Untilted

15年以上の時を経て、名作2タイトルが初のヴァイナル・リイシュー!
2005年以来、20年ぶりのヴァイナル・リイシュー。

During the '90s, before Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brown became fully enamored of their audio software, they were masters of electronic composition. They built tracks that were epic and slowly unfolding ("Bike") or jarring and tight ("Eutow"), but always original and usually surprisingly infectious. After pursuing their theories of digital noise down a rabbit hole for several years, they returned to what had made their name with an uncharacteristically bright record in 2003 (Draft 7.30) and a continuation of that sound with 2005's Untilted. Booth and Brown work more with discernible drum samples here, compared to their prior focus on metalloid beats, and they have also rediscovered the value of pausing slightly before the digital merry-go-round begins another circuit. The duo haven't lost their refusal to compromise; the kinetic opener "LCC" is halted abruptly just as it gains steam -- around the 7:20 mark. Overall, it's clear they're simply spending more time with the construction of their tracks than the processing of their beats. Close to 15 years after their formation, Autechre certainly aren't launching any new styles, and there's no innovative music to be heard here, but Untilted does represent the duo returning to the green fields of their youth after a few years sowing their wild oats. ~ John Bush

10年以上に渡ってエレクトロニック・ミュージックの実験を繰り返し、常に新しい可能性を示してきたオウテカの、何と8作目となるフル・アルバム。機材／プログラミングの基礎から作り上げた無数の単音を繋ぎ合わせて緻密に構築された音世界は、無限に広がっていく数学的なもの。初めて味わうような感覚の音にヤラレること間違いナシ!　リスナーはもちろん、多くの同業者からも支持される彼らの音はやはり半端じゃない!
bounce (C)新崎 康英