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NTS Sessions 1-4 is the thirteenth album by Autechre released on Warp Records. As the title suggests, the album is divided into four parts, similarly to the way their previous album, elseq 1-5, is divided into 5. This time, however, the parts were first individually broadcasted on NTS Radio throughout April, 2018. The first session aired on April 5th, with the digital download made available on April 9th, 2018. The subsequent sessions’ digital downloads were made available only a few hours after they aired on their respective days. The second session aired on April 12th, the third session on April 19th, and the fourth and final session on April 26th. Physical versions of the album became available for purchase on August 13th, 2018.

Unfortunately, the immense 12xLP box set that NTS Sessions 1-4 was pressed on, was laden with warping issues and ultimately had to be repressed and replacement copies distributed to buyers.

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Tracks

NTS Session 1

t1a1

bqbqbq

debris_funk

On the vinyl 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.

gonk steady one

four of seven

32a_reflected

NTS Session 2

elyc9 7hres

As the title implies, it's an alternate version of "elyc6 0nset" from elseq 1-5.

six of eight (midst)

xflood

gonk tuf hi

dummy casual pt2

violvoic

sinistrailAB air

wetgelis casual interval

e0

peal MA

On the vinyl 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 elseq 1-5's "oneum."

NTS Session 3

clustro casual

splesh

"all end" briefly appears at the end of "splesh".

tt1pd

acid mwan idle

On the vinyl version, "acid mwan idle" fades in rather than transitioning straight from "tt1pd".

fLh

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.

nineFly

shimripl air

"shimripl" may be a shortened version of "shimmer, ripple"

icari

NTS Session 4

frane casual

mirrage

column thirteen

An altered version of "column thirteen" appeared in the middle of the 2018 live sets.
On the vinyl version, the transition element from "mirrage" is removed.

shimripl casual

On both the CD and vinyl version, the track ends with a fadeout.
On the vinyl 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" previously appeared at the end of "bladelores" and "splesh".
It was confirmed that "all end" was made solely by Rob. [1]
On the vinyl 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 additionally split up into 3 parts to fit on the vinyl edition.

sinistrail sentinel

Exclusive bonus track for people who brought NTS Sessions on AE_STORE and Bleep. Part of the Adult Swim Single Program.

Tracklist

Digital


#	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 discs, making it the largest album Warp Records has ever released.
In an interview with Pitchfork, Sean explained that the material on NTS Sessions 1-4 dates all the way back to 2011 with an early "bladelores" jam.

Credits

Autechre (production)
Rob Brown (writer, producer)
Sean Booth (writer, producer)
Noel Summerville (mastering engineer)
The Designers Republic (design) [2] [3]

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 === elyc9 7hres ===
-* As the title implies, it's an alternate version of "elyc6 0nset" from ''[[elseq 1-5]]''.
+* As the title implies, it's an alternate version of "elyc6 0nset" from ''[[elseq 1-5]]''. <!-- alternate version seems like the wrong wording, ya know? elyc9 is not elyc6.1, it's a track that reuses similar stuff from that track but with a lot of differences. You can see me grapple with how to phrase it for turbile, i don't exactly know how to phrase it lol. maybe alternate version is right idk -->
 === six of eight (midst) ===