I was quite surprised, to say the least, when Autechre decided to release 44 new tracks (over four hours of music) in just three months. Of the three full-length Quaristice releases, I would have to say that this is technically the worst, but absolutely still worth picking up if you have any interest in Autechre or in abstract/formalist electronic music generally. Thankfully it's a release that can be purchased à la carte (it's available via mp3 vendors only); I would say to listen to each track in its entirety and then leave out the weaker ones (after five re-interpretations of '90101-51-1,' I think I've had enough). While listening to these tracks for the twentieth time, I finally began to see why some people gave up on Autechre in 1998; while I love their later phase a great deal, the pleasures of listening to this album are almost purely academic, for better or worse. But if you're looking for impeccably-produced experimental electronic music, it's worth following Autechre down this particular rabbit hole.

Genre: IDM

RIYL: Zoviet France, Richard Devine

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2008  Autechre  IDM  Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae  Richard Devine  Warp  Zoviet France  playbynumbers 

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