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 Autechre
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England | |
| Genre(s) | Experimental, electronic, IDM, glitch, ambient, industrial, hip-hop, electro | |
| Years active | 1987–present | |
| Label(s) | Warp, Skam, Wax Trax!, TVT | |
| Associated acts |
Gescom | |
| Website | Autechre at Warp Records | |
| Members | ||
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Booth Rob Brown |
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Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown (born c. 1971) and Sean Booth (born c. 1973), both natives of Rochdale. The group is one of the most prominent acts signed with Warp Records, a label known for its pioneering electronic music artists. Some journalists consider Autechre to be a paragon of IDM and one of the driving forces behind its development, though Booth and Brown are ambivalent in relating their sound to established genres.
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The two members formed the group in 1987 when they both lived
in Rochdale.
They began their career making and trading mixtapes between
each other, and gradually moved on to their own compositions
while collecting a handful of cheap equipment, most notably a Casio SK-1
Booth and Brown pronounce the name Autechre
with a Rochdale accent (
Autechre have also recorded under various pseudonyms, possibly
as a way of escaping from the attentions of the media and the obsessive
Autechre fanbase. One of the duo's earliest recordings was a 12" under
the alias "Lego Feet", released in 1991 on Skam
Records. The majority of Gescom releases, most of them on Skam, have
been attributed to Booth and Brown, among other artists. Autechre
helped initiate the
True to their early techno roots, Autechre use a wide
array of analog synths in their production,
as well as analog and digital drum machines, mixers,
effects
units and
Autechre have emphasized that their music-making involves using new techniques on old equipment and old techniques on new equipment, and that their sound comes from combinations of tools and techniques, and "creative routing", more than any single magical machine. This has been the case since their early days, when, for example, they used a Boss delay that had a pitch/trigger input, allowing it to be used as a realtime sampler. When the square wave input it received for determining pitch had resonance added, the pitch would drift between notes in a special way. If the output was mixed back in as a control pitch, it could produce unusual fractal patterns, something that cannot be recreated easily with software, or on an embedded system. Other machines that Autechre have repeatedly mentioned in interviews are appreciated for their interface as much as their sound, including the Roland TR-606 and MC-202, and the Nord Lead.
Autechre sometimes use generative techniques, most notably on Confield and EP7. In response to comments about their unique sound, Autechre argue that given the incredible range of tools available to modern composers, especially in the electronic genres, it is incomprehensible that any band should "sound like" any other band.
Tri Repetae was released in the U.S. as Tri Repetae++, adding the Garbage and Anvil Vapre EPs on a bonus second disc. The Japanese edition issued by Sony also included an exclusive bonus track, "Medrey". Also, the title LP5 is a conventional one, as the album bears no title. It is sometimes referred to as Autechre.
| Autechre |
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| Sean Booth | Rob Brown |
| Albums |
| Incunabula
(1993) - |
| EPs |
| Anti EP (1994) - |
| Related Artcles |
| Warp Records | IDM | Gescom | Skam Records |
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