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Quaristice - Autechre
  • Band Name: Autechre
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Mar 4, 2008
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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: The English electronic duo releases its ninth album, which was also released as a download earlier this year.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    90
    After many detailed listens, the record feels like their strongest yet, a bold statement considering the importance of their previous works.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    There are ideas here that could have been developed into a stunning 10-track album. Unfortunately, Quaristice contains 20 'tunes', many of them elusively experimental ear-tormenters.
  3. Q Magazine
    20
    While the maverick spirit that drives this pair is admirable, it doesn't make the end result any more enjoyable. [Apr 2008, p.102]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. John
    10
    varied... requires more than just a few listens to really appreciate.
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  2. LiamS.
    4
    if it wasn't obvious enough on Untilted that they'd run out of ideas it sure is now.
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  3. StevenH.
    3
    While suffering through this album's first 8 meandering and a-melodic noise, I had to ask myself....why am I doing this to myself? The answer was that I used to really like Autechre. The next question was...why did I used to like Autechre? The answers to that one were numerous...Tri Repetae, LP5, Innacabula, etc. The only question left is "what the hell happened?" Experimentation with sound is awesome...but to the the maximum return on these sounds, you have to make a song out of it. This album is almost completely devoid of anything resembling a song. I got into autechre because they pushed the envelope on what a song was, what a song could be....they stripped the melodies and rhythms down to their roots. Sadly on their last 2 albums, they've thrown both out the window entirely.… Expand
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