Vinyl LP pressing includes digital download and housed in a gatefold
sleeve. Incunabula, the debut full-length offering from Autechre finally
made available again on vinyl, having been out of print on vinyl since
2001. Having first emerged onto a post-acid house 1993, Incunabula was
released as part 7 of the now legendary Artificial Intelligence series
of albums and compilations from Warp. A series that gave us early
records from artists who went on to sculpt the electronic landscape both
in and out of the club. Being lined up against such contemporaries as
Black Dog Productions (Balil and Plaid) Aphex under his Polygon Window
guise, Richie Hawtin's FUSE project, Speedy J, B12 & on the series'
closing compilation, artists as diverse as Seefeel, Richard H Kirk &
The Higher Intelligence Agency. Incunabula set the tone for the
following landmark albums from Ae, huge caustic dissections of sound
that almost resemble vast mathematical equations more than they do club
fodder (though tracks like the breakbeat whip crack of Doctrine and the
acidic euphoria of Maetl, which when deployed by the right DJ will go
off). For those just arriving at the edge of Ae's world and are looking
for an entry point into the sprawling discography of the group, or those
of you looking to delve into the pre-MaxMSP archives, this is the
record for you. There is not much we can say that has not been said
before, but this truly is a landmark album of UK electronica, a
legendary recording that still even after twenty-six years still sounds
like a future we are yet to arrive at. Included with this release is a
download of an original Autechre live set, previously only available in
the Autechre webstore, with artwork by long time creative collaborators
The Designers Republic.
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