- Audio CD (Nov 20 1996)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B000003RG9
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #161,252 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Kalpol Introl |
| 2. Bike |
| 3. Autriche |
| 4. Bronchus 2 |
| 5. Basscadet |
| 6. Eggshell |
| 7. Doctrine |
| 8. Maetl |
| 9. Windwind |
| 10. Lowride |
| 11. 444 |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Although Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brown are firmly rooted in the British hip-hop and electro scenes of the early 1980s, their music is experimental, mathematical, and precise; electro is used merely as a starting point for further exploration of synthetic sounds. On Incunabula, their contribution to Warp's Artificial Intelligence series, the roots of their sound are laid bare. Electro beats are tranquilized and obscured, shifted into alternate time signatures, and used as anchors for repetitive synth hooks and dense layers of effects, resulting in a sound that is exquisitely cold and mechanical. The title, which means "beginning," couldn't be more appropriate: as the years passed, Autechre's music became more dense and oblique; hence, a quick listen to "Incunabula" is essential to decoding the plot. --Matthew Corwine
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5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent dive into autechre,
By A Customer
This review is from: Incunubula (Audio CD)
My favourite Autechre tracks are the more accessible and melodic ones, like Eutow off Tri Repetae ++ and Lowride featured here. If you think Autechre is a hard listen(or unlistenable), check this album out. Lowride shows a nice hip-hop influence, a funky piano and a catchy melody - my favorite here. Autriche and Bike are also nice and tuneful.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Their best disc.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Incunubula (Audio CD)
If you're new to their music, start here. Complex, mathematical and presicse, "Bike," "Autriche" and "444" are my favorites, but the entire album is amazing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Autechre's more melodic approach to music started here...,
By fetish_2000 (U.K.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Incunubula (Audio CD)
Autechre's debut album is worlds away from the precise Glitch & fractured Techno that they went on to become accomplished producers at. This is an album of stark metallic sounds that sound conventionally at odds with the melodic song structures, that are entirely instrumental. Something else worth noting is that each songs gradually unfolds and uncompresses itself, moving between brooding arrangements and rhythmic drum pattern backed by synth & organ tones. It's strangely compelling in the way that over the course of the frequent six minutes plus tracks, that you'll find yourself growing in appreciation with each strikingly precise track. Think a more detached and synthesized alternative to 'Board of Canada' and you'll not be far of. This is galvanising, Cerebral ambient techno music, and along with the sophomore release "Amber" would mark Autechre's more subtle compositions before their successive albums slowly moved into more (although equally accomplished) 'Glitch' electronica....unquestionably recommended.
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