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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.] | * The name "Autechre" was created by first typing "au" and then keysmashing the rest until the Atari's 8-character limit was hit. It initially came about as a track title before being adopted as their stage name six months later. [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.][https://aepages.org/wiki/SECONDS_Magazine_Issue_31,_1994#:~:text=SECONDS%3A%20What%20does%20%22Autechre%22%20mean%3F]<!-- 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 | ** The initial "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 types of samples which were holding notes that sounded like "'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 " | ** The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre, as the band itself uses, is "awe-teh-ker." (/ɔːˈtɛkər/). [https://aepages.org/wiki/We_are_the_music_makers,_November_1997#:~:text=you%20pronounce%20Autechre%3F-,Booth%3A%20awe%2Dteh%2Dker.,-Weidenbaum%3A%20A%20million][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 to say they don't care if you pronounce it "wrong" but find source for that --> | ||
Revision as of 15:49, 1 December 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. It initially came about as a track title before being adopted as their stage name six months later. [1][2]
- The initial "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 types of samples which were holding notes that sounded like "'or', 'awe', 'au'kland and so on." [3]
- The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre, as the band itself uses, is "awe-teh-ker." (/ɔːˈtɛkər/). [4][5]