Oversteps

After more than two decades of recording together as Autechre, Sean Booth and Rob Brown can still create the aural equivalent of whiplash if they want to, or showcase a deep knowledge of dance music. The production duo's energetic 12-hour online radio broadcast from earlier this month-- joyfully tweeted about and linked to by fans-- was a massive, almost exhausting display of influences and favorites. Floating between Coil and Lord Quas, the mix inspired some one to crowdsource the track list on Google Docs.

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Autechre are an endlessly evolving outfit. Since their 1987 inception, as pioneers of what came to be known as IDM or "intelligent dance music", Rob Brown and Sean Booth have launched a torrent of challenging music, keeping their fans and followers guessing from one release to the next. Where will Rochdale's mysterious duo take us next?

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