Amber (album)
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1994 |
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| Label (s) | Warp Records | |||
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Electronica , IDM , Ambient |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
74:27 |
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| occupation | Rob Brown, Sean Booth | |||
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Rob Brown, Sean Booth |
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Amber (English: Bernstein ) is the second album by the British IDM music group Autechre . The album was released on November 7, 1994 on the Sheffielder record label Warp Records with catalog number WARP CD25. Amber is considered a milestone in the IDM genre.
History of origin
Autechre's first album Incunabula on Warp was more of a compilation of older, already produced pieces. With Amber, their first album was created from pieces of music recorded independently for this purpose.
Compared to Autechre's later albums, Amber is much more harmonious and calm.
Track list
- Foil - 6:04
- Montreal - 7:15
- Silverside - 5:31
- Slip - 6:21
- Glitch - 6:15
- Piezo - 8:00
- Nine - 3:40
- Further - 10:07
- Yulquen - 6:37
- Nile - 7:48
- Teartear - 6:45
reception
The album received mostly good reviews.
The critic of the music magazine Intro Autechre noted on Amber “sounds that convey the impression of weightlessness.” In particular, he emphasized the constantly stacking and shifting rhythms and sounds. Some of the best pieces in this area were Nine and Silverside .
The British Select magazine also gave it a high rating of four out of five stars. The album sounds like an alien jazz record ("... alien jazz record ..."). Pieces like Foil made even the abstract sounds of the Aphex Twin or µ-ziq sound almost conventional. ("... make even Aphex or µ-ziq's abstract tones seem almost conventional ..."). In spite of everything, the album is not an aimless experiment ("... goalless experimentation ..."), but contains numerous melodies ("... plenty of melody ...").
Riley Reinhold's rating in the scene magazine Frontpage was rather average :
“Melancholy and romantic ideas ... The excess of clichéd string sounds and the lack of direction of the record let them appear in a light that moves one step further into the structureless independent corner. Seldom is a piece surprising here. "
The album received the high rating of four and a half out of five stars on the music website Allmusic . The all music critic Ned Raggett judged in retrospect that Amber was no better or worse than its predecessor Incunabula . The big step that the album marks in the development of Autechre is only understandable in retrospect ("... the great leap forward becomes all the more logical in retrospect.").
Cover
The cover design, like that of the previous album Incunabula, comes from the Sheffield design office The Designers Republic . According to popular belief, the cover photo shows a mountain formation from Cappadocia in Anatolia . All lettering is shown in silver letters.
In the liner notes there is the note Teartear is for Gerrard O'Hara.
Web links
- Amber at Discogs
- Amber at Autechre FAQ (English)
- Our record of the day: Autechre - Amber at de-bug.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Autechre: Directly and immediately at the stop in De: Bug 120, March 25, 2008
- ↑ a b Record review: Autechre - Amber ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at intro.de, accessed on August 24, 2010
- ↑ a b Review: Autechre - Amber at songtwo.demon.co.uk, accessed August 24, 2010
- ↑ Frontpage 95-01 - UK Reviews at de-bug.de, accessed on August 24, 2010
- ↑ a b c Review: Autechre - Amber at allmusic.com, accessed on August 24, 2010
- ↑ a b Autechre - Amber: Images at discogs.com, accessed August 24, 2010
