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do you recognize any autechre?
 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-24 08:49 [#00792099]
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ok, I love autechre... but, I was thinking...

could I recognize any autechre track if I heard it without
seeing the name?
of course we all recognize all the famous tracks... but some
of them... I dont know

at least I am sure I would recognize any aphex track, and I
am not sure this would happen with ae.



 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2003-07-24 08:50 [#00792103]
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If it was from any of the albums i own then i think i could
recognise it.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-24 08:52 [#00792104]
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yes


 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-24 08:52 [#00792106]
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you think you could recognize any of the confield tracks?
I am sure I would with the really famous ones (1, 2, 3, 6,
9) but I think I am capable of mistaken the rest


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-07-24 08:53 [#00792107]
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i could


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-24 08:54 [#00792109]
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telly savalas


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2003-07-24 08:55 [#00792111]
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I once did a test of this, My friend played me tiny clips
from songs down the phone and i had to guess what they were,
i got all of them right that surprised me no end.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-24 08:57 [#00792116]
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cause you're in love


 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-24 08:58 [#00792118]
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I have 17 diferent autechre releases, all original...

right now I dont even remember how does track 2 in peel
session 1 sounds

or hoe does track 3 in cichlisuite starts...

thats what I am talking about... I think I could mistake
some of them with eachother

one thing that can be the cause is that I always listen to
the whole record, without seeing the track tittles or even
noticing what track number I am with... I just play the
record from start to end... maybe thats why now I doubt

but anyway, if I am listening to any of the records I have,
whenever a track ends I know which one is about to start...
that at least I am capable of


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-07-24 09:07 [#00792133]
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Yeah, I know them pretty well, and I have a knack for the
track names and the spelling. I know Autechre like the back
of my hand or your mom.

I don't listen to Amber much though, that one is a bit hazy
for me.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-07-24 09:08 [#00792135]
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haha.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-24 09:10 [#00792140]
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i think this woman just said "thats my foot"

live bowery


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-24 09:14 [#00792145]
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but i sure as hell don't apologize to autechre

they know what they fuckin did


 

offline pyro5hit9rind from Pickering (Canada) on 2003-07-24 10:48 [#00792262]
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autechre is great. the best track is eutow from disc 1 of
the tri repetae++ album


 

offline Spacecadet on 2003-07-24 10:51 [#00792267]
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i never remember any track names, apart from the famous ones
ooh and clipper


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-07-24 10:51 [#00792268]
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THEY KNOW WHAT THEY FUCKIN DID


 

offline catharsis from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-07-24 10:54 [#00792274]
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yup. I listen to the CD with the tracklisting with me at
all times.

I can't remember the names of my family members though.


 

offline alnuit on 2003-07-24 12:16 [#00792327]
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I know just what you mean...though with the combination of
the amount of music I listen to and my poor poor memory...it
is hardly a wonder.

But I can always place the album it is from. It is just the
name that beats me.


 

online recycle from Where is Phobiazero (Lincoln) (United States) on 2003-07-24 14:09 [#00792438]
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i know every autechre track, like i know Opheck's mom


 

offline Jaser from Castle Greyskull (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-24 14:47 [#00792531]
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I have been listening to autechre since 92-3. Incunabula
Album sort of time. I have listened to all of the Albums /
EP's Intensily at the time of release and intensily to match
my own moods. I could not name every track they have made
but probably half of them on listening to them, discluding
pronouncation issues. I could geuninely say I could name
which album / ep all the tracks are from. Hands down.

Aphex is only better at the moment because we are young and
love the nice and nasty dichotomy. When we get really old
and bitter we will all be listening to autechre. Autechre
are just aphex with a sense of humour transplant. And maybe
take themselves too seriously, I just refer to autechre as
premediated serious musical crime where as aphex is
opportunist, audio vandalism.
(Scaring old women and children type).
If you know what I mean.



 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-07-24 15:23 [#00792599]
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not any track.....i usually recognize an album, but not all
tracks....

[track 2 from peel session 1 is inhake2.this track is always
recognized....]


 

offline DaWeeze from WANTED IN 16 STATES! on 2003-07-24 16:31 [#00792662]
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I can name any Autechre track with frightening precision in
spelling...

;)


 

offline diablo on 2003-07-24 17:24 [#00792709]
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Incunabula = analogue bliss. The rest I can take or leave.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-24 18:12 [#00792747]
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this thread has opened my eyes:

I need to listen to autechre a lot more

maybe this explains it all:

all the 17 releases of autechre that I have were bought in
the last year and a half.... thats to much music to remember
so soon


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-07-24 18:17 [#00792751]
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i can easily forget the track names myself.


 

offline Zombiekev from Ardmore (United States) on 2003-07-24 22:40 [#00793013]
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nope, there's just too many tracks.


 

offline xf from Australia on 2003-07-24 22:43 [#00793015]
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i always forget track names.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-07-24 22:46 [#00793016]
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I'd know it was autechre, but I would only be able to say
what album, not likely what track #, or even the track name
for most of them.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-25 03:13 [#00793214]
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I would recognize a track being autechre
I would also recognize the album it belongs to (I think with
85% of the tracks)
I would recognize the track number of it in that album (this
maybe with 60% of the tracks)
but I would hardly know any names


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2003-07-25 03:16 [#00793215]
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i might recognize them, but i'm never sure of the
pronunciations..


 

offline merg from The New New York (Berlin) (Germany) on 2003-07-25 03:26 [#00793220]
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Incunabula rocks my friggin world!


 

offline catharsis from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-07-25 06:09 [#00793361]
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I don't move on to new albums until I've listened to it at
least 5 times and can rehearse the tracklisting. I'm very
anal.


 

offline Refund from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-07-25 07:04 [#00793382]
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I rememeber the names of the important ones only


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-25 07:06 [#00793383]
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i don't recognize 75% of autechre and i own all the albums
and several EP's/singles. it's mostly due to the absolutely
stupid track naming system they've had going on for the
greater part of 10 years, but also because a lot of autechre
sounds the same. i'm also having problems naming aphex songs
from drukqs on after because he's adopted the autechre
antagonistic song titling scheme. and before someone tells
me the titles all mean something, i kwow. but they don't
mean a damn thing to me except "fpgjfglfjfkl;gkjfg."


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-25 07:09 [#00793388]
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who?


 

offline corticalstim from Canada on 2003-07-25 07:11 [#00793390]
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yeah - that bugs the hell out of me - how are you supposed
to tell your friend that this track is called "Kladfvgbung
Micshk" or "Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow" :S

some tracks are alright though - like Avril 14th and Cock
ver10


 

offline corticalstim from Canada on 2003-07-25 07:16 [#00793393]
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at the end of the day the names arent what matters anyways -
its the music

if you can recognize an artist's sound rather than
individual songs, i think it speaks better for that
particular artist.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-07-25 07:19 [#00793395]
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yep, and gescom also. i wouldnt be a crazed fan otherwise
:)



 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-07-25 07:33 [#00793410]
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well if I hear an autechre song, I'll be able to tell what
album it's on and the track number most likely... but like
titsworth said, as far as the exact name I might not, cause
the names are so weird!!


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-25 07:36 [#00793413]
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i wonder if they think they're being apropos naming their
tracks "weird" things because their music is (supposedly) so
weird or different.. when really they're doing a huge
disservice to themselves as it's totally obnoxious


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-07-25 07:42 [#00793417]
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There's so many different possiblities for artists naming
their tracks as unintelligible garbage. They could be
completely pretentious wankers; They could want to sidestep
giving their songs meaningful titles as that can come
across as pretentious, especially with instrumentals (and
with the cold style of latter ae); They could simply want
people to be unable to refer to the individual tracks in
conversation as they're impossible to pronounce; They could
just want to add mystique.. it goes on and on. At the end of
the day, the track names are arse and the music is more
important.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-07-25 07:46 [#00793421]
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havent they said that their song titles are to personal
references to samples used?

thats not half as ghey as the try-hard wacky titles that
aphex has pulled


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-25 07:49 [#00793424]
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of course the music is the most important thing, but it's
bloody obnoxious to name your track something people will
have a hard time remembering, let alone pronouncing. aphex,
mogwai, lfo, and a lot of other artists have gone on record
about how they name their tracks rather inappropriate things
simply cos there isn't usually an apt title. however, by
naming something properly, even if it doesn't carry a
specific meaning, it makes things a lot easier on everyone
and i find that being able to refer back to an individual
track is beneficial for a musician's career. i think that's
one reason autechre aren't half as popular as aphex,
especially in the media (not that i value their opinion, but
they do have influence over millions). anyway, it's not that
i disagree with what you said or that i don't understand why
a musician would name their track "g;hkjg;hkjhj;h" but i
just see it ultimately detrimental to practically
everything.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-25 07:49 [#00793425]
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what I do at the end is that I listen to the whole album or
ep from start to end... I never listen to just one track...
so I will be able to know what album or ep a track belongs
to, but hardly anymore, unless is a real ,famous track (rae,
acroyear, bine, cipater, cichli, cpach, piezo.....)


 

offline nacmat on 2003-07-25 07:51 [#00793426]
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in this thread I wasnt really talking about the track names,
I was only talking about identifying the track... no matter
if you know the name, but that you are able of knowing what
track is it, what album from and what number it has on that
album, the tittle is not neccessary for that



 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-07-25 07:52 [#00793428]
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plus autechre titles often do pronounce something if you put
a Little bit of thought into reading it

some are also focused on imagery

eg lentic catachresis, 'lentic' being a cloud formation that
looks like a flying saucer


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-25 07:54 [#00793429]
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i know.. and i'd like to clarify again that a lot of
autechre to me sounds the same.. as cool as their music is,
i don't think they have as much diversity in their sound
(per album) as aphex, boc, lfo, prefuse 73, or even plaid.
obviously you can tell if you're listening to "teartear" or
"bine", but as far as individual tracks on a certain album,
i can identify the album but a lot of their music doesn't
stay with me, like i can't get it stuck in my head. i guess
that's cos of their unique take on melody (subverting it,
taking it out of the foreground, making it harder to access)
more than anything else, like instrumentation or technique.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-25 07:56 [#00793435]
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yes i know they have meanings and you can force a
pronounciation.. key word, FORCE.


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2003-07-25 07:58 [#00793438]
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its their gimmick alright..

at least they dont wear platfrom boots and bad hair heheheh



 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2003-07-25 08:02 [#00793442]
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like quantazelle! that's her gimmick, blue wig, short skirt,
platform boots, and NO TALENT.


 


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