more focused and put together better then their last few albums. Sure its still weird, but thats why we like Autechre, is it not? Their music has always been pretty alien compared to most other IDM acts out there. Sure they could have kept making downtempo, ambient releases... But they chose to challenge our ears and make their music harder and harder to get in to with every album.

Untilted comes full circle with the sound change Autechre has been pushing with the previous 2 albums. The beats are more steady and not so random anymore, and I dare say that there is a dance quality to this album. Although.. you may want to be careful if you try to dance to this.. you may hurt yourself

The ideas and production on this album are quite polished compared to the earlier albums. It appears they have gotten a better handle on their process and the sound quality really shines because of this. If you have an mp3 copy do your self a favor and pick up the cd as the lossy compression cant do the album justice. They have gotten better at unifying the different aspects of their tracks and the fluidness of these songs allows them to pack a whole lot into a short period without announcing that their doing it. Ipacial Section is a good example on another release this might have been three separate tracks. The journey from point a to point b is more subtle than whats come before but its also a little richer.

Although I do enjoy some of these tracks on the new album (augmatic disport is a new favorite) I hope that Autechre makes another softer album in the future. I enjoyed the earlier work just as much as the newer harder stuff. I just wish they will make some soft melodic tracks again in the future.

Quite different then the previous album, Draft 7.30. Untilted provides the listener with all kinds of disoriented clicks and beats. The question is though.. is it enjoyable music? Well yes and no. Some people will find it beyond annoying how just when you start to get the rythem of the song down, it changes direction. I'm a huge fan of Autechre and still found this release pretty challenging. It will take a few listens for this one to grow on you.