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Gantz Graf
[Warp/PIAS]
Times are changing, musical genres are passing, yet Autechre manages to keep up with a disconcerting ease. Intelligent techno yesterday, now electronica, they couldn't care less about genres and labels and continue to inspire others with their compositions. The mould nevertheless remains extremely easily recognizable. As the opening notes of Gantz Graft unfold, you immediately feel on home ground. These great electronic strategists once again leave all emotions aside to provide us with clicks, cuts and even a semblance of voices and melodies on titles such as Dial and Cap. IV. The main line sounds harder than on their last album, Confield, but despite a rhythm as destructured as ever, these 3 new tracks seem to display more accessible melodies. In between a disordered opening and a chaotic ending, melody settles in and draws in a listener so far rather used to enduring the rawer variations of these sound technicians. Cap. IV, in keeping with the second track, also sounds like a nice surprise with its astonishing evolution... Once again, Autechre's composition appear as exercises which rules are only mastered by the composers themselves, nevertheless commanding the listener's admiration.
The CD comes with a DVD including all of the record's videos, Gantz Gaft, a spectacular effort in which sound and image are in perfect adequacy, Second Bad Vibel by Chris Cunninghamn, using a rather different method for a result quite as impressive, and Bass Cadet, which dates back to 1994 and has not aged well.
Christophe Labussière |
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