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PLUS is the fifteenth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was simultaneously announced and released digitally on October 28th, 2020.[1] The CD and vinyl issues were later released on November 20th, 2020.
History
PLUS was developed concurrently with SIGN across mid-2018 to late-2019, with the album finalized in February/March of 2020.[2]
After the release of SIGN on October 16th, 2020, PLUS was simulatenously announced and released digitally on October 28th at 3PM GMT / 11AM Eastern time,[3][4] alongside pre-orders for the physicals which were slated for release on November 20th.[4][5] In the Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022, Sean remarked that PLUS should've been an EP with a few tracks removed, but that they "got greedy" and turned it into an album.[6] When asked which tracks should've been removed, he stated "the mellow synth ones" (likely referring to "lux 106 mod", "ii.pre esc" and "esle 0").[7]
Tracks
DekDre Scap B
- BPM: 111
- "DekDre" is short for Deckard's Dream, which was used for the track. [8]
7FM ic
- BPM: 154.5
marhide
- BPM: 106.15
ecol4
- BPM: 102
- "ecol4" was fully done in Max/MSP.[9]
- The ending run of "ecol4" appears in the 2022-2023 live sets, sped up from 102bpm to 156bpm.[10] (example)
lux 106 mod
- BPM: 127
- The track is possibly named after the Juno 106.
X4
- BPM: 158
- "X4" was mostly done by Sean, reusing patches made by Rob.[11]
ii.pre esc
- BPM: 95.5
esle 0
- BPM: 134
- "esle 0" shares elements with "F7"
TM1 open
- BPM: 153.75/102.5 (?)
p1p2
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DekDre Scap B | 2:46 |
| 2 | 7FM ic | 5:56 |
| 3 | marhide | 3:43 |
| 4 | ecol4 | 14:52 |
| 5 | lux 106 mod | 5:06 |
| 6 | X4 | 12:21 |
| 7 | ii.pre esc | 4:47 |
| 8 | esle 0 | 3:13 |
| 9 | TM1 open | 11:07 |
| 1:03:52 | ||
| 10 | p1p2 (Japanese CD exclusive) | 3:44 |
| Total | 1:07:36 | |
Trivia
- PLUS's catalogue number's digits add up to 14 (3+3+8) in the same way as SIGN (3+2+9). This could imply that both SIGN and PLUS are considered to be the 14th album, or that they are part of the same project.
- As with SIGN the Japanese CD cover is minimally different compared to other versions. In PLUS's case the background has been darkened slightly and the yellow parts have been recolored green. [12]
Links
Credits
- Autechre (production)
- Rob Brown (writer)
- Sean Booth (writer)
- Noel Summerville (mastering engineer)
- The Designers Republic (design) [13]
References
- ↑ https://bleep.com/release/209219-autechre-plus
- ↑ https://ra.co/news/72301
- ↑ https://ghostarchive.org/archive/3pJjv
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://consequence.net/2020/10/autechre-new-album-plus-stream/
- ↑ https://pitchfork.com/news/autechre-surprise-release-new-album-plus/
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "PLUS should’ve been an EP, and it should’ve had two, three tracks removed from it, but I was being greedy, but that's what we should’ve done. PLUS was basically it should have been an EP. It felt like an EP when we were compiling it."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "Which track should have been removed? [from PLUS] From, are you asking me about PLUS there, I assume so? Yeah, the, sort of, the more mellow synth ones. I probably would have pulled off and just kept the beatty ones on there and then the mellowy synth ones that are just thrown out as little one-offs in different places. So it's just about context and it's not like I wouldn't have released them, it's just that, as a compilation, it was perhaps a little bit hasty to call it an album, but you know, you live and learn."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "Yeah, first track on SIGN, it's on there. That DekDre [Scap B], that's why it's called DekDre." Note: "M4 Lema" is the first track on SIGN, not "DekDre Scap B". Sean likely misspoke rather than saying it was used on SIGN but then only referenced (but not used) on PLUS.
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "ecol4 is such a beautiful, off-kilter ghostly stir with bells. Did that feature an oil drum too? No, that’s all Max/MSP."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "So, you can hear a bit of ecol[4] in the set, ecol4 that was basically like the ecol4 that's on PLUS when we started out."
- ↑ Q162, Ask Autechre Anything Again, KEYOSC, April 2025
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/16237400-Autechre-Plus/image/SW1hZ2U6NTAwMzk0MjA=
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/1830021-Autechre-PLUS