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?

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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. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Its layers upon layers of ideas and electronic noise require a level of repeat digestion far, far removed from the instant gratification and heart-on-sleeve emotions dominating the musical landscape. And that’s never a bad thing when done with the innate skill and passion for progression heard here.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  2. AndreD.
    10
    The first listen was meh at best, but immediately afterwards on the second listen it soon becomes apparent that this may be one of the greatest albums they've ever released. Absolutely amazing.… Expand
  3. AlexanderX
    8
    A fine trip album, akin to Aphex Twin's percussion-heavy ambient efforts but with fewer lush sound-fields to lie in. More mechanical than organic, more discordant than harmonious, the bemusing beats intermingle with synthesized blips, zaps, thunks, and bleats, and contort perplexing together to form atmospheric songs that, as a whole, are disconnected from one another rather than fluid. The album grows on you like a one-sided conversation with an odd, cryptic person who, nonetheless, is very fascinating.… Expand
  4. 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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