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Elseq 1-5 Image
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The 12th album from the electronic duo is in five-parts and over four hours long.
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  1. Aug 3, 2016
    82
    Four hours of dense, bewildering and occasionally fun electronic music, elseq 1-5 is a logical next step into the unknown for two pioneers.
  2. Uncut
    Aug 5, 2016
    80
    There's plenty of uncommon beauty in these four hours of stalagmite electronica. [Sep 2016, p.69]
  3. Aug 3, 2016
    76
    elseq may well be the most ambitious thing Autechre have ever released.
  4. Aug 3, 2016
    70
    Elseq feels like an advancement of the duo’s recent live sets, offering a similar ratio of rhythm to noise and order to chaos, but a richer palette of sounds.
  5. Aug 3, 2016
    70
    Those new to Autechre might be best off starting with their earlier material, and working their way up to this gradually--or else diving in headfirst here and preparing for a long, strange trip.
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