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[[Sean Booth]] and [[Rob Brown]] both met each other in Rochdale's graffiti scene in 1987.[https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre:_Tiny_Mix_Tapes_Interview,_April_2010#:~:text=It%E2%80%99s%20hard%20to%20argue%20that%20Autechre%20haven%E2%80%99t%20changed%20since%20they%20first%20met%20in%201987][https://web.archive.org/web/20100405073202/http://www.barcodezine.com/Autechre%20Interview.htm#:~:text=for%2020%20years%20%E2%80%93-,we%20met%20in%201987,-.%20A%20lot%20of] Rob notes that a mutual friend of theirs Jed<!-- later helped with Second Bad Vilbel
[[Sean Booth]] and [[Rob Brown]] both met each other in Rochdale's graffiti scene in 1987.<ref>[https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre:_Tiny_Mix_Tapes_Interview,_April_2010#:~:text=It%E2%80%99s%20hard%20to%20argue%20that%20Autechre%20haven%E2%80%99t%20changed%20since%20they%20first%20met%20in%201987 Tiny Mix Tapes Interview, April 2010]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100405073202/http://www.barcodezine.com/Autechre%20Interview.htm#:~:text=for%2020%20years%20%E2%80%93-,we%20met%20in%201987,-.%20A%20lot%20of Barcode Interview, 2008]</ref> Rob notes that a mutual friend of theirs, Jed,<!-- later helped with Second Bad Vilbel
also no clear spelling, there's also Ged?? https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre._Futurologists,_April_2003 --> first met Sean on a bus tagging and later Rob and Sean formally met each other to exchange grafitii files. [https://thequietus.com/articles/13899-autechre-interview-exai-l-event#:~:text=This%20trust%20factor,younger%20than%20me.] [https://aepages.org/wiki/Radio_Mix_Interview,_March_1997#:~:text=I%20met%20Sean%20through%20this%20guy%20who%20introduced%20us.%20He%20met%20Sean%20on%20a%20bus%20one%20night%2C%20tagging%2C%20and%20he%20met%20me%20one%20night%2C%20sort%20of%20exchanging%20graffiti%20files]
also no clear spelling, there's also Ged?? https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre._Futurologists,_April_2003 --> first met Sean on a bus tagging and later Rob and Sean formally met each other to exchange graffiti files.<ref>[https://thequietus.com/articles/13899-autechre-interview-exai-l-event#:~:text=This%20trust%20factor,younger%20than%20me The Quietus Interview, November 2013]</ref><ref>[https://aepages.org/wiki/Radio_Mix_Interview,_March_1997#:~:text=I%20met%20Sean%20through%20this%20guy%20who%20introduced%20us.%20He%20met%20Sean%20on%20a%20bus%20one%20night%2C%20tagging%2C%20and%20he%20met%20me%20one%20night%2C%20sort%20of%20exchanging%20graffiti%20files Radio Mix Interview, March 1997]</ref>


== Trivia ==
==Trivia==
[[Gear List|''Autechre Gear List'']]
[[Gear List|''Autechre Gear List'']]  
* 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. 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 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.<ref name=":0">''What's In Those Names?'', [[Sound On Sound Interview, April 2004]]</ref><ref>[https://aepages.org/wiki/SECONDS_Magazine_Issue_31,_1994#:~:text=SECONDS%3A%20What%20does%20%22Autechre%22%20mean%3F SECONDS Magazine Issue 31, 1994]</ref><!-- track name for Autechre / Saw You? -->
** Rob explained that the initial "au" came from a sample on the FZ10, which itself was part of a list of samples Autechre labelled as "au[insert descriptive]" for "vocal choir voices sustaining a single note" such as 'or', 'awe' or the 'au' in aukland. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D1201]<!-- might need to be rephrased -->
**Rob explained that the initial "au" came from a sample on the FZ10, which itself was part of a list of samples Autechre labelled as "au[insert descriptive]" for "vocal choir voices sustaining a single note" such as 'or', 'awe' or the 'au' in aukland.<ref>Q1201, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D1201 Ask Autechre Anything, 2013]</ref><!-- might need to be rephrased -->
** 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 -->
**The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre, as the band itself uses, is "awe-teh-ker" (/ɔːˈtɛkər/).<ref name=":0" /><ref>[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 We are the music makers, November 1997]</ref><!-- 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 -->
* During some random live show, Sean's hands caught on fire from his R8 going alight in his vodka covered hands. His attempt to clap it out caused the audience to start clapping and also making some also set hands on fire "as some kind of tribute". [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D809]
*During some random live show, Sean's hands caught on fire from his R8 going alight in his vodka covered hands. His attempt to clap it out caused the audience to start clapping and also making some also set hands on fire "as some kind of tribute".<ref>Q809, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D809 Ask Autechre Anything, 2013]</ref>
* During the early 90s "at a show by warp/mushroom records in AU", Rob became sick from the smart drinks given to him, leading to a situation where at the start of the performance he tried to vomit discretely into a nearby water bottle that he emptied. <!-- sooo badly phrased GOD -->Unfortunately, due to it being a tiny 25cl bottle, it flew back out, hitting both the roof and his face - although the speed of it meant none stuck to his face. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D853]
*During the early 90s "at a show by warp/mushroom records in AU", Rob became sick from the smart drinks given to him, leading to a situation where at the start of the performance he tried to vomit discretely into a nearby water bottle that he emptied. <!-- sooo badly phrased GOD -->Unfortunately, due to it being a tiny 25cl bottle, it flew back out, hitting both the roof and his face - although the speed of it meant none stuck to his face.<ref>Q853, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D853 Ask Autechre Anything, 2013]</ref>
* In the credits for Metriod Prime, both Sean Booth and Rob Brown are listed under Special Thanks. [https://youtu.be/gIMLe_51OH0?t=171] In the [[Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022]], he explained that they initially had contacts at Retro Studio branch that were keen on letting them compose the soundtrack for the game, but it fell through after Nintendo got their own music person to compose it. [https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=demo%20sphere%3A%20%E2%80%9CCould%20you%20please%20explain%20your%20mention%20in%20the%20Metroid%20Prime%20credits%3F%E2%80%9D] Sean later confirmed on Mastodon that it was only talks and that no demos were made. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240114174123/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111749064152560779#:~:text=nah%20we%20never%20made%20anything%20for%20it%2C%20it%20didn%E2%80%99t%20go%20beyond%20talks]
* In the credits for Metriod Prime, both Sean Booth and Rob Brown are listed under Special Thanks.<ref>[https://youtu.be/gIMLe_51OH0?t=171 Metroid Prime - End Credits]</ref> In the [[Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022]], he explained that they initially had contacts at Retro Studio branch that were keen on letting them compose the soundtrack for the game, but it fell through after Nintendo got their own music person to compose it.<ref>[https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=demo%20sphere%3A%20%E2%80%9CCould%20you%20please%20explain%20your%20mention%20in%20the%20Metroid%20Prime%20credits%3F%E2%80%9D Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022]</ref> Sean later confirmed on Mastodon that it was only talks and that no demos were made. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240114174123/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111749064152560779#:~:text=nah%20we%20never%20made%20anything%20for%20it%2C%20it%20didn%E2%80%99t%20go%20beyond%20talks @sean_ae Mastodon post, January 2024]</ref>
 
==References==
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Revision as of 18:41, 22 February 2024

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Biography

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Sean Booth and Rob Brown both met each other in Rochdale's graffiti scene in 1987.[1][2] Rob notes that a mutual friend of theirs, Jed, first met Sean on a bus tagging and later Rob and Sean formally met each other to exchange graffiti files.[3][4]

Trivia

Autechre Gear List

  • 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.[5][6]
    • Rob explained that the initial "au" came from a sample on the FZ10, which itself was part of a list of samples Autechre labelled as "au[insert descriptive]" for "vocal choir voices sustaining a single note" such as 'or', 'awe' or the 'au' in aukland.[7]
    • The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre, as the band itself uses, is "awe-teh-ker" (/ɔːˈtɛkər/).[5][8]
  • During some random live show, Sean's hands caught on fire from his R8 going alight in his vodka covered hands. His attempt to clap it out caused the audience to start clapping and also making some also set hands on fire "as some kind of tribute".[9]
  • During the early 90s "at a show by warp/mushroom records in AU", Rob became sick from the smart drinks given to him, leading to a situation where at the start of the performance he tried to vomit discretely into a nearby water bottle that he emptied. Unfortunately, due to it being a tiny 25cl bottle, it flew back out, hitting both the roof and his face - although the speed of it meant none stuck to his face.[10]
  • In the credits for Metriod Prime, both Sean Booth and Rob Brown are listed under Special Thanks.[11] In the Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022, he explained that they initially had contacts at Retro Studio branch that were keen on letting them compose the soundtrack for the game, but it fell through after Nintendo got their own music person to compose it.[12] Sean later confirmed on Mastodon that it was only talks and that no demos were made. [13]

References

  1. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes Interview, April 2010
  2. ↑ Barcode Interview, 2008
  3. ↑ The Quietus Interview, November 2013
  4. ↑ Radio Mix Interview, March 1997
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 What's In Those Names?, Sound On Sound Interview, April 2004
  6. ↑ SECONDS Magazine Issue 31, 1994
  7. ↑ Q1201, Ask Autechre Anything, 2013
  8. ↑ We are the music makers, November 1997
  9. ↑ Q809, Ask Autechre Anything, 2013
  10. ↑ Q853, Ask Autechre Anything, 2013
  11. ↑ Metroid Prime - End Credits
  12. ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022
  13. ↑ @sean_ae Mastodon post, January 2024
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