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===Iera===
===Iera===


* In a Pitchfork interview, they mentioned that "Iera" was "grid programmed, all onscreen, just nudging MIDI events around"<ref>https://aepages.org/wiki/Pitchfork_Interview,_April_2005#:~:text=No%2C%20that%20was%20purely%20programmed%2C%20grid%2Dprogrammed%2C%20all%20onscreen%2C%20just%20nudging%20MIDI%20events%20around</ref>
* In a Pitchfork interview, they mentioned that "Iera" was "grid programmed, all onscreen, just nudging MIDI events around"<ref name=":0" />


===Fermium===
===Fermium===
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===The Trees===
===The Trees===


* Rob answered a question regarding the origin of the noises at the end of "The Trees" by responding with "those noises are made from The Trees."<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D441</ref>
* Rob answered a question regarding the origin of the noises at the end of "The Trees" by responding with "those noises are made from The Trees."<ref>Q441, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D441 Ask Autechre Anything, 2013]</ref>


===Sublimit===
===Sublimit===


* The track samples Sparky Dee and the Playgirl's "The Battle"<ref>https://www.whosampled.com/sample/16589/Autechre-Sublimit-Sparky-Dee-The-Playgirls-The-Battle/</ref>
* The track samples Sparky Dee and the Playgirl's "The Battle"<ref>https://www.whosampled.com/sample/16589/Autechre-Sublimit-Sparky-Dee-The-Playgirls-The-Battle/</ref>
* In a Pitchfork interview, they clarified that "Sublimit" was just "16-grid style" drum sequencing.<ref>https://aepages.org/wiki/Pitchfork_Interview,_April_2005#:~:text=there%20are%20other%20tracks%2C%20as%20on%20%22Sublimit%22%2C%20that%20are%20just%20a%20drum%20machine%20up%20and%20running%2C%2016%2Dgrid%20style%2C%20no%20swing%20or%20anything%2C%20everything%20just%20completely%20straight.</ref> <!-- note that it's 16-grid STYLE, not 16-grid, especially given the 5/4 section in the track. -->
* In a Pitchfork interview, they clarified that "Sublimit" was just "16-grid style" drum sequencing.<ref name=":0" /><!-- note that it's 16-grid STYLE, not 16-grid, especially given the 5/4 section in the track. -->
* At almost 16 minutes in length, “Sublimit” was the longest song Autechre had released at that point. “Drane2”, off ''[[LP5]]'', technically surpassed it at over 21 minutes long, but only 9 minutes of the runtime is the actual song. “Sublimit” was eventually beaten by “Perlence subrange 6-36”, off ''[[Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae]]'', which is nearly an hour long.
* At almost 16 minutes in length, “Sublimit” was the longest song Autechre had released at that point. “Drane2”, off ''[[LP5]]'', technically surpassed it at over 21 minutes long, but only 9 minutes of the runtime is the actual song. “Sublimit” was eventually beaten by “Perlence subrange 6-36”, off ''[[Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae]]'', which is nearly an hour long.


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==


*In a Pitchfork interview, they mentioned that "there's no generative work or fader based MIDI stuff" on ''Untilted.''<ref>https://aepages.org/wiki/Pitchfork_Interview,_April_2005#:~:text=On%20this%20record%20there%27s%20no%20generative%20work%20or%20fader%20based%20MIDI%20stuff.</ref>
*In a Pitchfork interview, they mentioned that "there's no generative work or fader based MIDI stuff" on ''Untilted.''<ref name=":0">[[Pitchfork Interview, April 2005]]</ref>
*The album’s title could be a reference to ''[[LP5]]'', by being a play on words of “Untitled”.
*The album’s title could be a reference to ''[[LP5]]'', by being a play on words of “Untitled”.
*Much of the equipment that was used for Untilted ended up also being used for ''[[Quaristice]]''.<ref>https://aepages.org/wiki/Interview_with_SB_for_Reverb_Magazine,_January_2008#:~:text=Like%20with%20Untilted%20(the%20last%20album)%2C%20that%20was%20made%20using%20a%20similar%20hardware%20setup</ref>
*Much of the equipment that was used for Untilted ended up also being used for ''[[Quaristice]]''.<ref>[[Interview with SB for Reverb Magazine, January 2008]]</ref>
*Around the time of the bfhmp3 leak <!-- from what i gather , this was legit the real album -->for ''Untilted'', a fake version of the record started circulating on file sharing services.  The fake was created by Robert Martin of www.recordlabelrecord.org, using material from his album ''[https://fluorescent-grey.bandcamp.com/album/lying-on-the-floor-mingling-with-god-in-a-tijuana-motel-room-next-door-to-a-veterinary-supply-store-2006 Lying On The Floor Mingling With God In A Tijuana Motel Room Next Door To A Veterinary Supply Store]'' under the pseudonym Fluorescent Grey.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/ko/group/thread/468144#:~:text=the%20Autechre%20%2D%20Untilted%20hoax</ref> Robert argued that his previous successful hoax of a fake Iraq beheading was part of the motivating factor for this. That version became so widespread that in an interview with Inthemix, Sean confirmed that it was a fake, mentioning that "The more fakes the merrier, we’ve released fakes ourselves, but not this time."  He also lamented over how Robert's "sense of priority is clearly fucked."<ref>https://aepages.org/wiki/Autechre:_Sounds_like...%3F,_May_2005#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20more%20fakes%20the%20merrier%2C%20we%E2%80%99ve%20released%20fakes%20ourselves%2C%20but%20not%20this%20time.%20If%20it%20were%20such%20a%20great%20publicity%20stunt%2C%20he%20wouldn%E2%80%99t%20have%20to%20overpublicise%20it.%20It%E2%80%99s%20worse%20because%20of%20the%20claim%20that%20what%20he%E2%80%99s%20doing%20is%20as%20relevant%20as%20a%20fake%20beheading.%20His%20sense%20of%20priority%20is%20clearly%20fucked.%E2%80%9D</ref>
*Around the time of the bfhmp3 leak <!-- from what i gather , this was legit the real album -->for ''Untilted'', a fake version of the record started circulating on file sharing services.  The fake was created by Robert Martin of www.recordlabelrecord.org, using material from his album ''[https://fluorescent-grey.bandcamp.com/album/lying-on-the-floor-mingling-with-god-in-a-tijuana-motel-room-next-door-to-a-veterinary-supply-store-2006 Lying On The Floor Mingling With God In A Tijuana Motel Room Next Door To A Veterinary Supply Store]'' under the pseudonym Fluorescent Grey.<ref>https://www.discogs.com/ko/group/thread/468144#:~:text=the%20Autechre%20%2D%20Untilted%20hoax</ref> Robert argued that his previous successful hoax of a fake Iraq beheading was part of the motivating factor for this. That version became so widespread that in an interview with Inthemix, Sean confirmed that it was a fake, mentioning that "The more fakes the merrier, we’ve released fakes ourselves, but not this time."  He also lamented over how Robert's "sense of priority is clearly fucked."<ref>[[Autechre: Sounds like...?, May 2005]]</ref>
*Excluding the bonus track on the Japanese CD release, ''Untilted'' has the shortest tracklist of any Autechre album, at only eight songs.
*Excluding the bonus track on the Japanese CD release, ''Untilted'' has the shortest tracklist of any Autechre album, at only eight songs.
*There are 10 unused designs for ''Untilted'', which can be found on [https://web.archive.org/web/20191227041600/http://alexrutterford.com/graphic/autechre-untilted/ an archive of Alex Rutterford's website].
*There are 10 unused designs for ''Untilted'', which can be found on [https://web.archive.org/web/20191227041600/http://alexrutterford.com/graphic/autechre-untilted/ an archive of Alex Rutterford's website].

Revision as of 09:08, 23 February 2024

Untilted

Untilted.jpg

Artist Autechre
Released 18 April 2005
Label Warp Records (WARP180)
Draft 7.30
(2003) 		Untilted Quaristice
(2008)

Untilted is the eighth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on April 18th, 2005.

Tracks

LCC

  • Sean used the Elektron Machinedrum MK2 specifically on the track.[1]
  • "LCC" is the only time they used Song Mode on the Elektrons.[2]
  • "LCC" appeared on the 2005-2007 live shows. (example)

Ipacial Section

Pro Radii

  • "Pro Radii" appeared on the 2005-2007 live shows. (example)
  • The start of "Pro Radii" were done by Rob using his MPC for the beats,[4] and the end was done by Sean, yielding a 50/50 split in contributions.[5]
  • "Pro Radii" briefly appears in Neill Blomkamp's short film "Yellow"[6]

Augmatic Disport

Iera

  • In a Pitchfork interview, they mentioned that "Iera" was "grid programmed, all onscreen, just nudging MIDI events around"[7]

Fermium

  • Fermium is the 100th element on the periodic table, abbreviated to Fm.[8]

The Trees

  • Rob answered a question regarding the origin of the noises at the end of "The Trees" by responding with "those noises are made from The Trees."[9]

Sublimit

  • The track samples Sparky Dee and the Playgirl's "The Battle"[10]
  • In a Pitchfork interview, they clarified that "Sublimit" was just "16-grid style" drum sequencing.[7]
  • At almost 16 minutes in length, “Sublimit” was the longest song Autechre had released at that point. “Drane2”, off LP5, technically surpassed it at over 21 minutes long, but only 9 minutes of the runtime is the actual song. “Sublimit” was eventually beaten by “Perlence subrange 6-36”, off Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae, which is nearly an hour long.

Zurich 2001

Tracklist

# Title Length
1 LCC 7:46
2 Ipacial Section 9:57
3 Pro Radii 8:42
4 Augmatic Disport 9:28
5 Iera 4:55
6 Fermium 5:44
7 The Trees 7:26
8 Sublimit 15:52
1:09:50
9 Zurich 2001(Japanese CD exclusive) 1:52
Total 1:11:42

Trivia

  • In a Pitchfork interview, they mentioned that "there's no generative work or fader based MIDI stuff" on Untilted.[7]
  • The album’s title could be a reference to LP5, by being a play on words of “Untitled”.
  • Much of the equipment that was used for Untilted ended up also being used for Quaristice.[11]
  • Around the time of the bfhmp3 leak for Untilted, a fake version of the record started circulating on file sharing services. The fake was created by Robert Martin of www.recordlabelrecord.org, using material from his album Lying On The Floor Mingling With God In A Tijuana Motel Room Next Door To A Veterinary Supply Store under the pseudonym Fluorescent Grey.[12] Robert argued that his previous successful hoax of a fake Iraq beheading was part of the motivating factor for this. That version became so widespread that in an interview with Inthemix, Sean confirmed that it was a fake, mentioning that "The more fakes the merrier, we’ve released fakes ourselves, but not this time." He also lamented over how Robert's "sense of priority is clearly fucked."[13]
  • Excluding the bonus track on the Japanese CD release, Untilted has the shortest tracklist of any Autechre album, at only eight songs.
  • There are 10 unused designs for Untilted, which can be found on an archive of Alex Rutterford's website.
  • Most song lyric database websites have incorrect lyrics for " Augmatic Disport".

Whoh oh, oh This disport is so augmatic

(AUGMATIC) It is like a kind of magic

(MAGIC) And baby when you dance

I can see a bowl of crisps in your eyes (EYES)

Gallery

  • Unused Designs 1

    Unused Designs 1

  • Unused Designs 2

    Unused Designs 2

Links

Credits

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240111083157/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111733154534894695
  2. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D890
  3. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0&range=D1135
  4. ↑ https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=But%20yeah%2C%20Rob%20made%20some%20fucking%20amazing%20shit%20on%20the%20MPC.%20Pro%20Radii%20as%20well%2C%20like%20all%20the%20beginning%20beats%20on%20that%20he%20done.
  5. ↑ https://forum.watmm.com/topic/102698-twitch-ama/?do=findComment&comment=2923175
  6. ↑ https://youtu.be/Jmd8BDiB-qU?t=72
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pitchfork Interview, April 2005
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221005012230/http://autechre.wikifoundry.com/page/Untilted#:~:text=old%20Latin%20Requiem.-,Fermium,-%3A
  9. ↑ Q441, Ask Autechre Anything, 2013
  10. ↑ https://www.whosampled.com/sample/16589/Autechre-Sublimit-Sparky-Dee-The-Playgirls-The-Battle/
  11. ↑ Interview with SB for Reverb Magazine, January 2008
  12. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/ko/group/thread/468144#:~:text=the%20Autechre%20%2D%20Untilted%20hoax
  13. ↑ Autechre: Sounds like...?, May 2005
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