acroyear2.org

Those who know this album are probably not surprised that I’m writing about it, since I took the domain name for this site from the title of track one. Autechre were for a long time my favorite band, their Confield being the first album I really independently liked. As I am now intimately familiar with almost their entire discography (and their work as Gescom), I think I’ve come to the final conclusion that LP5, their untitled fifth album, is their high point. While I haven’t heard this album as many times as I’ve heard some others, I think this is probably my all-time most listened album, and it continues to be great. More… »

It’s probably not surprising that I’m a big fan of Autechre, given that the title of this blog is lifted from their album LP5. Quaristice, their newest release, is probably the most enigmatic for me, since it departs from a lot of the traditions I’ve come to expect from an Ae release. More… »