Autechre: Quaristice

Label: Warp

North West England’s experimental electronica duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth, a.k.a Autechre, have finally released their ninth album, Quaristice, the long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s Untilted and its digital percussive constructions. Upon first listen, I was struck by the sheer density and adventurousness of Autechre’s new offering. With a total running time of almost an hour and a half, Quaristice explores and expands on many ideas, from “IO” and its sinister rumbling voice enumerating cut-up sentences, to the atmospheric low rumbling aural construction of “Paralel Suns” and the hectic jungle rhythm and precise glitches of “Bnc Castl.” With Quaristice, Autechre have found a successful musical niche lodged between the repetitiveness of Chiastic Slide and the noisy samples of Tri Repetae and delivered an epic and complex album with a characteristic melancholic slant. (Morgane)