Quaristice

WARP333

Quaristice is the ninth studio album by Autechre released on Warp Records. It was originally released on March 3rd, 2008. Alongside the release of Quaristice was the limited edition Quaristice (Versions), followed a few months later by Digital Exclusives EP and Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae.

Unlike many previous Autechre releases, Quaristice features shorter track lengths, most of which fall under the 5 minute mark, creating a faster pace.

Tracks

Altibzz

The Plc

The vocal samples on the outro of "The Plc" are from Run-DMC's "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" [1]

IO

The main melodic line alternates between two whole-tone scale lines, one ascending and one descending. When viewed in piano roll, it forms an X. [2]
The first versions of "IO" appeared during the 2005-2007 live sets. (example) and 2008 live sets. (example).

plyPhon

"plyPhon" was made by Rob on the MPC.[3]

Perlence

For "Perlence", the MPC bits were done by Rob and the Machinedrum/Monomachine bits were done by Sean. [4][5]

SonDEremawe

Simmm

paralel Suns

Sean mentioned that "paralel Suns" was made by first recording a Nord Lead 1 through Lexicon reverb, which was then edited down by having the "slabs" crossfade into each other in Digital Performer to get the final track. [6]

Steels

Elements of "Steels" made an appearance in the 2008 live sets. (example)
In the Quaristice tour file dump, the MPC had a bunch of samples of sounds used in "Steels"; 64 samples of steeldif ("steeldif01.WAV" to "steeldif64.WAV") and 37 samples of steelxif ("steelxif01.WAV" to "steelxid37.WAV").

Tankakern

The TR-606 appears on "Tankakern" [7]
The main samples on Tankakern are of an old oil tank (likely the origin of the title) alongside birdsong that was recorded in that same garden. Sean also mentioned that the samples for Tankakern were also used for the Skeng mix, Tangle III (Gescom), and "a few things." [8]

rale

"rale" was made by Sean with his laptop using Renoise. [9]

Fol3

"Fol3" was made by Sean with his laptop using Renoise. [10]

fwzE

90101-5l-l

Elements of "90101-5l-l" appear in the 2008 live sets. (example)

bnc Castl

"bnc Castl" may be short for "bouncy castle"
Elements of "bnc Castl" appear in the 2005-2007 live sets. (example)

Theswere

WNSN

"WNSN" was made by Sean with his laptop using Renoise. [11]

chenc9

"chenc9" had an early appearance on the 2005-2007 live sets. (example) [12]

Notwo

Outh9X

"Outh9X" uses the NMG2 and Simmons SDE.[13]

nu-Nr6d

On the Japanese issue of Quaristice, the cover was altered to include nu-Nr6d in the tracklist design. [14]

Quaristice (Versions)

WARP333X

Coinciding with the March 3rd release, a steel case edition of the Quaristice CD was released. It was limited to 1,000 copies and was sold out within a day after the announcement. In the limited edition CD set, a second disc is included, titled Quaristice (Versions), which consists of alternate and extended versions of certain tracks.

Altichyre

The PlclCpC

This particular version of "The Plc" first appeared in the 2005-2007 live sets. (example)

IO (mons)

This track was one of the few tracks to be released multiple times, appearing also on Digital Exclusives EP.

Phylopn

Perlence range3

SonDEre-ix

Tankraken

fol4

"fol4" was made by Sean with his laptop using Renoise. [15]

90101-61-01

chenc9-x

nofour

Tracklist


#	Title	Length
1	Altibzz	2:52
2	The Plc	4:17
3	IO	3:08
4	plyPhon	2:33
5	Perlence	3:25
6	SonDEremawe	1:21
7	Simmm	5:00
8	paralel Suns	3:03
9	Steels	2:56
10	Tankakern	3:39
11	rale	3:43
12	Fol3	3:47
13	fwzE	2:39
14	90101-5l-l	3:11
15	bnc Castl	2:52
16	Theswere	2:12
17	WNSN	4:57
18	chenc9	4:57
19	Notwo	5:34
20	Outh9X	7:15
		1:13:22

21	nu-Nr6d (Japanese CD exclusive)	3:51
Quaristice (Versions)
1	Altichyre	1:43
2	The PlclCpC	9:18
3	IO (mons)	7:52
4	Phylopn	2:40
5	Perlence range3	7:37
6	SonDEre-ix	3:27
7	Tankraken	5:28
8	fol4	11:41
9	90101-61-01	5:10
10	chenc9-x	8:29
11	nofour	4:24
		1:07:55

Total		2:25:09

Trivia

The CAT number, WARP333, was likely specifically requested by Autechre.
At the time of release, Quaristice had the most tracks for a singe Autechre album, totally at 20 tracks (excluding the bonus track on the Japanese CD). It would eventually be beaten by elseq 1-5, which had 21 tracks.
On Hanalgig, a 2007 demo from the Quaristice sessions was leaked.
Sean mentioned in a 2008 FutureMusic interview that there was a four month period of "just pure listening through and editing" with the help of Digital Performer.
Quaristice and Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae marks the first time Autechre had The Designers Republic make covers for individual tracks (see gallery below). Other releases to also have inidivudal track art include Oversteps and elseq 1-5.
Quaristice was the first new artwork commissions by The Designers Republic after a 10-year hiatus since Chiastic Slide. [16]