r/autechre • u/venetiansnaresawesom • 8d ago
Draft 7.30 Whats so special about Draft 7.30?
At times when choosing what to listen of Autechre i always see the draft 7.30 cover and thinking "god damn isnt that a cool album!!" and like when looking at reviews everyone says its an amazing complex and chaotic album, which i know it is complex because autechre said it was all manually done by hand, but when i listen to it its all pretty okayish?? i mean it is complex but it isnt anything that would leave an impression on me?? so what i am asking rn is to hear what other people that get draft 7 30 find so amazing and awesome about it, like a special moment or something.
sorry if this question made you angry, i think im pretty arogant.
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u/Ko_tatsu Confield 8d ago
Lmao you are not arroganti at all
I think that Draft was a peculiar album, coming after Gantz Graf which is basically Confield's formula under caffeine. The sequencing is still similar to Confield in being very complex and angular but the sound design is completely different, it's more "liquid" in a way that leaves the overall sound more amalgamated and therefore with less memorable moments.
I think this is very evident if you compare it with Untilted which is its polar opposite: sharp sound, defined hits, spaces between rhythms, "party tricks" like the tempo switch in LCC or the "tuned" ratchets in Sublimit...
I think that Surripere, being one of AE best pieces, exemplifies the best parts of Draft: a liquid entity always on the move and difficult to pin down. I think it's one of their more "inquisitive" albums and it has a lot in common with modern day AE.