Autechre – Envane

I've got a copy with the sound and matrix/runout of WAP 89, but it has the label of WAP 89X. In other words, it plays Goz and Latent Quarter and has stampings WAP 89 A-1-1- and WAP 89 B-1-1- — but on the label, it says Laughing and Draun Quarter with WAP 89XA and WAP 89XB, respectively.

Has anyone seen this before?

Boom Bap Autechre :) Fantastic EP, quite accessible but sonically so inventive and original, it holds up and sounds like the future. Years go by and I still can't understand why those guys completely abandoned the idea of making music. I really miss Autechre 1.0. LP5 and beyond is a completely different story.

Despite being an architect, it took me years to realize that the cover design was in fact a stylized representation of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater House

what is the difference between the jacket and the standard version?

902 and Laughing Quarter are among Autechre's best tracks, how they could leave them off Chiastic Slide I don't know. The two other tracks on the EP are rather forgettable though.

One of my faves in the Autechre catalog. The scratched sample in Goz Quarter is from Dr. Octagon- No Awareness. The full line is "watch them jam like Autechre with old energy".

Bought at the time of release....... 'Autechre' at their best.

Back in 1999 when you ordered 'Autechre – Peel Session' directly bij Warp Records, this record was for free! that's how i've got it.

Just listened to this for the first time in quite a while and now I know why it's been so long. There are precious few ideas contained over these 35 minutes.

Each track has a hook; don't get me wrong. It's just that the hook is all they've got. Goz Quarter starts out promising with a fast hip-hop beat, but rather quickly devolves into endless repetition. Latent Quarter and Laughing Quarter also have interesting "pseudo-melodies," but are too long and devoid of any soul.

Draun Quarter is the real killer. It has the same framework as the other three tracks: a semblance of tune and the jagged, mechanical Autechre percussion programming. But it's more than TEN MINUTES LONG! It just goes on and on and on and on...around the seven-minute mark I had to give it the axe.

Looking back, this EP marked the beginning of Autechre's adventures down the rabbit hole. What a shame.

9 years on and this EP is still one of the memorable releases for me by Autechre that I look back on with fondness / nostalgia. Envane is more accessible than Ae's other works in that it 'conforms', as such, to rigid timing but it works especially on Goz Quarter (or '9oz quarter' as it reads as on the sleeve) with it's twisted hip-hop interspersed with an almost ambient-like brass melody. The scratching is a little 'normal' as such for Autechre certainly in comparison with their later work, but not out of place, the track wouldn't sound right without the scratching... I crashed my car while listening to Ae's piece de resistance on Envane - Laughing Quarter, no laughing matter.