darsy, kenyon, pointers please

So I downloaded some Autechre, and I thought Clipper was fucking
brilliant, but Dael was crap.

Suggestions, please.

PS. Kenyon, you got them tickets yet our lad? And anyone else going
to the TDK Cross festival?

 

Probably their earlier stuff is going to be more your bag then - I wouldn't
dive in to anything from Confield or Draft 7.30 just yet[1]

From Incunabula: try Basscadet, Bike, Kalpol Introl, Windwind or maybe
Doctrine
From Chistic Slide: Cichli, Pule and Nuane
From Amber: Montreal, Silverside, Slip.

If you were going for a whole album, I'd probably recommend Amber as the
most "accessible", though be warned that there's some fairly sparse (but IMO
excellent) ambient stuff in there, which isn't everybody's cup of tea.

Er, no. Shall I?

[1] of course if you were feeling brave, VI Scose Poise would be a good
start, though Simian reckons this sounds like someone bouncing ping pong
balls. Twenty bonus points if you can pick out the tune!

 

I'll start hunting.

On a different tack, I adore the Unkle remix of Djed [3] by Tortoise,
if that helps point you in my direction. The original version [4] is
also pretty bloody lovely fwiw, along with Seneca by the same.

I tend to use allmusic.com as a guide, and hunt out what they recommend,
with a random attack on p2p stuff for context.

Shall you what? Get them tickets? Yes! For the Jazz Cafe thang.
Go to the TDK Cross festival? Dunno, whack it into Google and see if you
like the line-up. I'll be looking forward to Terry Callier and British
Sea Power on Saturday, but given the general air of the event they seem
the exception rather than the rule, so some of the rest might be up your
street.

Footnotes for the curious:

[1] http://www.pre.org/crud/autechre-clipper.mp3
[2] http://www.pre.org/crud/autechre-dael.mp3
[3] http://www.pre.org/crud/tortoise-djed_unkle_mix.mp3
[4] http://www.pre.org/crud/tortoise-djed.mp3

 

what the grey said.

Basscadet rocks. I also really like the (with Aphex) track "Autumn
Acid" if you're talking early stuff.

VI Scose Poise is by far my favourite track on Confield. Once you
"get" it[1], it's actually pretty funked up.

Gantz Graf is also worth a listen, but again, requires repeated
listenings before it comes clear what it's about.

Actually, anyone vaguely considering getting into Autechre should read
this:

http://starling.rinet.ru/music/autechre.htm

"Blixa Bargeld would be proud of these guys"

[1] it's inversely syncopated which doesn't help.

 

I've got a small stack of UNKLE sets on CD - let me know

I don't think I'm around that weekend, actually: if I am, though, I might
give it a go. Chikinki are pretty good.

 

With the bass accentuated.

 

Well I like it.
Not so sure the neighbours share my
enthusiasm though.

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scarily I thought that was rather good.

Hmmm - sort of. I still prefer Kraftwerk.

 

ogden expressed the following:

From uk.rec.competitions:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7944-1193145,00.html
Question - In which part of London does the TDK Cross Central Festival
take
place?
Answer - Kings Cross freight Depot, Goods yard London N1
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