In the context of their releases, names of actual cities and dates of concerts - вЂњAE_LIVE_KREMS_020515,вЂќ вЂњAE_LIVE_DOUR_180715, вЂњAE_LIVE_KATOWICE_210815вЂќ - on the live collection read less like places and timestamps and more like the fragmented, coded syllables and numerals that have long served as placeholders for their ecstatically broken beats ( Envane and Cichlisuite, вЂњCharaciвЂќ and вЂњPen Expers,вЂќ вЂњPIOBmx19вЂќ and вЂњ777вЂќ).ДЄE_LIVE used its oversized scale to announce the arrival of a dedicated Autechre store,, which is really front end for WarpвЂ™s venture, and a window into Bleep Dispatch, a physical distribution organization. It often lacks reference points other than the duoвЂ™s own fervidly brittle catalog.

Only in contrast to AE_LIVE can elseq 1вЂівЂќ5 be seen to deserve its lowercase title treatment. This massive set, released back in May, follows on something larger still: last fallвЂ™s AE_LIVE, which consisted of nine hour-long performances. Its most recent release is five releases in one, elseq 1вЂівЂќ5: 21 tracks, roughly four hours of music, the individual parts ranging in length from about five minutes to just under thirty. However the deck seemed to have been stacked in the mid-1990s, itвЂ™s Warp Records - the label where Autechre has long maintained a home with Squarepusher and Aphex Twin, among others - thatвЂ™s still kicking.ДЄnd as the record industry strains to find a path forward, Autechre strains the definition of a recording.

The behemoth music retailers are gone, major record labels are struggling, and smaller labels face their own hurdles. This reaction had, perhaps, more to do with the venue, Tower Records, than with the music, but decades later the point is moot. Told their Chiastic Slide was due to be listed as the number one electronic album of the year in the magazine where IвЂ™d recently stopped being an editor, Tower RecordsвЂ™ Pulse!, the duoвЂ™s Sean Booth replied вЂњWhat? ThatвЂ™s fucking ridiculous.вЂќ Their music was then no less self-assured than it is now, but they were. ItвЂ™s coming up on 20 years since I interviewed Autechre, back in 1997 ( вЂњMore Songs About BuildingsвЂќ).

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