Tri Repetae

In contrast to Incunabula (1993) and Amber (1994), Tri Repetae features a distinct style that incorporates more minimal, repetitive rhythmic patterns and intricate, spacious arrays of melodies; the aesthetical shift was intentionally echoed by its album cover designed by the duo's visual collaborators The Designers Republic, consisting of only a single shade of beige. Stemming from Autechre's increasing preoccupation with unique electronic musical textures and glitches, the liner notes of the album mention a preference to listen to the album on vinyl for surface noise; the CD version states that the album is "incomplete without surface noise", whereas the vinyl version satisfactorily states that it is "complete with surface noise".

In preparation for the 1997 release of the duo's fourth studio album Chiastic Slide, Tri Repetae was rereleased on 16 March 1996 by Wax Trax! Records and TVT Records in the United States as a two-disc set named Tri Repetae++, which included the Garbage and Anvil Vapre EPs constituting the second CD. In Japan, it was released with the bonus track "Medrey".{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Autechre-Tri-Repetae/release/47276|title = Autechre – Tri Repetae++ (1996, CD)|publisher = Discogs}} On 11 November 2016, Tri Repetae was re-released on vinyl by Warp,{{cite web |last1=Yoo |first1=Noah |title=Autechre to Reissue First Three Albums |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/68480-autechre-to-reissue-first-three-albums/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=21 April 2024}} along with their two previous albums, Incunabula and Amber.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tri-repetae-mw0000647651 |title=Tri Repetae – Autechre |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Autechre |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev3 = Muzik

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 9.0/10

| rev5 = Record Collector

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Autechre |last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/29 29]}}

| rev7 = Select

| rev7score = 4/5{{cite magazine |url=http://www.songtwo.demon.co.uk/autechre/aett.html |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |magazine=Select |issue=66 |date=December 1995 |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Barnes |first=Mike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000525173206/http://www.songtwo.demon.co.uk/autechre/aett.html |archive-date=25 May 2000 |url-status=dead}}

| rev8 = Spin

| rev8score = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTM_D4UWqXQC&pg=PA94 |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |magazine=Spin |volume=12 |issue=4 |date=July 1996 |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Cummings |first=Sue |page=94}}

}}

Tri Repetae received critical acclaim upon release. In 2017, Pitchfork ranked it at number three on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time".

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Sean Booth and Rob Brown

| headline = Tri Repetae

| title1 = Dael

| length1 = 6:39

| title2 = Clipper

| length2 = 8:33

| title3 = Leterel

| length3 = 7:08

| title4 = Rotar

| length4 = 8:04

| title5 = Stud

| length5 = 9:40

| title6 = Eutow

| length6 = 4:16

| title7 = C/Pach

| length7 = 4:39

| title8 = Gnit

| length8 = 5:49

| title9 = Overand

| length9 = 7:33

| title10 = Rsdio

| length10 = 10:08

| total_length = 72:29

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus track

| total_length = 76:41

| title11 = Medrey

| length11 = 4:12

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Tri Repetae++ US bonus disc

| total_length = 75:42

| extra_column = Taken from

| title1 = Second Bad Vilbel

| length1 = 9:45

| extra1 = Anvil Vapre

| title2 = Second Scepe

| length2 = 7:44

| extra2 = Anvil Vapre

| title3 = Second Scout

| length3 = 7:21

| extra3 = Anvil Vapre

| title4 = Second Peng

| length4 = 10:53

| extra4 = Anvil Vapre

| title5 = Garbagemx36

| length5 = 14:11

| extra5 = Garbage

| title6 = PIOBmx19

| length6 = 7:37

| extra6 = Garbage

| title7 = Bronchusevenmx24

| length7 = 9:44

| extra7 = Garbage

| title8 = VLetrmx21

| length8 = 8:27

| extra8 = Garbage

}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/tri-repetae Tri Repetae] at Warp
• [http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=20864 Tri Repetae] at Bleep.com (features audio clips)

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