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}}'''''Envane''''' is the fifth EP by [[Autechre]] released on [https://warp.net/ Warp Records]. It was originally released on January 27th, 1997.
}}'''''Envane''''' is the fifth EP by [[Autechre]], released by [https://warp.net/ Warp Records] on January 27th, 1997.<ref>https://bleep.com/release/23104-autechre-envane</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
In [[We are the music makers, November 1997]], Sean explained that all of the tracks started from the same basis, however over the course of working on-and-off the tracks alongside other material, each track became more and more distinct until it ended up as ''Envane.''
In a [[We are the music makers, November 1997|1997 interview with Pulse! magazine]], Sean explained that all of the tracks started off from the same basis. However, over the course of their development each track became more and more distinct until they were left completely unrecognizable from each other.
 
=== Cover ===
Designed by [[The Designers Republic]], the cover features a stylized reduction of Frank Lloyd Wright's [[wikipedia:Fallingwater|Fallingwater]]. The approach was to use the image of the famous building as "a random grid to build an abstract graphic, not a representation or an interpretation of the architecture." The text was constructed in Photoshop using previous iterations of the reduced shapes.<ref>https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/chiastic-slide</ref>


== Tracks ==
== Tracks ==
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=== Goz Quarter ===
=== Goz Quarter ===


* "Goz Quarter" samples [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOFV0dD9ksg&t=40s Dr Octagon (Kool Keith) - No Awareness]. The sampled line in question was confirmed to be “Watch you jam like Autechre”. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231201192548/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111504762522040198]<!-- but it can be a double entendre of "jam like a TEC-er [gun]" as well. -->
* "Goz Quarter" samples [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOFV0dD9ksg&t=40s Dr. Octagon's "No Awareness"], a side project of Kool Keith. The sampled line was confirmed by Kool Keith to be "Watch you jam like Autechre".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20231201192548/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111504762522040198</ref><!-- but it can be a double entendre of "jam like a TEC-er [gun]" as well. -->
* Rob mentioned that the scratching on the track is real. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=B979]
* According to Rob, the scratching on the track was achieved with real vinyl.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=B979</ref>


=== Latent Quarter ===
=== Latent Quarter ===
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=== Laughing Quarter ===
=== Laughing Quarter ===


* On the XAE version of ''Envane'', [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm2mkykXF_A "Laughing Quarter" has an alternate outro.]
* Vinyl pressings of Envane with an XAE B-side matrix feature an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm2mkykXF_A alternate outro for "Laughing Quarter"] different to the one on the digital release.


=== Draun Quarter ===
=== Draun Quarter ===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==


* The cover of Envane features a stylized version of [[wikipedia:Fallingwater|Fallingwater]], a building by Frank Lloyd Wright.
* The ''[[Chiastic Slide]]'' track "Nuane" can be read as "Nvane", mirroring ''Envane.''
* The ''[[Chiastic Slide]]'' track "Nuane" can be modified to "Nvane", mirroring ''Envane.''


== Credits ==
== Credits ==
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* [[Sean Booth]] (writer)
* [[Sean Booth]] (writer)
* [[Autechre]] (production)
* [[Autechre]] (production)
* [[The Designers Republic]] (design) [https://www.discogs.com/master/2027-Autechre-Envane]
* [[The Designers Republic]] (design) <ref>https://www.discogs.com/master/2027-Autechre-Envane</ref>


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

Latest revision as of 06:15, 20 October 2024

Envane

Envane.jpg

Artist Autechre
Released 27 January 1997
Label Warp Records (WAP89)
We R Are Why / Are Y Are We?
(1996)
Envane Chiastic Slide
(1997)

Envane is the fifth EP by Autechre, released by Warp Records on January 27th, 1997.[1]

History

In a 1997 interview with Pulse! magazine, Sean explained that all of the tracks started off from the same basis. However, over the course of their development each track became more and more distinct until they were left completely unrecognizable from each other.

Cover

Designed by The Designers Republic, the cover features a stylized reduction of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. The approach was to use the image of the famous building as "a random grid to build an abstract graphic, not a representation or an interpretation of the architecture." The text was constructed in Photoshop using previous iterations of the reduced shapes.[2]

Tracks

Goz Quarter

  • "Goz Quarter" samples Dr. Octagon's "No Awareness", a side project of Kool Keith. The sampled line was confirmed by Kool Keith to be "Watch you jam like Autechre".[3]
  • According to Rob, the scratching on the track was achieved with real vinyl.[4]

Latent Quarter

Laughing Quarter

Draun Quarter

Tracklist

# Title Length
1 Goz Quarter 9:43
2 Latent Quarter 7:37
3 Laughing Quarter 7:05
4 Draun Quarter 10:50
Total 35:15

Trivia

  • The Chiastic Slide track "Nuane" can be read as "Nvane", mirroring Envane.

Credits

References