''Draft 7.30'' is the seventh studio album by English
electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
duo
Autechre
Autechre ( ) are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are among the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all o ...
, released on 7 April 2003 by
Warp Records
Warp Records is a British independent record label that specialises in Electronic music, electronic, indie rock and experimental music. It was founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Steve Beckett, Robert Mitchell and Robert Gordon. It has released recor ...
.
Around the time of the album's release, Sean Booth stated in an interview that "
hythmdoesn't seem to limit us in the way it did when we first started".
Reception
The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Dominique Leone of ''
Pitchfork Media
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'' said the album "doesn't break much new ground", but also thought that "Booth and Brown return to more straightforward grounds, even if they don't quite reach their mid-90s peak as melodic technicians".
Pascal Wyse of ''
The Guardian
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'' said, "Buried in this splintered, maths-driven world, down there with the metal insects, are shards of musical convention that keep a humanity alive", adding that the music "becomes quite a beautiful picture of the chaos of your brain".
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Track listing
References
External links
''Draft 7.30''
at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).
2003 albums
Autechre albums
Warp Records albums
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