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product_id: 14283914
title: "Oversteps"
brand: "autechre"
price: "€ 115.47"
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# Oversteps

**Brand:** autechre
**Price:** € 115.47
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- **What is this?** Oversteps by autechre
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## Description

There are few artists operating in contemporary music whose work could be accurately described as "pioneering." Though they'd doubtless balk at the term, Sheffield-via-Manchester's Sean Booth and Rob Brown probably have more claim on the label than most. For theirs is music that, on first listen at least,appears to be without influence, a rich hermetic sound world that is a law unto itself, adhering only to the constraints of its own internal logic. Their 10th studio album, Oversteps shows an oft-overlooked playfulness and a rarely mentioned musicality that comes to the fore-front, in what could be described as their most accessible work to date. Between the layers of cold digital pings and fuzzed out tones, there are true chord changes and warm soundscapes being built from the ground up.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Autechre Does It Again!
  

*by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2023*

I would have said that "Oversteps" is one of Autechre's best albums, but I can't.  Because ALL their albums (and EP's and singles) are equally great.  Sean and Rob never let themselves fall into the trap of repeating themselves or settling for the same old thing over and over.  They always innovate and explore new avenues of electronic expression.  In fact they were doing that even on their earliest releases, and to this day (2023) they still deliver innovative and mind blowing sounds.  They make electronics sing with human devotion and expression.  If you're wondering where to start with Autechre's massive output, "Oversteps" is as good an entry point as any.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Classic IDM sound; creative and original tracks.
  

*by A***O on Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2010*

Honestly, I never liked Autechre before. I know I'm uncultured, but I always thought they were: cold, without the emotional delicacy of early Aphex Twin; mechanical, with simplistic rhythms stretching out interminably with little variation; and pretentious, passing off their melodic deficiencies as brilliant avant-gardism. But before you get angry, think of how humbled I was when I heard Oversteps, which is their best album, if not ever, then certainly since Amber.I realized from the first song that this wasn't business as usual. "R Ess" begins the album with a glacially calm keyboard sound, best described by the adjective "regal." This melody fades in excruciatingly slowly, but the slow pace is amazingly effective -- the sound is so clean and soothing, I got really into each repetition and wanted it to keep going. Eventually it stops; the rest of the track consists of very quiet background noise, with fragments of the original lead occasionally breaking through, like isolated recollections of some fantastic experience.But after all, Oversteps isn't a radical departure. The very next song, "Ilanders," is full of loud, burbling acid-bass, almost drowning out the gentler melodic elements laid on top. It's pretty much the quintessential Artificial Intelligence sound, typical of early Autechre. Tracks like "Qplay" and "St Epreo" incorporate some of Autechre's infamous randomly generated beats. Even fairly melodic pieces like "Known(1)" and "O=0," which use a keyboard lead, have a slightly flat, sullen off-key tone. The melodies sound just a bit too loud to be comfortable. But the dissonance in Oversteps is very restrained, the chaotic percussion in "Qplay" is considerably toned down and muted compared to Confield. In these songs, Autechre are pushing the listener's patience, but never quite stepping over the line, which eventually starts to become interesting, even if these aren't my favourite parts of the album.In other songs, though, they're making beautiful, classicist electronica. The last fifteen minutes of the album are a great pleasure -- "Redfall," "Krylon" and "Yuop" are all played on lovely, shimmering, echoing chimes. "Pt2Ph8" is a wonderfully soothing drone, languidly shifting around in waves for four minutes. "Treale" starts with more of those muted, swampy keyboards, but quickly brings in a sturdy dance beat to anchor a variety of ambient noises and synths. The careful pace of the song, the upbeat but very low-key rhythm and the interplay between the diverse keyboard sounds makes for an unexpected highlight, a track that sounds spookier and more mysterious than any trip-hop.Basically, Oversteps is a classic IDM album, fulfilling the promise of electronic production techniques in making original melodies. But the production is much fuller and more detailed than in most actual nineties IDM, the beats are more varied than those standard 808 snares and hand-claps, and the music uses more diverse instruments. You can still hear that nineties synth-bass on Oversteps, as well as those acid squelches and bleeps. The staccato synth line in "D-Sho Qub" sounds exactly like an ambient interlude from Black Dog's Spanners. However, you wouldn't have heard the sweet chimes of "See On See" on most nineties albums. Even the more typical nineties sounds like the bleeps in "Os Veix3" sound better and softer here than they ever have before.Although Oversteps is much gentler than the Autechre stereotype, it's not complacent. "Treale" has real forward movement, the opening sounds different from the midsection, and the background ambience changes as the song progresses. There is enough detail here to satisfy the patient listener, but the music is generally harmonious enough to make the effort rewarding. The dissonant moments are easier to get past, or even to appreciate, and the peaks are so good (for instance, much better than Aphex Twin's recent return-to-roots) that I'm really reconsidering my view of Autechre.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The most Organic sounding Autechre album.
  

*by L***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2010*

Easily my favorite Autechre release since Confield. Oversteps isn't just a throwback to earlier more ambient Autechre, it's the first time they have played heavily with organic sounds like bells and string instruments. They still maintain the schizophrenic ADD style production of their recent albums, but manage to make the songs more immediately likeable. Often there is still just as much going on as you would expect from recent albums, but something will stick out and carry your attention making it easier to "get" right away.

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