About this item

The music on Quaristice manages to make Autechre's complex sound designs feel simpler than before, which of course is an art itself. With a selection of tracks that sound like an album made on deep reflection, the whole album is kept exciting through the sheer range of music and ideas.

It's a more generous album than more recent albums by them, more playfull, with shorter tracks. At times tracks contain recognizable forms from electronic music's past, especially the pre 90's hip hop, electro and house that Autechre talk about as being the formative music of their youth, but these elements have all been made to adhere to the groups hands on approach to music making. On the surface tracks seem stripped down, but the subtlety of the production comes across in the same instance.

Surprisingly given it's Autechre, who have been known for some of the most extreme music on Warp in the past, it's got moments of utter beauty, in a way Autechre hasn't really shown before, it's melodic and impressionistic, more open and very engaging more so on repeated listening.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Altibzz
A2. The Plc
A3. IO
A4. PlyPhon
A5. Perlence
B1. SonDEremawe
B2. Simmm
B3. Paralel Suns
B4. Steels
B5. Tankakern
C1. Rale
C2. Fol3
C3. FwzE
C4. 90101-5l-l
C5. Bnc Castl
D1. Theswere
D2. WNSN
D3. Chenc9
D4. Notwo
D5. Outh9X