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Buyer Rating: 100.0% positive (12 ratings)

Taylor Deupree - 1AM - 11-Aug-08 09:43 PM
This is quite possibly my favorite of Taylor's work. Maybe because it's so atypical of what you might expect from someone who is seemingly so calm and grounded. I hear this album, and I really feel that it's born of aggression and frustration. But there is something else buried beneath that unrelenting and demanding tone, a certain melancholic flavor that is typical of the 12k sound (which Deupree has essentially perfected). My understanding is that this was pieced together using recordings taken from a not so great Decibel Festival performance (due to lack of preparation and faulty PA System), as well as insect recordings taken from his own backyard. 1am is heavy, fierce and beautiful. It ends as abruptly as it begins, and I always play it two or three times in a row LOUD!

Autechre - 20-Jul-08 08:08 PM
People just can't stop whining about Autechre becoming "too complicated" and "robotic". It seems that most feel as though everything after LP5 is rubbish and Incunabula was their peak of importance. Don't be a dunce. First of all, Incunabula gets very boring very quickly. It's not even a proper album, it's a compilation of early works. Amber is their first proper debut full length, and that's a bit boring as well. Things started getting interesting with Tri Repetae, and really started to trailblaze w/ Chiastic Slide. LP5 was the first record that I owned, and I was blown away by it, but only after listening to it several times. Every Ae record since then has had a gestation period of roughly two years. Meaning: Upon it's release, all the fans whine and bitch about how it's not as good as _____. Two years later it's regarded as a masterpiece... Autechre haven't released an unimportant album, ever. They're not trying to trick you, and they're not just making random noises. Listen to the music (especially LP5, Confield, Draft 7.30, Untilted, and Quaristice!) and you'll hear the most incredible beats, baselines, and melodies (yes, MELODIES) ever put to disc. It's beyond some peoples comprehension because Autechre are inventing it as they go.