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         |  catharsis
             from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-08-12 18:02 [#00819012] Points: 836 Status: Regular
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 | I've had this album in my CD player for about a week non-stop.  Am I the only one who feels that Amber is
 absolutely beautiful?
 
 Amongst all the Autechre talk, it seems that everyone talks
 about Incunabula, skips Amber and continues onward with
 Tri-Repetae.
 
 The Autechre guide at lonelymachines.org describes Amber as
 "poorly sequenced", and "lacking focus".  I couldn't
 disagree more.
 
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         |  Phobiazero
             from the next Xltronic (Sweden) on 2003-08-12 18:03 [#00819013] Points: 10507 Status: Webmaster | Show recordbag
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 | Amber is one their best albums. No doubt! 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-12 18:05 [#00819015] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker
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 | it's what got me ON to autechre. 
 it's actually the only album i have copied in it's entirety
 to tape for my car. i love this album. so so so so good.
 when i make music...this is usually what i end up emulating
 (but like...take it and shit on it. that's my music.)
 
 
 
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         |  S M Pennyworth
             from East Timor on 2003-08-12 18:07 [#00819017] Points: 2196 Status: Lurker
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 | how the hell can something be "poorly sequenced"........... sounds stupid if you ask me....... havent heard the track
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         |  S M Pennyworth
             from East Timor on 2003-08-12 18:07 [#00819020] Points: 2196 Status: Lurker
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 | the album, i mean.. an entire album "poorly sequence", its madness ! 1
 
 
 
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         |  Clic
             on 2003-08-12 18:12 [#00819022] Points: 5232 Status: Regular | Followup to S M Pennyworth: #00819017
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 | They're probably referring to the order of the tracks. 
 I personally don't care for Amber that much, aside from the
 track Yulquen, which I think is great.
 
 
 
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         |  promo
             from United Kingdom on 2003-08-12 18:32 [#00819029] Points: 4227 Status: Addict
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 | Amber is good first Autechre I bought. 
 
 
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         |  promo
             from United Kingdom on 2003-08-12 18:32 [#00819030] Points: 4227 Status: Addict
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 | The last track on Amber is knock out how can anyone forget that track?
 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-12 18:34 [#00819031] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to promo: #00819030
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 | teartear. tasty. 
 
 
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         |  tallyho
             from Vladivostok (Russia) on 2003-08-12 19:01 [#00819047] Points: 1300 Status: Lurker
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 | Silverside is one of the most fascinating songs ever. 
 
 
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         |  catharsis
             from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-08-12 19:05 [#00819049] Points: 836 Status: Regular
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 | The dude at loneymachines.org is a wee bit nuts I think. His brain cells are poorly sequenced.
 
 
 
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         |  Cfern
             from Sacto (United States) on 2003-08-12 19:10 [#00819050] Points: 1384 Status: Lurker
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 | i don''t think it's been neglected... it's a fan favorite for sure...
 I think it's there best pre-chiastic slide work....
 mabey even there 3rd best albumn
 
 
 
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         |  od_step_cloak
             from Pleth (Australia) on 2003-08-12 19:15 [#00819052] Points: 3803 Status: Regular
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 | dude things can be "poorly sequenced". i wouldn't say amber is, but it's a valid insult in electronic music terms
 badly composed. sort of.
 
 
 
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         |  uzim
             on 2003-08-12 19:36 [#00819057] Points: 17716 Status: Lurker
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 | Amber is my favorite Ae album along with Confield... maybe my 1st favorite. i agree it's really beautiful!! =)
 
 (the beginning of 'Further' is pure bliss and iced
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         |  catharsis
             from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-08-12 19:42 [#00819061] Points: 836 Status: Regular
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 | I think Amber and Tri-Repetae are better than Chiastic. 
 When talking about autechre, the word "better" doesn't
 really seem fitting.  It's more about which album suits your
 tastes - all of the albums kick ass in their own little way.
 
 
 
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         |  The_Funkmaster
             from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-08-12 19:45 [#00819064] Points: 16280 Status: Lurker
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 | I love Amber... 
 
 
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         |  morguean
             from Calgary (Canada) on 2003-08-12 19:46 [#00819066] Points: 1328 Status: Regular | Followup to ambsace: #00819015
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 | take it and shit on it 
 AHAA!
 
 
 
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         |  atgmartin
             from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-12 20:41 [#00819100] Points: 873 Status: Lurker
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 | Amber is insanely good.  It's the album that made me feel something for electronic, rather than just, I don't know air
 drum or something.  I don't have a favorite Autechre,
 because I love them all, but that is DEFINITELY my
 favorite.
 
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         |  Paco
             from Gothenburg (Sweden) on 2003-08-12 20:41 [#00819101] Points: 2659 Status: Lurker
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 | My first AE album. One of their best too. 
 -P
 
 
 
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         |  uviol
             from United States on 2003-08-12 20:46 [#00819103] Points: 2496 Status: Lurker
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 | I think Amber is great for music, not so great for Autechre. Weakest album next to Incunabula which is, err.., downright
 boring?  It IS wonderful though, which some priceless
 moments.  Montreal and Silverside come to mind.  Make me
 want to cry.. so lovely.  Also Teartear aptly named, no?
 
 
 
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         |  catharsis
             from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-08-12 21:02 [#00819113] Points: 836 Status: Regular
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 | The critic at lonelymachines.org calls silverside a "pointless, annoying throw away".
 I say lynch mob.
 
 
 
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         |  KainiIndustries
             from over the roof floats billy on 2003-08-12 21:05 [#00819117] Points: 1253 Status: Regular
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 | My first Ae purchase too... I haven't listened to it in a while, along with ep7.
 
 /me digs out ep7 and amber... good idea.
 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-12 21:09 [#00819120] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to KainiIndustries: #00819117
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 | ah, yes. tasty goodies. 
 
 
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         |  atgmartin
             from DeathMallMegaComplexville (United States) on 2003-08-12 21:09 [#00819121] Points: 873 Status: Lurker
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 | Yes, ep7 is priceless.  Zeiss Contarex? Yes 
 
 
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         |  KainiIndustries
             from over the roof floats billy on 2003-08-12 21:17 [#00819127] Points: 1253 Status: Regular
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 | The Garbage ep just 'clicked' with me the other day, lying down with a doobie after a hard days work. Man, I love it
 when Ae you've had for a while 'clicks' with you.
 
 
 
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         |  disasemble
             from United States on 2003-08-12 22:01 [#00819131] Points: 1448 Status: Regular
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 | i skip incunabula and listen to amber and then skip tri repetae
 
 though i dont skip garbage or anvil vapre
 
 
 
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         |  Rambling Madman
             from the future (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-12 22:22 [#00819137] Points: 1492 Status: Regular
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 | I'm yet to hear an Atechre track I like...........maybe I've been unlucky with the stuff I've sampled but his old stuff
 hasn't aged very well (Incunabula) & his newer stuff
 generally turns me suicidal (Gantz Graf etc), although Amber
 has been high on my list of stuff to get for a while as it
 sounds wondrous.
 
 
 
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         |  catharsis
             from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-08-12 22:36 [#00819147] Points: 836 Status: Regular
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 | I can't believe some people don't like tri-rep.  GIVE IT MORE TIME!!!!  It took me about 20 listens until my ears
 learned how to listen to it properly.  It was like musical
 enlightenment when it happened.
 
 Trying to sort out the layers to tri-rep was my biggest
 mistake.  It wasn't until I was cleaning the house with
 tri-rep in the background until I heard it the way it was
 meant to be heard.  AMAZING.
 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-12 23:07 [#00819154] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to Rambling Madman: #00819137
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 | æ = rob brown & sean booth. 
 ;]
 
 
 
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         |  DeLtoiD
             from Ontario on 2003-08-12 23:45 [#00819166] Points: 2934 Status: Lurker
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 | lp5.... sitll my fav autechre cd. 
 EVER :p
 
 
 
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         |  mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-08-12 23:51 [#00819172] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker
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 | I've heard every album in its entirety except for
 incunabula
 and I don't feel compelled to
 really.
 Amber is great.
 
 
 
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         |  DeLtoiD
             from Ontario on 2003-08-12 23:55 [#00819176] Points: 2934 Status: Lurker
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 | but NINE is just about the most prolific song ever created/conceived by autechre... really hits the heart.
 
 IMO of course
 
 
 
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         |  mappatazee
             from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-08-12 23:58 [#00819183] Points: 14302 Status: Lurker
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 | montreal and yulquen do it for me I like them all though,
 so I'd just have to say
 slip
 is probably my least favorite.
 
 
 
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         |  disasemble
             from United States on 2003-08-13 00:49 [#00819222] Points: 1448 Status: Regular | Followup to catharsis: #00819147
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 | if i had a dime for everytime a person says something like that, i would have somewhere around 50 dollars. give or
 take
 
 in any case, theres NO ONE EXACT WAY to listen to a track or
 an album. i can't believe some people cant get this into
 their skull. its just as bad as aphex fans trying to tell
 people that there are "countless layers" and "whateverelse"
 in his music, that im obviously too stupid to catch and/or
 "havent listened to it enough yet. its there man! the layers
 man the layers! THEYRE ALL THERE! LISTEN 29340293582935
 MILLION TIMES THEN YOULL GET IT! PLAY IT WHILEST WORKING
 WITH SHEET METAL! GENIUS!"
 
 i say bah to that sort of thought. im exaggerating there of
 course cause you arent, erm, that out there, but
 still...theres no "one way its supposed to be heard". I do
 like c/pach and clipper, and i have enjoyed listening to it
 from time. more or less as "background music" or whatever.
 so its not like im crapping all over it or anything.
 
 i just said id prefer to listen to say, confield. or lp5.
 thats my personal choice.
 
 i dont have a problem with you liking tri repetae, thats
 fine of course. aint gonna knock opinions or anything. its
 just boring to me. you shouldnt have a problem with that
 either yo.
 
 ALL IN ALL we can all (for the most part) agree that
 autechre is good.
 
 so cheers to that
 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-13 00:54 [#00819224] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker
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 | foil is the track for me. it's the first one i ever heard, and it's what got me to go buy the cd and get into
 electronic music. it'll always have a special place in my
 heart.
 
 aw.
 
 
 
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         |  roygbivcore
             from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2003-08-13 00:55 [#00819225] Points: 22557 Status: Lurker
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 | amber is not very good 
 
 
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         |  rF
             from __e____e_________e______q_____ (Australia) on 2003-08-13 01:10 [#00819232] Points: 956 Status: Lurker
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 | i like amber, but in my opinion it's not their best.. some tracks are just pure class.. montreal, nil, yulquen,
 glitch.. it usually doesnt take me too long to get into ae
 releases, but with confield and draft i listened non-stop
 for about a week or two, then put them aside, then a couple
 of months later i listen again and absolutely love them..
 i'm actually listening to draft again for the first time in
 about a month or two .. awesomahj..343240897o4i43./4/460435
 /45/ 4 53454387925 /3/4 23894729384723 /3//5 329847234 thats
 what i thinking now y0
 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-13 01:13 [#00819236] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to roygbivcore: #00819225
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 | your face isn't very good. 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-13 01:14 [#00819237] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to ambsace: #00819236
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 | i mean..well. 
 sure, you're cute...in your own way...
 but i'd still laugh and have everyone come laugh with me if
 i ever saw your face on the side of a milk carton. "haha.
 look at how stupid that kid looks."
 
 
 
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         |  ambsace
             from canaDUH. on 2003-08-13 01:15 [#00819239] Points: 6326 Status: Lurker | Followup to ambsace: #00819237
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 | ...yeah, i should go away now. =P 
 
 
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         |  Riccardo
             from somewhere beyond the ultraworl on 2003-08-13 02:57 [#00819296] Points: 869 Status: Lurker
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 | i'm not a big fun of tracks like teartear or yulken.for the rest amber is a great record with some of my fav  ae
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         |  nacmat
             on 2003-08-13 03:16 [#00819304] Points: 31275 Status: Lurker
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 | I will say it again: 
 all ae, any ae
 
 
 
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         |  purlieu
             from Leeds (United Kingdom) on 2003-08-13 03:45 [#00819317] Points: 1228 Status: Lurker
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 | Amber is one of my alltime favourite albums ever of anyone ever yes.
 My favourite AE by far. Piezo is intolerably beautiful.
 
 
 
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         |  merg
             from The New New York (Berlin) (Germany) on 2003-08-13 05:08 [#00819359] Points: 1708 Status: Regular
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 | It's chuffing marvellous, so it is... 
 I'd say it's their second best album after TR...
 
 
 
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         |  glass_eater
             from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2003-08-13 05:11 [#00819362] Points: 4904 Status: Regular
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 | LP5 is the best but amber kicks ass too 
 
 
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         |  merg
             from The New New York (Berlin) (Germany) on 2003-08-13 05:12 [#00819363] Points: 1708 Status: Regular | Followup to nacmat: #00819304
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 | Do you like Ae then mate? ;-) 
 
 
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         |  glass_eater
             from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2003-08-13 05:14 [#00819366] Points: 4904 Status: Regular
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 | i have most of their albums except ganz graaf ive heard to much shits about
 
 
 
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         |  merg
             from The New New York (Berlin) (Germany) on 2003-08-13 05:16 [#00819369] Points: 1708 Status: Regular
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 | That's not an album, it's an EP.... 
 
 
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         |  glass_eater
             from a blind nerves area (Switzerland) on 2003-08-13 05:18 [#00819371] Points: 4904 Status: Regular
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 | omg i didnt know or remember or... it should have a relation with the fact that i dont own it
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         |  merg
             from The New New York (Berlin) (Germany) on 2003-08-13 05:22 [#00819372] Points: 1708 Status: Regular
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 | Nay worries, like! :-) Just thougt I'd let you know and that...
 
 
 
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