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Autechre - EP7 - 06-Aug-06 01:19 AM
Maphive 6.1 sounds like a lost track from the Super Metroid soundtrack. Spooky, alien, maddening, almost as if it was sent backwards in time from an archaeological dig site on Mars. Sometimes these guys miss the mark, but sometimes youre sure theyre channeling something greater than us all.

AFX* - Analord 01 - 26-Dec-05 04:07 AM
With the Analord series, Richard D. James returns to basics, using only old, banged-up, analogue synthesizers to create the music. Each song is absolutely dripping with acid. You might want to pick up a roll of Tums along with this EP.

Autechre - Tri Repetae++ - 13-Sep-05 05:17 AM
Tri Repetae takes place in a machine factory on some distant planet where there are no humans and where the sky is always red. The factorys high windows are smeared with liquid smoke, but from the catwalk one can still make out the barren mountains jutting up at the far end of the orange desert that surrounds the building on all sides. Giant metal claws plunge into mounds of sparking cables and extract the demolished corpses of robots that once served a purpose in this world, some fighting wars, some carrying supplies across impassable landscapes, some drilling holes into the floors of green oceans. A red wind from outside stirs up the acrid smell of hot metal and feeds the fire of a monstrous black furnace, gaping like the mouth of a volcano beneathe dangling corpses that were once filled with the fear of death, the terror of the battlefield, the frantic sound of snapping metal.

Autechre - Anti EP - 24-Feb-05 12:59 AM
Yet another highly accessible Autechre release. "Lost" and "Flutter" are the highlights here. Both tracks use Autechres complex breakbeats and deep, quirky synths to transport you to an eerily beautiful alien landscape.

In order to subvert the Criminal Justice Bill, Sean and Rob make it so no two consecutive measures in "Flutter" have the same beat. One wouldnt expect a good song to arise from such an absurd premise, but "Flutter" is surprisingly easy to keep up with, not to mention deeply emotional. This EP might be gimmicky, but the music on it is great so who cares.

Autechre - Amber - 23-Feb-05 12:49 AM
This is easily my favorite Autechre release, and I have heard and studied them all for years. The eerily beautiful picture on the cover is a very good choice, as it gives you a near perfect idea of what the music is like. "Amber" is simultaneously beautiful and terrifying. I like to think of the slow, throbbing sound effect at the beginning of "Foil" as that of a teleporter beaming me down to a vast, deserted alien landscape like the one in the picture. The moon has just risen, and the dunes are bathed in an eerie pink glow. Small, neon creatures scurry across the sandy slopes in search of shelter from the coming night. A patch of bioluminescent weeds lights up a small depression at the base of the mountainous dune in front of me. Slowly, my sense of fear is overwhelmed by my sense of beauty and I creep out to meet the lifeforms that I now realize are all around me.

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