Autechre 
Formed  1991 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 
Years Active   
Group Members  Rob Brown  Sean Booth 
Genres  Electronica 
Styles  IDM, Experimental Techno, Electronica, Electro-Techno, Ambient Techno 
Tones  Somber, Intense, Ominous, Complex, Wintry, Trippy, Hypnotic, Detached, Clinical, Visceral, Cerebral, Nocturnal, Brooding, Bleak 
Labels  Warp (16), Nothing/Warp (2) 
  
                         
        Like  the Orb, Aphex Twin, and µ-Ziq, Autechre are about as close to being techno
  superstars  as  the tenets of the genre and the limitations of its audience will allow.
  Through a series of full-length works and a smattering of EPs on Warp, Clear, and their
  own  Skam  label,  the  group have consistently garnered the praise of press and public
  alike.  Unlike many of their more club-bound colleagues, however, Autechre's Sean Booth
  and  Rob  Brown  have  roots  planted  firmly  in American electro, and though the more
  mood-based, sharply digital texture of their update may seem to speak otherwise, it was
  through  early  twelves  like  Egyptian  Lover's  "Egypt,  Egypt,"  Grandmaster Flash's
  "Scorpio," and "Pretty" Tony Butler's "Get Some" that their combined aesthetic began to
  form.  Booth  and  Brown  met  through  a mutual friend, trading junked-up pause-button
  mixtapes of their favorite singles back and forth. Happening onto some bargain-basement
  analog gear through questionable circumstances, the pair began experimenting with their
  own music before they were out of high school. After some disastrous experiences with a
  few  small  labels,  the  pair sent a tape off to Warp Records, whose early releases by
  Sweet  Exorcist,  Nightmares  on  Wax,  and B12 were announcing a new age in U.K.-based
  techno  (and one that Autechre would become a key component in). Releasing a handful of
  early  singles  through the label, Autechre's first stabs were collected on their debut
  full-length, Incunabula, as well as the ten-inch box-set remix EP Basscadet. Subsequent
  albums  would  reach a wider audience through stateside reissue, first on Wax Trax!/TVT
  and  later  on  Nothing,  the  label managed by Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. Although
  stylistically rooted, affectations for the ponderous extend beyond their name and track
  titles  ("C/Pach,"  "Bronchusevenmx24")  with the basic premise of their approach being
  music without a whole lot of stylistic baggage.

        In  addition  to  Autechre,  Booth  and Brown have released material as Gescom on
  their own Skam imprint and through the Clear label, most notably The Sounds of Machines
  Our  Parents  Used EP on the latter. The group have also provided a number of memorable
  remixes (often times more memorable than their original material) for artists including
  Palmskin  Productions,  Slowly,  Mike  Ink,  DJ  Food,  Scorn,  Skinny Puppy, Tortoise,
  Phoenecia, and Various Artists. [See Also: Gescom] — Sean Cooper


 Similar Artists: Aphex
  Twin The Black Dog Plaid The Orb B12 Seefeel Plastikman Boards of Canada Pan sonic Oval
  Mouse  on Mars Push Button Objects Funkstörung Speedy J Mike Dred Phoenecia Soul Oddity
  808 State F.X. Randomiz Two Lone Swordsmen Cybernet Systems 

Roots and Influences: Mantronix  The Egyptian Lover  Psychic TV  Brian Eno  Freestyle 
Followers: Freeform  the notwist  Funkstörung  Jeswa  Bannlust  Isan  Fingernail 
 Datach'i  Frank Bretschneider  Accelera Deck  Auch  Tomas Jirku  Tadd Mullinix 
Performed Songs By: Sean Booth  Rob Brown  Tortoise 
  
 Experimental Techno - from: "Techno" map 
 Electro-Techno - from: "Techno" map 
 Ambient/Intelligent Techno - from: "Techno" map 
 
Albums      
 
 1993 Incunabula Wax Trax! 
 1994 Amber Warp 
 1995 Tri Repetae++ Warp 
 1997 Chiastic Slide Warp 
 1998 LP5 Nothing/Warp 
 2001 Confield Warp 
 
EPs
 
 1993 Basscadet [EP] Warp   
 1994 Anti- [EP] Warp   
 1995 Garbage [EP] Warp   
 1995 Anvil Vapre [EP] Warp   
 1996 Keynell Warp s 
 1997 Envane Warp s 
 1997 Cichli Suite [EP] Warp   
 1998 Whatever Skam s 
 1999 Peel Session Warp s 
 1999 EP 7.1 Warp s 
 1999 EP 7.2 Warp s 
 1999 EP7 [EP] Nothing/Warp   
 1999 Warp10+3 Remixes Warp s 
 2000 EP7 [Import Bonus Tracks] [EP] Import   
 2000 Peel Session 2 Warp s 

Appears on:
 
Cylob  Previously Unavailable on Compact... (1998) Remixing  
DJ Food  Refried Food, Vols. 1-6 (1997) Production Coordination, Remixing  
East Flatbush Project  Tried By 12 [Chocolate Industries] (1998) Remixing  
East Flatbush Project  Tried By 12 [Ninja Tune] (1998) Remixing  
Gescom  Keynell (1998) Remixing  
Mike Ink  Polka Trax EP (1996) Remixing  
Skinny Puppy  Remix Dys Temper (1998) Producer, Remixing  
Softballetforms  Remixes for Ordinary People (1996) Remixing  
Tortoise/Autechre  Adverse Chamber/To Day Retreival (1998) Remixing  
Various Artists  8, 8.5, 9 Remixes (1999) Producer, Remixing  
Various Artists  Earthrise Ninja, Vol. 2 (1996) Producer, Remixing