Music CD - Autechre: Tri Repetae++

	Music CD: Tri Repetae++ Artist: Autechre List Price: $18.98 Our Price: Your Save: $ 18.98 ( 100% ) Availability: Manufacturer: Tvt
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Tracks: 1. Dael 2. Clipper 3. Leterel 4. Rotar 5. Stud 6. Eutow 7. C/Pach 8. Gnit 9. Overand 10. Rsdio
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0016581723924 Label: Tvt Manufacturer: Tvt Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Tvt Release Date: 1996-03-19 Studio: Tvt
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A lot of great material Comment: The first disk of this set, the Tri Repetae LP, is in my mind a 3 star release on its own, the Anvil Vapre EP a 4 star release, and the Garbage EP a 5 star masterpiece. This averages out, resulting in the 4 star rating above. The sheer amount of music here gives it my recommendation, but not all of it has consistency. All 3 of these releases are from Autechre's most minimal period, in which tracks were more often than not extremely repetitive and lengthy... a calculated, groovy beat begins (and loops throughout the entirety of) each song, soon joined by synths that layer slowly until the song ends. In many ways these releases are more minimal than their debut "Incunabula", but are also often more accomplished and successful. The Tri Repetae LP suffers from the largest amount of over-long tracks in the set, as well as the harshest production. The synth noises are more often distorted, and bleed less fluently into an aural backdrop. It feels colder and more mechanized than the EPs. Rarely in these songs does an unexpected change present itself- a minute after a track starts, it's easier to infer the rest of its 7-9 minute running time. No song here fails to set a tone, but nearly all of them would benefit from shortened running times. Highlights: "Dael" is a danceable, cold and strangely alien opener. "Rotar" is a frantic and dark piece that doesn't lose its effect over its 9 minutes. "Stud" is like waking up on a hot, lazy saturday morning. Very cool. "Eutow" is a dance classic, feels very 'big' and energetic. "Overand" is a beatless song that repeats the same single synth melody for its 7 minutes. Somehow it stands out as very ominous. "Clipper" is also good. "Leterel" is highly emotive but awkward and more could have been done with it. The whole LP has a unique thick, warm atmosphere that matches with its tan cover. Like the EPs, it sets the tone of everyday activity and the shifting moods of the in between times in a day where there is only contemplation. Now onto Anvil Vapre. All 4 tracks here kick ass, with an increased focus on rhythm and groove when compared to the LP. "Second Bad Vilbel" is almost totally devoid of melody... static and rhythms increase in speed throughout, joined later by an ominous drone. It's like speeding down the highway in the dark. "Second Scepe" is beautiful and hard to describe. Filled with milky, smooth synths and complex emotion. "Second Scout" is especially groovy with a lot of 'wah' noises and crunchy synths to accentuate the beat. Not particularly melodic. "Second Peng" is like a spacious and dark echo chamber. A good closer. The songs on this release are still far too long for their own good, though all but "Second Bad Vilbel" are more tasteful than the tracks from the LP. I wrote a separate review of Garbage that can be reached through the link. It's sad and wonderful and intense in a way that the other 2 releases can't match. This EP is the only place in this set where the long track lengths do not distract or detract from the quality of the work. In summary, with Tri Repetae++ you get 3 releases that range from good to great to amazing, and it's well worth the price it sells for (usually slightly more than a normal CD). It's a shame that Garbage is no longer available alone, but this set is extremely worthwhile. Customer Rating: Summary: This is the one most Ae fans talk about Comment: This one is said to be the most popular album for Autechre. It's a double CD which is the original album of Tri Repetae, plus two of their EP's have been added as a second CD. This album has a lot of variable tracks that are very much distinctive from track to track. Which is to say, if you pay attention to song titles, you will get to know most of the names of these tracks very quickly. Out of all the tracks on this double CD, the very last track on the second CD is my personal favorite. When I'm feeling a little tired, or even a little depressed. If I need to hear something relax me and calm me down quickly, that this last track called Vietrmx21, is my choice. I have about 15 CD's of Autechre shuffling in my 200 CD carrousel. All these tracks by Autechre are being mixed up with tracks by Aphex Twin, Higher Intelligence Agency, Squarepusher, Pete Namlook, Biosphere, The Orb, Phutureprimitive, Sounds From the Ground, Plaid, Gescom, Electric Skychurch, Boards of Canada, Mira Calx, and various other similar artists of which Autechre truly belongs with. So, are you addicted to Autechre yet? Many of us are. I think there should be a club. Here's a list of the releases so to make sure that you have all that is available: Incunabula (1993), Amber (1994), Tri Repatae (1995), Chaistic Slide (1997), LP5 (1998), EP7 (1999), Confield (2001), Draft 7.30 (2003), and Untilted (2005). Now that you have all those, you will probably want to start collecting their various EP's, which are: Cavity Job (1991), Basscadet (1994), Anti- (1994), We R Are Why/ Are Y Are We? (1995), Garbage (1995), Anvil Vapre (1995), Envane (1997), Cichlisuite (1997), Peel Session 1 (1999), Splitrmx12 (1999), Peel Session 2 (2001), and Gantz Graf (2002). The EP's of Garbage and Anvil Vapre are actually added to the American release of Tri Repatae which is why this album is a double CD. There may be a few others, but they have become very rare. Very hard to find. I've discovered more tracks by Autechre and various other "remixed by Autechre" releases all over the IDM sound genre. Plus, some artists like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Boards of Canada and the such have released similar recording as that of Autechre, but Autechre will always be the leader of this sound. And here's another little secret for you. Autechre has released recordings under another pseudonym, Gescom. There is nothing on CD available from Gescom, (except "MiniDisc" which is nothing very interesting at all), but that doesn't mean you can't find their better recordings through various person to person music swap sites. Look for these Gescom albums (I think they are only available on vinyl, and maybe only in the UK and Europe): EP1 (1994), EP2 (1995), Motor (1994), The Sounds of Machines our Parents Used (1995), Keynell (1996), MiniDisc (1998), This (1998), That (1998), and Iss:sa (1999) There are various takes and re-developed versions of Keynell. Just knowing that Gescom is so scarce, especially in America, it only makes it all the more totally cool to be Proudly Unhipp, and to actually have these recordings. I find a sense of comfort in the lunacy that is Autechre's music. I have to listen to Autechre every day. It's gotten harder to listen to regular music any more and it is certainly difficult to revert back to regular music immediately after switching off Autechre. Autechre is like a drug, a stimulant, a natural high. It's a sound that inspires motivation in what ever you are doing. And yes, I can get mildly depressed if I don't have some Autechre at my immediate avail. If I've got a lot of work to do, then I know I'll get it done (and fast), if I've got Autechre playing in my background. So, you other Autechre addicts out there, please share your story. Let us all know what Autechre has done for you, too. Has Autechre changed your life, in a positive or negative way? We need to let other people know how Autechre has an indirectly strange way of promoting better psychological health and a more positive vision about life. Customer Rating: Summary: a great set. hypnotic and complex in emotion and execution. Comment: this is some of my favorite electronic music. this set, combining the full length tri repetae with the EPs anvil vapre and garbage, has some great hypnotic and complex songs. i'm not the greatest fan of electronica, but these guys can really pull it off. i find this to be very easy to listen to as well. tri repetae begins on the more abrasive and complex side and starts to mellow out after a while into lighter territory. the first four tracks are quite harsh, but not in a very brutal way (this is certainly not extreme music). all of the first four tracks have complex beats, subtle synth melodies, back ground sounds, higher pitched noises, and sometimes drones that add to the overall sound. the album starts loosening up with stud, which may be a bit too long, but is a cool chilled out song, and on into eutow, which despite having strange synths has a much easier to grasp beat than say, clipper. things get really get great with overand, my favorite track on the record, a totally infectious spaced out piece. Anvil Vapre is a great ep. second bad vilbel is a bit weird because it mixes a rather commercial beat with very heavy contrasting sounds. my favorite track on there is second peng, probably the darkest song on the whole set, and deffinetly a great weird song. garbage is really solid. garbagemx36 may be my favorite autechre song, mixing rhythmic complexity, moody sounds, and a couple of really heavy, deep synth lines. Vietrmx21 closes the whole thing up with the only beatless song, and it really is a great ambient song. now about the overall sound of these recordings, to me autechre is an entity that seems to exist within contrasting sounds. think about the more complex songs here, you have heavy beats, light beats, smooth sounds, rough sounds, melodies, fast and slow sounds, sounds with echoes and sounds without echoes, drones, and this all happens at once during the climaxes. while it may seem unsettling, with a few listens it all makes sense. because of the heavy beats there is always something to look back to if your mind starts to get confused. when i read people saying this is such an extreme or grating record i'm fairly supprised. sure their later recordings were a bit brutal, but this record, in the middle of their discography, shows their progression in a great way. and they were still using lots of cool melodies when these records were recorded. maybe its because i listen to Iannis Xenakis and early Swans, but still, if you're unsure about getting this record because some people thought it was too grating, it might be because they didn't have any patients. but still, this isn't the hardest album to get into. seriously, if you give it a shot there is a lot of depth here. my favorite tracks over all are: overand, garbagemx36, rotar, and second peng. Customer Rating: Summary: An awesome and historically influential electronica album! Comment: Like many have stated before, Autechre's "Tri Repetae++" really sounds like it was recorded inside some sort of futuristic robot factory (this is the case for the first 3 songs, anyway). The way they recorded it is actually pretty interesting too - they handmade all their equipment so they could get the right sound they wanted. That in itself adds a cool perspective to the experience when listening to the album. As a whole, though, the album is unfortunately uneven (that's mainly the first disc here, the second one fairs much better in that regard), but it does have several great highlights. The first 3 tracks on the first disc deliver a 1-2-3 punch that the rest of the album struggles to keep up with. The rest of the songs aren't bad, and some of them contain interesting moments, but you probably won't be listening to them very often (still referring to the first disc, practically all of the second disc is great). As an historically important album and one with several great electronica songs, "Tri-Repetae++" is a classic (it has a bunch of filler, but having 18 tracks helps dull the effect). Played all the way through the album isn't that good, but if you play single tracks it's great. Very highly recommended for electronica fans, especially since it's basically 2 great albums for the price of one. Highlights include: "Dael" "Clipper" "Leterel" "Overand" "Rsdio" "Second Bad Vilbel" "Second Scepe" (to an extent) "Second Scout" "Second Peng" "Garbagemx36" (it's pretty decent) "Bronchusevenmx24" "Vietrmx21" Customer Rating: Summary: Tri Repetae Comment: No review needed. If you're new to Autechre, buy it. If you already own anything else by them, buy it. Enjoy. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Despite his dedication to free speech, Frank Zappa once dismissed music criticism by likening it to dancing about architecture. No surprise, then, that the British duo Autechre draws critical approbation by making music, seemingly, about architecture. With its pulsing, pneumatic beats, its favor for geometric rhythms, and its utterly mechanical sound sources, Autechre revels in the brittle, the desolate, and the mundane. Tri Repetae++ ranges from the Doppler effects of "C/pach;" to the elastic irritants of "Rsdio." Characteristic of its mission, the CD's scant liner notes admonish listeners: "Incomplete without surface noise." Not quite true, since the album provides much of its own noise, even in the relatively pure realm of digital playback. The U.S. edition includes two earlier EPs, "Anvil Vapre" and "Garbage." --Marc Weidenbaum