Artist: Autechre
TItle: Amber
Label: Warp Records
Date: November, 1994
1. Foil
2. Montreal
3. Silverside
4. Slip
5. Glitch
6. Piezo
7. Nine
8. Further
9. Yulquen
10. Nil
11. Teartear
I don't get it.
This project and this album in particular has a huge following so I figured I'd put it to the test. I don't want to piss on anyone's parade, but it's hard to see why people fawn all over this. I would put anything that Solar Fields, Aes Dana, Asura, Astropilot, or Koan has done over this. I realize it's almost twenty years old, but a classic should be a classic. The sound is techno combined with ambient textures. It's repetitive and doesn't evolve all that much. Perhaps it's a situation where those that grew up with this marked special times in their lives. Perhaps it was a soundtrack for those special and important moments. Because technically I'm not impressed.
I'm ok with not liking it. That's why there is so much music out there. Something for everyone. But for those that love it, I wouldn't mind hearing why.
Mdk