Draft 7.30

Draft 7.30 is the seventh album by English electronic music duo Autechre, released on 7 April 2003 by Warp Records.

Draft 7.30
Studio album by Autechre
Released	7 April 2003
Genre	IDM, experimental
Length	62:46
Label	Warp
Producer	Autechre
Autechre chronology
Gantz Graf (2002) Draft 7.30 (2003) Untilted (2005)

Around the time of the album's release, Sean Booth stated in an interview that "[rhythm] doesn't seem to limit us in the way it did when we first started".[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Stylus Magazine	B[4]
Pitchfork Media	6.2/10[5]
Q	[6]
Uncut	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
No Ripcord	[9]

The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Dominique Leone of Pitchfork Media said the album "doesn't break much new ground", but also thought that "Booth and Brown return to more straightforward grounds, even if they don't quite reach their mid-90s peak as melodic technicians".[5] Pascal Wyse of The Guardian said, "Buried in this splintered, maths-driven world, down there with the metal insects, are shards of musical convention that keep a humanity alive", adding that the music "becomes quite a beautiful picture of the chaos of your brain".[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Xylin Room"	6:09
2.	"IV VV IV VV VIII"	4:50
3.	"6IE.CR"	5:38
4.	"Tapr"	3:14
5.	"Surripere"	11:23
6.	"Theme of Sudden Roundabout"	4:51
7.	"VL AL 5"	4:56
8.	"P.:NTIL"	7:07
9.	"V-Proc"	6:00
10.	"Reniform Puls"	8:38
Total length:		62:46

References

1. Laurence Phelan (6 April 2003). "The bleeping noise in your head? That'll be Autechre..." The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
2. "Draft 7.30 - Autechre". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
3. Bush, John. "Draft 7.30 Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
4. Heumann, Michael (1 September 2003). "Autechre: Draft 7.30". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
5. Leone, Dominique (23 April 2003). "Draft 7.30". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
6. As complex and remarkable as everything that preceded it. [Jun 2003, p.92]
7. By the time we reach "Surripere" we could be listening to a toughened-up Aphex Twin, poignant harmonies battling against oblique but splintering beats. [May 2003, p.92]
8. Wyse, Pascal (3 April 2003). "Autechre: Draft 7.30". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
9. "Autechre: Draft 7.30 - Music Review". No Ripcord. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

External links

• Draft 7.30 at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).