PLUS

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PLUS

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Artist Autechre
Released 28 October 2020 (Digital)
20 November 2020 (LP/CD)
Label Warp Records (WARP338)
SIGN
(2020) 		PLUS AE_2022－
(2023－)

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

7FM ic

  • BPM: 154.5

marhide

  • BPM: 106.15

ecol4

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

References

  1. ↑ https://bleep.com/release/209219-autechre-plus
  2. ↑ https://ra.co/news/72301
  3. ↑ https://ghostarchive.org/archive/3pJjv
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://consequence.net/2020/10/autechre-new-album-plus-stream/
  5. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/news/autechre-surprise-release-new-album-plus/
  6. ↑ 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."
  7. ↑ 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."
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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."
  10. ↑ 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."
  11. ↑ Q162, Ask Autechre Anything Again, KEYOSC, April 2025
  12. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/16237400-Autechre-Plus/image/SW1hZ2U6NTAwMzk0MjA=
  13. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/1830021-Autechre-PLUS
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