Autechre - Incunabula CD

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Although Autechre's debut release doesn't totally display the full experimentation which would dominate their future albums and singles, it is still striking nonetheless, as proof that the early comparisons to fellow Sheffield denizens Cabaret Voltaire weren't just misguided hype. Lumped in with the "intelligent dance music" semi-genre popular at the time, Autechre doesn't hit the same levels as Orbital or labelmate Aphex Twin, but Incunabula still stands out as being both good dancefloor material and equally pleasant listening, and not simply new-age hash with a backbeat. "Kalpol Introl" sets the overall mood for the rest of the record, with a sharp blend of minimal but effective beats and bass combined with a variety of keyboard textures and understated melodies. "Bike" ratchets the pace even more, reliant on crisp drum-machine patterns and careful arrangements to create something equally at home either in Detroit or on the autobahn. From there Incunabula follows the same general tone; tracks often experiment with ghostly keyboard backing and mostly clinical beats combined with odd, individual touches. Notable examples of this are the quirky organ sounds and vocal fragments on "Autriche" and the warning siren keyboards matched with notably more slamming percussion on "Doctrine." "Basscadet" is the album's undisputed winner at combining avant-garde touches with club underpinnings, armed with a sparkling, clanging, mid-song break and a relentless, mechanistic rhythm not a million miles away from the contemporaneous work of Seefeel, who remixed the track for a single release shortly thereafter. Despite the relative sameness in the basic arrangements of tracks covering the better portion of the album -- a few song subtractions wouldn't have hurt the 75-minute length any -- Incunabula still stands out as a better effort than many other U.K. techno albums of the early '90s. ~ Ned Raggett

Live RecordingOption (8/94, pp.90-91) - "...a tense, intelligent, compulsively listenable ambient-techno recording. Managing to avoid the new age pretentions or cliched sound effects..."

Incunabula Music

List Price	$15.98 (You save $3.59)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Dance, Electronica, Techno, UK Techno, Enhanced CD
Label	Warp
Orig Year	1993
All Time Product Rank	104,480
CD Universe Part number	6857582
Catalog number	17
Discs	1
Release Date	Jun 28, 2005
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Recording Time	77 minutes
Additional Info	Reissue

Autechre - Incunabula Songs

	Trk	Song
	1	Kalpol Introl
	2	Bike
	3	Autriche
	4	Bronchus 2
	5	Basscadet
	6	Eggshell
	7	Doctrine
	8	Maetl
	9	Windwind
	10	Lowride
	11	444

Incunabula Music Review

Average Rating: (3.3 out of 5 stars) 3.5 stars

3 stars Whatever minger
This is a CLASSIC!!! How can one even attempt to write truly Beautiful Classical Music nowadays? Autechre proved it's possible with this album probably without even knowing or willing it/ That's the beauty this is a masterpiece!!!! 10 yeras and still one of very few all time Favourite Albums i will carry 'til i die.
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3 stars my least favorite autechre record
i have always expected them to sound more like confield than anything else, maybe im late at getting into theyre music, but i just dont really like this lp..
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4 stars Incunabula.......A Masterpiece!!!
Easily the best and most popular release by the Brown/Booth duo of Autechre. The way these abstract samples are built, constructed, and weaved into head-nodding beats with tripped-out melodies courtesy of some analog synths splashed on top is pure genius. "Kalpol Intro" will be familiar to those who have heard the PI soundtrack, while "Basscadet" (The Single) "Bike" "Eggshell" and "Doctrine" are the bright spots, The entire album provides the dank, chirpy, metalized sound that can be relaxing and pleasureable or trax like "Lowride" can really get you moving. A Masterpiece!!!!
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