Like Aphex Twin, Autechre are about as close to being techno superstars as the tenets of the genre and the limitations of itsaudience will allow. Through a series of full-length works and a smattering of EPs on Warp, Clear, and their own Skam label,thegroup have consistently garnered the praise of press and public alike. Unlike many of their more club-bound colleagues,however, Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brownhave roots planted firmly in American electro, and though the more mood-based, sharply digital texture of their update may seem to speak otherwise, it was through early twelves like Egy ...read more
Like Aphex Twin, Autechre are about as close to being techno superstars as the tenets of the genre and the limitations of itsaudience will allow. Through a series of full-length works and a smattering of EPs on Warp, Clear, and their own Skam label,thegroup have consistently garnered the praise of press and public alike. Unlike many of their more club-bound colleagues,however, Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brownhave roots planted firmly in American electro, and though the more mood-based, sharply digital texture of their update may seem to speak otherwise, it was through early twelves like Egyptian Lover's"Egypt, Egypt,"Grandmaster Flash's "Scorpio," and "Pretty" Tony Butler's "Get Some" that their combined aesthetic began toform.The group has thus far released 11 studio albums and a number of EPs, with relatively divided views regarding their constantsound shifts and, perhaps more notably, their almost total-abandoning of the club atmospheres in favor of often claustrophobicexperiments.Autechre are one of the three biggest stars within the Warp Records line up (The other two being Richard James (Aphex Twin)and Boards of Canada) « hide
