Chiastic Slide
Chiastic Slide is the fourth studio album by the British electronic music group Autechre, released 24 February 1997 by Warp Records. Though not initially met with the same critical acclaim as Tri Repetae or LP5, Chiastic Slide was eventually recognized by critics as an innovative and "enormously influential" album.[2]
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| Released | 24 February 1997[1] | |||
| Genre | IDM | |||
| Length | 69:48 | |||
| Label | Warp Records WARP49 | |||
| Producer | Autechre | |||
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Release
Chiastic Slide was released on 24 February 1997.[1] It did not receive a release in the United States until Warp Records began distributing its own releases there in 2001. Autechre referenced the fourth track, "Cichli", in the name of their subsequent EP Cichlisuite (1997). The sleeve was designed by Sheffield-based design agency The Designers Republic.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
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Allmusic critic John Bush panned Chiastic Slide as being an underwhelming follow-up to 1995's Tri Repetae, saying it was too repetitive and lacked ideas.[1] Tim Barr in Techno: the Rough Guide called Chiastic Slide "The aural equivalent of being at the bottom of the sea."[4] He went on to say the album was "Dark, claustrophobic... yet full of strange beauty".[4]
A 2017 FACT Magazine retrospective described Chiastic Slide as "an enduring classic" that marks "the axis point around which all of Autechre's work revolves," representing a "break from contemporaneous orthodoxy" in electronic music and sound composition.[2] In an interview with Popular 1 Magazine, guitarist Kavus Torabi of Cardiacs named Chiastic Slid as one of his favourite albums.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cipater" | 8:56 |
| 2. | "Rettic AC" | 2:08 |
| 3. | "Tewe" | 6:56 |
| 4. | "Cichli" | 8:52 |
| 5. | "Hub" | 7:35 |
| 6. | "Calbruc" | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Recury" | 9:44 |
| 8. | "Pule" | 8:33 |
| 9. | "Nuane" | 13:13 |
| Total length: | 69:48 | |
Misc Info
The song "Tewe" was featured as the opening song for Adio's One Step Beyond skate video, released in 2002.
External links
- Chiastic Slide at the official Warp website.
References
- Bush, John. "Chiastic Slide Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- Zaldua, Chris (26 February 2017). "Autechre's Chiastic Slide is 20 years old and still sounds like the future". FACT Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- "Autechre Chiastic Slide". Themilkfactory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
- Barr, Tim (2000). Techno: the Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 27.
- Diaz, Alberto (10 January 2005). "Interview: Tim Smith and Kavus Torabi". Popular 1 Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2020.