We R Are Why

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"We R Are Why"
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Single by Autechre
B-side "Are Y Are We?"
Released14 April 1996
Genre Ambient techno
Length14:43
Label Warp Records
WAP72
Producer(s) Autechre
Autechre singles chronology
"Tri Repetae"
(1995)
"We R Are Why"
(1996)
"Envane"
(1997)

"We R Are Why" is an Autechre 12-inch single released by mail-order and available at some concerts, by Warp Records in 1996. It was written and produced by Rob Brown and Sean Booth.

Contents

Sean Booth:
"we r are why were the first two tracks we did on the ry30
they're both entirely done in the ry30 – with a bit of fx on the diff channels maybe, can't rem" [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown.

No.TitleLength
1."We R Are Why"8:35
2."Are Y Are We?"6:08
Total length:14:43

There is intentionally no speed listed on the release. In an "AAA (Ask Autechre Anything)" on the site WATMM, Sean Booth stated "our original intention [was] to not write it on the record". [2] The durations above were measured when the vinyl was played at 45 rpm. [3]

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References

  1. Booth, Sean. "AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM! – Page 9" . Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. Booth, Sean. "AAA - Ask Autechre Anything - Sean and Rob on WATMM! – Page 71" . Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. "Autechre – We R Are Why. Are Y Are We? (Vinyl) at Discogs" . Retrieved 7 November 2013.

"We R Are Why / Are Y Are We?" at Discogs