Peel Session (Autechre EP)

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Peel Session
EP by
Released11 January 1999
Genre IDM
Length25:29
Label Warp
WAP112
Producer Autechre
Autechre chronology
LP5
(1998)
Peel Session
(1999)
EP7
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [2]

Peel Session is a release by electronic duo Autechre, released on vinyl and CD by Warp Records on 11 January 1999. It consists of material recorded for John Peel's Radio 1 sessions in late 1995. The session was first broadcast on 13 October 1995.

Contents

The sleeve is designed by Sheffield-based design agency The Designers Republic.

"Drane" was selected by Warp Records co-founder Steve Beckett as one of his 14 absolute favourite tracks from the Warp catalogue for the Warp20 (Chosen) compilation. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown

No.TitleLength
1."Milk DX"6:04
2."Inhake 2"8:36
3."Drane"10:49
Total length:25:29

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Peel Session – Autechre". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  2. Schreiber, Ryan. "Autechre: Peel Session". Pitchfork . Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. "Various – Warp20 (Chosen) (CD) at Discogs". Discogs .