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Sasja Kooistra, March 8, 2008 (translation: big) Intense Techno in the dark Music Autechre Abstract estranging sounds AMSTERDAM The performance of veterans Autechre was very dark, the British electronics duo that has represented the top of the bill of the electronic avant-garde for more than fifteen years. Dark first of all because Rob Brown and Sean Booth presented their new album Quaristice Thursday night live in a completely dark Melkweg. Even the bar in the middle of the hall was closed. The gentlemen themselves were on a stage that was only lid by the lights of the equipment. That the audience stared into a black hole is usual for their gigs by the way. The unlit surroundings were a fitting framing for the threatening music of Autechre. By experimenting in the outer regions of dance the duo constantly seeks out adventure. Complicated abstract sounds and tinny beats are made into difficult rhythmic constructions that go all over the place with a manic unpredictability. This results in a hard to consume techno, to which you can’t really dance but which you have to undergo. Pushing and pulling the rhythms rolled over each other in the hour long set, until they formed an ever changing collage. Admirable that those many layers nowhere got muddy. With an occasional speeding up they aggressively worked towards an encapsulating ending. The sporadic stripped down parts were the only somewhat danceable moments. The almost complete lack of melodies in Autechre’s more recent work strengthened the eerie (“unheimisch”, big) feeling during the show. In earlier productions warm melodies gave some support and recognizability. Now the live much stronger emphasized subbasses gave the needed grip. Basses that partly due to the lack of light got through into the body much deeper. Due to this setting the cacophony of sounds came through to you very direct, thus strongly focussing you on the music. |
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The unrest that sets in you possibly makes it hard for you the surrender. But Autechre lets the audience struggle with their non-visual senses that much that that leads you to an interesting inner struggle. You can either give yourself up to the estranging experience of the senses, or shield yourself from it to try and determine what the key to the Autechre secret is. And that’s what makes this performance a unique intense experience. Autechre Melkweg, Amsterdam March 6 |
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4/5 stars "needs more cowbell" |
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needs more dancing, and less reviewing (but thansk for that anyway :) |
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there was plenty of dancing. not by big of course. he is too shy to meet other xltronicians, let alone look geeky on the dancefloor. |
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i was in the toilet all night |
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nice little review there, though i don't quite agree with all of it. specially the "This results in a hard to consume techno, to which you can’t really dance" part. but maybe this is related to soundsytem somewhat. i saw them on untilted tour and there was almost no bass, so it really wasn't all that danceable. this time around there was a huge bass, really powerful sound setup and it was practically impossible not to dance. how cares how you look dancing..it happens in the dark anyhow, doesn't it : ) |
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heh i got almost sick from the amount of bass i got on the untilted tour, i was completely exhausted the next day, though that could be from general other stuff. it depended greatly on where you were in the room. maybe they got to control it better this time |
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dunno..back in 2005 the sound was really shit. this time it was one of the best sounds i have ever heard. appart from one time i saw pan sonic and throbbing gristle which was almost silly. everyone in the room was vibrating together with sound : ) |
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