Autechre - Quaristice
(Warp) CD & 2LP
On Quaristice, Sean Booth & Rob Brown play with shorter song durations & self referential tonal terrain. Opener “Altibzz” alone bears more melody than the last two Ae albums combined, while “Simmm” plots a familiar trajectory from sinister chimes through jumbled machinery to loping ambient tones & rhythms. While still a stretch for even the most avid electronic music fan, it’s nice to see Ae acknowledge their own past & dig up some familiar, if not nostalgic, tones, rhythms & structures (see closer “Outh9X”).