new autechre album announced - Page 4

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.19.2008, 06:32 AM

thats what i miss about autechre, the silly melodies! i mean lp5 was laced with them and thats their finest work i reckon. i saw autechre live once and it was appaling, it was just computers making fuck ups and the sound of a cd sticking but yet the crowd were still "finding the beat" to dance to...... funny funny sight to behold. i was assured that there was an actual glitch in autechres equipment! im gonna catch them in dublin on their annual visit next time definatly.

atsonicpark · 02.19.2008, 06:44 AM

so, a silly melody is ... ? I mean, I think I have a grasp of the concept, because some melodies in electronic music can sound over-the-top but it's usually not the melodies themselves that are bad, it's the synth tone they used to play the melody.

Like, I think squarepusher has some brilliant melodies but perhaps he has used a synth with a ... not-that-cool .. of a tone on it .. so does qualify the melody as being "silly" or...

I'm thinking too hard about this..

PAULYBEE2656 · 02.19.2008, 06:49 AM

im guessing a silly melody are the simple, casio type 4 or 5 notes that are repeated over and over the entire piece of hard mettalic beats and loud beeps and whisses that ae use. the best example of which i can think of is on the 2nd track (cant think of name) on their 1995 peel sessions e.p. after lp5, my favourte ae release.

the melodies completely dissapeared for a while after that but again they are back , more subtley, on the new album which by the way, i love even more now.

basscadet.... a genius of a song!

_slavo_ · 02.19.2008, 06:53 AM

Yeah, basscadet rocks. Also the stuff on Tri Repetae, Anvil Vapre etc. The melodies used to play an important role in ae's music back in the days.

02.19.2008, 06:54 AM

Silly melody in this sort of electronic music = childlike sounding melody*, the sort of fragile and bedtime sounds that'll put your baby to bed. If memory doesn't fail me, didn't our friend Authecre get inspired to make a track by carpol, which you give to your baby before you put him/her to sleep?

*See also Telefunken and their ice cream van music inspired album.

atsonicpark · 02.19.2008, 07:02 AM

Hmm. Well, with that in mind, I disagree with the poster who said the new album has "silly" melodies. It has melodies, but they're... non-silly.

Haha.

Fucking descriptioner-of-music of the year is me.

saoq · 02.19.2008, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

What makes a "silly" melody?

the silliness?

methinks it's a combination of the actual melodic line and the timbre used.
the silliness archetype for me is
square waves+no filter+ quick attack+straight 8th notes. no?
think of those alphaville hit singles. i can't really pin it down...

specific song examples:

SILLY

IO.
perlence.
chenc9

NOT SILLY, GREAT

rae / lp5
dropp / ep
untilted, except ipacial section, fermium (silly, pulls it off)
++AROVANE ( artist)
++BOLA (artist)

RATHER SILLY, BUT PULLS IT OFF NICELY or even GREATLY
777 lp5
Eidetic Casein
++APHEX TWIN (artist)
++PLAID (artist)

atsonicpark · 02.20.2008, 01:48 AM

I see.

SYRFox · 02.22.2008, 03:35 AM

Tankakern is really a fantastic track, probably one my Autechre's favorite now. That massive bass goes perfect with those furious beats.

02.22.2008, 04:03 AM

I've finally managed to listen to this record and it's ok, nothing more.

atsonicpark · 03.22.2008, 06:56 AM

bump
!

atsonicpark · 09.22.2009, 09:05 PM

track # 18 "chenc9" – 4:57

This is the defining track in all of Autechre's catalogue.

02.19.2008, 06:32 AM	#61
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	thats what i miss about autechre, the silly melodies! i mean lp5 was laced with them and thats their finest work i reckon. i saw autechre live once and it was appaling, it was just computers making fuck ups and the sound of a cd sticking but yet the crowd were still "finding the beat" to dance to...... funny funny sight to behold. i was assured that there was an actual glitch in autechres equipment! im gonna catch them in dublin on their annual visit next time definatly. __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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02.19.2008, 06:44 AM	#62
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	so, a silly melody is ... ? I mean, I think I have a grasp of the concept, because some melodies in electronic music can sound over-the-top but it's usually not the melodies themselves that are bad, it's the synth tone they used to play the melody. Like, I think squarepusher has some brilliant melodies but perhaps he has used a synth with a ... not-that-cool .. of a tone on it .. so does qualify the melody as being "silly" or... I'm thinking too hard about this.. __________________
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02.19.2008, 06:49 AM	#63
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	im guessing a silly melody are the simple, casio type 4 or 5 notes that are repeated over and over the entire piece of hard mettalic beats and loud beeps and whisses that ae use. the best example of which i can think of is on the 2nd track (cant think of name) on their 1995 peel sessions e.p. after lp5, my favourte ae release. the melodies completely dissapeared for a while after that but again they are back , more subtley, on the new album which by the way, i love even more now. basscadet.... a genius of a song! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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02.19.2008, 06:53 AM	#64
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,908	Yeah, basscadet rocks. Also the stuff on Tri Repetae, Anvil Vapre etc. The melodies used to play an important role in ae's music back in the days. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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02.19.2008, 06:54 AM	#65
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Silly melody in this sort of electronic music = childlike sounding melody, the sort of fragile and bedtime sounds that'll put your baby to bed. If memory doesn't fail me, didn't our friend Authecre get inspired to make a track by carpol, which you give to your baby before you put him/her to sleep? See also Telefunken and their ice cream van music inspired album.
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02.19.2008, 07:02 AM	#66
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Hmm. Well, with that in mind, I disagree with the poster who said the new album has "silly" melodies. It has melodies, but they're... non-silly. Haha. Fucking descriptioner-of-music of the year is me. __________________
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02.20.2008, 01:48 AM	#68
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I see. __________________
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02.22.2008, 03:35 AM	#69
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Tankakern is really a fantastic track, probably one my Autechre's favorite now. That massive bass goes perfect with those furious beats.
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02.22.2008, 04:03 AM	#70
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I've finally managed to listen to this record and it's ok, nothing more.
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03.22.2008, 06:56 AM	#71
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	bump ! __________________
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09.22.2009, 09:05 PM	#72
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	track # 18 "chenc9" – 4:57 This is the defining track in all of Autechre's catalogue. __________________
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