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* Autechre's record deal with Warp Records supposedly states that both Sean and [[Rob Brown|Rob]] are forbidden to release material under any name other than Autechre (or [[Gescom]] in select circumstances).
* Autechre's record deal with Warp Records supposedly states that both Sean and [[Rob Brown|Rob]] are forbidden to release material under any name other than Autechre (or [[Gescom]] in select circumstances).
* The name "Autechre" was created by first typing "au" and then keysmashing the rest until the Atari's 8-character limit was hit. [https://aepages.org/wiki/Sound_On_Sound_Interview,_April_2004#:~:text=Sean%20Booth%20explains%20that%20the%20name%20came%20about%20when%20the%20duo%20were%20working%20on%20an%20Atari.%20%22The%20first%20two%20letters%20were%20intentional%2C%20because%20there%20was%20an%20%27au%27%20sound%20in%20the%20track%2C%20and%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20letters%20were%20bashed%20randomly%20on%20the%20keyboard.] It initially came about as a track title before being adopted as their stage name. <!-- track name for Autechre / Saw You? -->
* The name "Autechre" was created by first typing "au" and then keysmashing the rest until the Atari's 8-character limit was hit. [https://aepages.org/wiki/Sound_On_Sound_Interview,_April_2004#:~:text=Sean%20Booth%20explains%20that%20the%20name%20came%20about%20when%20the%20duo%20were%20working%20on%20an%20Atari.%20%22The%20first%20two%20letters%20were%20intentional%2C%20because%20there%20was%20an%20%27au%27%20sound%20in%20the%20track%2C%20and%20the%20rest%20of%20the%20letters%20were%20bashed%20randomly%20on%20the%20keyboard.] It initially came about as a track title before being adopted as their stage name. <!-- track name for Autechre / Saw You? -->
** The "au" is a reference to their list of voice samples on the FZ10 which were formatted as "au[insert descriptive]". Rob described it as vocal choir voices which were to holding notes for "'or', 'awe', 'au'kland and so on" [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D1201]
** The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre is "autecker" (/ɔːˈtɛkər/). [https://aepages.org/wiki/Sound_On_Sound_Interview,_April_2004#:~:text=Autechre%20pronounce%20their%20name%20as%20%27autecker%27] <!-- yoinked straight from wikipedia, need to learn IPA pronunciations. also might rephrase this to say this isn't completely right -->

Revision as of 09:04, 15 November 2023

(for now, dump all non-release related trivia, i.e. events, ancedotes from interviews, history notes, etc.)

Trivia

  • Autechre's record deal with Warp Records supposedly states that both Sean and Rob are forbidden to release material under any name other than Autechre (or Gescom in select circumstances).
  • The name "Autechre" was created by first typing "au" and then keysmashing the rest until the Atari's 8-character limit was hit. [1] It initially came about as a track title before being adopted as their stage name.
    • The "au" is a reference to their list of voice samples on the FZ10 which were formatted as "au[insert descriptive]". Rob described it as vocal choir voices which were to holding notes for "'or', 'awe', 'au'kland and so on" [2]
    • The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre is "autecker" (/ɔːˈtɛkər/). [3]