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UncutBy the time we reach "Surripere" we could be listening to a toughened-up Aphex Twin, poignant harmonies battling against oblique but splintering beats. [May 2003, p.92]
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MagnetThe opposition between sonic abstraction and more familiar pop elements like beats, riffs and grooves creates a welcome tension. [#58, p.83]
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The WireA feast of buried treasure, a flickerframe parade which continually offers up magical fragments of sound, revelatory and transitory in equal measure. [#230, p.46]
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Most importantly, though, the duo has pulled away from the brink; no one ever doubted that Autechre was at the extreme of experimental techno for its own sake, but given a record like Draft 7.30, listeners might actually return for multiple listens.
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It's a mixed bag, to be sure, but even Autechre's clichés are more interesting than nearly everything else you'll hear this year.
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UrbDraft's second half will hold more sway over those pining for the minor-key melodiousness of works through Tri Repetae++. [Jun 2003, p.93]
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Q MagazineAs complex and remarkable as everything that preceded it. [Jun 2003, p.92]
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Though it is at times a forbidding and daunting listen, piercing through the dense thicket of sounds reveals a wealth of melody and funk underlining Autechre's irregular electro rhythms.
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An album that applies Confield's ideas to less embarrassingly stunted ends.
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MojoMesmerising stuff. [Mar 2003, p.109]
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An unfortunate combination of familiar methods, beats and timbres won't overshadow the ultimately uninspiring music.
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Whereas 2001's 'Confield' often felt like a thankless task 'Draft 7.30' is often, by Autechre standards at any rate, a much more welcoming beast.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 22
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Mixed: 2 out of 22
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Negative: 2 out of 22
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MorganSep 19, 2008
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AndrewD.Mar 10, 2008