elseq 1-5

WARP512

elseq 1-5 is the twelfth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on May 19th, 2016.

Tracks

elseq 1

In a leadup to the release of elseq, "feed1" was debuted on the 13th of May, 2016 on BBC Radio 6 at 9PM. [1] [2]

After the debut of "feed1", "c16 deep tread" was debutted as the second single on the 18th of May, 2016, at 12PM Alaskan time; on KSUA, a small Alaskan college radio channel. A now-dead SoundCloud upload of it was also provided. [3]
The track appeared on the 2014/2015 live sets in a mostly final, albeit abridged form. (example)

A possible theory is that the hv stands for "heavy", as Rob mentioned that amongst their archives they had a few tracks categorised as "heavies".[4]
"pendulu" is one letter short of "pendulum".
An early version of the track appeared on near the end of the 2015 US live sets. (example)

elseq 2

In the Hanalgig AMA, Sean corrected someone by saying that the elyc sounds were only made around 2014/2015.
In one of the Twitch AMA's, Sean confirmed that he recorded "elyc6 0nset" in a day.
Certain elements of this track were later reused on "elyc9 7hres" from NTS Sessions 1-4.

elseq 3

In a Mixlr stream on 30 March 2020, Sean dryly remarked that he had a 52 minute long version of "eastre" as he was skimming through jam folder snippets. [5]

elseq 4

elseq 5

In the Hanalgig AMA, Sean confirmed that the track title is a reference to Franz Realeaux that was chosen by Rob. [6]

elseq 1-5 is the only Autechre album to have a title stylized in lowercase.
elseq 1-5 is the only Autechre album to not have a physical release. Although, in interviews, Autechre have mentioned that Quaristice is technically a digital-only release, and that the physical versions were extra.
A popular theory is that “elseq” is an abbreviation of “edited live sequences”, meaning it would be pronounced "ell seek"
The CAT number, WARP512, was likely specifically requested by Autechre. A popular theory is that the “5” represents the 5 parts of elseq, whereas the 12 represents it being the twelfth Autechre album.
With a runtime of over 4 hours, elseq 1-5 was by far the longest Autechre album at the time of release. It was quickly beaten by their next album, NTS Sessions 1-4, which was almost double the length of elseq 1-5.