Draft 7.30
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{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Draft 7.30
| type = studio
| artist = Autechre
| cover = AutechreDraft730.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 7 April 2003
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|IDM|experimental}}
| length = 62:46
| label = Warp
| producer = Autechre
| prev_title = Gantz Graf
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Untilted
| next_year = 2005
}}
Draft 7.30 is the seventh studio album by English electronic music duo Autechre, released on 7 April 2003 by Warp Records.
Around the time of the album's release, Sean Booth stated in an interview that "[rhythm] doesn't seem to limit us in the way it did when we first started".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bleeping-noise-in-your-head-thatll-be-autechre-593705.html |title=The bleeping noise in your head? That'll be Autechre... |accessdate=11 March 2009 |author=Laurence Phelan |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121202545/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bleeping-noise-in-your-head-thatll-be-autechre-593705.html |archivedate=21 November 2009 |date=6 April 2003 |work=The Independent |url-status=dead }}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 76/100{{cite web|title=Draft 7.30 – Autechre|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/draft-730|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=6 July 2012}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/draft-730-mw0000026094 | author=Bush, John | title=Draft 7.30 Review | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=19 August 2012}}
| rev2 = The Guardian
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/04/popandrock.artsfeatures4 | author=Wyse, Pascal | title=Autechre: Draft 7.30 | work=The Guardian | date=3 April 2003 | accessdate=19 August 2012}}
| rev3 = Mojo
| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}Mesmerising stuff. [Mar 2003, p.109]
| rev4 = Pitchfork
| rev5 = Q
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}As complex and remarkable as everything that preceded it. [Jun 2003, p.92]
| rev6 = Release Magazine
| rev6Score = 6/10{{cite web |last=Huss |first=Mattias |url=https://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orautechred730.htm|title=AUTECHRE - DRAFT 7.30|work=Release Magazine |date=25 April 2003 |accessdate=25 April 2003}}
| rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev7Score = {{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}}
| rev8 = Stylus Magazine
| rev8Score = B{{cite web | url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/draft-730.htm | author=Heumann, Michael | title=Autechre: Draft 7.30 | work=Stylus Magazine | date=1 September 2003 | accessdate=19 August 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919114729/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/draft-730.htm | archivedate=19 September 2012 }}
| rev9 = Uncut
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}By the time we reach "Surripere" we could be listening to a toughened-up Aphex Twin, poignant harmonies battling against oblique but splintering beats. [May 2003, p.92]
| rev10 = URB
| rev10score = {{rating|3.5|5}}Draft's second half will hold more sway over those pining for the minor-key melodiousness of works through Tri Repetae++. [Jun 2003, p.93]
}}
The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Dominique Leone of Pitchfork Media 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".{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/364-draft-730/ |title=Draft 7.30 |accessdate=29 June 2011 |author=Leone, Dominique |date=23 April 2003 |work=Pitchfork}} Pascal Wyse of The Guardian 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".
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Sean Booth and Rob Brown
| title1 = Xylin Room
| length1 = 6:09
| title2 = IV VV IV VV VIII
| length2 = 4:50
| title3 = 6IE.CR
| length3 = 5:38
| title4 = Tapr
| length4 = 3:14
| title5 = Surripere
| length5 = 11:23
| title6 = Theme of Sudden Roundabout
| length6 = 4:51
| title7 = VL AL 5
| length7 = 4:56
| title8 = P.:NTIL
| length8 = 7:07
| title9 = V-Proc
| length9 = 6:00
| title10 = Reniform Puls
| length10 = 8:38
| total_length = 62:46
}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223124/http://www.warprecords.com/ography/release.php?cat=WARP111 Draft 7.30] at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).
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