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{{Infobox
|title=EP7
|artist=[[Autechre]]
|cover=EP7.jpg
|date=7 June 1999
|label=Warp Records (WAPEP7)
|previous=[[Peel Session]]
|previous year=1999
|next=[[Peel Session 2]]
|next year=2000
}}
'''''EP7''''' is the seventh EP by [[Autechre]] released on [https://warp.net/ Warp Records] It was originally released on June 7th, 1999.  

== History ==
''EP7'' was the first release to utilise Max.<ref name=":0">{{Cite interview|page=Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022|quote=So how old is the oldest part? I don't know, I don't, I don't know. 20 years, 25 years? Probably still using bits from when we've done EP7 because that was the first release where we properly used Max. It's the first release work, in fact I think it's the first release where we use Max at all, yeah, it is. So yeah, there's bits because that original, I think the first track I did in Max was Liccflii off EP7. So that was, and there are bits of the way that that works, or the idea behind the way that the rhythm works in that that I still use now, and it's just part of the vocabulary of our program rhythm in Max so. But I don't know if you could strictly say that it's the same patch.}}</ref> In an offhand comment Sean mentioned that part of the reason ''EP7'' is an EP despite its length was that so they could "do things that weren't album-like."<ref>{{Cite interview|page=Autechre: elseq et al, June 2016|quote=It all comes back to this idea of the album, and the sacred thing that it is. We're not really from an albums background, though, we're from a 12-inches-and-weird-tracks-on-tapes-where-you-don't-know-who-the-artists-are background! So it kind of makes sense for us to do things that aren't format-related as such. Like when we did EP7, we deliberately called it an EP so we could do things that weren't album-like.}}</ref> <!-- included it as a trivia note, but this begs the question whether to what extent we need other people assessment. Like we can solely rely on Rob Booth and Brown Sean and other close collaborators, but referring to other people mentioning the more "lo fi mixtape" feel of EP7 would be useful for this, ya know? -->

The cover of ''EP7'' was made by Autechre using a circuit board designer (Freehand).<ref>{{Cite interview|page=Soundproof interviews Sean & Rob, 1999|quote='''Soundproof: How was that shape created? The artwork on EP7.''' '''Sean:''' We drew it in Freehand. '''Rob:''' That’s something that was done on like a circuit board designer.}}</ref> <!-- Sean says "in Freehand", dont know if that's the software or the mode or something else entirely -->According to a Q&A from the Warp website, the cover art was based on trees.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020816104848/http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid1018136565,21609, https://web.archive.org/web/20020816104848/http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid1018136565,21609,]</ref> 

To promote ''EP7,'' a [https://web.archive.org/web/20010430120118/http://www.warprecords.com/ography/WAPEP7/ minisite] was created featuring an applet, coded by Dorian Fraser Moore at Kleber Digital,<ref>https://dorian.fraser-moore.com/works/49/autechre-ep7</ref> which would randomly regenerate one of the 9 unique fractal designs<!-- this was done by decompiling the ep7.class file and seeing that it was reading data from a txt file, randomly chosen from /data/0.txt to 8.txt  -->from ''EP7''<nowiki/>'s designs, which you could zoom in and move around. [https://archive.theusefularts.org/warp/ography/single/WAPEP7/ An archived version exists here], however it requires a Java emulator like [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cheerpj-applet-runner/bbmolahhldcbngedljfadjlognfaaein?hl=en CheerpJ Applet Runner] to run.<ref><!-- If this could be externally sourced that'd be great -->Courtesy of atlasstorm contacting Dorian. This was dorian's response on 17 December 2023<!-- this might be wrong -->: "@atlasstorm Hiya, it wasn’t quite a rfactal generator, but rather a java Applet which regenerated the artwork from simplified version of the source files.   Someone asked me about this back in 2022 and I found an archive of the old, 1999, site and the code still works:   <nowiki>https://archive.theusefularts.org/warp/ography/single/WAPEP7/</nowiki>  You need to be able to run Jave in your browser to view it … I got it working in Chrome using CheerpJ Applet Runner, <nowiki>https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cheerpj-applet-runner/bbmolahhldcbngedljfadjlognfaaein?hl=en</nowiki>  Can try and answer other questionsbif you have ‘em!"</ref>

== Tracks ==

=== [untitled] ===

* The untitled hidden track at the beginning of the album is only present on some CD releases of the album, and is only accessible by navigating to the previous song while playing "Rpeg".
[[File:ep7.1.jpg|thumb|150x150px|EP7.1]]

=== Rpeg ===

=== Ccec ===

* The title is likely a play on "seasick." <!-- It says this was confirmed by Autechre because of vocal processing but i cant find it -->

=== Squeller ===

=== Left Blank ===

* The second half of "Left Blank" uses the Kyma Capybara for the "fft sounding stuff". That same patch using the Kyma went on to be reused on [[List of Remixes#Nightmares On Wax - Sal Batardes (Autechre's Purple Mix)|"Sal Batardes (Autechre Purple Mix)"]].<ref>{{Cite interview|quote=i never much liked kyma (horrible nested structuring, but it did sound pretty nice). we used it on a few things (second half of left blank, the nightmares on wax remix and the bic remix), and i eventually gave it to daz fitton|page=Hanalgig AMA, July 2022}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231217191142/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111595944351176551</ref> <!-- This is more "gear history" (dont know how to deal with that, refer to the gamelan on Confield) but i want to add that the Kyma was also used on the Bic? remix before being given away to Daz Fitton -->

=== Outpt ===
[[File:ep7.2.jpg|thumb|150x150px|EP7.2]]

=== Dropp ===

* The main synth for "Dropp" uses a Nord sequenced in Logic.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc|1003}}</ref>

=== Liccflii ===

* "Liccflii" was the first track Sean did in Max.<ref name=":0" /><!-- also, he pronounes it Lick Fly, which is interesting -->

=== Maphive 6.1 ===

* The track "Maphive 6.1" was created entirely on a Roland PMA-5, a small, portable music work station with a built in sequencer. The title "Maphive" likely plays on the piece of equipment, shuffling "PMA-5" to "MAP-5".<ref>{{Cite web|author=Wilson, Scott|title=Designing chaos: 7 pieces of gear that helped define Autechre’s game-changing sound|website=Factmag|date=25 February 2017|link=https://www.factmag.com/2017/02/25/autechre-gear-synths-samplers-drum-machines-effects/|accessdate=15 April 2024}}</ref> 

=== Zeiss Contarex ===

* The tracks shares its name with the Contarex camera made by Zeiss Ikon.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20221005023155/http://autechre.wikifoundry.com/page/EP7#:~:text=Pun%20on%20%22Output%22-,Zeiss%20Contarex%3A,-Contarex%20is%20a</ref> 
* The sample near the end of the track originates from a shortwave radio broadcast, although Sean clarifies he doesn't know what the sample itself was.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231221142328/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111608211662796491</ref> 

=== Netlon Sentinel ===

* The track is named after the garden fence mesh by Netlon of the same name.

=== Pir ===

== Tracklist ==
{{Tracklist|list=
{{tl track|number=&#45;1|title=''untitled''|length=9:47}}
{{tl track|number=1|title=Rpeg|length=6:01}}
{{tl track|number=2|title=Ccec|length=4:59}}
{{tl track|number=3|title=Squeller|length=4:38}}
{{tl track|number=4|title=Left Blank|length=6:40}}
{{tl track|number=5|title=Outpt|length=7:12}}
{{tl track|number=6|title=Dropp|length=3:16}}
{{tl track|number=7|title=Liccflii|length=4:58}}
{{tl track|number=8|title=Maphive 6.1|length=8:18}}
{{tl track|number=9|title=Zeiss Contarex|length=6:33}}
{{tl track|number=10|title=Netlon Sentinel|length=4:06}}
{{tl track|number=11|title=Pir|length=3:32}}
{{tl finaltime|time=1:09:54}}
}}
== Credits ==

* [[Rob Brown]] (writer)
* [[Sean Booth]] (writer)
* [[Autechre]] (production)
* [[Frank Arkwright]] (mastering) <ref>https://www.discogs.com/master/1992-Autechre-EP7</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:EP]]