History

Them members formed a class action within 1987 when they each sleep in Rochdale. It began their career making & index trading mixtapes between each more, however step by step moved in to their have compositions while collecting the handful of inexpensive devices; virtually all notably a Casio SK-One Sampler. Booth & Red keep around explained that a title Autechre may be pronounced in any way anyone understands healthy. It pronounce it "Awe-TEK-er." It is likewise typically referred to per moniker "Ae." It has been claimed by several, but not confirmed, that a title Autechre comes from either Audio architecture or even Aural technology locate.

Autechre use too recorded under various nom de guerre, possibly as how else of shake off a attentions of a media & the obsessional Autechre fanbase. In all probability competitor come Lego Feet & Velocity Kendall, 2 12" released in 1991 and 1995 on Skam Records. They are also strongly involved in the Gescom project. Autechre helped initiate the music festival All Tomorrow's Parties in 2000 and were responsible for curating the 2003 festival.

Music

Some describe Autechre's music as cold and austere, whereas others perceive a warmth and sentimentality that informs even the most cerebral pieces. Much of Autechre's music has a strong focus on complex rhythm and driving percussion, and more recently, on meticulous sequencing. Later work has been notably experimental and abstract, in contrast to the more club-friendly and conventional early 1990's releases. Due to the inaccessability of their sound, reactions to their music have varied. Many of their tracks contain complex or chaotic rhythmic figures and close harmonies which some have criticized as random and noisy. Fans of their recent work tend to find the value of their music to lie in its unique fusion of rhythmic and melodic elements, percussive noises being tweaked to sound like they have pitches, and clustered, often inharmonic synthesizer patches implying numerous melodic lines and chord structures simultaneously. A signature of the Autechre sound is the use of extremely short snippets of sound to create a buzzing, percolating, grainy effect.

Methods

True to their early techno roots, Autechre utilize a wide array of analog synths in their production [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/nov97/autechre.html]. They also make extensive use of Max/MSP as a means of controlling those synths and processing the synthesized sounds. There have been claims that Autechre employ algorithmic pattern generation techniques, which could partially be responisble for the chaotic rhythms in many of their works. 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 prefer" any other band.

Discography
Albums
Incunabula (1993) Amber (1994) Tri Repetae (1995) Chiastic Slide (1997) LP5 (1998) (also referred to as Autechre) Confield (2001) Draft 7.30 (2003) Untilted (2005)

EPs/Singles
Cavity Job (1991) Basscadet (1993) Anti EP (1994) Garbage (1995) Anvil Vapre (1995) We R Are Why / Are Y Are We? (1996) Envane (1997) Cichli Suite (1997) Peel Sessions (1998; recordings originally made for John Peel's radio programme in 1995) EP7 (1999; Two EP's (7.1 and 7.2) combined into one album-length-release) Splitrmx12 (1999) Peel Sessions 2 (2000; recordings originally made for John Peel's radio programme in 1999) Gantz Graf (2002; also released as a DVD)

Also responsible for upwards of 40 remixes, from Tortoise to Merzbow to Saint Etienne.