Oversteps
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| Studio album by Autechre | ||||
| Released | 22 February 2010 (download) 22 March 2010 (CD/LP) |
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| Recorded | 2008-2010 | |||
| Genre | Ambient, IDM, Electronic, Minimal Techno | |||
| Length | 71:16 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Rob Brown and Sean Booth | |||
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Oversteps is Autechre's tenth album, released on Warp Records. The album was made available for official download on bleep.com and the Japanese iTunes store on 22 February 2010; the CD and deluxe vinyl editions were released on 22 March 2010. Reaching #124, it was their highest charting album in the UK since Tri Repetae (1995).
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
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| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "r ess" | 5:13 | |||||||
| 2. | "ilanders" | 5:32 | |||||||
| 3. | "known(1)" | 4:43 | |||||||
| 4. | "pt2ph8" | 4:10 | |||||||
| 5. | "qplay" | 4:39 | |||||||
| 6. | "see on see" | 4:37 | |||||||
| 7. | "Treale" | 6:05 | |||||||
| 8. | "os veix3" | 4:38 | |||||||
| 9. | "O=0" | 4:53 | |||||||
| 10. | "d-sho qub" | 6:26 | |||||||
| 11. | "st epreo" | 4:08 | |||||||
| 12. | "redfall" | 3:49 | |||||||
| 13. | "krYlon" | 6:09 | |||||||
| 14. | "Yuop" | 6:22 | |||||||
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Total length:
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71:16 | ||||||||
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| 15. | "Xektses sql" | 3:01 | |||||||
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Total length:
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74:17 | ||||||||
[edit] Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| BBC Music | (very positive)[2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (9/10)[3] |
| NME | (8/10)[4] |
| The Observer | (positive)[5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.2/10)[6] |
| The Skinny | [7] |
| The Times | [8] |
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Overall critical reception was generally positive. Many critics[examples needed] called Oversteps a "return to form" and compared it with early ambient albums like Amber, while also stating that it goes in a new direction, not returning to an old one. Connections are often drawn to Quaristice, but are also said to be experimenting more on the ambient side, with Allmusic concluding that "Autechre finds the beauty in technical rigor".[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Bush, John. "Review: Oversteps". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1722816. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ "BBC Music review". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/wpq4.
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review". http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15200/reviews/4139391.
- ^ "NME review". http://www.nme.com/reviews/autechre--2/11141.
- ^ Grundy, Gareth (21 March 2010). "The Observer review". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/21/autechre-oversteps-warp-gareth-grundy.
- ^ "Pitchfork review". http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14051-oversteps/.
- ^ "The Skinny review". http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/98648-autechre---oversteps.
- ^ Clay, Joe (20 March 2010). "The Times review". London. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article7064294.ece.
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