NTS Sessions 1-4

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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

32a_reflected

NTS Session 2

turbile epic casual, stpl idle

• "turbile epic casual, stpl idle" shares a few commonality with elseq 1-5's "oneum."

NTS Session 3

g 1 e 1

• In the early 2014 live shows, "g 1 e 1" could be heard near the end of the sets.

shimripl air

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

icari

NTS Session 4

column thirteen

• An altered version of "column thirteen" appeared in the middle of the 2018 live sets.

all end

• It was confirmed that "all end" was made solely by Rob.
• On the vinyl and CD versions of NTS Sessions, "all end" only has a fade in rather than the short transistion 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

Vinyl

#	Title	Length
NTS Session 1
A	t1a1
B1	bqbqbq
B2	debris_funk
C	l3 ctrl
D1	carefree counter dronal
D2	north spiral
E	gonk steady one
F1	four of seven
F2	32a_reflected
NTS Session 2
G1	elyc9 7hres
G2	six of eight (midst)
H1	xflood
H2	gonk tuf hi
I1	dummy casual pt2
I2	violvoic
J1	sinistrailAB air
J2	wetgelis casual interval
J3	e0
K1	peal MA
K2	9 chr0
L	turbile epic casual, stpl idle
NTS Session 3
M1	clustro casual
M2	splesh
N	tt1pd
O1	acid mwan idle
O2	fLh
P1	glos ceramic
P2	g 1 e 1
Q1	nineFly
Q2	shimripl air
R	icari
NTS Session 4
S1	frane casual
S2	mirrage
T1	column thirteen
T2	shimripl casual pt1
U	shimripl casual pt2
V	all end pt1
W	all end pt2
X	all end pt3

CD

#	Title	Length
NTS Session 1
1.01	t1a1	18:40
1.02	bqbqbq	11:16
1.03	debris_funk	10:25
1.04	l3 ctrl	16:52
1.05	carefree counter dronal	5:14
2.01	north spiral	15:03
2.02	gonk steady one	22:25
2.03	four of seven	13:06
2.04	32a_reflected	7:02
NTS Session 2
3.01	elyc9 7hres	10:21
3.02	six of eight (midst)	8:42
3.03	xflood	9:25
3.04	gonk tuf hi	7:53
3.05	dummy casual pt2	5:16
3.06	violvoic	15:01
3.07	sinistrailAB air	2:41
3.08	wetgelis casual interval	2:56
4.01	e0	15:45
4.02	peal MA	5:04
4.03	9 chr0	15:45
4.04	turbile epic casual, stpl idle	21:30
NTS Session 3
5.01	clustro casual	11:03
5.02	splesh	8:56
5.03	tt1pd	22:12
5.04	acid mwan idle	11:57
5.05	fLh	8:20
6.01	glos ceramic	13:26
6.02	g 1 e 1	7:00
6.03	nineFly	10:04
6.04	shimripl air	7:06
6.05	icari	19:58
NTS Session 4
7.01	frane casual	13:42
7.02	mirrage	6:22
7.03	column thirteen	17:02
7.04	shimripl casual	25:19
8.01	all end	58:40
		58:40
Total		8:00:00

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.