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Amber is the second studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on November 7th, 1994,[1] then later repressed on vinyl in 2016, alongside Incunabula, and Tri Repetae.
History
Much of Amber had individuals tracks completed within a day, [2] but the entire album was slowly compiled over a year.[3] Sean noted that Amber felt more like a proper album rather than Incunabula which was more “a collection of tracks than an album”.[3]
The artwork depicts the sandstone cliffs in Rose Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey, with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer [4] and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. Amber is the only album to have a nearly unedited photograph as the cover art, with Ian Anderson noting that "the only retouching we did was at the edges, where we didn't have the full width, but there's no retouching in terms of colouration."[5]
Tracks
Foil
- The "flanging sound" on the lead in "Foil" was done by Rob using EPS. [6]
Montreal
- "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb. [7]
Silverside
- An alternative version of "Silverside" was released on a Future Magazine CD Compilation titled "Silversub"
- The track is named after the fish species.
Slip
Glitch
- Uses the Roland MC-202 and Quadraverb. [8]
Piezo
- One of the samples on "Piezo" are of Autechre discussing how the track should be arranged, "micd up really quiet through a chrous all the way through it". [9]
Nine
- "Nine" was licensed out to Orange Telecommunications for an advertising campaign[10] [11]. When Autechre went to watch Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in theatres, they discovered in the screening that Orange was airing the ad with "Nine" before every Star Wars screening in England. [12]
Further
Yulquen
- The IATA code for the Montréal–Trudeau International Airport is YUL. Looking at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel (also in Montreal) gives the code as YUL QUEN
Nil
Teartear
- In the same vein as "Windwind", the word "tear" also has two different pronunciations.
- According to the (minimal) liner notes, this track was made in tribute to Gerard O'Hara, one of the founders of Skam Records. His voice can also be heard on the track "The Egg"
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foil | 6:05 |
| 2 | Montreal | 7:16 |
| 3 | Silverside | 5:31 |
| 4 | Slip | 6:21 |
| 5 | Glitch | 6:16 |
| 6 | Piezo | 8:01 |
| 7 | Nine | 3:40 |
| 8 | Further | 10:07 |
| 9 | Yulquen | 6:37 |
| 10 | Nil | 7:49 |
| 11 | Teartear | 6:46 |
| Total | 1:14:27 | |
Links
Credits
- Autechre (production)
- Rob Brown (writer)
- Sean Booth (writer)
- The Designers Republic (design) [13]
References
- ↑ https://bleep.com/release/20366-autechre-amber
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D1119
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53306579754/in/album-72177720312403761/
- ↑ https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec
- ↑ https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber
- ↑ https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_June_2022#:~:text=Amber%2C%20Foil%2C%20made%3F%E2%80%9D-,I%20think%20that%27s%20EPS.,-Rob%20did%20that
- ↑ https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_June_2022#:~:text=%E2%80%98cause%20the%20one%20in%20Montreal%2C%20that%27s%20just%20after%20it%2C%20is%20the%20trigger%20flange%20in%20the%20Quadraverb.
- ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D330
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020816104848/http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid1018136565,21609,#:~:text=no%20sorry.%20there%20is%20the%20sound%20of%20us%20discussing%20how%20we%20should%20arrange%20the%20track%20though.%20micd%20up%20really%20quiet%20through%20a%20chorus%20all%20the%20way%20through%20it.
- ↑ https://forum.watmm.com/topic/78185-autechre-score-the-soundtrack-to-an-advert/?do=findComment&comment=1973748
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/ambientmusic/comments/z5zeqn/comment/j11xpnr/
- ↑ https://aepages.org/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Dark,_2001#:~:text=%22We%20knew%20they%20were%20going%20to%20use%20it%2C%20but%20we%20didn%27t%20know%20it%20would%20be%20aired%20directly%20before%20every%20Star%20Wars%20screening%20in%20England%2C%22%20recalls%20Brown.
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/1302-Autechre-Amber