Autechre - Exai
Critic Score
Based on 24 reviews
2013 Ratings: #170 / 1115
User Score
Based on 237 ratings
2013 Rank: #54
Liked by 39 people
February 7, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Warp / Label
IDM, Glitch, Electronic / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
musicOMH

Autechre have always been at the forefront of electronic music and Exai reinforces this, offering an invigorating, thrillingly cerebral ride in the process.

90
PopMatters

Unlike their earlier work Exai is not a stylistic paradigm shift, feeling at once familiar, contemporary and futuristic, and allowing their sound to shift and expand on foundations built twenty years prior.

90
The 405

This album is truly epic, both in length and scope, best experienced as a whole. It's also a great place to start for any who may have been intimidate by Autechre in the past. 

84
Beats Per Minute

Autechre have never been minimalists, and they prove that here with such confidence that the industrial death it posits becomes an inevitability

80
The Needle Drop

Autechre may be coming from the same cold, analytical place they usually do, but Exai shows that their skills for crafting sound are stronger than ever.

UltimateLifeFrm
90

Thanks to @waffles for the recommendation, as well as listening to this album with me!

Autechre's style and ability to go into darker territory with each album never ceases to amaze me. Every approach they take gets more & more bizarre whilst their ingenuity remains very clever in both concept and execution.

Exai is of course no exception to that ruling in this case, since we get a whopping 2 hours of nicely crafted IDM / glitch that honestly manages to be among the duo's most consistent ... read more

surlace
75

"Yes, hello! I was wondering if you could play that song again."
"Hmmmm... which one man?"
"The one that goes BEEP BAP RRRRRRRRRRRRR REET REET DUT DUT DUT DUT DUT"
"Nah man you're thinking of BAH BAH BAAAAHHHH RRRRRRATAT TAT RRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT"

Bjartolini
95

my brain is leaking out of a hole in the back of my head

Mrlucy
86

If you can get thru the 2 hours, you will experience some great noises, such as your brain being pushed into a Pringles can.

KayTeeZee
100

as time has gone on, ive sort of come to terms with the fact that Autechre's "Exai" is probably my favorite album of all time. even through all of the music that came out during the sort of IDM renaissance of the early to mid 2010s, Exai still finds a way to be the most consistent, polarizing, influential and impressive album to come from that era. It's an album that perfectly encapsulates the wide range of music that Rob Brown and Sean Booth have experimented with and proven that ... read more

UltimateLifeFrm
90

Thanks to @waffles for the recommendation, as well as listening to this album with me!

Autechre's style and ability to go into darker territory with each album never ceases to amaze me. Every approach they take gets more & more bizarre whilst their ingenuity remains very clever in both concept and execution.

Exai is of course no exception to that ruling in this case, since we get a whopping 2 hours of nicely crafted IDM / glitch that honestly manages to be among the duo's most consistent ... read more

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Track List

1Fleure
4:51
96
2irlite (get 0)
10:01
96
3prac-f
4:19
86
4jatevee C
4:14
89
5T ess xi
6:43
90
6vekoS
6:41
85
7Flep
6:42
87
8tuinorizn
3:40
81
9bladelores
12:19
98
101 1 is
7:17
93
11nodezsh
8:40
84
12runrepik
4:35
84
13spl9
7:06
90
14cloudline
10:12
90
15deco Loc
5:27
83
16recks on
9:21
91
17YJY UX
8:24
92
Total Length: 2 hours

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Added on: February 7, 2013