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Amber by Autechre

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Foil 6:04 51,583
2 Montreal 7:15 52,840
3 Silverside 5:31 50,755
4 Slip 6:21 52,064
5 Glitch 6:16 45,454
6 Piezo 7:58 39,589
7 Nine 3:40 49,044
8 Yulquen 6:37 37,312
8 Further 10:08 34,439
9 Nil 7:48 37,371
10 Teartear 6:44 35,329
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11 tracks (74:22)
Amber, released by Warp Records in 1994, is the second full-length album by the music group Autechre. Amber has a more , less percussion-based sound than Autechre’s first release Incunabula.

In small but noticeable ways on this, their sophomore release, Autechre begin to break from the clean, if at times obvious, artistic techno from their debut record, and reach instead toward something far more distinct. Sean Booth and Rob Brown weren’t quite there yet, but their self-production is even more accomplished than before, and their instincts to steer away from overly polite electronic dance music come ever more to the fore at various points throughout Amber. “Foil” begins the album with a distinctly spooky feel to it, with droning keyboards playing out over a series of spare percussion patterns; the heavy echo and crumbling, lo-fi bass feel of the track reduces its straightforward danceability, creating an ominous introduction to the album. “Silverside” at once strips things down to a more minimal approach. A string synth section plays out over first gently thudding then more pounding beats. Then a more off-kilter section with distorted vocal samples and sounds provides part of the melodic accompaniment and rhythm. “Glitch” has a nice roiling rumble to it; it isn’t as fragmented as later releases, but veers a little more closely to the edge in comparison to earlier songs.
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  • prominence_la

    Superb.

    March 2012

  • jcotteri

    So a heavy Influence on Kettel

    February 2012

  • kotonashi

    nervous boy

    January 2012

  • kotonashi

    раритетный ты дурак. короче эмбер крутой, а ты нет. отстань.

    December 2011

  • kotonashi

    what? >< i can't understand a single word.

    December 2011

  • kotonashi

    you don't know basics. you don't. and it's hard to read your comments. to me it's like some guys here complaining about autechre' latest (2001-forth ХD) albums being too hard to dig.

    December 2011

  • kotonashi

    diverOOO. your english sucks.

    December 2011

  • Sculpy

    "This album means so much to me." [2] Yeah, me too. The soundtrack to my first mephedrone trips, huddled with friends indoors on gloomy winter nights. Sweetness and beauty.

    November 2011

  • inhmn

    I couldn't think for something I want to change in this album ! It's perfect.

    November 2011

  • horseinchthree

    my least favorite, but that's just me

    November 2011

  • BernardoVailati

    Love the cover

    September 2011

  • BlasphemateMe

    still best [2]

    August 2011

  • Shponglation

    WOW! Ok.........i have listened to lots of albums in my life time, and at first listen of this album, i can say this is "The Art Of Music!" It would take me a eternity to capture all the different sounds i hear that i never heard before in electronic music, maybe......Thievery Corporation???:)))))

    July 2011

  • Shponglation

    I could listen to this again, and again:)))))

    July 2011

  • tornjaj

    http://bookingturkeytours.com/wp-content/uploads/images/03f1b_Cappadocia_4.jpg <3

    June 2011

  • KingLawrence

    As great as their more recent stuff has been, both creatively and technically, this will forever have a special place in my heart.

    May 2011

  • dasampla

    Their best album by far.

    April 2011

  • BlockJuice

    It's not my favorite ever, but it's the best from what I've heard out of Autechre so far.

    February 2011

  • albert0balsalm

    sweet & merciful lord god almighty this is still one of the very best albums they've produced.

    February 2011

  • JOJOKYRA

    still best

    January 2011
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