AE_LIVE 2022－
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AE_LIVE 2022－, otherwise known as the twentytwentytwo tour[1], is a compilation of seven soundboard recordings taken from live shows performed throughout 2022. The first batch was released on August 10th, 2023.
History
On March 9th, 2022, the twentytwentytwo tour was announced.[2]
During the Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022, Sean answered a few questions regarding the live material after having performed the first show of the twentytwentytwo tour. The tour was initially planned to be held in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the tour. Sean mentioned that on his end, he spent the time reworking the back end, getting interested in MC (multi-channel audio in Max), physical modelling[3] (such as Modalys), and scratching (as seen on Gescom's AMKS_1).[4] During a mixlr stream back in March 30th, 2020, Sean shared snippets from their jams folder, which included the live material at that time, showing how long they've been developing the material. The end product was Sean noting that, on his side, he had about three and a half hours of total material prepared that may or may not be shown.[5]
The first show of the tour was performed at Primavera in Barcelona on June 3rd, 2022, however, due to issues of negotiating the rights to the soundboard from Primavera as well as messing up the recording, it was left off the release.[6] The show in The Hague on April 5th, 2024 also had a failed recording because they forgot to hit record.[7]
On October 4th, 2022, "AE_LIVE_HELSINKI_110922_LTD" was released early exclusively to attendants of the show due to technical issues during the show.[8] Small glitches such as pops and audio dropouts appeared early into the show and got progressively more distracting as the show went on. A possible explanation is that the venue's poor subwoofer setup, exacerbated by the set's use of heavy sub-bass, experienced a coil short circuit leading to the malfunctions.[9][10] The soundboard was sent out as is without mastering as an apology, and was later re-released with proper mastering.
On August 7th, 2023, Warp sent out an announcement to sign up for to the newsletter. The following day, AE_LIVE 2022－ was officially announced, and the first batch of 2022 shows from Milan to Turin was released individually and as a compilation on the 10th. The hyphen added to the end of the title indicated the possibility of future sets being added at a later date.
In a Mastodon thread late 2023, Sean gave an update that the material ended up becoming one long track they just kept adding onto. At that point, it was "about 4 hours long so far and growing steadily", noting it was the "most interesting thing we’ve done in ages from our POV." [11]
Sean posted multiple demos on Mastodon showcasing bits of the live material. In December 2022, Sean posted two max demos to Mastodon; one of the 10th and one on the 15th, which were both bits of segments #22 and #25. In 2023, two more demos were posted, with July 26th's "Markov Chain" and 16th December's "Fuckery"[12] for segments #32 and #37.
The main equipment used for the tour are two M1[3] Macs running Max/MSP, Kenton Killamix controllers, Apogee Symphony Desktop, Apogee Element 24, and MOTU M2.[13][14][15] In 2024, they got four custom-made Killamix Minis.[16]
Analysis
Main analysis by Zythion and EnergyIsMassiveLight. Fan titles taken from fan-edit TT2- (AE_LIVE 2022 Exclusives).[17] Officially released sets are highlighted in bold while the unreleased sets with bootleg recordings are italicized.
The timestamps below are still a work in progress and are not final.
- #1 (fan name: T2)
- #2-4 "ecol4"[18] (fan name: ical7)
- #5-6 (fan name: L cemp)
- #7-8 Contains elements of "F7"(fan name: F4)
- #9-11 (fan name: prin Cur)
- #12-13 (fan name: asle 1)
- #14-15 (fan name: M3 Luni)
- #16-#18 (fan name: osin PM)
- #19 (fan name: nal.1)
- #20 (fan name: corcine)
- #21 (fan name: drane3)
- #22 Contains a segment of the 12/15/22 demo
- In the top right corner of the demo, "three tone" is written, possibly indicating the section title. Also in the demo, one of the files loaded into a sampler (likely indicating a sample used in the live material) is Gap Band's "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"
- #23
- #24
- #25 Contains a segment of the 12/10/22 demo
- For the demo, it was captioned with “Reasonable facsimile of the Levee Breaks snare from a model made of water and spider silk (?!) who knew” with alt text further clarifying "A video showing a modelled snare drum roughly emulating the snare drum from When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin". The snare4ml shown is an example snare instrument from Modalys for Max, with Modalys also appearing in the 15th demo for its custom-made clarinet instrument.[19]
- #26
- #27
- #28
- #29
- #30
- #31
- #32 Contains a segment of the 07/26/23 demo
- Description by Sean: "after someone pointed out that our cascade sequencer was in fact a simple markov chain i made a version with weights instead of switches. quick demo:"
- #33
- #34
- #35
- #36
- #37 Contains a segment of the 12/16/23 demo
- Alt text: "fuckery", Description by Sean: "This has to be illegal"[12]
- #38
- #39
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 | #36 | #37 | #38 | #39 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILAN_010722 | 0:00 | 7:06 | 12:02 | 17:59 | 24:20 | 31:42 | 35:47 | 41:09 | 46:23 | 51:29 | 57:40 | 62:14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATHENS_050722 | 0:00 | 7:41 | 14:16 | 20:00 | 25:32 | 32:54 | 36:17 | 41:28 | 46:42 | 51:48 | 57:30 | 64:02 | 69:03 | 73:53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HELSINKI_110922 | 0:00 | 7:42 | 12:50 | 18:10 | 24:19 | 31:41 | 35:40 | 40:50 | 46:38 | 51:44 | 57:15 | 64:27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LONDON_071022_A | 0:00 | 6:12 | 9:54 | 14:36 | 19:20 | 26:05 | 29:16 | 33:18 | 37:13 | 42:19 | 47:13 | 53:06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LONDON_071022_B | 0:00 | 5:51 | 9:46 | 16:48 | 22:05 | 25:14 | 32:59 | 42:50 | 46:24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BERGEN_021122 | 0:00 | 7:00 | 10:42 | 15:00 | 19:19 | 26:04 | 29:15 | 33:16 | 37:12 | 42:18 | 47:08 | 52:23 | 56:09 | 59:47 | 63:52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TURIN_041122 | 0:00 | 5:59 | 9:42 | 14:01 | 18:19 | 25:05 | 28:15 | 32:17 | 36:12 | 41:18 | 46:09 | 52:41 | 57:42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona_030622 | 1:01 | 8:18 | 12:50 | 18:59 | 24:45 | 32:30 | 35:40 | 45:31 | 48:46 | 52:04 | 54:39 | 59:14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo_180823 | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne_250823 | 0:00 | 7:53 | 12:37 | 18:21 | 24:06 | 31:28 | 35:31 | 40:50 | 46:04 | 51:10 | 56:01 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sydney_270823 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 16:24 | 26:13 | 38:43 | 45:06 | 49:05 | 57:41 | 69:16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Krakow_061023 | 0:00 | 6:36 | 10:42 | 15:00 | 19:19 | 26:04 | 29:15 | 34:25 | 39:40 | 47:15 | 52:27 | 57:41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venice_261023 | 0:16 | 6:06 | 10:56 | 16:11 | 19:32 | 21:21 | 23:34 | 25:49 | 29:50 | 35:07 | 38:16 | 46:01 | 53:52 | 57:26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dublin_291023 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 16:01 | 28:26 | 46:04 | 53:10 | 56:31 | 62:48 | 71:17 | 73:58 | 75:31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brussels_040424 | 0:00 | 11:53 | 15:58 | 25:47 | 38:04 | 44:22 | 47:22 | 54:55 | 64:48 | 67:39 | 69:12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The_Hague_050424 | 0:14 | 4:38 | 14:28 | 26:13 | 31:38 | 34:18 | 42:35 | 53:02 | 56:35 | 58:40 | 64:14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris_060424 | 0:00 | 11:43 | 15:26 | 25:06 | 36:46 | 42:11 | 44:50 | 52:39 | 62:56 | 66:08 | 68:34 | 72:58 | 77:03 | 82:26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rennes_070424 | 0:00 | 10:30 | 22:30 | 32:30 | 35:40 | 43:39 | 54:27 | 57:29 | 59:55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona_090424 | 0:07 | 10:50 | 23:38 | 29:23 | 32:24 | 40:48 | 50:50 | 54:03 | 56:50 | 61:04 | 64:39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madrid_100424 | 0:00 | 7:06 | 20:41 | 27:06 | 30:16 | 39:30 | 49:59 | 53:10 | 55:04 | 59:19 | 63:15 | 67:27 | 71:27 | 75:05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisbon_120424_A | 0:00 | 10:15 | 13:38 | 22:50 | 34:32 | 39:35 | 42:35 | 50:19 | 59:16 | 62:18 | 64:03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lisbon_120424_B | 0:00 | 5:38 | 11:56 | 15:57 | 20:11 | 26:37 | 32:50 | 36:35 | 46:18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Krems_270424 | 0:00 | 5:44 | 9:18 | 20:30 | 33:15 | 39:34 | 42:34 | 50:15 | 60:28 | 63:19 | 65:35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lyon_070524 | 0:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
- The CAT number, WARP444, was likely specifically requested by Autechre, to reference the song "444" off their first album, Incunabula.
- The main cover art for AE_LIVE 2022－ consists of all the individual set art overlaid on top of each other.
Gallery
AE_LIVE_MILAN_010722
AE_LIVE_ATHENS_050722
AE_LIVE_HELSINKI_110922
AE_LIVE_LONDON_071022_A
AE_LIVE_LONDON_071022_B
AE_LIVE_BERGEN_021122
AE_LIVE_TURIN_041122
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AE_LIVE_MILAN_010722 | 1:06:56 |
| 2 | AE_LIVE_ATHENS_050722 | 1:20:03 |
| 3 | AE_LIVE_HELSINKI_110922 | 1:11:07 |
| 4 | AE_LIVE_LONDON_071022_A | 59:48 |
| 5 | AE_LIVE_LONDON_071022_B | 59:33 |
| 6 | AE_LIVE_BERGEN_021122 | 1:07:59 |
| 7 | AE_LIVE_TURIN_041122 | 1:00:45 |
| Total | 7:46:12 | |
Links
References
- ↑ https://autechre.warp.net/twentytwentytwo
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WarpRecords/status/1501513203431493639
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "“Do you like the new Mac chip situation? Is it any different to work on compared to the old CPU?” Yes. So my patch was using about 75, 80% towards the end of last year or the year before, whenever it was I got it, and then, yeah, I got the M1 and then it was just flying! 30%, just flying! Just absolutely insane! So there's no turning back now I'm fucked because I'm filling it up already. Loads of Live physmod things, and things that were a bit, you know, expensive. So yeah, I love it. Just amazing, kind of a little bit too much if anything, and the disking out speeds are amazing. The transitions are all super tight. The timing's super tight. All the control rate stuff is super tight. So yeah, I think if you're using Max and you've got an M1, you're basically living the dream at this point. it's just insane."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "Basically when COVID hit, I had a lot of time on my hands to rebuild a lot of it. So it's, yeah, it’s a lot of it you wouldn't even notice because a lot of it's just porting things to Gen that didn't need to be ported but just because I wanted a bit more control, and that led me off on loads of tangents because once you start building basic things like oscillators, you get a bit mad with all the options. So yeah, that happened and then I got heavily into MC, and then that happened. And then I built a lot more [physical] modeling stuff, and I did that scratching thing that we used on that Gescom thing that we've done about just over a year ago. And then did that and then, and then, yeah the set sort of grew out of all that tech basically. So sty listically, it's not that far off what we've been doing for the last few years because I think we're still in the same sort of place mentally. But, tech wise, the underlying, the kind of back end stuff is all fresh."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "[...] I mean some, they will share elements and the probably, I mean in all likelihood it'll be mostly similar material but there's a bunch of material that's not aired yet. That's because we've had too long to work on this fucking set, right, so. Least my part of the set is, I don't know, like three and a half hours of stuff, so I don't know how much of it will end up using."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "[...] the problem was with Primavera, they were trying to get rights for everything, right? So they were trying to get broadcast, they were trying to record it, you know? Obviously we're thinking about releasing them, so we didn't want to okay it. We ended up fucking up the recording anyway, so it wouldn't have mattered."
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240406161357/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/112224480826307858
- ↑ RaelGenious. "Exclusive release incoming for Helsinki attendees". Reddit, 26 September 2022, https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/xobdtd/exclusive_release_incoming_for_helsinki_attendees/. Accessed 25 March 2024.
- ↑ avalyn__. "There were some audio issues during Helsinki gig.". Reddit, 11 September 2022, https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/xbspfv/there_were_some_audio_issues_during_helsinki_gig/?rdt=51772. Accessed 25 March 2024.
- ↑ dcom. "Comment in Autechre. Live. Twentytwentytwo.". We Are The Music Makers, 15 September 2022, https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/xobdtd/exclusive_release_incoming_for_helsinki_attendees/. Accessed 25 March 2024.
- ↑ @sean_ae Mastodon post, November 18, 2023
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20231221224324/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/111591524233807832
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, July 2022. "Can u describe the live setup of the last gigs, laptop, controllers, souncard, thx I mean you know, two, I mean the latest ones are just two M1 Macs, Kenton Killamix controllers, two interfaces; I've got an Apogee Symphony Desktop, Rob's using the Apogee Element 24. The mixer is like a little Mackie Onyx12 channel thing just because it fits on a plane easily, and it's easier to get around. And it's replaceable if it breaks, you know, it's not, we're not relying on some esoteric mixer being found by the promoter at the last minute, so. Because that's always a consideration, you know? There's only the controllers really that be hard to source. So we often carry spares like if we're on a tour bus, we'll have spares of the controllers we’ll source."
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "What's your live setup nowadays? Two Macs, and these Kenton Killamix things, and a couple of interfaces."
- ↑ Hanalgig AMA, July 2022. "Tebbisimo: [...] What audio interface you using on the live sets ATM? [...] XH HX: i'm using apogee symphony desktop lately which i really rate but before that was using apogee element 24 (also good but harder to get now) and before that was using RME ADI2 converter (had to stop since apple borked the optical port but i loved that thing). i also got a MOTU M2 which is mad value for ESS sabre converters if u want something cheapish"
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240309004321/https://post.lurk.org/@sean_ae/112054867478643903
- ↑ Twistrose. "TT2－ (AE_LIVE 2022 Exclusives)". Reddit, 19 August 2023, https://www.reddit.com/r/autechre/comments/15vkklu/tt2_ae_live_2022_exclusives/. Accessed 25 March 2024.
- ↑ Sean Twitch AMA, June 2022. "So, you can hear a bit of ecol[4] in the set, ecol4 that was basically like the ecol4 that's on PLUS when we started out."
- ↑ Observation by sfn / Davide Vin