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EnergyIsMassiveLight: /* Montreal */ rephrase

2026-02-11T16:15:50Z

Montreal: rephrase

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	=== Montreal ===		=== Montreal ===

	* "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb.<ref name=":1" />		* "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb<ref name=":1" /> and short EPS loops and filtering.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250428124011/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/114414650920396584</ref>
	* Sean noted that he had friends in the city of Montreal, which he dedicated this track to.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web\|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/\|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas\|website=LonelyMachines\|date=December 2000\|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>		* Sean noted that he had friends in the city of Montreal, which he dedicated this track to.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web\|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/\|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas\|website=LonelyMachines\|date=December 2000\|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>
	* Uses short EPS loops and filtering.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250428124011/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/114414650920396584</ref>

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EnergyIsMassiveLight: removed link since the 360 photo got removed

2025-08-18T20:53:09Z

removed link since the 360 photo got removed

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	=== Cover ===		=== Cover ===
	The artwork depicts sandstone cliffs near Uçhisar, Cappadocia, Turkey, [https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6349219,34.8028578,3a,75y,24.53h,83.95t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIDq5b7XzQE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAB8u6HbRiLEPETz8w3pB9jyG6F-FeLhZALCx123i4NklTgv8xY4ET4MFJUh8PCsoPlg_Bb6eCV5fjmRsW9jdXInbkFofAEAjH26bmIzENCblOBmJpaPItjtVKr3jfajdosuE0hxgGfv-%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi6.0482459409864475-ya24.530515812744667-ro0-fo100!7i9728!8i4864?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D <nowiki>[38° 38′ 05.93″N, 34° 48′ 09″E]</nowiki>]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/1k9cohq/exact_location_of_the_amber_cover/</ref> with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer<ref>https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec</ref> and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. ''Amber'' is the only album from Autechre 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Amber\|link=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber\|website=The Designers Republic\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>		The artwork depicts sandstone cliffs near Uçhisar, Cappadocia, Turkey, <nowiki>[38° 38′ 05.93″N, 34° 48′ 09″E]</nowiki><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/1k9cohq/exact_location_of_the_amber_cover/</ref> with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer<ref>https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec</ref> and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. ''Amber'' is the only album from Autechre 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Amber\|link=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber\|website=The Designers Republic\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>

	== Tracks ==		== Tracks ==

EnergyIsMassiveLight: watmm archive + cliff coordinates

2025-05-28T09:22:54Z

watmm archive + cliff coordinates

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	=== Cover ===		=== Cover ===
	The artwork depicts ~~the~~ sandstone cliffs ~~in Rose Valley~~, [[~~wikipedia:Cappadocia\|Cappadocia~~]]~~, Turkey,~~ with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer<ref>https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec</ref> and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. ''Amber'' is the only album from Autechre 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Amber\|link=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber\|website=The Designers Republic\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>		The artwork depicts sandstone cliffs near Uçhisar, Cappadocia, Turkey, [https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6349219,34.8028578,3a,75y,24.53h,83.95t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIDq5b7XzQE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAB8u6HbRiLEPETz8w3pB9jyG6F-FeLhZALCx123i4NklTgv8xY4ET4MFJUh8PCsoPlg_Bb6eCV5fjmRsW9jdXInbkFofAEAjH26bmIzENCblOBmJpaPItjtVKr3jfajdosuE0hxgGfv-%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi6.0482459409864475-ya24.530515812744667-ro0-fo100!7i9728!8i4864?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D <nowiki>[38° 38′ 05.93″N, 34° 48′ 09″E]</nowiki>]<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/1k9cohq/exact_location_of_the_amber_cover/</ref> with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer<ref>https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec</ref> and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. ''Amber'' is the only album from Autechre 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Amber\|link=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber\|website=The Designers Republic\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>

	== Tracks ==		== Tracks ==
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	=== Nine ===		=== Nine ===

	* "Nine" was licensed out to Orange Telecommunications for an advertising campaign.<!-- someone pls find this --><ref>https://~~forum.~~watmm.com/~~topic~~/78185~~-autechre-score-the-soundtrack-to-an-advert~~/~~?do=findComment&comment=1973748~~</ref> <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ambientmusic/comments/z5zeqn/comment/j11xpnr/</ref> When Autechre went to watch Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace<!-- the only star wars movie that could come out after 1994's Amber and before 2001 when the interview was held was the Phantom Menace in 1999. --> in theatres, they discovered in the screening that Orange was airing the ad with "Nine" before every Star Wars screening in England. <ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Dancing in the Dark, 2001\|quote=Autechre is extremely selective when allowing their music to be used onscreen. Yet one track licensed for an ad for mega-corp Orange Telecommunications took them by surprise one night at the movies. "We knew they were going to use it, but we didn't know it would be aired directly before every Star Wars screening in England," recalls Brown. "We thought everybody in the cinema was looking at us. Of course, they had no idea who we were, but it was clearly the weirdest thing they'd ever heard."}}</ref>		* "Nine" was licensed out to Orange Telecommunications for an advertising campaign.<!-- someone pls find this --><ref>https://watmm-archive.com/t/78185/1</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/ambientmusic/comments/z5zeqn/comment/j11xpnr/</ref> When Autechre went to watch Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace<!-- the only star wars movie that could come out after 1994's Amber and before 2001 when the interview was held was the Phantom Menace in 1999. --> in theatres, they discovered in the screening that Orange was airing the ad with "Nine" before every Star Wars screening in England.<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Dancing in the Dark, 2001\|quote=Autechre is extremely selective when allowing their music to be used onscreen. Yet one track licensed for an ad for mega-corp Orange Telecommunications took them by surprise one night at the movies. "We knew they were going to use it, but we didn't know it would be aired directly before every Star Wars screening in England," recalls Brown. "We thought everybody in the cinema was looking at us. Of course, they had no idea who we were, but it was clearly the weirdest thing they'd ever heard."}}</ref>

	=== Further ===		=== Further ===

EnergyIsMassiveLight: Eps toot

2025-04-28T12:43:12Z

Eps toot

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	* "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb.<ref name=":1" />		* "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb.<ref name=":1" />
	* Sean noted that he had friends in the city of Montreal, which he dedicated this track to.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web\|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/\|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas\|website=LonelyMachines\|date=December 2000\|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>		* Sean noted that he had friends in the city of Montreal, which he dedicated this track to.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web\|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/\|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas\|website=LonelyMachines\|date=December 2000\|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>
			* Uses short EPS loops and filtering.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250428124011/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/114414650920396584</ref>

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EnergyIsMassiveLight at 16:46, 21 April 2025

2025-04-21T16:46:32Z

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	* 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". <ref>[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://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.]</ref>		* 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". <ref>[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://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.]</ref>
	* Rob later elaborated on this, saying that they were making sounds recorded with piezoelectronic mics, which is also where the title stems from {{Cite AAA2 doc\|242}}		* Rob later elaborated on this, saying that they were making sounds recorded with piezoelectronic mics, which is also where the title stems from.<ref>{{Cite AAA2 doc\|242}}</ref>

	=== Nine ===		=== Nine ===

RD1994 at 16:40, 21 April 2025

2025-04-21T16:40:06Z

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	* 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". <ref>[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://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.]</ref>		* 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". <ref>[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://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.]</ref>
			* Rob later elaborated on this, saying that they were making sounds recorded with piezoelectronic mics, which is also where the title stems from {{Cite AAA2 doc\|242}}

	=== Nine ===		=== Nine ===

EnergyIsMassiveLight: another source for "first album"

2024-10-22T17:38:20Z

another source for "first album"

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	== History ==		== History ==
	Much of ''Amber'' had individuals tracks completed within a day.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc\|1119}}</ref> The album was compiled from tracks made over the span of a year<ref name=":0">https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53306579754/in/album-72177720312403761/</ref> with the final record being completed only 6 months after the release of ''[[Incunabula]]''.<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was literally written in six months after Incunabula came out, really quickly,}}</ref> Sean noted that ''Amber'' felt more like a proper album compared to ''Incunabula'' which was more “a collection of tracks than an album”.<ref name=":0" />		Much of ''Amber'' had individuals tracks completed within a day.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc\|1119}}</ref> The album was compiled from tracks made over the span of a year<ref name=":0">https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53306579754/in/album-72177720312403761/</ref> with the final record being completed only 6 months after the release of ''[[Incunabula]]''.<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was literally written in six months after Incunabula came out, really quickly,}}</ref> Sean noted that ''Amber'' felt more like their first proper album<ref>https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/autechre</ref> compared to ''Incunabula'' which was more “a collection of tracks than an album”.<ref name=":0" />

	Some equipment used for ''Amber'' included "a 202, a Juno, a sampler and a couple of sequencers, and a Korg MS-10, with a lot of routing, and reconfiguring and messing about."<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was done on nothing -- a 202, a Juno, a sampler and a couple of sequencers, and a Korg MS-10, with a lot of routing, and reconfiguring and messing about.}}</ref> <!-- however since then, he did call it cheesy, before again saying that the first two were just making it like warp's vision		Some equipment used for ''Amber'' included "a 202, a Juno, a sampler and a couple of sequencers, and a Korg MS-10, with a lot of routing, and reconfiguring and messing about."<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was done on nothing -- a 202, a Juno, a sampler and a couple of sequencers, and a Korg MS-10, with a lot of routing, and reconfiguring and messing about.}}</ref> <!-- however since then, he did call it cheesy, before again saying that the first two were just making it like warp's vision

EnergyIsMassiveLight: montreal note

2024-10-21T21:38:59Z

montreal note

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	* "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb.<ref name=":1" />		* "Montreal" uses the trigger flanger from the Quadraverb.<ref name=":1" />
			* Sean noted that he had friends in the city of Montreal, which he dedicated this track to.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web\|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/\|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas\|website=LonelyMachines\|date=December 2000\|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>

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EnergyIsMassiveLight: correction regarding teartear

2024-08-26T14:25:56Z

correction regarding teartear

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	* In the same vein as "[[Incunabula#Windwind\|Windwind]]", the word "tear" also has two different pronunciations.		* In the same vein as "[[Incunabula#Windwind\|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"		* On the back cover of Amber, it notes that "Teartear is for Gerrard O'Hara"<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/15195108-Autechre-Amber/image/SW1hZ2U6NDYwMTcwODA=</ref>, one of the founders of Skam Records. His voice can also be heard on the track "The Egg" <!-- is this needed? probably moved -->

	== Tracklist ==		== Tracklist ==

EnergyIsMassiveLight: Equipment note

2024-07-17T14:41:22Z

Equipment note

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	== History ==		== History ==
	Much of ''Amber'' had individuals tracks completed within a day.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc\|1119}}</ref> The album was compiled from tracks made over the span of a year<ref name=":0">https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53306579754/in/album-72177720312403761/</ref> with the final record being completed only 6 months after the release of ''[[Incunabula]]''.<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was literally written in six months after Incunabula came out, really quickly,}}</ref> Sean noted that ''Amber'' felt more like a proper album compared to ''Incunabula'' which was more “a collection of tracks than an album”.<ref name=":0" /> <!-- however since then, he did call it cheesy, before again saying that the first two were just making it like warp's vision		Much of ''Amber'' had individuals tracks completed within a day.<ref>{{Cite AAA doc\|1119}}</ref> The album was compiled from tracks made over the span of a year<ref name=":0">https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53306579754/in/album-72177720312403761/</ref> with the final record being completed only 6 months after the release of ''[[Incunabula]]''.<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was literally written in six months after Incunabula came out, really quickly,}}</ref> Sean noted that ''Amber'' felt more like a proper album compared to ''Incunabula'' which was more “a collection of tracks than an album”.<ref name=":0" />

			Some equipment used for ''Amber'' included "a 202, a Juno, a sampler and a couple of sequencers, and a Korg MS-10, with a lot of routing, and reconfiguring and messing about."<ref>{{Cite interview\|page=Autechre's Interview with Мatt O'Leary, March 2005\|quote=Amber was done on nothing -- a 202, a Juno, a sampler and a couple of sequencers, and a Korg MS-10, with a lot of routing, and reconfiguring and messing about.}}</ref> <!-- however since then, he did call it cheesy, before again saying that the first two were just making it like warp's vision

	also I'm really cautious on making it seem like incunabula or amber sucks, because the history is a BIT biased toward that -->		also I'm really cautious on making it seem like incunabula or amber sucks, because the history is a BIT biased toward that -->

			=== Cover ===
	The artwork depicts the sandstone cliffs in Rose Valley, [[wikipedia:Cappadocia\|Cappadocia]], Turkey, with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer<ref>https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec</ref> and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. ''Amber'' is the only album from Autechre 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Amber\|link=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber\|website=The Designers Republic\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>		The artwork depicts the sandstone cliffs in Rose Valley, [[wikipedia:Cappadocia\|Cappadocia]], Turkey, with the photograph taken by Nick Meyer<ref>https://www.nickmeers.co.uk/pano/h96c57ec#h96c57ec</ref> and artwork designed by The Designers Republic. ''Amber'' is the only album from Autechre 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Amber\|link=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/amber\|website=The Designers Republic\|accessdate=20 May 2024}}</ref>