Autechre: Announce Quaristice on Warp
Sheffield-based electronics label Warp have announced the release of “Quaristice”, the new album by seminal act Autechre. “Quaristice” is slated for March 3rd 2008 and is apparently going to feature 20 tracks – by far the highest amount in the discography of duo Sean Booth and Rob Brown. The artwork for “Quaristice” (pictured) was done by The Designers Republic, a renowned design agency which have worked with Warp on numerous occasions (e.g. on the classic cover for Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker”) and have been featured in many overviews of the most influential cover artworks of the last century. Autechre themselves have collaborated with them right from the start of their career – their debut work “Incunabula” was highlighted by the graphics of The Designers Republic. To support “Quaristice”, Autechre have announced a European tour for February/March of next year.
The “Quaristice” tour will take Sean Booth and Rob Brown of Autechre from their native England to some of the finest mainland European clubs. With some of them pretty sizeable, the concerts will underline the importance Autechre have built over the course of the eight releases preceding “Quaristice”. The reverence has in fact gone so far that it can be expected that fans will be discussing track titles such as “Altibzz” or “90101-51-1” for hidden meanings or references over the months leading up to the release. Meanwhile, no further details on the music or the thematic concept behind “Quaristice” have been leaked by Warp, so it looks like the world will truly have to wait for the release date for a closer look and listen.
These are the dates of the “Quaristice” tour, as provided by Warp Records:
FEBRUARY
29 Manchester @ Music Box
MARCH
01 Glasgow, UK - Arts School
02 Newcastle, UK - Digital
03 Birmingham, UK - Med Bar
04 London, UK - TBC
05 Koln - Stadtgarten
06 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
07 Antwerp - Petrol
08 Hamburg - Hafenklang
09 Berlin - Berghain
10 Poland, Katowice - Jazz Club
11 Hungry, Budapest - Merlin
12 Croatia, Zagreb - Kset
13 Austria, Graz - Post Garage
14 Italy - TBC
15 Italy, Rome - TBC
16 Italy - TBC
17 France, Lyon - Epicerie Moderne
18 Fr, Strasbourg - La Laiterie
19 Paris - Rex Club
20 Geneva - L'Usine, Electron Festival
Homepage: Warp Records
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