Warp Records stalwarts Autechre seem to have recovered from their slump. Heralded as the future of electronic music in the 1990s, Autechre's sound didn't carry well into this decade. It seemed that they were doomed to release the same dull, plodding record over and over again. Quaristice manages to outdo most of their recent output and some of their older stuff, too, by breaking the routine. It's their most diverse album so far, integrating the weirdo noodling of Amber with the cacophony of Tri Repetae and the nearly dancy rhythms of LP5. Most of the tracks are very short by Autechre's standards as well, around four minutes on average. Compared to the interminable repetition of the eight-minute-plus tracks of Untilted, the songs of Quaristice are a welcome return to brevity and variation for Autechre. Apparently, they've still got it in them to shape the future of IDM.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Autechre: Quaristice
Warp Records stalwarts Autechre seem to have recovered from their slump. Heralded as the future of electronic music in the 1990s, Autechre's sound didn't carry well into this decade. It seemed that they were doomed to release the same dull, plodding record over and over again. Quaristice manages to outdo most of their recent output and some of their older stuff, too, by breaking the routine. It's their most diverse album so far, integrating the weirdo noodling of Amber with the cacophony of Tri Repetae and the nearly dancy rhythms of LP5. Most of the tracks are very short by Autechre's standards as well, around four minutes on average. Compared to the interminable repetition of the eight-minute-plus tracks of Untilted, the songs of Quaristice are a welcome return to brevity and variation for Autechre. Apparently, they've still got it in them to shape the future of IDM.
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