It’s standard practice for Autechre to follow up an album with an EP. Sometimes, they’re standalone works. In other cases, they’re reinterpretations of the prior album’s material, such as Envane. Part of the challenge is finding the parallels.
L-event (“eleventh?”) appears to be a bit of both. “tac Lacora” sounds like a remix of “1 1 is,” if that track were to start out as warped electro before glitching into disarray then collapsing into wobbly-kneed dub. Structurally, it reminds me of the long versions of “Perlence.”
“M39 Diffain” might take some source material from “cloudline,” but it feels more like Confield’s magnificent “Parhelic Triangle.” The odd chatting melody at the 4-minute mark is a great touch.
“Osla for n” lopes along in 9/8 time for its first half. The brain spends a couple of minutes finding its pulse while very subtle tones work themselves forward from the background. In the second half, it switches to a rigid 4/4 beat that sounds a bit like something from a Frank Bretschneider record (that’s a compliment). Continued...