It's but one facet of Autechre's brilliance that they can remix an original song into something completely different from what it originally was, with maybe a vague connection to the original. One need not look further than Cichlisuite to find evidence of this; this entire EP is made up of remixes of "Cichli" from the excellent Chiastic Slide. While it was definitely a good song then, a couple of these remixes eclipse the original, namely the ending duo of "Krib" and "Tilapia", both of which are a bit more structured in relation to the tracks preceding them, especially the haphazard "Pencha". Even then, though, these songs seem less like remixes and more like re-imaginings, and the ability to execute that process evidently comes naturally for Autechre.
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