GONKCAST: An Autechre Podcast

We're continuing our "AE Revisited" series with a deep dive into Autechre's 2001 LP, Confield.

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Prep for next episode by listening to Autechre's 2024 mixes for BBC 6 here, here, here, and here.

Read about the new Autechre soundboards being registered with ASCAP here.

Read Andy Stott's comments about the NTS Sessions here.

Read more about Confield on aepages.

Watch the promo video that Confield's artwork comes from here.

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Dan's new music rec: Kali Malone - Burning Song

Gabe's new music rec: Loidis - From the Toolkit of Lovers

Enjoy this bonus episode on the brand new Avalanches record, No Bad Memories.

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Read the GOAT Philip Sherburne's review of No Bad Memories for Pitchfork here.

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Dan's new music rec: The Olivia Tremor Control - The Same Place

Gabe's new music rec: RAP - Navigator

We're continuing our "AE Revisited" series with a deep dive into Autechre's 2002 EP, Gantz Graf.

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Read more about Gantz Graf on aepages.

Watch the iconic "Gantz Graf" video here.

Watch a cool fan-made video for the EP7 track, "Dropp," here.

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Dan's new music rec: You Can See Everything

Gabe's new music rec: Interpol - This Mirror Weighs a Ton

We're finally wrapping up our series on Richard D. James's Analord project, this time diving into Analord 8–11.

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Download all the tracks from RDJ's legendary SoundCloud dump here.

Check out this legendary post organizing RDJ's SoundCloud dump into era-specific albums.

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Dan's new music rec: Dewa Alit & Gamelan Salukat -Baur Bentur

Gabe's new music rec: Cop Tears - The Rules of the Game

We're continuing our "AE Revisited" series with a deep dive into Autechre's album-length EP from 1999, EP7.

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Read more about EP7 on aepages.

Check out the separate EP7 vinyl releases here and here.

Find bootlegs for the current 2026 tour here, and check out the "Set F" track breakdowns here.

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Dan's new music rec: Can - Live in Arles 1975

Gabe's new music rec: Jon Hassell - Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three)

We're continuing our three-part series on Richard D. James's Analord series, this time with Analord 4–7.

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Listen to an episode of the Unsung Podcast on AFX's Chosen Lords here.

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Dan's new music rec: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Ghosts of American Psychonauts

Gabe's new music rec: K-LONE - Have a few days off

We're getting back to our "AE Revisited" series with a deep dive into Autechre's 1998 classic, LP5.

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Read more about LP5 on aepages.

Read Stereogum's 20th anniversary retrospective on LP5 here.

Check out the supporting acts for the new AE tour here.

Read about folk artist Howard Finster here.

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Dan's new music rec: Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - In A Not C

Gabe's new music rec: Carl Stone - Arthur Fischl Conducts the Music of Carl Stone

We're kicking off a three-part series on Richard D. James's Analord series, from 2005, starting with Analord 1–3.

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Dan's new music rec: Haruomi Hosono - Yours Sincerely

Gabe's new music rec: Bitchin Bajas - Isle Peaks

We're wrapping up our extended revisit of the Oversteps era with a deep dive into Autechre's 2010 EP, Move of Ten.

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Read more about Move of Ten on aepages.

Check out the screenshot of rew(1)'s Max patches that Sean shared recently here.

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Dan's new music rec: Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Yah

Gabe's new music rec: Mike D - Thank You

Enjoy this subscriber-selected bonus episode on Massive Attack's 1991 classic, Blue Lines.

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Check out an anti-war ad featuring both Autechre and Massive Attack here.

Order the Simon Reynolds book we keep referencing, Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, here.

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Dan's new music rec: DOVS - Psychic Geography

Gabe's new music rec: Bitchin Bajas - Isle Peaks

We're getting back to our "AE Revisited" series with a deep dive into Autechre's 2010 LP, Oversteps.

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Read more about Oversteps on aepages.

Check out a visualization of the Oversteps Tour here.

Read what The Designers Republic had to say about the Oversteps artwork here.

Listen to Oversteps outtakes here and here.

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Dan's new music rec: The B-52's - Ancient Culture: Mesopotamia Revisited

Gabe's new music rec: Auscultation - IV

Enjoy this subscriber-selected bonus episode on The Orb's 1991 landmark double LP, The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld.

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Check out the cover of a 1994 issue of B Side Magazine, depicting Autechre and The Orb as faces of "new progressive electro" here.

Order the Simon Reynolds book we keep referencing, Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, here.

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Dan's new music rec: Tomo Katsurada and Jonny Nash - At the Emerald Pool

Gabe's new music rec: Steve Rachmad - Light and Time

We're making our long-awaited return to the world of AE bootlegs with a deep dive into the 2010 Oversteps Tour.

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Listen to all the Oversteps Tour bootlegs here and following along on aepages.

Read an illuminating interview about Autechre's live experimentation here.

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Dan's new music rec: Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues

Gabe's new music rec: Arca - XXXXX

Enjoy this subscribers-only bonus episode on Fennesz's 2001 glitch classic, Endless Summer.

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Read an interesting 2008 interview with Fennesz here.

Read about/see pics from Autechre's 1999 show with Fennesz and Roedelius here.

Pre-order the Aphex Twin - Drukqs reissue here.

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Dan's new music rec: Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats

Gabe's new music rec: Picture - Uuuuuuuu

We're starting a new chapter of our "AE Revisited" series with a deep dive into Autechre's second LP from the cursed year of 2020, PLUS.

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Prepare for our next main episode by listening to Oversteps Tour bootlegs here and following along on aepages.

Read more about PLUS on aepages.

Check out the 1990 live recording recently shared by Sean Booth here.

Read about the 1995 multimedia event we mention here.

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Dan's new music rec: Yoko Ono - Season of Glass

Gabe's new music rec: Charli XCX - Music, Fashion, Film

Enjoy this subscribers-only bonus episode on Oval's 1994 glitch classic, Systemisch.

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Hear "Textuell" in a 1997 Armani ad here.

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Dan's new music rec: Pixies - Complete B Sides: 1988–97

Gabe's new music rec: Kelela - new avatar

At long last, we're bringing our epic "elseq Revisited" series to a close with a deep dive into elseq 5.

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Read a wide-ranging interview with Jim O'Rourke in which elseq 5 gets a shout out here.

Learn about kinematics here.

Read a great blog post on "Elseq @ 10" here.

Read the aepages entry on elseq here.

Read a fantastically in-depth interview with Autechre all about elseq here.

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Dan's new music rec: Sun Ra - Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Gabe's new music rec: Topdown Dialectic - False LP A

We're halfway through the year, so it's time to count down our favorite albums of 2026 so far.

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Dan's list:

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Boards of Canada - Inferno

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Sunn O))) - Sunn O)))

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[Ahmed] - Play Monk

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Speedy J - Walkman

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Shane Parish - Autechre Guitar

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Honorable mention: Gregory Uhlmann - Extra Stars

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Archival: The Beach Boys - We Gotta Groove

Gabe's list:

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Speedy J - Walkman

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Boards of Canada - Inferno

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Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good

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Sunn O))) - Sunn O)))

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Ibrahim Alfa Jnr. - Infinite Black Inside

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Honorable mention: Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert

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Archival: Oren Ambarchi - Hubris

We're getting back to work on our installment-by-installment revisit of Autechre's 2016 album, elseq 1–5, this time with a deep dive into elseq 4.

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Check out a possible clip of new AE music here.

Read a great blog post on "Elseq @ 10" here.

Read the aepages entry on elseq here.

Read a fantastically in-depth interview with Autechre all about elseq here.

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Dan's new music rec: Horse Lords - Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!

Gabe's new music rec: dgoHn - Tessares

Enjoy this bonus episode, for premium subscribers, on Sophie's 2018 classic, Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides.

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Read Resident Advisor's great review here.

Watch the iconic video for "It's Okay to Cry" here.

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Dan's new music rec: This Heat - This Heat

Gabe's new music rec: Tara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere Good