2003-04-27

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BBC - Experimental Review - Autechre, gantz_graf DVD

After four seconds of silence in which to prepare yourself, the disc launches head first into the title track - an abrasive, complex and oddly beautiful work of timestretched lunacy. Imagine an old electro 12" fed into about three thousand sound re-processors at once, causing each instrument to spring back and forth like an electronic rubber band before building to a maddening climax and then promptly popping out of existence. Fabulous. The accompanying video is also a stunner - featuring a rotating disc which then morphs itself into a type of motor/electricity generator in perfect time to the rhythm of the track. Director Alexander Rutterford (part of Jake Scott & Marcus Nispel's Black Dog Films Collective) hand animated 90% of the video to sync perfectly with the audio - resulting in a piece that really showcases Autechre's work in a way that has never really been experienced before. Watch