Chiastic Slide
Album by Autechre
Released	17 February 1997
Recorded	???
Genre	IDM
Length	69 min 53 sec
Label	Warp Records
Producer(s)	Autechre
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Milk Factory (5/5) link
Autechre chronology
Envane (1997)	Chiastic Slide (1997)	Cichli Suite (1997)

Chiastic Slide, released in 1997 by Warp Records, is an album by the electronic music group Autechre. Like most releases under the Warp label, the album is in the style frequently referred to as Intelligent Dance Music; other descriptions classify it as experimental music or, less accurately, as experimental techno. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links AutechreChiasticSlide. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Jump to: navigation, search Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Jump to: navigation, search Intelligent dance music (IDM) refers to a style of experimental electronic music with an emphasis on unconventional sequencing and processing. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... Jump to: navigation, search The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ... Jump to: navigation, search A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Jump to: navigation, search Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Jump to: navigation, search Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Jump to: navigation, search Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. ... Envane - Music EP released January 27, 1997 in the UK by English electronic demigods Autechre. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Jump to: navigation, search Autechre are an English electronic music group consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both natives of Rochdale. ... Jump to: navigation, search Intelligent dance music (IDM) refers to a style of experimental electronic music with an emphasis on unconventional sequencing and processing. ... Jump to: navigation, search Experimental music is any music that challenges the commonly accepted notions of what music is. ... Techno- is a prefix relating to technology. ...

Many critics panned Chiastic Slide as being an underwhelming follow-up to 1995's groundbreaking Tri Repetae; however, it's now clear that the album inspired subsequent Autechre releases such as 2001's Confield, and it's often cited as one of the most underappreciated IDM albums of the 1990s. Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tri Repetae, released by Warp Records in 1995, is an album by the electronic music group Autechre. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Confield, released by Warp Records in 2001, is an album by the electronic music group Autechre. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

It's also considered to be a "forgotten" release in the eyes of many listeners thanks to the fact that it wasn't released in the United States until Warp Records began distributing its own releases there in 2001; Trent Reznor supposedly found the record too experimental to be worth distributing on his now defunct Nothing Records label, although this theory ignores the fact that he picked up the equally controversial LP5 and EP7. Nothing Records is a vanity label founded by Trent Reznor and John Malm, Jr. ... LP5, released by Warp Records in 1998, is an album by the electronic music group Autechre. ... EP7, released by Warp Records in 1999, is an EP by the electronic music group Autechre. ...

Autechre produced several remixes of track four, "Cichli," on their subsequent EP Cichlisuite (1997); they bear little resemblance to the original, though. Jump to: navigation, search An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Track listing

(all songs written by Autechre)

1. "Cipater" - 8:56
2. "Rettic AC" - 2:08
3. "Tewe" - 6:56
4. "Cichli" - 8:52
5. "Hub" - 7:35
6. "Calbruc" - 3:51
7. "Recury" - 9:44
8. "Pule" - 8:33
9. "Nuane" - 13:13

External links

• Chiastic Slide at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).