Re: (idm) Autechre "clones" or not!

From MobileWann
Sent Thu, Mar 4th 1999, 02:15

In a message dated 3/4/99 5:11:24 PM Mountain Standard Time, xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
writes:

> i agree that they are not autechre clones, but only for a completely
>  different reason: if in fact these musicians are attempting to rip-off
>  autechre's style (which i feel they are) they are failing miserably.
>  autechre does not have a "style", but rather each of their songs unique
>  and what these clones are responding to is the supposed "cruchy-beat"
>  sound that we have all seen mentioned in reviews far too often. autechre
>  never repeat themselves, so for any other musician to do the same is to
>  entirely misunderstand autechre.
>  [yes, i am their biggest fan. why do you ask?]

you are saying that they don't have a style, I think that is rather silly.
Listen to several differen ae tracks, do you really believe you cannot find
the affinity between them? If you ask me I will tell you that Ae have a very
poinient style,.. much of their familiarity comes from their melodies, which
personally I find to envoke very vivid emotions, the rest of their style I
suppose I would attribute to the sounds they use and how they use them.

~crtrdge