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Stumbled across this earlier... thought some of you may be interested. :) Amazon.co.uk Review If you thought Autechre were forever lost in the chattering electronic static and tempo-less industrial fog that characterised their oppressively difficult last album, Draft 7.30 should come as a very welcome return to formality. Stripping much of the machinery away, Autechre have left hallucinogenic keyboard washes, pumping sub-bass and intensely complex drum patterns, all of which mutate and interact according to some alien logic. Fans suggest that previous album Confield was best listened to quietly in the dead of night; well, Draft 7.30 is best listened to very loud, through massive speakers. It's the perfect way to appreciate the meaty low-end that palpitates through tracks like "Surripere", the child-like chimes that creep through the background on "Theme Of Sudden Roundabout" or the gut-pounding rhythm of "Xylin Room" that suddenly halts for a split-second leaving one sprawling forward on the track's sheer momentum. Hardcore fans might dismiss this as a step back from the brink, a mere retread of ground that's being stamped flat by Autechre's army of copyists. But ultimately, Draft 7.30 is a blast to listen to--a genuine rarity in leftfield electronica nowadays. --Louis Pattison source: AMAZON.CO.UK |
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ok, louis obviously doesnt know what he's talking about... |
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I couldnt say... i aint heard Draft yet. I hate reviewers mind you. ;) |
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Maybe us - the knowledgable XLtronic members should write our own review. |
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this is the most stupid review i've ever heard. this sucker doesn't know what he's talking about |
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haven't heard the album, so what would a more proper review be then? |
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here i got one For all you impatient bastards who used the likes of slsk and various other means you have probably have heard draft 7.30. If you haven't you can probably think of three people that have. Out of those three people at least one has made the compairison to confield. And the other one was quick with a "How the fuck can you make that compairiaon" reply. The truth is while there are similairities between the two albums i think the word "similar" is as far as you can take the compairison. Draft 7.30 is more approachable than previous albums and tends to not be so "difficult" in compairison to other albums. Not that this is a groundbreakingly different approach. It's still the same old autechre that you've learned to grow and love. The more albums they make the better they get. You might as well add it to your collection. I will! -virgin- or something like that.... i am getting distracted by higgins ultra low track glue funk hits 1972-2006. |
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well hes right about the tracks |
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virginpusher, that's exactly what the reviewer said with far more words... |
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It's f-ing amazing. How about that. |
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Haven't heard the new album yet - - Was the guy innaccurate in his description of it or in his analysis? If it's the latter then it seems kinda subjective. I am not saying I like these optimistic, anti-fanbase reviewers who act like they are more in touch becuase they are not 'elitist', I am just curious whether you folks think his description was accurate. |
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"intensely complex drum patterns" wow i want to hit that guy in the face |
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i'm just gonna hear it for myself when its released |
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I have arranged for Louis Pattison to be killed. |
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i will pay for any grants necessary |
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that review made me not want to buy Draft...ever...atleast not from AMAZON.. those who have heard it..does it really suck that much?..have they really stripped the layers of machines.(please say no, please say no) |
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Buy from barnesandnoble.com They have a BIGGER selection for Cheaper! |
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look its basically just... autechre Its good, but its not new When i finished listening to it, i said "yep, thats ae" But I never said "holy mother crapshit AE ARE GENIUSES!" Its just more of what they have done... kind of like confeild part 2. but yeah, its enjoyable. Music isnt always about innovation and doing new things. I appriciate draft because it is good. Not because its new. |
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Zeus. |
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it is new, nothing ever has been created that is like Draft 7.30, only by Ae has anything been made that comes near sounding like Draft, open your ears fuckos! tis the new musik! Atop |
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I don't understand why so many people in here don't like the review. I think it's a great review. |
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*yawn* |
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yes you are bored aren't you Matthew? ennui will be the death of all who don't find themselves................ Akkad |
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"Draft 7.30 is a blast to listen to" i agree |
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i have listened only four songs so it isn't enough to make a judge...so far i like it,but it's abit close to what ae have done in the past,i mean while the prevoius albums were a constant evolution of their sound here this evolution lacks a little,even if the have introduced some kind of noises while confield had fat -beats,anyway it's different from confield so far,closer to ep7or lp5 for me(reniform puls is an example)well this is my impression |
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"Draft 7.30 is best listened to very loud, through massive speakers." couldn't agree more. well, maybe a bit |
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draft 7.30 is a masterpiece |
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oh, here's my comment on the so called similarities between confield and draft 7.30... I just bought draft 7.30 today, and confield on saturday, and well they sound totally different to me... I mean, Draft does sound like Autechre, but it definitely isn't Confield 2... I'll be honest, my first feeling, and mind you this could change, but my first feeling about draft was that it's much more "outthere" then confield... I didn';t really think confield was too strange, or weird, or "outthere" when I played it for the first time... P.S., Tapr is the strangest and weirdest song I've ever heard methinks... just nuts!! |
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I am loving it nothing to do with confield which was more abstract |
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My dads thoughts on P.:NTIL: (shouting over it) 'Fuckin' 'ell!' |
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one thing is for sure, they're doing crazy things with beats and rhythms on this album... a straight 4/4 rhythm can be totally fucking crazy, and on this album they have some crazy ones... it's nice and funky! |
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this one has a lot more of rithym in my opinion |
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Love it ! It doesn't sound much like Confield at all to me .. other than pieces. The first couple tracks remind me of more fleshed out versions of VI Scose Poise, or something, gah I can't ever remember the name!. Theme of Sudden Roundabout sounds a bit like uviol to me .. I can't say it's better than Confield, but it's quite nearly equal methinks. |
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Is there actually any one who can say one Ae album sounds like any other? And I mean albums, I do not count ep's. For me, they all sound different, and that's one of the things I just love about Ae. All different, but all brilliant! |
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"It doesn't sound much like Confield at all to me pieces..................................................... ........................................................... .. other than ...........................................................I can't say it's better than Confield, but it's quite nearly equal methinks." _________________________________ so what do you think then? is it similar or not? |
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what the fuck of copy and paste did I do?? |
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Hehe. Well, similar if you're talking about music in general.. even electronic music in general. In a strictly Autechrean context .. no, not similar, completely different sound than Confield. The beats are less abstract but harder to follow in Draft, and the songs seem to me to have very a similar sound, whereas in Confield I found it quite easy to identify tracks and tell them apart. Draft seems more homogenous, not in a bad way, just in the sense that the tracks are less-recognizable from each other than Confield's more eclectic sonic pallette. |
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A bad one :). So, is anyone going to punish him? |
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UVIOL, very true. I've said the same thing before in one of my first draft posts when i first listened to it. I basically said it made me FEEL LIKE A ELECTRONICA NOOBIE again, because I went through the tracks, and couldn't tell any of them apart for so long. It took me a _long_ time to be able to recognize each and every track. DrukQs was the same way, very hard. Draft def put me in my place. |
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why does everyone hate the review?? i dont get it... and i definitely see some confield resemblance too, which is good. half the tracks on draft have a similar feel/structure to confield imo, but maybe i'm the only one who thinks that. |
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i dont get it either. why are we even caring anyway? its just a review. write a review yourself and i bet you it will be just about as half assed as this amazon one to someone else because its just how YOU think the album is. the whole "i hate reviewers" thing is weird. just shrug and move on, realizing its just his/her perception. no reason to get huffy about it. well, other than the reason to make message board chatter ;) |
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"just shrug and move on, realizing its just his/her perception." fuck yeah, well said. most people tend to say the reviewer is shit if what he says doesnt conclude with their own opinion. |
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"most people tend to say the reviewer is shit if what he says doesnt conclude with their own opinion. " exactly right!! |
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word about the massive speakers thats right. |
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jeez, what's wrong with that review???? sounds like some of yiz are just nit-picking imho. it's a positive review to a great album, that's all that matters really. the writing might not be the best but it does an ok job of describing the album to someone who mightened of heard AE before. |
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one thing that I think is funny is when reviewers misspell a song name... I read one review for draft 7.30, and the guy spelt v-proc as uprock... I had no idea what he was talking about first, but he said something about it coming after P.:NTIL so I put two and two together... damn idiot!! |
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