| Tri Repetae
| Artist
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Autechre
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| Released
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6 November 1995
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| Label
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Warp Records (WARP38)
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Tri Repetae is the third studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on November 6th, 1995[1], then later repressed on vinyl in 2016, alongside Incunabula, and Amber.
History
Some of the equipment used for Tri Repetae include the R8, Juno, 202, MS-10 Korg, Quadraverb, Ensoniq EPS, Atari 1040 running C-Lab Creator, Boss RSD-10, and possibly the 606.[2] The record consists of one-shot takes recorded straight to DAT, largely due to the lack of good multitrack and editing technology they could use.[3]
For the designs of Tri Repetae, The Designers Republic initially used reference shots of the machinery from Chris Cunningham's "Second Bad Vilbel" music video, which were then heavily modified in Photoshop. The final album cover was however collectively decided by both Autechre and TDR to instead be a "totally plain metallic (technology) green (nature) cover (somewhere between Beatles White and Prince's Black)."[4]
Tracks
Dael
Clipper
- "Clipper" used the CR-8000[6] as well as possibly the Alesis MMT-8.
- The intro to "Clipper" uses a glitch where the old ram contents of the Ensoniq EPS got rapidly read out when the loop end was set before the actual start of the sample.[7] The same effect can be seen on the intro to "Cipater" as well as on Gescom Minidisc's R M I Corporate ID 1 & 2.
- "Clipper" appeared in the Tri repetour shows. (example)
- "Clipper" was licensed out to be used in Volkswagen's New Beetle Isotope Green Commercial.[8]
Leterel
Rotar
Stud
Eutow
- An extended version of "Eutow" combined with "Basscadet" from Incunabula and "Djarum" from Anti appeared in their 1995-1996 live shows. (example)
- In 2001, Alex Rutherford made an unofficial music video on Channel 4's Lo-fi programme. As of writing, the video has yet to resurface.
C/Pach
- The cowbell on "C/Pach" was done by using the EPS-16+ to loop a bit of reverb on the sample and then pitch bending it.[10]
Gnit
Overand
- "Overand" uses the Roland CR-8000 on the drums.[2] Sean also mentioned that the main riff was a "dx100 sound with a fairly short decay, low sustain (i think 0) and the release set rly long" with possibly RSD-10 used for delay, and the background high-end sounds were achieved by creating aliasing effects on a resonant 202 a Quadraverb patch with cutoff set above its Nyquist.[11]
- "Overand" was used as the opening track in the workprint for the film "One Hour Photo", but was later replaced in the final version.[12]
Rsdio
- The track name, “Rsdio” is a reference to the BOSS RSD-10 Sampler/Delay unit. According to Sean, the main loop is a click fed through the RSD-10.[13]
Medrey
Tracklist
| #
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Title
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Length
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| 1
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Dael
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6:40
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| 2
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Clipper
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8:34
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| 3
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Leterel
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7:08
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| 4
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Rotar
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8:04
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| 5
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Stud
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9:41
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| 6
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Eutow
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4:16
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| 7
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C/Pach
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4:39
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| 8
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Gnit
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5:50
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| 9
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Overand
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7:33
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| 10
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Rsdio
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10:08
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1:12:33
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| 11
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Medrey (Japanese CD exclusive)
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4:12
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| Total
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1:16:46
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Trivia
- Tri repetae translates to "three times" in Latin.
- Tri Repetae is the first Autechre album to have a bonus track for the Japanese CD release.
- Tri Repetae is the first Autechre album to have its title include a numerical reference to the album's placement in the discography (tri = three). Other subsequent records which also clearly reference the placement number in the title include LP5, Draft 7.30 and Exai.
- The sticker on the CD issue reads "Incomplete without surface noise"[14] while the sticker on the vinyl issue reads "Complete with surface noise."[15]
Links
Credits
References
- ↑ https://bleep.com/release/20864-autechre-tri-repetae
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "What synths and drum machines did you use on tri rep? R8, Juno, 202, MS-10 Korg, 606 I think? Maybe not. [Roland] CR-8000 on Overand, Quadraverb, have I said Ensoniq EPS? Should do. I think the [Alesis] MMT-8 as well. I think Clipper was done on that, I can't remember. Atari 1040[ST] running C-Lab Creator, Boss RSD-10. I think that's it."
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240517123145/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/112455763494901574
- ↑ https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/tri-repetae
- ↑ Skamboys from Dael, October 1996. "(P.S. : Dael is Ae's abreviation for Rochdale. Home of Ae headquarters in the north of Manchester.)"
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/sean-ae-mastodon-2024-08-17-clipper-cr-8000-https-post-lurk-org-sean-ae-112976514184882638-U07MiX3
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/sean-ae-mastodon-2024-08-15-clipper-ensoniq-glitch-https-post-lurk-org-sean-ae-112965040822257308-NW00Kll
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZOAAdnneBs
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022. "did the onesix sets feature a remix of Leterel? the part with all the loud chords that ppl would shout in between Yeah, that's what I was. But it's also a remix of an older tune, which I'm not going to tell you the title of, but it's under Warp Tapes. There's like a full circle type in that."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022. "How did you make the rolling pitch effect of the cowbell in C/Pach, Ensoniq EPS-16+? Yeah, it's just sampled on the EPS. I think there was a reverb on the sample, and then we had to loop in the EPS, extending that and then it's just pitch bent, basically."
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111755474737128425
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231228214319/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111659499585057460
- ↑ Q173, WATMM Ask Autechre Anything, November 2013
- ↑ https://ia600301.us.archive.org/6/items/mbid-d7838033-55fe-4fa4-949a-7bb96cc88839/mbid-d7838033-55fe-4fa4-949a-7bb96cc88839-19075543374.jpg
- ↑ https://ia801406.us.archive.org/14/items/mbid-ebf439dc-fda5-4e5e-8201-0f7299f4a05c/mbid-ebf439dc-fda5-4e5e-8201-0f7299f4a05c-16747806626.jpg
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/2339-Autechre-Tri-Repetae
