Exai is an Electronic album by Autechre, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
About
If anyone's capable of making two hours of chainlinked processors and meticulous programming sound compelling and downright human, it's Autechre: two of the last producers standing from IDM's glory days. Hip-hop heads at heart, Rob Brown and Sean Booth channel their B-boy roots by heading back to the future, a place overrun with laser-guided loops, bold drum breaks, and surface tension samples that are about as subtle as a medicine ball to the face. Yet <i>Exai</i> is strangely musical, referencing everything from warehouse-rave head rushes ("Jatevee C") to tortured ambient techno ("Bladelores") in its pursuit of postmodern bliss points. You may need a few breathers over the course of these two gear-shifting LPs, but that's to be expected with music this expressive and extreme. It's no small feat, considering Autechre unveiled its first album—the much more docile <i>Incunabula</i>—two decades ago. If anything, the duo is only getting <i>more</i> insane with age.
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Tracklist
- 1Fleure4:51
- 2irlite (get 0)10:01
- 3prac-f4:19
- 4jatevee C4:14
- 5T ess xi6:43
- 6vekoS6:41
- 7Flep6:42
- 8tuinorizn3:40
- 9bladelores12:19
- 101 1 is7:17
- 11nodezsh8:40
- 12runrepik4:35
- 13spl97:06
- 14cloudline10:12
- 15deco Loc5:27
- 16recks on9:21
- 17YJY UX8:24
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- IDM
- angular
- chaotic
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Each disc is packed in its own printed sleeve.
Housed in a rigid slipcase wrapped in Cairn Eco Kraft stock with clear foil block to front.
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Pre-orders of Exai made through the bleep website came bundled with two Exai stickers (see Images).
Credits
The people behind it.
Production & Engineering
- Rob BrownPRODUCER [AE PRODUCTION]
- Sean BoothPRODUCER [AE PRODUCTION]
- Rob BrownCO-PRODUCER
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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