Sound Portraits #15: Autechre
Doors: 19:30 / Start time: 20:00
Sound Portraits is a series of listening sessions, curated by Doron Sadja, focusing on the work of iconic composers who have paved the way for contemporary electronic music. After a short introduction of each artist's life and work, we will listen to a selection of excerpts and complete works from the artist’s repertoire. Besides providing an opportunity to introduce these seminal artists to a new audience, the Sound Portraits series also offers an open forum to engage in group listening in a quiet atmosphere.
This session: Autechre
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Autechre
Few artists hold a place in the hearts of today’s producers like Autechre. The British duo was among the first wave of artists associated with Warp Records and have built a reputation by challenging the perceived possibilities of machine-made music. Their first experimental and emotional recordings seemed entirely new, as if beamed in straight from a newly-discovered corner of the universe where architecture is constructed of sound and colonies of machines have learned to feel. Today, Autechre’s members Rob Brown and Sean Booth are IDM demigods. Decades after their first release, they are still pursuing their own vision of avant garde electronica: cold, clanging, cerebral, merciless, and entrancing. Autechre will be performing live at Berlin’s Kraftwerk on November 19th, so we will be taking this opportunity to take an in depth look at their nearly 30 years of groundbreaking work.