re:mote voices

LP5 - Autechre - some recent discussion on a mailing list about the accesability, or otherwise, of the last few releases from autechre lead to some discussion among friends on the same topic. LP5 was brought up as being one album that was being particularly enjoyed by a friend, having been some time since i listened to it last it seemed like a good excuse to refresh myself on this album. so i picked LP5 out for listening to in the car, and it is good to hear some of those tracks again, there are some really striking tracks/sections on that album.

on this topic. i have to say that my feelings on confeld are that it is not impenetrable or densely complex, like some might suggest. personally i find it not very dense at all, and overall particularly turgid. confeld as an album is the only thing autechre have ever released which has disappointed me, i just don't find anything on it that is interesting. draft 7.30 on the other hand goes some way to redeeming autechre. in fact listening to LP5 again i got a sense of there being a strong relation to the sound between LP5 and 7.30, which would make sense if there hadn't been another album between the two.