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offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-06-08 14:01 [#00732016]
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Yes, there are probably loads of threads about this album,
but I'm too lazy to search...

I can't get over how good this is... this is probably my
favorite autechre album... not a bad track on it at all...
it's one of my favorite electronic albums of all time too...
the melodies are just so gorgeous... even the percussion
sounds great mostly... maybe a bit dated in some places, but
not too much... it's a huge improvement upon Incunabula in
this respect... Incunabula sounds really dated, but this one
hardly does at all... such a relaxing listen to, in my
mind... I love it to death!!

Favorite tracks: Montreal, Slip, Glitch, Piezo, Yulqueen,
Teartear

but they're all good really!!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-06-08 14:02 [#00732017]
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I love their newer releases... but damn, I wish they'd
release another album with a focus on beautiful melody...


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-06-08 14:05 [#00732022]
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I think my favorites on there are Glitch and Slip - Slip is
the happiest sounding track they've ever done.

The rest of the album doesn't really turn my crank.


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-08 14:16 [#00732029]
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hmmmmmm.....been looking at this record in the shops a lot.
always end up buying something else.
but NOW its got the funkmaster seal of approval.
mgiht get it.


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2003-06-08 14:42 [#00732051]
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you missed out foil and further! my favourite tracks from my
favourite autechre album :)


 

offline Clic on 2003-06-08 14:45 [#00732053]
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Hardly my favorite Autechre release, but I guess it's good
for what it is. I really like Yulqeen.


 

offline Morgoth from Stella-town (Belgium) on 2003-06-08 15:12 [#00732070]
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It's a good album, not my favorite Ae, but when reading a
book or when studying, this is an ideal background.


 

offline revpersona from Plainfield (United States) on 2003-06-08 15:17 [#00732073]
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Yeah, Amber is an awesome album. 'Nil' and 'Slip' are
unbelieveable tunes. It's a shame more people like their
new approach as opposed to their first three albums.

How I wish they would go back and touch on that style once
again.


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2003-06-08 15:20 [#00732076]
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hmm.. if theres such a thing as boring autechre, it's
amber.

like morgoth said, nice background music.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-06-08 15:24 [#00732078]
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I at first only listened to chiastic slide, tri repetae, and
amber without knowing about their newer stuff and when i
heard it i was like "what the fuck?"
but I like both styles


 

offline uzim on 2003-06-08 16:24 [#00732115]
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redrum > yay!! at least someone else than me noticed
Further!! ^^

Further is my fav. Ae track.


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2003-06-08 16:27 [#00732120]
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Amber is soooooooooooo good. My fave of ae (very very
closely followed by confield)

Why do you ask?
- Piezo
- Teartear


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-06-08 16:31 [#00732121]
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me too man, Amber is my favorite, and confield is probably
my second fav...


 

offline purlieu from Leeds (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-08 16:52 [#00732130]
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Amber is my favourite Ae, too. One of my alltime favourite
albums, actually. Piezo, Nine, Further, Yulquen. Genius.


 

offline uzim on 2003-06-08 17:07 [#00732134]
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Ae has always been *cold* (except some of the very beginning
tracks maybe i don't know)...
- but what Amber had, and that the newer Ae misses nowadays,
is beauty.


 

offline uzim on 2003-06-08 17:26 [#00732144]
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they still have some (very) beautiful pieces, like Vi Scose
Poise, but they're more rare i think.


 

offline Clic on 2003-06-08 17:29 [#00732148]
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Or maybe they're just not as obvious.


 

offline uzim on 2003-06-08 17:32 [#00732151]
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yeah, maybe... you're probably right. i love Confield but i
have problems with Ae not growing on me (with other artists
i have tracks growing on me, but with Ae the first
impression is almost always the right one, for some unknown
reason). nevermind then. : )


 

offline Clic on 2003-06-08 17:34 [#00732154]
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...and maybe it's just me, but I don't understand why a lot
of people seem to think their music is cold. I think LP5,
Confield, and Draft 7.30 have a lot of warmth flowing
through them.


 

offline Clic on 2003-06-08 17:35 [#00732157]
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It's understandable. It's not like they're the easiest group
to swallow.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-06-08 17:35 [#00732158]
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first thing i heard by the guys.. it holds a speshiul place
in my hart.

but we all know chiastic slide is the best


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-08 17:37 [#00732160]
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the searrch 'thing' its awful. i can't find much using it
otherr then trrial and errrrorr.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-08 17:39 [#00732163]
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amber is actually brilliant. i thought it was average for
ages.. i only got into it recently, and it's awesome.

uzim, i think modern ae is just beautiful as anything else
they have done, just not beatiful in the same way. chiastic
slide for example, contains some of their most beautiful
work. each release, though, is beatiful in its own way. i
wouldn't say they were as cold as you made out either, look
at envane, cichlisuite, and some of ep7.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-06-08 17:39 [#00732164]
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never key in any queries 3 characters or less..

that doesnt look like i spelled it right... hmm


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-08 17:40 [#00732168]
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Anus_Presley why do you always put two 'r's instead of one?


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-08 17:42 [#00732169]
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i forrget now.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-08 17:44 [#00732173]
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CRAZYTOWN


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-06-08 17:45 [#00732177]
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o rrite


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2003-06-08 18:24 [#00732238]
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piezo is one of my favorites ever...


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2003-06-08 19:41 [#00732321]
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man i am jammmin to MCR quarter

unf unf unf ! yEAH fast technological beats

*dances + shakes wildly*


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2003-06-08 19:42 [#00732322]
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i cant slap my feet fast enough!!!!!!!!!


 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-09 03:32 [#00732638]
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amber its not my fav ae but its still almost a perfect album
for me... I mean saying its not my fav ae album it may sound
as if I didnt like it very much but it really is one of my
all time favs, its just that ae has done so many other
incredible albums or eps.

about tracks I am amazed of how "nine" hardly ever gets
mentioned here as a fav track.

for me incunabula doesnt sound dated btw (nor does amber)


 

offline Cfern from Sacto (United States) on 2003-06-09 03:43 [#00732643]
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piezo is so good... that whole start with a crazy beat
then fade in a beatiful melody thing has been done a million
since... for instane every song pen expers and alot of the
songs on the new mu-ziq


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-09 11:21 [#00733164]
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i guess i just don't get it.
amber never really did it for me.
i like incunabula equally and i like Tri Reptae much much
better. eutow is just too good on that album.


 

offline nlogax from oh, you must be the brains (Norway) on 2003-06-09 11:24 [#00733176]
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this pretty much sums it up:

YUMMIE


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-06-09 12:56 [#00733369]
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i'm listening to it now.
i guess why i don't totally love this album is that it just
sounds too easy. It just sounds extremely MIDI which i
imagine is because that was the peak of technology when the
album was made. Not enough interesting synthesis. It is
more effects dependant, mostly flangers and reverb.
So, for it's time, its great. but now it just sounds kinda
dated and boring.
out of 10 i give it a 5.5 i guess.


 

offline mimi on 2003-06-09 14:21 [#00733467]
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i like amber the best. it probably helps that i am not
really listening for the latest technology in it...

i think that it just sounds eerie...i love it.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-06-09 14:26 [#00733477]
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I prefer Incunabula over Amber... what a weirdo I is.
Nothing can beat Bike, NOTHING, I SAY.


 


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