Untilted

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Untilted
Autechre untilted cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 April 2005
Genre Electronic, IDM, glitch, experimental
Length69:50
Label Warp
WARP180
Producer Autechre
Autechre chronology
Draft 7.30
(2003)
Untilted
(2005)
Quaristice
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [6]
PopMatters 8/10 [7]
Stylus B− [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Untilted is the eighth studio album by the British IDM duo Autechre. The record was released 18 April 2005 in Europe and 19 April 2005 in North America by Warp Records, while Beat Records released it in Japan on 9 April 2005. The album charted at #199 in the UK. The cover art for the album was created by Alex Rutterford. [12] [13]

Contents

The album was recorded over nine months, with Sean Booth noting in an interview that it had more of a "social vibe," stating: "We did a lot of the tracks for this album during the day, in the afternoon. We usually work late at night." A phony version of the album was leaked on file-sharing networks simultaneously with the actual album's promotional leak. It became so widespread that Booth commented in an interview: "The more fakes the merrier, we’ve released fakes ourselves, but not this time." [14]

Critical reception

Untilted received generally positive reviews from critics. John Burgess of The Guardian stated it was most likely to "alienate all but their most ardent fans," saying that "fractured, seemingly random beats are [its] cornerstones, with precious melodies hidden under many layers of noise." John Bush of AllMusic criticised the album's lack of innovation, but noted that Autechre had "[returned] to the green fields of their youth after a few years sowing their wild oats." Scott McKeating of Stylus Magazine praised the composition of the tracks, remarking that "there is flesh, bone, and brain beneath the near industrial barrage of beats." Andy Gill of The Independent gave a more negative review, calling the album "just a clutter of clicks and bleeps, the electronic equivalent of Tourette's."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown

No.TitleLength
1."LCC"7:46
2."Ipacial Section"9:57
3."Pro Radii"8:42
4."Augmatic Disport"9:27
5."Iera"4:55
6."Fermium"5:45
7."The Trees"7:26
8."Sublimit"15:52
9."Zurich 2001" (Japanese bonus track)1:52
Total length:71:42

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