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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
- "Pule" was done in Logic.
- An alternate version of "Pule" called "Lupe Mx" was initally debuted on the 10th of April, 2005 in a test transmission on autechre.ws.[11] "Lupe Mx" was later shared by Sean with Oscar Powell and was later performed on NTS Radio in a DJ Mix on March 7th, 2018.
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
- Autechre (production)
- Rob Brown (writer)
- Sean Booth (writer)
- The Designers Republic (design) [13]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Warp: Labels Unlimited by Rob Young, pg 89
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "Chiastic Slide". The Designers Republic, https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/chiastic-slide.
- ↑ https://youtu.be/j_nt4lFvZ1w?t=240
- ↑ Q187, WATMM Ask Autechre Anything, November 2013
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240217234806/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111948852735521025
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240218010910/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111949563697343787
- ↑ https://forum.watmm.com/topic/3851-autechrews-tracklisting/#comment-77326
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Autechre – Chiastic Slide". Discogs, https://www.discogs.com/master/1348-Autechre-Chiastic-Slide.