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In the [[Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022]], he mentioned that a majority of tracks were arranged using the Atari running C-Lab Creator, which they were mainly using up until "halfway through doing ''Chiastic Slide''".<!-- awkward phrasing, trying to say
In the [[Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022]], he mentioned that a majority of tracks were arranged using the Atari running C-Lab Creator, which they were mainly using up until "halfway through doing ''Chiastic Slide''".<!-- awkward phrasing, trying to say
-Most tracks were done in C-Lab throughout production
-Most tracks were done in C-Lab throughout production
-But they got macs halfway through production --> They later got Macs running Logic, which was used towards the end of development for the more "basic" tracks.<ref>[https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=And%20then%20when%2C%20and%20we%20used%20that%20up%20until%20about%20halfway%20through%20doing%20Chiastic%20Slide. https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=And%20then%20when%2C%20and%20we%20used%20that%20up%20until%20about%20halfway%20through%20doing%20Chiastic%20Slide.]</ref> The Casio SK-1 was also used on ''Chaistic Slide''. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020816104848/http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid1018136565,21609,#:~:text=cavity%20job%2C%20incunabula%2C%20chiastic%20slide</ref>  
-But they got macs halfway through production --> They later got Macs running Logic, which was used towards the end of development for the more "basic" tracks.<ref>[https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=And%20then%20when%2C%20and%20we%20used%20that%20up%20until%20about%20halfway%20through%20doing%20Chiastic%20Slide. https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=And%20then%20when%2C%20and%20we%20used%20that%20up%20until%20about%20halfway%20through%20doing%20Chiastic%20Slide.]</ref> In Warp: Labels Unlimited, they<!-- they? --> remarked that 90% of the material was not done with Macs, "it was just mixed on a Mac".<ref>Warp: Labels Unlimited by Rob Young, pg 89 <!-- needs to be properly formatted --></ref><!-- i left the wording open ended since it's posslby referring to the totality of the 60 tracks because 33% of the tracks here were confirmed to be done with macs, but they might've just been overcorrecting to say "stop putting us in boxes" since in the same page they complain about the max/msp stuff. --> The Casio SK-1 was also used on ''Chaistic Slide''. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20020816104848/http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid1018136565,21609,#:~:text=cavity%20job%2C%20incunabula%2C%20chiastic%20slide</ref>  


60 tracks were made for ''Chiastic Slide'' in one year, but only 9 of them ended up on the album. <ref>{{Cite web|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas|website=LonelyMachines|date=December 2000|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15}}</ref><!-- possibly contentious since it's the only source, but i will note "The current version of this FAQ has been approved/corrected by Autechre, so I guess it’s an official FAQ now." and to point queries to Knut Ruud since he maintained this faq -->
60 tracks were made for ''Chiastic Slide'' in one year, but only 9 of them ended up on the album. <ref>{{Cite web|link=https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/|author=Ruud, Knut Andreas|website=LonelyMachines|date=December 2000|title=The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15}}</ref><!-- possibly contentious since it's the only source, but i will note "The current version of this FAQ has been approved/corrected by Autechre, so I guess it’s an official FAQ now." and to point queries to Knut Ruud since he maintained this faq -->

Revision as of 20:31, 1 March 2024

Chiastic Slide

Chiastic Slide.jpg

Artist Autechre
Released 17 February 1997
Label Warp Records (WARP49)
Envane
(1997) 		Chiastic Slide Cichlisuite
(1997)

Chiastic Slide is the fourth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on February 17th, 1997, then later repressed on vinyl in 2021, alongside LP5.

History

In the Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022, he mentioned that a majority of tracks were arranged using the Atari running C-Lab Creator, which they were mainly using up until "halfway through doing Chiastic Slide". They later got Macs running Logic, which was used towards the end of development for the more "basic" tracks.[1] In Warp: Labels Unlimited, they remarked that 90% of the material was not done with Macs, "it was just mixed on a Mac".[2] The Casio SK-1 was also used on Chaistic Slide. [3]

60 tracks were made for Chiastic Slide in one year, but only 9 of them ended up on the album. [4]

Cover

The cover art, designed by The Designers Republic, is a collage of simplified abstract shapes using images from a New York trip, specifically "some street-level structural (under the E-train tracks), a shot overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge (probably) from the Empire State Building, and some images found in magazines in hotel lobbies and airline magazines on the flight back (shots of the NASA control room, of white goods junkyards)." [5]

Tracks

Cipater

  • "Cipater" was done on the Atari (C-Lab Creator)

Rettic AC

  • In an interview Sean revealed that this track is the sound of tissue paper being rubbed over a microphone. [6]

Tewe

  • The ending features the purrs of Sean's first cat, Winterbottom.[7]
  • "Tewe" was mostly sequenced on the Roland R8 in a few hours. The melody and bass was both sent to Quadraverb and "played over midi". [8]

Cichli

  • "Cichli" was done in Logic.
  • The track had elements reused for Cichlisuite.
  • The title is likely derived from Cichlid, a family of fish. This fish naming theme was further explored on Cichlisuite.
  • Sean mentioned in the Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022 that he has Boards of Canada's acoustic cover of "Cichli" on cassette. [9]

Hub

Calbruc

Recury

  • "Recury" was done in Logic.
  • The percussion on "Recury" are all heavily processed "homemade sampler stuff." [10]
  • The title is likely a play on "Reoccurring"

Pule

Nuane

  • "Nuane" was done on the Atari (C-Lab Creator)
  • A slightly modified version of the title was possibly used for Envane (Nvane).
  • "Nuane" uses a groove template.[12]

Tracklist

# Title Length
1 Cipater 8:56
2 Rettic AC 2:08
3 Tewe 6:57
4 Cichli 8:53
5 Hub 7:35
6 Calbruc 3:51
7 Recury 9:44
8 Pule 8:33
9 Nuane 13:14
Total 1:09:51

Links

Credits

References

  1. ↑ https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_July_2022#:~:text=And%20then%20when%2C%20and%20we%20used%20that%20up%20until%20about%20halfway%20through%20doing%20Chiastic%20Slide.
  2. ↑ Warp: Labels Unlimited by Rob Young, pg 89
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020816104848/http://www.autechre.nu/cgi-bin/newspro/news.cgi?newsid1018136565,21609,#:~:text=cavity%20job%2C%20incunabula%2C%20chiastic%20slide
  4. ↑ Ruud, Knut Andreas. "The _alt.music.autechre_ FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) version 1.15". LonelyMachines, December 2000, https://lonelymachines.org/the-autechre-faq-v-199/. 
  5. ↑ "Chiastic Slide". The Designers Republic, https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/chiastic-slide. 
  6. ↑ https://youtu.be/j_nt4lFvZ1w?t=240
  7. ↑ Q187, WATMM Ask Autechre Anything, November 2013
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240217234806/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111948852735521025
  9. ↑ https://aepages.org/wiki/Sean_Twitch_AMA,_June_2022#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWhen%20will%20you%20release%20the%20Boards%20of%20Canada%20Chicli%20cover%3F%E2%80%9D
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240218010910/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111949563697343787
  11. ↑ https://forum.watmm.com/topic/3851-autechrews-tracklisting/#comment-77326
  12. ↑ https://nialler9.com/autechre-conversation-about-music-art-funk-and-emotion-interview/#:~:text=Like%20that%20track.%20Nuane.%20That%E2%80%99s%20like%20a%20groove%20template.
  13. ↑ "Autechre – Chiastic Slide". Discogs, https://www.discogs.com/master/1348-Autechre-Chiastic-Slide. 
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