Ae definitely peaked several times during their career and I seriously respect them for the later albums, even if they are harder to digest than their relatively easy first couple of LPs and EPs. Usually bands take different approach and make more accessible music over the years, Ae evolved from dystopian and accessible forms through romantic glitchy songs towards monstrous, amorphic max msp mutant monsters. I prefer their mid period stuff, but I'm also touched by this
Name an artist who sounds similar to recent autechre. Noone comes to my mind.
Originality is not the only thing I look for in art but they are now one of the most distinct voice in electronic music, on a relatively mainstream label, releasing albums equally complex and abstract as, say, Xenakis. I bet they sell 5 times less records than 15 years ago.
AFX on the other hand has sense of humor which I connect to, while Sean & Booth are too fucking stone cold serious.
mascotte wrote:Name an artist who sounds similar to recent autechre. Noone comes to my mind.
Originality is not the only thing I look for in art but they are now one of the most distinct voice in electronic music, on a relatively mainstream label, releasing albums equally complex and abstract as, say, Xenakis. I bet they sell 5 times less records than 15 years ago.
AFX on the other hand has sense of humor which I connect to, while Sean & Booth are too fucking stone cold serious.
Have you read their ama on watmm? They’re pretty quirky. Or at least Sean is
Cyril Sneer wrote:INSANE post. I could literally read it for hours.
i don't like listening to their new stuff. it all sounds the same to me, just more unlistenable as they progress. i knew exactly what to expect when the new single came out and it sounded just like what i expected... i guess that's not really a negative but i don't like it.
I feel like AE tries something different with every release
AFX is the only who I feel got a little stale lately, although I've come around to the recent releases more. otoh I love early RDJ way more than early Autechre
i've always thought of autechre after their early period as the aural equivalent of computer animation while aphex twin seems to me to be more of a traditional composer that works in the electronic mode. pitting them against each other because they are both in the general genre of 'electronic music' and on the same label seems facile but honestly i just made this post to bump the thread so user mego could see it