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Autechre
Autechre performing at Princeton
Autechre performing at Princeton
Background information
Origin Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
Genre(s) Electronic Music, Experimental, IDM, glitch, ambient, industrial, hip-hop, electro
Years active 1987–present
Label(s) Warp, Skam, Wax Trax!, TVT
Associated acts Gescom
Website Autechre at Warp Records
Members
Sean Booth
Rob Brown

Autechre is an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown (born c. Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England Greater Manchester is a Metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre name invented in the early 1990s by the creators of an American online mailing list Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of experimental Electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warp Records is a pioneering independent English Record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989 notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in Skam Records is an independent Electronic and IDM Record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks Wax Trax! Records was a Record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher TVT Records was an American Record label founded by Steve Gottlieb who initially launched the label from his New York City apartment in 1985 with the release Gescom is an Electronic music project based in England with close ties to the band Autechre. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production 1971) and Sean Booth (born c. 1973), both natives of Rochdale. Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England The group is one of the most prominent acts signed with Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music artists. Warp Records is a pioneering independent English Record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989 notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Some journalists consider Autechre to be a paragon of IDM and one of the driving forces behind its development,[1] though Booth and Brown are ambivalent in relating their sound to established genres. Intelligent dance music (commonly IDM) is a genre name invented in the early 1990s by the creators of an American online mailing list [2]

Contents

History

Brown and Booth formed the group in 1987 when they both lived in Rochdale. Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England They began their career making and trading mixtapes between each other, and gradually moved on to their own compositions[3] while collecting a handful of cheap equipment, most notably a Casio SK-1 sampler and a Roland TR-606 drum machine. A mixtape or mixed tape is a compilation of Songs recorded in a specific order traditionally onto a Compact audio cassette. Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new The Casio SK-1 is a small sampling keyboard made by Casio in 1985 A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. is a Japanese manufacturer of Electronic musical instruments electronic equipment and Software. The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a programmable analogue synthesis Drum machine built by the Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984 For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an [4] Since then they have employed a wide variety of electronic instruments to create an evolving style. An electronic musical instrument is a Musical instrument that produces its sounds using Electronics.

Booth and Brown pronounce the name Autechre with a Rochdale accent (IPA: /ɔːˈtɛkɚ/ — approximately "awe-teh-ker"). [5] However, they have explained that the name can be pronounced in any way one sees fit. [3] 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] They are also commonly referred to by the abbreviation "Ae".

Autechre have also recorded under various pseudonyms. One of the duo's earliest recordings was a 12" under the alias "Lego Feet", released in 1991 on Skam Records. Skam Records is an independent Electronic and IDM Record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks The majority of Gescom releases, most of them on Skam, have been attributed to Booth and Brown, among other artists. Gescom is an Electronic music project based in England with close ties to the band Autechre. Autechre helped initiate the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in 2000, and were responsible for curating the 2003 festival. All Tomorrow's Parties is a Music festival which takes place in England at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday A music festival is a Festival oriented towards Music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as Musical genre, Nationality or locality

On two occasions Autechre have streamed webcasts from their website. The first was on 10 April 2005, and lasted a little over 7 and a half hours. The most recent took place on 23 February 2008, and was exactly 12 hours long. Both began at 8pm GMT, and featured an eclectic range of music. Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT) is a term originally referring to mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London

Music

 Samples

"Slip"

from the 1994 album, Amber
Problems listening to the file? See media help. Amber, released by Warp Records in 1994, is the second full-length Album by the Electronic music group Autechre.

"Lentic Catachresis"

from the 2001 album, Confield
Problems listening to the file? See media help. Confield, released by Warp Records in 2001 (see 2001 in music) is an album by the Electronic music group Autechre.

Many describe Autechre's music as cold and austere, whereas others perceive a warmth and sentimentality that touches even the most cerebral pieces. Much of Autechre's music has a strong focus on complex rhythm, driving percussion, and meticulous sequencing. Often unusual rhythmic loops repeat and change incrementally, with the music constantly in transition. Sometimes patterns are set against one another, implying several time signatures at once. Later work has been notably experimental and abstract, in contrast to the more club-friendly and conventional early 1990s releases. Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955

Reactions to their music have varied. Many of their tracks contain complex or chaotic rhythms and close harmonies which some hear as random and noisy. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. Fans of their recent work tend to find the value of their music to lie in its unique fusion of rhythmic and melodic elements, percussive noises being tweaked to sound like they have pitches, and clustered, often enharmonic synthesizer patches implying numerous melodic lines and chord structures simultaneously. A recurring element in Autechre's work is the use of extremely short snippets of sound to create a fragmented, grainy effect. Granular synthesis is a basic sound synthesis method that operates on the Microsound time scale.

Methods

A Max/MSP patch written and used by Autechre
A Max/MSP patch written and used by Autechre

True to their early techno roots, Autechre use a wide array of analog synths in their production,[4] as well as analog and digital drum machines, mixers, effects units and samplers. Max is a graphical Development environment for Music and Multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco -based software company Cycling An analog synthesizer is a Synthesizer that uses analog circuits and Analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board or soundboard, is an electronic device for combining Effects units are devices that affect the sound of an electric instrument or other audio source (such as recorded material when plugged in to the electrical signal path the instrument A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. They have also made extensive use of a variety of computer based sequencers, softsynths, and other applications as a means of controlling those synths and processing the synthesized sounds. A software synthesizer also known as a softsynth or virtual instrument is a Computer program for Digital audio generation Autechre have experimented in depth with development environments such as Max/MSP,[6] SuperCollider[7] and Kyma[6] – amongst others – from 1997 onwards, though it is unclear which are still in use. Max is a graphical Development environment for Music and Multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco -based software company Cycling SuperCollider is an environment and Programming language originally released in 1996 by James McCartney for Real time Audio synthesis and Algorithmic Kyma is a visual programming language for sound design used by musicians researchers and sound designers In 2005, they used the Elektron Machinedrum and Monomachine in their live performances. The Elektron Monomachine is a Synthesizer and Sequencer by Elektron. [8] In 2008, Sean Booth reported that if he were locked in a cell for a year with only one piece of software, he'd "probably take Digital Performer. "[9]

Autechre have emphasized that their music-making involves using new techniques on old equipment and old techniques on new equipment, and that their sound comes from combinations of tools and techniques, and "creative routing", more than any single magical machine. This has been the case since their early days, when, for example, they used a Boss delay that had a pitch/trigger input, allowing it to be used as a realtime sampler. Boss is a manufacturer of Effects pedals for Electric guitar and Bass guitar. Delay is an Audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time Pitch represents the perceived Fundamental frequency of a sound When the square wave input it received for determining pitch had resonance added, the pitch would drift between notes in a special way. A square wave is a kind of Non-sinusoidal waveform, most typically encountered in Electronics and Signal processing. In Physics, resonance is the tendency of a system to Oscillate at maximum Amplitude at certain frequencies, known as the system's In Music, the term note has two primary meanings 1 a sign used in Musical notation to represent the relative duration and pitch of a Sound; If the output was mixed back in as a control pitch, it could produce unusual fractal patterns, something that cannot be recreated easily with software, or on an embedded system. A fractal is generally "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts each of which is (at least approximately a reduced-size copy of the whole" Other machines that Autechre have repeatedly mentioned in interviews are appreciated for their interface and aesthetics as much as their sound, including the Roland TR-606 and MC-202, and the Nord Lead. Roland ( Italian: Orlando or Rolando, Frankish: Hruodland, Dutch: Roeland, Spanish: Roldán The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a programmable analogue synthesis Drum machine built by the Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984 The Roland MC-202 (MicroComposer is a monophonic Analog synthesizer / sequencer released by Roland in 1983 Clavia Nord Lead is the first virtual analog subtractive synthesizer developed in Sweden, being released to the public by Clavia in 1995

Autechre sometimes use generative techniques,[6] most notably on Confield and EP7. Generative music is a term popularized by Brian Eno to describe music that is ever-different and changing and that is created by a system

Discography

Albums

Tri Repetae was released in the U. Incunabula, released by Warp Records in 1993 is the debut album by the Electronic music group Autechre, and the seventh album in the Amber, released by Warp Records in 1994, is the second full-length Album by the Electronic music group Autechre. Tri Repetae, released by Warp Records in 1995 is the third album by the Electronic music group Autechre. Chiastic Slide, released in 1997 by Warp Records, is an album by the Electronic music group Autechre. LP5 is the fifth album by the Electronic music group Autechre. Confield, released by Warp Records in 2001 (see 2001 in music) is an album by the Electronic music group Autechre. Draft 730 is an album by the Electronic music group Autechre. Untilted is Autechre 's eighth album Warp Records released the album in Europe on April 18, 2005 and in North America on Quaristice is Autechre 's ninth album on Warp Records. It was made available for download via Bleep S. as Tri Repetae++, adding the Garbage and Anvil Vapre EPs on a bonus second disc. The Japanese edition issued by Sony also included an exclusive bonus track, "Medrey". Also, the title LP5 is a conventional one, as the album bears no title. It is sometimes referred to as Autechre.

EPs

Singles, promos, and remixes

See also

References

  1. ^ Confield reviews, c. 2001 — Metacritic
  2. ^ Drew Daniel interview, November 2005 — Pitchfork Media
  3. ^ a b Peel Session artist profile
  4. ^ a b "TECHNO-LOGICAL", November 1997 — Sound on Sound
  5. ^ Marc Weidenbaum interview, c. 1997 — Disquiet. Radio Mix (or simply Radio, according to the official discography is a CD -only Promotional recording by Autechre. Splitrmx12 is a vinyl -only Promotional recording by Autechre. QuaristiceQuadrangeepae is a 2008 EP by the Electronic music group Autechre, released by Warp Records. Warp Records is a pioneering independent English Record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989 notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in Gescom is an Electronic music project based in England with close ties to the band Autechre. Skam Records is an independent Electronic and IDM Record label based in Manchester, England, founded by Andy Maddocks Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago -based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary Sound on Sound is a term used to describe the technique of Multitrack recording, specifically process that Les Paul invented for recording one sound on com
  6. ^ a b c d "Autechre", April 2004 — Sound on Sound
  7. ^ Alex Reynolds interview, February 2003 — Grooves (excerpted)
  8. ^ "New Machinedrum Percussion Synth", April 2005 — CreateDigitalMusic. Grooves is an American Electronic music Magazine founded in 1999 by editor Sean Portnoy, initially concentrating on the then-burgeoning com
  9. ^ Interview with Sean Booth, Jan 2008 — Reverb Magazine

External links

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