Chiastic Slide
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox album|
| name = Chiastic Slide
| type = Studio
| artist = Autechre
| cover = AutechreChiasticSlide.png
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 17 February 1997
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|IDM|ambient|experimental}}
| length = 69:48
| label = Warp
| producer = Autechre
| prev_title = Envane
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Cichlisuite
| next_year = 1997
}}
Chiastic Slide is the fourth studio album by the British electronic music group Autechre, released 17 February 1997 by Warp Records. The album saw the duo continue to move further away from the ambient techno sound of their early releases, employing harsher, glitchier beats. Though not initially met with the same critical acclaim as Tri Repetae or LP5, Chiastic Slide was eventually recognized by critics as an innovative and "enormously influential" album.{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/26/autechre-chiastic-slide-20-years/ |title=Autechre's Chiastic Slide is 20 years old and still sounds like the future |author=Zaldua, Chris |publisher=FACT Magazine |date=26 February 2017 |accessdate=23 December 2017}}
Release
Chiastic Slide was released on 17 February 1997. It did not receive a release in the United States until Warp Records began distributing its own releases there in 2001. Autechre referenced the fourth track, "Cichli", in the name of their subsequent EP Cichlisuite (1997). The sleeve was designed by Sheffield-based design agency The Designers Republic. On 19 November 2021, Chiastic Slide was re-released by Warp on vinyl,{{cite web |last1=Beeby |first1=Sean |title=Autechre to reissue classic albums LP5 and Chiastic Slide on vinyl |url=https://ra.co/news/76163 |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=21 April 2024}} alongside their next album LP5.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chiastic-slide-mw0000017817 | author=Bush, John | title=Chiastic Slide Review | publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation | accessdate=23 October 2012}}
| rev2 = Muzik
| rev2Score = 5/10{{Cite magazine |last=Crysell |first=Andy |date=March 1997 |title=Autechre: Chiastic Slide |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik022_march_1997.pdf |magazine=Muzik |issue=22 |page=107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181348/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik022_march_1997.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022}}
| rev3 = Rolling Stone
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=The new Rolling Stone album guide (pg. 28) |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/28/mode/2up |website=Internet Archive |accessdate=13 August 2013 |date=13 August 2013}}
}}
Allmusic critic John Bush panned Chiastic Slide as being an underwhelming follow-up to 1995's Tri Repetae, saying it was too repetitive and lacked ideas. Tim Barr in Techno: the Rough Guide called Chiastic Slide "The aural equivalent of being at the bottom of the sea."{{cite book | author=Barr, Tim | title=Techno: the Rough Guide | page=27 | year=2000 | publisher=Rough Guides}} He went on to say the album was "Dark, claustrophobic... yet full of strange beauty".
A 2017 FACT Magazine retrospective described Chiastic Slide as "an enduring classic" that marks "the axis point around which all of Autechre's work revolves," representing a "break from contemporaneous orthodoxy" in electronic music and sound composition. In an interview with Popular 1 Magazine, guitarist Kavus Torabi of Cardiacs named Chiastic Slide as one of his favourite albums.{{cite journal |last1=Diaz |first1=Alberto |title=Interview: Tim Smith and Kavus Torabi |journal=Popular 1 Magazine |date=10 January 2005 |url=https://www.cardiacs.net/394-2/ |accessdate=23 July 2020}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 69:48
| title1 = Cipater
| length1 = 8:56
| title2 = Rettic AC
| length2 = 2:08
| title3 = Tewe
| length3 = 6:56
| title4 = Cichli
| length4 = 8:52
| title5 = Hub
| length5 = 7:35
| title6 = Calbruc
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Recury
| length7 = 9:44
| title8 = Pule
| length8 = 8:33
| title9 = Nuane
| length9 = 13:13
}}
References
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External links
- [https://warp.net/releases/115937-autechre-chiastic-slide Chiastic Slide] at the official Warp website.
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