YMMV / Autechre

• Archive Panic: Autechre have been active since 1991, and have been releasing albums and EPs at a respectable rate. This trope kicks in with 2013's Exai, the band's first album to span two discs (and two hours.) Then followed a nine-hour live album and two studio albums, four and eight hours long, respectively.
• Awesome Music: Pretty much any of their songs may count, due to pushing the boundaries of what was considered music at the time, but there are some examples that stand out:
  • "Piezo" from Amber starts off as somewhat harsh, but ends with a lovely and rather emotional melody.
  • "Flutter" is often considered one of their better earlier works by fans, especially due to the structure of the song. ^note No two beats are repeated in a row, in response to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, which defined music at raves as a "succession of repetitive beats".
  • "Vletrmx21" is a soothing ambient piece that closes off the Garbage EP.
  • From Anvil Vapre, we have "Second Bad Vilbel" a dark, booming song filled with static and beeps, and "Second Scepe", a bouncy and fun tune that was so good, it was even used in Sleeping Dogs (2012)!
  • Tri Repetae contains a lot: "Clipper" with its uplifting synths, "Rotar" with its moody and strange feel, "Dael" with its pounding beats, and "Eutow" with its ethereal bassline.
  • Chiastic Slide has "Cipater", which is a rather fun way to start the album, especially due to the tempo change in the middle. On a more melodic note is "Cichli", which features calm and soothing melodies juxtaposed over crunchy beats.
  • LP5 features "Rae", which is one of Autechre's most emotional songs despite the heavy beats. And then there's the closer, "Drane2", which is as melodic and peaceful as an ending to an Autechre album can get.
  • EP7 has it fair share of good tunes, especially "Maphive 6.1", which starts out sounding like something from a Super Nintendo Entertainment System game. Then the bass strumming kicks in, which is when it starts to get really good.
  • While Confield split the fanbase due to its sound, it arguably features the most advanced sound of any Autechre album up to that point. As for individual songs, "Pen Expers" features some of the duo's most abrasive sounds, yet contains an incredibly uplifting melody throughout, not to mention how the song "evolves" as it goes on.
  • The Title Track of Gantz Graf is a heck of an accomplishment for the duo even with all the Sensory Abuse. It's made even better when Autechre themselves confirmed that the rhythmically complex song was made around EP7, meaning that it can date as far back as 1999!
  • Draft 7.30 has "Surripere", an 11-minute song that starts out wistful, before devolving into something darker and imposing.
  • From Untilted, there's a lot of tracks that can qualify, but special mention goes to "Sublimit", which can be considered as multiple songs in one due to the number of different sections.
  • "Altibzz" from Quaristice is so soothing and relaxing that it borders on Sweet Dreams Fuel.
• Broken Base: Confield. Despite going far beyond that album's sonic palette, it still manages to confound and alienate listeners. There's a sharp divide between pre- and post-Confield Autechre fans, with a small amount of overlap.
• First Installment Wins: Some fans look at Incunabula this way.
• Growing the Beard: Tri Repetae is considered by long-time fans (and the duo themselves) to be where they started to come into their own, leaving behind the ambient techno sound of their first two albums (which are nonetheless both highly regarded) and into the more experimental style of later works.
• Mainstream Obscurity: They're one of, if not the, most important names in the IDM/experimental electronic genre, and have been cited as a major influence by the likes of Björk, Radiohead, and SOPHIE, but unlike Aphex Twin and Boards of Canada, their records have yet to dent the charts and truly crossover from the underground.
• Memetic Mutation: A very minor example in comparison to many other Memetic Mutations; "Gantz Graf" has led to numerous videos where things are being synced to the song, such as a self-destructing washing machine.
• Nightmare Fuel: They have so much of it in their songs that they have a subpage here.
• Old Guard Versus New Blood: Pulled off successfully on LP5. Exai is also starting to look like this after being acclaimed by critics and fans alike.
• Signature Song:
  • "Gantz Graf" may qualify due to its iconic Surreal Music Video.
  • As for non-music video songs, "Nil" and "Dropp" have gotten the most views on YouTube, and "Bike" has the most plays on Spotify.
• Vindicated by History: Chiastic Slide, which upon its release was deemed underwhelming and a disappointment. These days, it's considered an underrated classic.

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