Re: new Autechre interview

Thanks, i certainly will !

On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 7:58 AM Aleksas Tunikas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Check out KLF book Chaos, Magic, Money. You'll like it.
> Laurent Knauth <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > I find it's a warm interview overall.
> >
> > Above all, I retain humility and open mindedness, like when one says
> "We’re all in the same boat, aren’t we. We’re all trying to make a
> > living." They give more of an impression of empathy than that of two
> cloistered nerds. That already struck me last week while watching a
> > replay of an interview with Simon Angel for Party Zone, to whom they
> replied that "our music is no more complex than garage, but it just
> > doesn't have a formula". However, in their own words, at some point they
> had to face up to some form of "formula" eventually.
> > Personally, I have nothing against formulas : as a Depeche Mode fan, I
> think they should never have abandoned theirs, but that's
> > another story... and it's understood that with Autechre, "accident" is
> not an empty word. To finish on the subject of humility, I recently
> > saw an interview with Dubfire and, to my great surprise and despite the
> fact that they play on a very different terrain, I was also
> > surprised by the modesty, not to say doubt, that seemed to inhabit
> him... Deep Dish's communications wouldn't let this appear.
> >
> > I also liked the paragraph about the cryptic aspect of the Frankie Goes
> to Hollywood and Art of Noise sleeve designs. I'll have a look at
> > them, as don't know these covers : I've never liked their music (except
> "Moments in love"). On the other hand, KLF's crazy videos and
> > White Room cover have long intrigued me : "Trancentral", "Mixed live at
> the SSL", "Why sheep ?" — there was no internet back then, so i
> > kept wondering "what do they mean ?" Of course, I could also mention
> Depeche Mode's "Strange" VHS, which I watched over and over
> > again and never recovered from. Anyway, my point is that the duo seems
> to have had a branding session with the Designers Republic
> > maybe, to come up with the unforgettable and splendid covers they're
> known for... or maybe not.
> >
> > They're playing in Paris next April... so I've booked my place
> (Autechre, i mean, not Depeche Mode).
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 9:33 AM Aleksas Tunikas <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >  Best when he said they didn't like to perform at Tresor!
> >  Connor Higgins <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> >  > So many good parts but this bit from Sean is probably my favorite:
> >  >
> >  > Sean: It’s funny that you mentioned Tim Morton. I’m really into
> nature. Well, everyone is on a fundamental level, but I feel like I
> >  understand the things
> >  > about nature that I like. That you can walk through a forest, and you
> can’t possibly take it all in, it’s not about that. It’s not the way
> >  you’re supposed to
> >  > engage with a forest at all. You walk through and you have your own
> journey through the space, and you maybe stop, probably
> >  more than once, and
> >  > you might look at things or smell things or just feel what it’s like
> there and the way that the air moves there. There’s so much there
> >  to experience that it
> >  > can be quite overwhelming, especially for someone like me.
> >  > I know I always mention Lynch and I am a huge Lynch fan. It’s just an
> easy reference point to communicate this. It’s very difficult to
> >  understand a Lynch
> >  > film, but you can watch it and feel that you understood it. It might
> be very difficult to put into words later what the meaning of it
> >  is, but you feel on some
> >  > level that you understand it.
> >  > I feel the same with Tarkovsky as well, I feel the same watching
> Stalker [1979 film by Tarkovsky], that there’s just so much in
> >  Stalker, and yet there’s so
> >  > little. You couldn’t write down all the things that are happening. I
> mean, it just wouldn’t make any sense to do that. And there’s
> >  always going to be more
> >  > there than you’re able to take in in one sitting.
> >  > Ambiguity is one of these things that I’m really drawn to in all
> kinds of art. Where I don’t really feel like a need to have one specific
> >  explanation that kind
> >  > of narrows it down to a sentence. I feel like if you can describe a
> piece of work that way then the work’s probably not got much for
> >  me.
> >  > I feel like music actually can’t be described in that way either. I
> think this is a thing for most music, not just what we’re doing.
> >  There’s a kind of denial
> >  > around the idea of what music is and how it functions, right? I’m
> quite happy putting out loads and loads of music, where you’re
> >  not really sure what’s
> >  > happening. I don’t think you need to take everything in in order to
> have a good experience with the thing. It’s a bit like driving a
> >  car, nobody sees
> >  > everything that they’re driving past, or like just riding a bike
> somewhere or going on a downhill or something, in those experiences
> >  there’s just way too
> >  > much information for you to consciously process, but you’re still
> experiencing it even though it isn’t really possible to understand it
> >  in totality.
> >  >
> >  > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 8:17 AM Chris Taylor <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >  >
> >  >  no mention here yet!
> >  >
> >  >
> https://nialler9.com/autechre-conversation-about-music-art-funk-and-emotion-interview/
> >  >
> >  >  Great stuff as per usual
> >
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> >  Aleksas Tunikas
> >  http://www.schopenhauer.fm
>
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