Autechre
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(for now, dump all non-release related trivia, i.e. events, ancedotes from interviews, history notes, etc.)
Biography
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Sean Booth and Rob Brown both met each other in Rochdale's graffiti scene in 1987.[1][2] Rob notes that a mutual friend of theirs Jed first met Sean on a bus tagging and later Rob and Sean formally met each other to exchange grafitii files. [3] [4]
Trivia
- Autechre's record deal with Warp Records supposedly states that both Sean and Rob are forbidden to release material under any name other than Autechre (or Gescom in select circumstances).
- The name "Autechre" was created by first typing "au" and then keysmashing the rest until the Atari's 8-character limit was hit. It initially came about as a track title before being adopted as their stage name six months later. [5][6]
- Rob explained that the initial "au" came from a sample on the FZ10, which itself was part of a list of samples Autechre labelled as "au[insert descriptive]" for "vocal choir voices sustaining a single note" such as 'or', 'awe' or the 'au' in aukland. [7]
- The current accepted pronounciation of Autechre, as the band itself uses, is "awe-teh-ker" (/ɔːˈtɛkər/). [8][9]
- During some random live show, Sean's hands caught on fire from his R8 going alight in his vodka covered hands. His attempt to clap it out caused the audience to start clapping and also making some also set hands on fire "as some kind of tribute". [10]
- During the early 90s "at a show by warp/mushroom records in AU", Rob became sick from the smart drinks given to him, leading to a situation where at the start of the performance he tried to vomit discretely into a nearby water bottle that he emptied. Unfortunately, due to it being a tiny 25cl bottle, it flew back out, hitting both the roof and his face - although the speed of it meant none stuck to his face. [11]
- In the credits for Metriod Prime, both Sean Booth and Rob Brown are listed under Special Thanks. [12] In the Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022, he explained that they initially had contacts at Retro Studio branch that were keen on letting them compose the soundtrack for the game, but it fell through after Nintendo got their own music person to compose it. [13] Sean later confirmed on Mastodon that it was only talks and that no demos were made. [14]