Quaristice

WARP333

Quaristice is the ninth album by Autechre. It was originally released on March 3rd,  2008 on Warp Records.

Unlike many previous Autechre releases, Quaristice features shorter track lengths, most of which fall under the 5 minute mark, creating a faster pace.

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Alongside the release of Quaristice was the limited edition Quaristice (Versions), followed a few months later by Digital Exclusives EP and Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae

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Tracks

plyPhon

• "plyPhon" was made by Rob on the MPC.[1]

Tankakern

• The TR-606 Drumatix appears on "Tankakern" [2]

Outh9X

• "Outh9X" uses of NMG2 and Simmons SDE.[3]

nu-Nr6d

• On the Japanese issue of Quaristice, the cover was altered to include nu-Nr6d in the tracklist design. [4]

Quaristice (Versions)

WARP333X

Coinciding with the March 3rd release, a steel case edition of the Quaristice CD was released. It was limited to 1,000 copies and was sold out within a day after the announcement. In the limited edition CD set, a second disc is included, titled Quaristice (Versions), which consists of alternate and extended versions of certain tracks.

IO (mons)

• This track was one of the few tracks to be released multiple times, appearing also on Digital Exclusives EP.

Tracklist

#	Title	Length
1	Altibzz	2:52
2	The Plc	4:17
3	IO	3:08
4	plyPhon	2:33
5	Perlence	3:25
6	SonDEremawe	1:21
7	Simmm	5:00
8	paralel Suns	3:03
9	Steels	2:56
10	Tankakern	3:39
11	rale	3:43
12	Fol3	3:47
13	fwzE	2:39
14	90101-5l-l	3:11
15	bnc Castl	2:52
16	Theswere	2:12
17	WNSN	4:57
18	chenc9	4:57
19	Notwo	5:34
20	Outh9X	7:15
		1:13:22
21	nu-Nr6d (Japanese CD exclusive)	3:51
Quaristice (Versions)
1	Altichyre	1:43
2	The PlclCpC	9:18
3	IO (mons)	7:52
4	Phylopn	2:40
5	Perlence range3	7:37
6	SonDEre-ix	3:27
7	Tankraken	5:28
8	fol4	11:41
9	90101-61-01	5:10
10	chenc9-x	8:29
11	nofour	4:24
		1:07:55
Total		2:25:09

Trivia

• The CAT number, WARP333, was likely specifically requested by Autechre.
• At the time of release, Quaristice had the most tracks for a singe Autechre album, totally at 20 tracks (excluding the bonus track on the Japanese CD). It would eventually be beaten by elseq 1-5, which had 21 tracks.
• The Quaristice era has the most total songs of any Autechre album. Including the unfinished 2007 demo in Hanalgig, the Quaristice era consists of 48 unique songs.
• Sean mentioined in a 2008 FutureMusic interview that there was a four month period of "just pure listening through and editing" with the help of Digital Performer.
• Quaristice and Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae marks the first time Autechre had The Designers Republic make covers for individual tracks (see gallery below). Other releases to also have inidivudal track art include Oversteps and elseq 1-5.
• Quaristice was the first new artwork commissions by The Designers Republic after a 10-year hiatus since Chiastic Slide. [5]

Gallery

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  Altibzz

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  The Plc

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  IO

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  plyPhon

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  Perlence

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  SonDEremawe

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  Simmm

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  paralel Suns

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  Steels

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  Tankakern

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  rale

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  Fol3

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  fwzE

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  90101-5l-l

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  bnc Castl

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  Theswere

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  WNSN

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  chenc9

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  Notwo

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  Outh9X