Incomplete without surface noise.

Porsche, Audi, BMW or Mercedes Benz, either one doesn't matter should use one of the songs from this album has backround music in there corny car commercial ads.

One of the finest electronic albums ever made, and certainly a landmark in the IDM genre. Each track is meticulously crafted, and draws you in slowly with increasing layers of depth and complexity. Though machanical and harsh, the beats have a solid groove and many of the tracks are actually dancable. Like much good IDM... Aphex and BoC come to mind...the harsh beats are offset by beautiful, haunting, and sometimes fragile melodies. The contrast is one of my favorite things about this type of music. I have been a fan of Autechre since picking up Amber in '95 when I was a teenager, and though I do like their newer, more abstract records, I find this period to be my favorite - challenging, thought-provoking, and groundbreaking, yet retains a solid sense of melody, rhythm, and songwriting craft. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Released around the same time, the Garbage EP is also highly recommended... if nothing else, for tracks 1 and 4. They blow my mind.

Honestly, I despised Autechre at first. I had no clue why they were so popular in the IDM community. But one day the song Foil from Amber hit me like a truck and the obsession began. Like most of their other albums, I could seriouisly listen to this all day and I'd never tire of it. It's definitely not music for the mianstream, most of the pop fanatics around these days would run screaming from Clipper, but that probably just makes this album even better. Very complex, sometimes glitchy, beats combine with soothing ambient melodies (one of the best examples of this is Leterel) to produce yet another strong record in Autechre's lineup. I also believe that even though this album is ambient, you need to blast certain tracks on it to enjoy them most (Rsdio especially). Overall, amazing IDM record. Check it out if you haven't already.

This Autechre album is when the group reached their peak before going experminetal with crazy chaotic sounds. Now don't get me wrong there's songs I do like in the later work but most of it is hard to listen to. This album plus the 2 previous (Amber, Incunabula) are probably the only albums you can listen to the whole way and enjoy as an electronic fan.

nothing else really. I think this is one of Autechre's best.

This was my introduction via Dagenheart into IDM. It is by far the best album start to finish for a healthy introduction. Emphasis on track Clipper and C/pach is an anthem. Minimalist yes but an album used to mark time and adventures in your life. It's not in my face flaunting flash cards of garbage lyrics or celebrity personas. It's in my headphones while pedaling feverishly through the French Quarter in the rain. Enjoy it.

Autechre requires an audience with a refined ear. This album simply was not meant for the casual listener. Indicative of all Autechre's tracks, the soundscapes and beats are sparse, at times barren. You hear only what is required. You will not hear extraneous noise and needless samples. Minimalist electronic music by nature is uncluttered. Picasso painted a series of portraits entitled Ten Bulls. The first was an acurate representation of the entirety of the animal. In each subsequent depiction less of the bull was present. The tenth bull was only horns, testicles, and tail. However the tenth bull when viewed independently of the other nine, was still clearly a bull. Autechre is that tenth bull.

I bought this album to try something new as a casual listener of electronica, and found it a little lacking. The whole album is made up of small bits of sound, these tiny pinpoints of synth that combine into a complete track, but without vocals or a strong/catchy/distinctive melody the whole thing feels unfinished, as if all these bits of sound are supposed to go into a bigger, more complete song that you never hear. I kept waiting for the tracks to "kick in" and expand into some greater depth or atmosphere which never came. What's here isn't bad, but it sounds less like an album with complete songs and more like something a guy and his rack of synth effects could come up with in a weekend.

Great stuff! Awesome album art too!