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Small Days
Fault
By My Own Admission
This is Untitled
Obligatory Interlude Pt1
All Unwired and Behind You
Nothing but Pillow Teeth
Miags (featuring It-Clings and Pneumatic Detach)
Dead Sea Tears
We All Have a Window
By My Own Admission (Ritual Mix by Unter Null)
Small Days (Minute by Minute Mix by Stendeck)
Fault (Detrimental Mix by Detritus)
Small Days (Big Nights Mix by Displacer)
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Autoclav1.1
Visitor Attractions
Crunch Pod
Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
By: Ilker Yücel
Editor
By: Ilker Yücel
Editor
Autoclav1.1's sophomore album presents a melodic tapestry of soothing atmospheres coupled with complex arrangements of beats and electronics, more in the vein of early '90s IDM.
The second album is almost always a strange affair for any band or artist, one filled with high hopes and great expectations set by the first album. But Autoclav1.1's Visitor Attractions is far from a sophomore slump as Tony Young releases a full range of electronic mastery coupled with emotional atmospheres. Having been a member of Unter Null's live lineup for sometime, it's interesting to listen to Visitor Attractions and hear not a violent array of distorted vocals and pounding beats, but rather a no-less-intense combination of soothing ambient textures and complex beat structures more in the vein of Autechre's work in the early '90s, circa Incunabula.
Each track seamlessly merges into the next, giving a distinct sense of fluidity and unity, as if each track were but a movement in an extended electronic symphony. "Small Days" opens things with rising waves of almost mournful ambience, driven by the subtle beat of pops and glitches that leads into the lush coda of "Fault." Loops of chiming synths and light reverberating piano lines abound on tracks like "By My Own Admission" and "We All Have a Window," grounding the music with a sense of melody amidst the sonic flights of fancy. The beats are expertly constructed as any good IDM track, possessing an almost tribal quality like in "Obligatory Interlude Pt1," complementing the swells of dreamy synths quite nicely. The album is not without its noisier moments, like in the frenetic breakbeat attacks of "This is Untitled" and especially "Miags," which features Pneumatic Detach and It-Clings in a rather (admittedly) misanthropic rant.
Also included on Visitor Attractions are several remixes, with Unter Null's remix of "By My Own Admission" being of particular note for its danceable energy, while still retaining the melodic ambience of the original version. Displacer's remix of "Small Days" is also notable for its complete rearrangement of the track, starting with a field of warm pads to bring us into the familiar progression of the original. Visitor Attractions certainly makes for some good listening, bridging elements of IDM, ambient, and breakbeat in a manner that may not be completely unheard of, but is executed rather brilliantly. The melodies work their way into the listener's psyche, guiding them through a labyrinth of audio reveries that will have you keeping the album on repeat for a good while.
Each track seamlessly merges into the next, giving a distinct sense of fluidity and unity, as if each track were but a movement in an extended electronic symphony. "Small Days" opens things with rising waves of almost mournful ambience, driven by the subtle beat of pops and glitches that leads into the lush coda of "Fault." Loops of chiming synths and light reverberating piano lines abound on tracks like "By My Own Admission" and "We All Have a Window," grounding the music with a sense of melody amidst the sonic flights of fancy. The beats are expertly constructed as any good IDM track, possessing an almost tribal quality like in "Obligatory Interlude Pt1," complementing the swells of dreamy synths quite nicely. The album is not without its noisier moments, like in the frenetic breakbeat attacks of "This is Untitled" and especially "Miags," which features Pneumatic Detach and It-Clings in a rather (admittedly) misanthropic rant.
Also included on Visitor Attractions are several remixes, with Unter Null's remix of "By My Own Admission" being of particular note for its danceable energy, while still retaining the melodic ambience of the original version. Displacer's remix of "Small Days" is also notable for its complete rearrangement of the track, starting with a field of warm pads to bring us into the familiar progression of the original. Visitor Attractions certainly makes for some good listening, bridging elements of IDM, ambient, and breakbeat in a manner that may not be completely unheard of, but is executed rather brilliantly. The melodies work their way into the listener's psyche, guiding them through a labyrinth of audio reveries that will have you keeping the album on repeat for a good while.
