Released 13 July 1998 Producer Autechre Artist Autechre Label Warp | Length 76:16 LP5
(1998) Peel Session
(1999) Release date 13 July 1998 Genre Intelligent dance music | |
Similar Confield, Tri Repetae, Incunabula, Quaristice, Oversteps | ||
The untitled fifth album by the electronic music group Autechre was released in 1998 by Warp Records. No title was printed anywhere within the artwork, so it is commonly referred to as LP5, in line with the later EP EP7; it has also been called Autechre, as well as Album, as listed on promotional copies.
Contents
This album shows Autechre abandoning the full, warm sounds of albums like Amber for a fine-tuned, technical style they had begun exploring on Chiastic Slide and the Cichlisuite EP.
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Production
The track "Drane2" is a response to Aphex Twin's "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball", which, according to Sean Booth, is an answer to Autechre's earlier track "Drane":
yeah we did the track drane, which had that exponential speeding-up delay thing happening, and then rich did that bouncing ball track, and we answered it with drane2 which was the same delay trick but feeding percussion into it instead, as a kind of tease
Critical reception
Greg Prato of Allmusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars and said that "all the songs are cut from the same sonic cloth".
Track listing
All tracks written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown.
On US pressings, the hidden track is moved to its own 12th track, while the silence after "Drane2" is shortened by three minutes. The hidden track is not found on vinyl pressings.
Songs
1Acroyear28:39
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3Rae7:14