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* The cover of ''EP7'' was made using a circuit board designer<!-- Sean says "in Freehand", dont know if that's the software or the mode or something else entirely -->. [https://aepages.org/wiki/Soundproof_interviews_Sean_%26_Rob#:~:text=that%20shape%20created%3F-,The%20artwork%20on%20EP7.,-Sean%3A%20We%20drew]
* The cover of ''EP7'' was made using a circuit board designer<!-- Sean says "in Freehand", dont know if that's the software or the mode or something else entirely -->. [https://aepages.org/wiki/Soundproof_interviews_Sean_%26_Rob#:~:text=that%20shape%20created%3F-,The%20artwork%20on%20EP7.,-Sean%3A%20We%20drew]
* On the [https://web.archive.org/web/20010430120118/http://www.warprecords.com/ography/WAPEP7/ old EP7 minisite], a fractal generator coded by Dorian Fraser Moore of Kleber Digital[https://dorian.fraser-moore.com/works/49/autechre-ep7] was at one point available for fans to make similar artwork.<!-- Energy here.
* On the [https://web.archive.org/web/20010430120118/http://www.warprecords.com/ography/WAPEP7/ old EP7 minisite], an applet coded by Dorian Fraser Moore of Kleber Digital[https://dorian.fraser-moore.com/works/49/autechre-ep7] would randomly regenerate one of 9 unique fractal designs<!-- this was done by decompiling the ep7.class file and seeing that it was reading data from a txt file, randomly chosen from /data/0.txt to 8.txt  --> in the vein of EP7's cover, which you could zoom in and move around.<!-- Thanks to atlasstorm for contact dorian. while the interaction was not public, this was dorian's response  "@atlasstorm Hiya, it wasn’t quite a rfactal generator, but rather a java Applet which regenerated the artwork from simplified version of the source files.  Someone asked me about this back in 2022 and I found an archive of the old, 1999, site and the code still works:   https://archive.theusefularts.org/warp/ography/single/WAPEP7/ You need to be able to run Jave in your browser to view it … I got it working in Chrome using CheerpJ Applet Runner, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cheerpj-applet-runner/bbmolahhldcbngedljfadjlognfaaein?hl=en  Can try and answer other questionsbif you have ‘em!" --> [https://archive.theusefularts.org/warp/ography/single/WAPEP7/ An archived version exists here], however it requires a Java emulator like [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cheerpj-applet-runner/bbmolahhldcbngedljfadjlognfaaein?hl=en CheerpJ Applet Runner] to run.
 
For anyone wanting to pick the torch up after me, check the source code for the minisite archive i linked there's two important lines: in the header:
 
<meta name="instructions" content="ep7.5 Java Code Written by d@kleber.net (C) 1999 : Click on the applet to activate controls :Use the numbers 1 through 5 to select a magnification : When zoomed use the arrow keys to move around the image">
 
and in the body:
 
<applet width="90%" height="90%" codebase="/web/20010430120118oe_/http://www.warprecords.com/ography/WAPEP7/" code="ep7.class" vspace="0"></applet>
 
So ep7.class was a java applet that was able to run the code. the applet HTML tags which should have the code was empty, so when i tried using a java applet emulator in browser, it just resized it to a 90% x 90% canvas but did nothing else. Either the file was server-side so it is lost, or it might be preserved somewhere else.
 
Also, the "Kleber Digital" part is a guess, but d@kleber.net doing web development in 1999 matches well with Kleber Digital https://kleber.net/, A Sheffield based award-winning web development firm who've worked in music and credit Warp Records as one of their clients. I think they are likely not only behind the code from the factual generator, but also the entire minisite.
 
UPDATE: the exact person who coded it was Dorian Fraser Moor https://dorian.fraser-moore.com/works/49/autechre-ep7 They were employed between 1997-2000 at Kleber Digital. Second pass on the phrasing is needed because Dorlan Fraser Moore of Kleber Digital at the time is a mouth full 
 
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* In an offhand comment Sean mentioned that part of the reason EP7 is an EP despite its length was that so they could "do things that weren't album-like." [https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre:_elseq_et_al,_June_2016#:~:text=Like%20when%20we%20did%20EP7%2C%20we%20deliberately%20called%20it%20an%20EP%20so%20we%20could%20do%20things%20that%20weren%27t%20album%2Dlike.] <!-- included it as a trivia note, but this begs the question whether to what extent we need other people assessment. Like we can solely rely on Rob Booth and Brown Sean and other close collaborators, but referring to other people mentioning the more "lo fi mixtape" feel of EP7 would be useful for this, ya know? -->
* In an offhand comment Sean mentioned that part of the reason EP7 is an EP despite its length was that so they could "do things that weren't album-like." [https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre:_elseq_et_al,_June_2016#:~:text=Like%20when%20we%20did%20EP7%2C%20we%20deliberately%20called%20it%20an%20EP%20so%20we%20could%20do%20things%20that%20weren%27t%20album%2Dlike.] <!-- included it as a trivia note, but this begs the question whether to what extent we need other people assessment. Like we can solely rely on Rob Booth and Brown Sean and other close collaborators, but referring to other people mentioning the more "lo fi mixtape" feel of EP7 would be useful for this, ya know? -->


Revision as of 18:02, 30 December 2023

cover art
WAPEP7

EP7 is the seventh EP by Autechre released on Warp Records It was originally released on June 7th, 1999.

Tracks

[untitled]

  • The untitled hidden track at the beginning of the album is only present on some CD releases of the album, and is only accessible by navigating to the previous song while playing "Rpeg".
EP7.1

Rpeg

Ccec

  • The title is likely a play on "seasick."

Squeller

Left Blank

Outpt

EP7.2

Dropp

  • The main synth for "Dropp" uses a Nord sequenced in Logic.[3]

Liccflii

  • "Liccflii" was the first track Sean did in Max.[4]

Maphive 6.1

  • The track "Maphive 6.1" was created entirely on a Roland PMA-5, a small, portable music work station with a built in sequencer. The title "Maphive" likely plays on the piece of equipment, shuffling "PMA-5" to "MAP-5".

Zeiss Contarex

  • The tracks shares its name with the Contarex camera made by Zeiss Ikon. [5]
  • The sample near the end of the track was something from a shortwave radio broadcast, although Sean clarifies he doesn't know what the sample itself was. [6]

Netlon Sentinel

  • The track shares its name with the garden fence mesh product from Netlon of the same name.

Pir

Tracklist

# Title Length
-1 untitled 9:47
1 Rpeg 6:01
2 Ccec 4:59
3 Squeller 4:38
4 Left Blank 6:40
5 Outpt 7:12
6 Dropp 3:16
7 Liccflii 4:58
8 Maphive 6.1 8:18
9 Zeiss Contarex 6:33
10 Netlon Sentinel 4:06
11 Pir 3:32
Total 1:09:54

Trivia

  • The cover of EP7 was made using a circuit board designer. [7]
  • On the old EP7 minisite, an applet coded by Dorian Fraser Moore of Kleber Digital[8] would randomly regenerate one of 9 unique fractal designs in the vein of EP7's cover, which you could zoom in and move around. An archived version exists here, however it requires a Java emulator like CheerpJ Applet Runner to run.
  • In an offhand comment Sean mentioned that part of the reason EP7 is an EP despite its length was that so they could "do things that weren't album-like." [9]

Credits [10]

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