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'''''NTS Sessions 1-4''''' is the thirteenth studio album by [[Autechre]] released on [https://warp.net/ Warp Records]. The | |title=NTS Sessions 1-4 | ||
|artist=[[Autechre]] | |||
|cover=NTS Sessions 1-4.png | |||
|date=26 April 2018 <small>(Digital)</small><br>13 August 2018 <small>(LP/CD)</small> | |||
|label=Warp Records (WARP364) | |||
|previous=[[JNSN CODE GL16 / spl47]] | |||
|previous year=2017 | |||
|next=[[Warp Tapes 89-93]] | |||
|next year=2019 | |||
}}'''''NTS Sessions 1-4''',''<!-- should probably include the dash --> often shortened to '''''NTS Sessions''''', is the thirteenth studio album by [[Autechre]] released on [https://warp.net/ Warp Records]. The four sessions were first individually broadcasted on London-based online radio station [https://www.nts.live/ NTS] throughout April 2018, before the entire project became available for download on the April 26th, 2018. Physical versions of the album later became available for purchase on August 13th, 2018.<!-- how do you know it was August 13? --> | |||
== History == | |||
Having previously done a DJ Mix for NTS Radio on January 22nd, 2016<ref>{{Cite web|link=https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/autechre-22nd-january-2016|date=22 January 2016|title=Autechre 22nd January 2016 {{!}} Listen on NTS|website=NTS Radio|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=Autechre}}</ref>, NTS Radio approached Autechre with a residency offer. They were initially hesitant whether they wanted to construct an 8-hour DJ mix until they realised that they had enough original material to span that time.<ref>[[Autechre: ‘Something happens when you listen to music in the dark’, July 2018]]</ref><ref name=":0">[[Autechre on Their Epic NTS Sessions, David Lynch, and Where Code Meets Music, August 2018]]</ref> Autechre noted that ''NTS Sessions 1-4'' was conceived first as a radio show performance, with the release instead being the archival version similar to their previous [[Peel Session|''Peel Sessions'']].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|link=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/autechre-niente-di-piu-umano-dei-computer/424382/|date=25 August 2018|title=Autechre: niente di più umano dei computer|website=Rolling Stone Italia|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=Biazzetti, Claudio}}</ref> Other points of influence noted by Autechre for this format includes both their IBC pirate radio shows around the time of ''[[Lego Feet]]''<ref name=":0" /> as well as their Kiss FM<!-- Kiss Radio? Kiss FM? Kiss Manchester? --> Disengage shows.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|link=https://www.ele-king.net/interviews/006477/|date=28 August 2018|title=音楽とともにオーディエンスも進化する|website=ele-king|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=野田努, 小林君}} <!-- unsure how to deal with this because using english here is probs not the best move --></ref> | |||
Similar to other adjacent records, the material was a lot of long live sessions that were edited down.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite interview|page=Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022|quote='''What's the process of collecting or creating a tracklist as big as NTS? How do you decide to flow the album?''' You just do, I don't know. I've been doing long mixes for a long time, so I'm really into planning out these long sessions. I used to do mixes for just acid sessions. We used to use DATs because that's, you could get like four hours on a tape back in a day, so we'd do these big long fucking mixes and you'd know at what point the drugs start working and at what point you're gonna start getting trails and all that, so. That was just that, you know what I mean? But I'm saying yeah, I mean long term, long mixes for long periods of time, I've always liked that. I always liked Mixmaster Morris sets, you know, he could play sets all day. He would just play a set all day and it, and you'd still be with him by the end of the day. He'd still be able to keep you interested and I always admired that about him because he's got such a kind of, you know, encyclopedic knowledge of music history that he can keep pulling him out the bag as it were. I feel like he doesn't get enough credit as a DJ, to be honest.}}</ref> Much of the material either came from jams done between ''[[Exai]]'' and ''[[elseq 1-5]]'' or new jams done on old patches, with the oldest material dating back to 2011 with a "bladelores" jam.<ref name=":0" /> Some of the material was also performed at their [[AE LIVE|2014/2015]] and [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016/2018]] live shows, with Sean noting that "most of NTS Sessions was like cells from live sets".<ref name=":3">{{Cite interview|page=Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022|quote=column thirteen, I think it was a live set cell. I don't know if we'd used it before NTS came out. I think we might have used a bit of it, I can't remember. Most of NTS Sessions was like cells from live sets, either at the time or a bit prior to that, that we already had jams fully recorded. So we just editing them down into things, and we basically like made it knowing that it was going to go out on the radio. So it was kind of, there's a different editing process to what we'd normally do. So bits of it from before, bits of it were from just then, bits of it were made especially for the thing, for the broadcast, you know. It was a combination of stuff.}}</ref> Autechre explicitly noted the aesthetic goals were both to create "developed alternate versions of existing Autechre material", in a similar vein to Cocteau Twin or The Fall making alternate versions of famous tracks,<ref name=":1" /> as well as "deep mixing", where elements are not upfront or noticeable on first listen.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
On April 3rd, 2018, the announcement was sent out that each 2-hour session would be aired every week Thursday at 4PM GMT throughout April on the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th respectively.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023755/http://warp.net/news/autechre-nts-sessions/|date=8 April 2018|title='NTS Sessions' 01–04|website=Warp|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|link=https://www.factmag.com/2018/04/03/autechre-nts-radio-residency/|date=3 April 2018|title=Autechre announce four day NTS Radio residency|website=Fact Magazine|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=Twells, John}}</ref> The first session was made available for download on April 9th, with the rest being made available hours after being aired.<ref name=":2" /><!-- removed the part about "looping in the week between sessions" because i couldn't source the claim, might be just the shown session, all the previous ones, or even worse, they didn't loop it at all --> After all four sessions were aired, the entire 8 hours were then looped constantly in a permanent residency, which is still ongoing as of writing.<ref>{{Cite web|link=https://www.nts.live/projects/autechre-nts-residency/|date=|title=NTS Residency.|website=NTS Radio|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=Autechre}}</ref><!-- when was it released proper? no source on that :/ --> | |||
Initially, the plan was to just keep it as a digital-only release similar to ''[[elseq 1-5]]'', however with the wider audience that ''NTS Sessions'' would reach'','' physicals were arranged for 12xLP boxset, 8CD boxset and individual 3xLP for each session, which were sent out a few months later to customers who pre-ordered.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite interview|page=Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022|quote=So yeah, that's what elseq was, but when we come to doing NTS, we kind of knew that, with the boost of it being on the radio, that we might be able to get away with doing a physical for it. So we pushed it a little bit, and it turned out to be a wise move. But it was a gamble, you know. But we would have done the same for NTS otherwise. It would have been digi only, but Warp was pretty convinced that we could move physicals of it. So we tried it and it worked, so. Fair play to Warp for taking a chance on that, because I probably wouldn't have, left to my own devices, but I approached them with it and they were up for it. So we did it, so.}}</ref> The initial 12xLP box set however was laden with warping issues and had replacement copies sent to buyers.<ref>{{Cite web|link=https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/99fodl/warped_box_set/|date=22 August 2018|title=Warped Box Set|website=Reddit|accessdate=8 March 2024|author=tjech}}</ref> Due to the length restraints of physical copies, edits were made to fit tracks on each CD/disc, mostly in regard to their transitions. | |||
== Tracks == | == Tracks == | ||
[[File:NTS_Session_1.jpg|thumb|150x150px|NTS Session 1]] | [[File:NTS_Session_1.jpg|thumb|150x150px|NTS Session 1]] | ||
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=== debris_funk === | === debris_funk === | ||
* On the | * On the LP version, the outro ends solely with the note decay rather than the immediate transition into "l3 ctrl". | ||
=== l3 ctrl === | === l3 ctrl === | ||
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* On the CD version, the intro has been altered to just start with the clicks, rather than the transition from "carefree counter dronal" to it. | * On the CD version, the intro has been altered to just start with the clicks, rather than the transition from "carefree counter dronal" to it. | ||
* "north spiral" appears in the [[AE LIVE|14/15 live sets]]. ([https://youtu.be/wc9BmSemYRU?si=qRq0QAlah2oBj6SC&t=1521 example]) | * "north spiral" appears in an remixed form on the [[AE LIVE|14/15 live sets]]. ([https://youtu.be/wc9BmSemYRU?si=qRq0QAlah2oBj6SC&t=1521 example]) | ||
=== gonk steady one === | === gonk steady one ===<!-- spotted sinistrail sounds @ 9:02 --> | ||
=== four of seven === | === four of seven === | ||
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* The synths used in "32a_reflected" appear at the end of the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWGYrsf5Lo&t=3830s example]) | * The synths used in "32a_reflected" appear at the end of the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCWGYrsf5Lo&t=3830s example]) | ||
* The "reflected" in the title | * The "reflected" in the title likely refers to the composition of track, whereby the original recording was duplicated, its channels flipped, and then played in reversed against the original track, creating a musical palindrome via reflection.<!-- another term would be crab canon i think --> | ||
[[File:NTS_Session_2.jpg|thumb|150x150px|NTS Session 2]] | [[File:NTS_Session_2.jpg|thumb|150x150px|NTS Session 2]] | ||
=== elyc9 7hres === | === elyc9 7hres === | ||
* The title shares its name with | * The title shares its name with [[elseq 1-5#elyc6 0nset|"elyc6 0nset"]]'','' which "elyc9 7hres" reuses certain elements from. | ||
=== six of eight (midst) === | === six of eight (midst) === | ||
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=== violvoic=== | === violvoic=== | ||
* "violvoic" appears on the [[AE LIVE|2014/2015 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMRK4ToByk&t=2976s example]) | * "violvoic" appears partially on the [[AE LIVE|2014/2015 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMRK4ToByk&t=2976s example]) | ||
=== sinistrailAB air === | === sinistrailAB air === | ||
=== wetgelis casual interval | === wetgelis casual interval=== | ||
* The synths from "wetgelis casual interval" appeared a few times in their [[AE LIVE|14/15 live shows]]. ([https://youtu.be/Zr5hQmbtNlY?si=bEFvo70iT9yRyqLL&t=4303 example]) | * The synths from "wetgelis casual interval" appeared a few times in their [[AE LIVE|14/15 live shows]]. ([https://youtu.be/Zr5hQmbtNlY?si=bEFvo70iT9yRyqLL&t=4303 example]) | ||
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=== peal MA === | === peal MA === | ||
* On the | * On the LP version, "peal MA" has a much longer intro that got separated from "e0" | ||
=== 9 chr0 === | === 9 chr0 === | ||
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=== turbile epic casual, stpl idle === | === turbile epic casual, stpl idle === | ||
* "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" shares a few commonality with | * "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" shares a few commonality with [[elseq 1-5#oneum|"oneum"]].<nowiki/> | ||
* Elements of "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" appear in the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016/2018 liv]]<nowiki/>[[AE LIVE 2016/2018|e sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KallOfGzdzw&t=2837s example]) | * Elements of "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" appear in the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016/2018 liv]]<nowiki/>[[AE LIVE 2016/2018|e sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KallOfGzdzw&t=2837s example]) | ||
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=== acid mwan idle === | === acid mwan idle === | ||
* On the | * On the LP version, "acid mwan idle" fades in rather than transitioning straight from "tt1pd". | ||
=== fLh === | === fLh === | ||
* Sean was involved with "fLh"<!-- "yeah I had involvement there" means anything from "yeah i contributed" to "yeah i made it", not jumping to conclusions lmao --> and noted the track had "quartertone abuse" <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240612141855/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/112603198530829122 <!-- the archive is really inconsistent so just to note, the first message is "Did you have any involvement with fLh? That track is one of my favorites from NTS. It's inspired a couple of max patches of mine which inevitably all go off in weird tangents and sound nothing like fLh. | |||
But the fact that it's continually inspiring me is a testament to something imo. I have assumptions about what might be happening to create the melodies and I try them out. Doesn't matter if they're correct assumptions or not. It's just a fun and inspiring track. So thanks to you and/or Rob for that one." --></ref> | |||
=== glos ceramic === | === glos ceramic === | ||
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* In the [[AE LIVE|early 2014 live shows]], "g 1 e 1" could be heard near the end of the sets. ([https://youtu.be/_Ec0hR6FlKo?si=duGZIXd2yP5UMo-n&t=3382 example]) | * In the [[AE LIVE|early 2014 live shows]], "g 1 e 1" could be heard near the end of the sets. ([https://youtu.be/_Ec0hR6FlKo?si=duGZIXd2yP5UMo-n&t=3382 example]) | ||
* "g 1 e 1" is constructued mostly from tuned delay lines. | * "g 1 e 1" is constructued mostly from tuned delay lines. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230726161856/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/110771366258863281#:~:text=the%20g1e1%20stuff%20is%20just%20tuned%20delay%20lines%20iirc</ref> | ||
=== nineFly=== | === nineFly=== | ||
* An early version of "nineFly" appears on the 2015 US live sets ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SnP2px8to&t=2712s example]). The | * An early version of "nineFly" appears on the 2015 US live sets ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_SnP2px8to&t=2712s example]). | ||
* The studio version of this track uses "basic threshold fft" noise reduction.<ref>{{Cite interview|page=Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022|quote='''How exactly was the sound of nineFly made? Spectral stuff?''' Noise reduction. Just basic threshold fft shit, you know. So, really simple. It's not hard to do. It's like pretty entry-level fft stuff, so.}}</ref> | |||
=== shimripl air === | === shimripl air === | ||
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[[File:NTS_Session_4.jpg|thumb|150x150px|NTS Session 4]] | [[File:NTS_Session_4.jpg|thumb|150x150px|NTS Session 4]] | ||
=== frane casual === | === frane casual === | ||
* "frane casual" shares a lot of similarities with "pendulu casual". | |||
=== mirrage === | === mirrage === | ||
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=== column thirteen === | === column thirteen === | ||
* An altered version of "column thirteen" appeared in the middle of the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2018 live sets]]. ([https://youtu.be/SF8k6oSTQ-A?si=1GrBWyRLj7ZVZfFK&t=2634 example]) | * An altered version of "column thirteen" appeared in the middle of the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2018 live sets]]. ([https://youtu.be/SF8k6oSTQ-A?si=1GrBWyRLj7ZVZfFK&t=2634 example])<ref name=":3" /> | ||
* On the | * On the LP version, the transition element from "mirrage" is removed. | ||
=== shimripl casual === | === shimripl casual === | ||
* "shimripl casual" appears in the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016/2018 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGqbpV6qS6M&t=775s example]) | * "shimripl casual" appears in the [[AE LIVE 2016/2018|2016/2018 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGqbpV6qS6M&t=775s example]) | ||
* On both the CD and | * On both the CD and LP version, the track ends with a fadeout. | ||
* On the | * On the LP version, the track is split into 2 parts, with a few minutes on the side with "column thirteen" and the rest on a different side. | ||
=== all end === | === all end === | ||
* "all end" | * The particular drone sound at the end of "bladelores" is what became "all end". In an interview, they confirmed that the name is in fact because the track uses the end of "bladelores" for all of the track, alongside feeling right because "It was the end, and it was long and all."<ref name=":1" /> It also appears at the end of "splesh". | ||
* It was confirmed that "all end" was made | * It was confirmed that "all end" was solely made by Rob. <ref>[[Hanalgig AMA, July 2022]]</ref> | ||
* On the | * On the LP and CD versions of ''NTS Sessions'', "all end" only has a fade in rather than the short transition from "shimripl casual" at the start. Due to the length of "all end", it was split up into 3 parts to fit on 3 sides. | ||
=== sinistrail sentinel === | === sinistrail sentinel === | ||
* Exclusive bonus track for people who brought NTS Sessions on AE_STORE and Bleep. Part of the Adult Swim Single Program. | * Exclusive bonus track for people who brought NTS Sessions on AE_STORE and Bleep. Part of the Adult Swim Single Program. | ||
* "sinistrail sentinel" appeared on the [[AE LIVE| | * "sinistrail sentinel" appeared on the [[AE LIVE|2014/2015 live sets]]. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_wgxTYe9s&t=813s example]) | ||
== Tracklist == | == Tracklist == | ||
{{Tracklist|list= | {{Tracklist|list= | ||
{{tl section|section=NTS Session 1}} | {{tl section|section=NTS Session 1}} | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* ''NTS Sessions 1-4'' is by far the longest Autechre album, with a runtime of exactly 8 hours. | * ''NTS Sessions 1-4'' is by far the longest Autechre album, with a runtime of exactly 8 hours. The vinyl release of ''NTS Sessions 1-4'' spans twelve LPs (24 sides, A-X), making it the largest album Warp Records has ever released. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [https://autechre.warp.net/stream/nts-sessions AE_STORE] | * [https://autechre.warp.net/stream/nts-sessions AE_STORE] | ||
* [https://www.nts.live/projects/autechre-nts-residency/ NTS Residency] | |||
* [https://bleep.com/release/104160-autechre-nts-sessions-1-4 Bleep] | * [https://bleep.com/release/104160-autechre-nts-sessions-1-4 Bleep] | ||
* [https://www.discogs.com/master/1395770-Autechre-NTS-Sessions Discogs] | * [https://www.discogs.com/master/1395770-Autechre-NTS-Sessions Discogs] | ||
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*[[Sean Booth]] (writer, producer) | *[[Sean Booth]] (writer, producer) | ||
*[[Noel Summerville]] (mastering engineer) | *[[Noel Summerville]] (mastering engineer) | ||
*[[The Designers Republic]] (design) | *[[The Designers Republic]] (design) <ref>https://www.discogs.com/master/1395770-Autechre-NTS-Sessions</ref> | ||
== References == | |||
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NTS Sessions 1-4, often shortened to NTS Sessions, is the thirteenth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. The four sessions were first individually broadcasted on London-based online radio station NTS throughout April 2018, before the entire project became available for download on the April 26th, 2018. Physical versions of the album later became available for purchase on August 13th, 2018.
History
Having previously done a DJ Mix for NTS Radio on January 22nd, 2016[1], NTS Radio approached Autechre with a residency offer. They were initially hesitant whether they wanted to construct an 8-hour DJ mix until they realised that they had enough original material to span that time.[2][3] Autechre noted that NTS Sessions 1-4 was conceived first as a radio show performance, with the release instead being the archival version similar to their previous Peel Sessions.[3][4] Other points of influence noted by Autechre for this format includes both their IBC pirate radio shows around the time of Lego Feet[3] as well as their Kiss FM Disengage shows.[5]
Similar to other adjacent records, the material was a lot of long live sessions that were edited down.[5][6] Much of the material either came from jams done between Exai and elseq 1-5 or new jams done on old patches, with the oldest material dating back to 2011 with a "bladelores" jam.[3] Some of the material was also performed at their 2014/2015 and 2016/2018 live shows, with Sean noting that "most of NTS Sessions was like cells from live sets".[7] Autechre explicitly noted the aesthetic goals were both to create "developed alternate versions of existing Autechre material", in a similar vein to Cocteau Twin or The Fall making alternate versions of famous tracks,[5] as well as "deep mixing", where elements are not upfront or noticeable on first listen.[3]
On April 3rd, 2018, the announcement was sent out that each 2-hour session would be aired every week Thursday at 4PM GMT throughout April on the 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th respectively.[8][9] The first session was made available for download on April 9th, with the rest being made available hours after being aired.[8] After all four sessions were aired, the entire 8 hours were then looped constantly in a permanent residency, which is still ongoing as of writing.[10]
Initially, the plan was to just keep it as a digital-only release similar to elseq 1-5, however with the wider audience that NTS Sessions would reach, physicals were arranged for 12xLP boxset, 8CD boxset and individual 3xLP for each session, which were sent out a few months later to customers who pre-ordered.[8][11] The initial 12xLP box set however was laden with warping issues and had replacement copies sent to buyers.[12] Due to the length restraints of physical copies, edits were made to fit tracks on each CD/disc, mostly in regard to their transitions.
Tracks
t1a1
- The percussion was previously used at the start of the 2014/2015 live sets. (example)
bqbqbq
debris_funk
- On the LP version, the outro ends solely with the note decay rather than the immediate transition into "l3 ctrl".
l3 ctrl
carefree counter dronal
north spiral
- On the CD version, the intro has been altered to just start with the clicks, rather than the transition from "carefree counter dronal" to it.
- "north spiral" appears in an remixed form on the 14/15 live sets. (example)
gonk steady one
four of seven
32a_reflected
- The synths used in "32a_reflected" appear at the end of the 2016 live sets. (example)
- The "reflected" in the title likely refers to the composition of track, whereby the original recording was duplicated, its channels flipped, and then played in reversed against the original track, creating a musical palindrome via reflection.
elyc9 7hres
- The title shares its name with "elyc6 0nset", which "elyc9 7hres" reuses certain elements from.
six of eight (midst)
xflood
gonk tuf hi
dummy casual pt2
violvoic
- "violvoic" appears partially on the 2014/2015 live sets. (example)
sinistrailAB air
wetgelis casual interval
- The synths from "wetgelis casual interval" appeared a few times in their 14/15 live shows. (example)
- "wetgelis" likely references the composer Vangelis.
e0
peal MA
- On the LP version, "peal MA" has a much longer intro that got separated from "e0"
9 chr0
turbile epic casual, stpl idle
- "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" shares a few commonality with "oneum".
- Elements of "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" appear in the 2016/2018 live sets. (example)
clustro casual
splesh
- "all end" briefly appears at the end of "splesh".
tt1pd
acid mwan idle
- On the LP version, "acid mwan idle" fades in rather than transitioning straight from "tt1pd".
fLh
- Sean was involved with "fLh" and noted the track had "quartertone abuse" [13]
glos ceramic
g 1 e 1
- In the early 2014 live shows, "g 1 e 1" could be heard near the end of the sets. (example)
- "g 1 e 1" is constructued mostly from tuned delay lines. [14]
nineFly
- An early version of "nineFly" appears on the 2015 US live sets (example).
- The studio version of this track uses "basic threshold fft" noise reduction.[15]
shimripl air
- "shimripl" may be a shortened version of "shimmer, ripple"
icari
frane casual
- "frane casual" shares a lot of similarities with "pendulu casual".
mirrage
column thirteen
- An altered version of "column thirteen" appeared in the middle of the 2018 live sets. (example)[7]
- On the LP version, the transition element from "mirrage" is removed.
shimripl casual
- "shimripl casual" appears in the 2016/2018 live sets. (example)
- On both the CD and LP version, the track ends with a fadeout.
- On the LP version, the track is split into 2 parts, with a few minutes on the side with "column thirteen" and the rest on a different side.
all end
- The particular drone sound at the end of "bladelores" is what became "all end". In an interview, they confirmed that the name is in fact because the track uses the end of "bladelores" for all of the track, alongside feeling right because "It was the end, and it was long and all."[5] It also appears at the end of "splesh".
- It was confirmed that "all end" was solely made by Rob. [16]
- On the LP and CD versions of NTS Sessions, "all end" only has a fade in rather than the short transition from "shimripl casual" at the start. Due to the length of "all end", it was split up into 3 parts to fit on 3 sides.
sinistrail sentinel
- Exclusive bonus track for people who brought NTS Sessions on AE_STORE and Bleep. Part of the Adult Swim Single Program.
- "sinistrail sentinel" appeared on the 2014/2015 live sets. (example)
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| NTS Session 1 | ||
| 1 | t1a1 | 18:40 |
| 2 | bqbqbq | 11:16 |
| 3 | debris_funk | 10:25 |
| 4 | l3 ctrl | 16:52 |
| 5 | carefree counter dronal | 5:14 |
| 6 | north spiral | 15:01 |
| 7 | gonk steady one | 22:25 |
| 8 | four of seven | 13:06 |
| 9 | 32a_reflected | 7:02 |
| 2:00:00 | ||
| NTS Session 2 | ||
| 10 | elyc9 7hres | 10:21 |
| 11 | six of eight (midst) | 8:42 |
| 12 | xflood | 9:25 |
| 13 | gonk tuf hi | 7:53 |
| 14 | dummy casual pt2 | 5:16 |
| 15 | violvoic | 15:01 |
| 16 | sinistrailAB air | 2:41 |
| 17 | wetgelis casual interval | 2:39 |
| 18 | e0 | 15:45 |
| 19 | peal MA | 5:04 |
| 20 | 9 chr0 | 15:45 |
| 21 | turbile epic casual, stpl idle | 21:30 |
| 2:00:00 | ||
| NTS Session 3 | ||
| 22 | clustro casual | 11:03 |
| 23 | splesh | 8:56 |
| 24 | tt1pd | 22:12 |
| 25 | acid mwan idle | 11:57 |
| 26 | fLh | 8:18 |
| 27 | glos ceramic | 13:26 |
| 28 | g 1 e 1 | 7:00 |
| 29 | nineFly | 10:04 |
| 30 | shimripl air | 7:06 |
| 31 | icari | 19:58 |
| 2:00:00 | ||
| NTS Session 4 | ||
| 32 | frane casual | 13:43 |
| 33 | mirrage | 6:22 |
| 34 | column thirteen | 17:02 |
| 35 | shimripl casual | 24:32 |
| 36 | all end | 58:22 |
| 2:00:00 | ||
| 37 | sinistrail sentinel (AE_Store & Bleep exclusive bonus track) | 11:42 |
| Total | 8:11:42 | |
Trivia
- NTS Sessions 1-4 is by far the longest Autechre album, with a runtime of exactly 8 hours. The vinyl release of NTS Sessions 1-4 spans twelve LPs (24 sides, A-X), making it the largest album Warp Records has ever released.
Links
Credits
- Autechre (production)
- Rob Brown (writer, producer)
- Sean Booth (writer, producer)
- Noel Summerville (mastering engineer)
- The Designers Republic (design) [17]
References
- ↑ Autechre. "Autechre 22nd January 2016 | Listen on NTS". NTS Radio, 22 January 2016, https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/autechre-22nd-january-2016. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ Autechre: ‘Something happens when you listen to music in the dark’, July 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Autechre on Their Epic NTS Sessions, David Lynch, and Where Code Meets Music, August 2018
- ↑ Biazzetti, Claudio. "Autechre: niente di più umano dei computer". Rolling Stone Italia, 25 August 2018, https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/interviste-musica/autechre-niente-di-piu-umano-dei-computer/424382/. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 野田努, 小林君. "音楽とともにオーディエンスも進化する". ele-king, 28 August 2018, https://www.ele-king.net/interviews/006477/. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "What's the process of collecting or creating a tracklist as big as NTS? How do you decide to flow the album? You just do, I don't know. I've been doing long mixes for a long time, so I'm really into planning out these long sessions. I used to do mixes for just acid sessions. We used to use DATs because that's, you could get like four hours on a tape back in a day, so we'd do these big long fucking mixes and you'd know at what point the drugs start working and at what point you're gonna start getting trails and all that, so. That was just that, you know what I mean? But I'm saying yeah, I mean long term, long mixes for long periods of time, I've always liked that. I always liked Mixmaster Morris sets, you know, he could play sets all day. He would just play a set all day and it, and you'd still be with him by the end of the day. He'd still be able to keep you interested and I always admired that about him because he's got such a kind of, you know, encyclopedic knowledge of music history that he can keep pulling him out the bag as it were. I feel like he doesn't get enough credit as a DJ, to be honest."
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022. "column thirteen, I think it was a live set cell. I don't know if we'd used it before NTS came out. I think we might have used a bit of it, I can't remember. Most of NTS Sessions was like cells from live sets, either at the time or a bit prior to that, that we already had jams fully recorded. So we just editing them down into things, and we basically like made it knowing that it was going to go out on the radio. So it was kind of, there's a different editing process to what we'd normally do. So bits of it from before, bits of it were from just then, bits of it were made especially for the thing, for the broadcast, you know. It was a combination of stuff."
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "'NTS Sessions' 01–04". Warp, 8 April 2018, https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023755/http://warp.net/news/autechre-nts-sessions/. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ Twells, John. "Autechre announce four day NTS Radio residency". Fact Magazine, 3 April 2018, https://www.factmag.com/2018/04/03/autechre-nts-radio-residency/. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ Autechre. "NTS Residency.". NTS Radio, https://www.nts.live/projects/autechre-nts-residency/. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022. "So yeah, that's what elseq was, but when we come to doing NTS, we kind of knew that, with the boost of it being on the radio, that we might be able to get away with doing a physical for it. So we pushed it a little bit, and it turned out to be a wise move. But it was a gamble, you know. But we would have done the same for NTS otherwise. It would have been digi only, but Warp was pretty convinced that we could move physicals of it. So we tried it and it worked, so. Fair play to Warp for taking a chance on that, because I probably wouldn't have, left to my own devices, but I approached them with it and they were up for it. So we did it, so."
- ↑ tjech. "Warped Box Set". Reddit, 22 August 2018, https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/99fodl/warped_box_set/. Accessed 8 March 2024.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240612141855/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/112603198530829122
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230726161856/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/110771366258863281#:~:text=the%20g1e1%20stuff%20is%20just%20tuned%20delay%20lines%20iirc
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "How exactly was the sound of nineFly made? Spectral stuff? Noise reduction. Just basic threshold fft shit, you know. So, really simple. It's not hard to do. It's like pretty entry-level fft stuff, so."
- ↑ Hanalgig AMA, July 2022
- ↑ https://www.discogs.com/master/1395770-Autechre-NTS-Sessions