Любопытная весчь - Autechre FAQ. Написанн простым английским и не вызывает проблем к проочтению. Тут много всякого интересного =) Правда сведения по релизам уже устарели.
The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15 -
December 2000
This faq has been assembled from discussions on the alt.music.autechre
newsgroup, as well as magazine interviews and other sources. The FAQ is
currently maintained by Knut Andreas Ruud, based on a sketch by Kenny Johnson
and Martin Krois. Most of the questions that were posted to Martin Krois'
Autechre faq submission page have been included here. Thanks a lot to all
contributors of this FAQ - this would not have been possible without your help.
The current version of this FAQ has been approved/corrected by Autechre, so I
guess it's an official FAQ now.
If you have anything you want to add to this page, corrections, or any other
comments, feel free to contact the current maintainer which is Knut Andreas Ruud
at: knut.ruud@c2i.net . Please insert 'ae faq' in the subject field.
FAQ Index
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0.00 Reference
0.01 Acronyms
0.02 Releases
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1.00 General
1.01 Who are Autechre?
1.02 Where do Autechre live?
1.03 How is Autechre pronounced?
1.04 Which label is Autechre on?
1.05 What is Autechre like live?
1.06 Is it possible to buy any Autechre merchandise?
1.07 Are either Rob Brown or Sean Booth married?
1.08 What kind of computers and other gear do Autechre use?
1.09 What kind of MIDI software do Autechre use?
1.10 How do they work when they create music?
1.11 What are Sean Booth's favourite Aphex Twin tracks?
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2.00 Autechre releases:
2.01 What does Autechre's track titles mean?
2.02 Where is the hidden track on EP7?
2.03 Why isn't the hidden track on EP7 on the domestic release?
2.04 How do you pronounce 'Cichli suite'?
2.05 Are the tracks on 'Envane' remixes?
2.06 What does 'Incunabula' mean?
2.07 Why is the second track on 'Amber' called 'Montreal'?
2.08 What's the deal with their 'Peel Sessions' thing?
2.09 What's the deal with their 'Anti EP'?
2.10 What about the Keynell - Autechre remixes?
2.11 What's a Maetl then? (Incunabula track 8)
2.12 Why is Kalpol Introl so short? It has potential! (Incunabula track 1)
2.13 What does Eggshell (Incunabula track 6) remind me of?
2.14 What is Autechre's connection with Artificial Intelligence II?
2.15 What's the connection between Autechre and Saint Etienne?
2.16 Why does the A-side on 'splitrmx12' sound familiar?
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3.00 Gescom and Skam
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3.01 Is Autechre Gescom?
3.02 Does Gescom mean anything?
3.03 What is the difference in the sound between Autechre and Gescom?
3.04 What's the connection between the underground label Skam records and
Autechre?
3.05 What's the connection between Skam artist Bola and Autechre?
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FAQ Main
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0.00 Reference
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0.01 Acronyms
Here are some acronyms that are used regularly on alt.music.autechre:
AE - AutechrE
AFX - ApheX twin
BOC - Boards Of Canada
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0.02 Releases
The following is a basic listing of all Autechre & Gescom releases. This listing
does not include remixes, collaborations or exclusive tracks. For a more
complete listing, visit the Autechre visual discography (maintained by Autechre
themselves) at: www.warprecords.com/autechre
Autechre albums
1993 - Incunabula
1994 - Amber
1995 - Tri Repetae
1997 - Chiastic Slide
1998 - LP5 (or just Autechre)
Autechre ep's
1991 - Cavity job
1994 - Basscad, ep
1994 - Anti EP
1995 - Anvil vapre
1995 - Garbage
1996 - We r are why are y are we 12" (Warp Mailorder only)
1997 - Cichli suite
1997 - Envane
1998 - Peel sessions
1999 - EP7 (This is an ep, even though it's a full-length release)
1999 - Splitrmx12 (12 inch limited to 3000 copies)
Gescom albums
1998 - Gescom minidisc
Gescom ep's
1994 - Gescom EP
1995 - Gescom 2 EP
1995 - The sounds of machines our parents used
1995 - Keynell
1996 - Motor
1996 - Keynell (Autechre mixes)
1998 - That
1998 - This
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1.00 General
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1.01 Who is Autechre?
Autechre is Sean Booth and Rob Brown.
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1.02 Where do Autechre live?
Rob Brown currently lives in London, while Sean Booth lives in Suffolk. They
moved from Sheffield about a year ago.
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1.03 How is Autechre pronounced?
Autechre can be pronounced any way you feel is best: ah-tek-ray, ah-tek-er,
ah-te-ker, ah-tetsh-er are all different ways I've heard it pronounced.
According to an interview, Autechre themselves say awe-tek-er.
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1.04 Which label is Autechre on?
Autechre have been signed to the well-known Warp records since their first
album. Other artists on the Warp label include Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Plaid,
Boards of Canada, Plone and many more. Warp's website can be found at:
www.warprecords.com. Autechre's first ever release, an ep called 'cavity job',
was released on Hardcore records in 1991.
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1.05 What is Autechre like live?
Well they do either a dj set, a mix set or a full on production with synths. I
saw the mix set. This is where Sean and Rob each have a laptop and a custom
mixer sits between them. Armed with Minidiscs, they put on a show making custom
tracks out of loops they have stored, and/or put on some familiar tracks. I
heard 2nd Bad Vilbel, ccec, Glitch, Peel Session 2 tracks, among other stuff.
Either way, Ae live is something to see.
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1.06 Is it possible to buy any Autechre merchandise?
Not as far as I know, you'll have to make your own..

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1.07 . Are either Rob Brown or Sean Booth married?
Yes, Sean Booth is married with Chantal Passamonte (Mira Calix). She used to
work at the Warp office, handling promotion and stuff like that. Now she is a
Warp artist herself - her first full-length album, 'One on One' was released in
spring 2000.
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1.08 What kind of computers and other gear do Autechre use?
Autechre use all sorts of computers - they use Apple Mac's a lot, but also PC's
and Atari's. They even use the BBC Micro and the MSX. They use a *lot* of
different gear - according to an interview, they are very fond of the Clavia
Nord Lead line of synths. They also use an old Ensoniq EPS sampler with a
modified operating system, and even some old Casio samplers (SK1 and SK5). They
use lots of soft synths and plug-ins too, some of which they create themselves.
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1.09 What kind of MIDI software do Autechre use?
They use lots of different software - according to an interview from 1998, they
use Emagic's Logic Audio as the center of their system. It is also rumoured that
they use OpcodeMAX (www.opcode.com).
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1.10 How do Autechre work when they create music?
According to an 1998 interview, their working method is totally random. They
both have their own studios and they have no set rules about who starts or
finishes a track, or when they fuse their resources. They also do tracks on
their own, without any influence from each other. They are very choosy about
what material they release - every album is composed of roughly 300 minutes of
music. For 'Chiastic Slide' they had made 60 tracks over a one-year period, and
9 of these tracks eventually made it to the album. You might wonder why they
don't release double albums.. I certainly hope they will some day.
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1.11 What are Sean Booth's favourite Aphex Twin tracks?
Digeridoo and Dodecaheedron.
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2.00 Autechre releases:
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2.01 What does Autechre's track titles mean?
According to an interview, their track titles don't really mean anything (at
least not to the public). A track title might be based on the name of a sample
they've used, words that have been messed about with or any other thing they've
got in their head. It's also rumoured that they use a computer based generator
to create some of the names.
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2.02 Where is the hidden track on EP7?
There is a section located before the first track which contains this secret
track. To access it you must rewind from the first track, though not all CD
players are capable of doing this.
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2.03 Why isn't the hidden track on EP7 on the domestic release?
The hidden track was not included because of production problems.
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2.04 How do you pronounce 'Cichli suite'?
Sean Booth said it's pronounced sickly sweet - which is a nice description of
their music in general.
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2.05 Are the tracks on 'Envane' remixes?
Yes - according to Sean Booth, the four tracks started off with the same
mathematical basis, but ended up being different tracks.
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2.06 What does 'Incunabula' mean?
'Incunabula' - "incunabel" in latin, means "first" or "first pressing of a
book". This makes a lot of sense, since Incunabula is Autechre's first album.
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2.07 Why is the second track on 'Amber' called 'Montreal'?
Because Sean Booth likes the city Montreal and have some friends out there. This
track is dedicated to them.
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2.08 What's the deal with their 'Peel Sessions' thing?
A 'Peel Session' is a collection of tracks made specifically for a BBC radio
show where dj John Peel reside. In 1998, Warp released Autechre's first peel
session, which was originally broadcast in 1995. A second Peel session was
broadcast in 1999, and will be released in early 2001.
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2.09 What's the deal with their 'Anti EP'?
In 1994, Autechre released an ep which was meant as a protest against the
'Criminal Justice Bill' which outlawed gatherings of people were the music
displayed repetitive beats. The first two tracks of this ep contain repetetive
beats, while the last track contains non-repetetive beats.
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2.10 What about the Keynell - Autechre remixes?
The original (limited) Keynell 12" (released on Skam, 1995) has been remixed by
Autechre, and the remixes appeared on Warp (Wap88). The Skam-Keynell was
repressed in August 1999.
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2.11 What's a Maetl then? (Incunabula track 8)
Rob and Sean were just messing around with words, after they became a bit mealy
of spending those days in the studio. They called each other mate, but with an
odd scottish accent, it became maetl.
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2.12 Why is Kalpol Introl so short? (Incunabula track 1)
This track was originally longer than 3m18, but Autechre cut it up several times
and it eventually became the intro to the album. They did, however, play 15
minute versions of this track with beats in their live sets around 1993/94.
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2.13 What does Eggshell (Incunabula track 6) remind me of?
A different version of this track was released on the Artificial Intelligence 1
compilation (Warp6), called 'The Egg'.
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2.14 What is Autechre's connection with Artificial Intelligence II?
They appeared on it, with a track called 'Chatter'. This track has never been
released anywhere else.
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2.15 What's the connection between Autechre and Saint Etienne?
Autechre did a remix for them, called "Skin up, you're already dead".
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2.16 Why does the A-side on the 'splitrmx12' sound familiar?
Because this track originally was released on a Neu! tribute album, which you
probably own if you recognize this track.
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3.00 Gescom and Skam
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3.01 Is Autechre Gescom?
Sometimes they are, sometimes they are not. Actually the whole Gescom crew
consists of almost 20 people. Sean Booth calls it an "umbrella-project".
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3.02 Does Gescom mean anything?
Yes and no, because it means different things. I've heard that it means both
"Global Enterprise Communication Systems", "Gestalt Communications" and "Global
Engineering Systems Components". They probably invent a new meaning all the
time.
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3.03 What is the difference in the sound between Autechre and Gescom?
Gescom has more of a straight forward electro-type sound, while Autechre are
much more abstract and varied.
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3.04 What's the connection between the underground label Skam records and
Autechre?
Skam releases most of Gescom's productions. Skam records is run by Andy Maddocks
and Jed O'Hara.
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3.05 What's the connection between Skam artist Bola and Autechre?
Bola (or Darrell Fitton) masters records for Skam and he assisted Autechre with
Incunabula. Also, he taught Autechre how to make substantial melodies.
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