NEW AUTECHRE

like you haven't heard about it already. it's dividing opinions about as much as one might expect for a typical Autechre album, most of the talk being about it sounding throwback or "inconsistent" or what have you - which is all pretty silly to me music doesn't get much more subjective than this and talking about it gets old fast. still, that's not going to keep me from offering the assuredly biased opinion that if you made it to this blog, then there's a good chance this album will speak to you - lots of exciting cut-up techniques and a much more diverse sound palette than Autechre fans might have become accustomed to make it a real winner in my books. if you don't already have a legal downloaded copy, you can hit up bleep.com via the player below, or alternatively wait for the LP release early next month. In the meantime, Booth and Brown will be broadcasting a live, streaming mix from their website tomorrow at 20:00 GMT (that's noon for those of you on the West Coast - I'll do my best to get the mix up as soon as it's available online in the likely event of a long Friday night), after which they'll be going on a world tour and spreading the love in 7/4.