Copyright © 1997 Warp
1. cipater.
2. rettic ac.
3. tewe.
4. cichli.
5. hub.
6. calbruc.
7. recury.
8. pule.
9. nuane.
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Autechre upgrade techno with the compositional beauties of melody and textural knowledge, stacking rhythms against each other in delicately collapsing structures of intricate similarities. Using sequencers, samplers, and keyboards, Autechre create rhythmic architectures which hold themselves together with percussion which unifies different elements of itself in a changeable order, allowing them to weave melody through the background in slow, often-repeated notes and basic note structures.
The basic density of this approach to music allows Autechre to compose elaborate and influential journeys in music, as they do on this album in some ways they have not since 'Amber': emotional disturbance and violence are broken into cycles and then overlapped into ambiguous, nihilistic, emphemeral beauty. For this it is safe to claim that there is a spiritual dimension of artistic resonance to this album.
No vocals or conventional instruments appear, only sequencing overlap of different types of beats and tones. Influences from Indian music, hip-hop, Brian Eno-style ambient, and house music permeate these compositions in addition to a host of other smaller influences. Like fellow collage artist Beck, Autechre are masters of sticking together random free-associations to make a moving, living carnival of sardonic bacchanalia. This is a celebration of life.
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