''L-event'' is an
EP by
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
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 ...
on 28 October 2013. The EP is a companion to Autechre's double album ''
Exai,'' which was released earlier in the same year.
Release
Like ''
Exai'', ''L-event'' features album artwork and packaging by
The Designer's Republic.
It was released on 28 October 2013 as a CD and LP,
accompanied with either a downloadable
.mp3 or
.WAV version of the album when purchased from
Bleep.com.
On 11 October 2013, the digital version of the EP was released, with it streaming on "corrupted" versions of certain websites including Telegraph, Ableton,
Bloomberg News
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,
CBS News
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,
Huffington Post
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and Warp Record's own site, with the pages distorting and the images being replaced with the ''L-event'' album cover.
Reception
Andy Kellman of
AllMusic
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described ''L-event'' as some of Autechre's "most direct, least complex output", but said it was just as interesting as some of their more complicated works.
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Track listing
Release history
References
External links
Official Minisite
L-event on Bleep.com
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2013 EPs
Autechre EPs
Warp Records EPs
Albums with cover art by The Designers Republic