Some records are so far ahead of their time that they naturally come back decades later, finally showcasing the nuanced artistry of their author. That’s exactly the case of ‘Neverberator’: originally released in 2000, the album now finds a remaster and a re-release, once again delivering the name of AUTiSM to the masses. An experienced sonic explorer and musical intellectual, AUTiSM considers ‘Neverberator’ to be his last ‘European album’, signalling the end of his ties with the ‘old world’. In fact, you can clearly hear influences ranging from Aphex Twin to Clark and Autechre, here pushed even forward by the acute artistic vision of AUTiSM.
Over eleven complex pieces, the listeners will get to enter a side of electronica you don’t often observe. It’s an experimental, research-driven place, where a flock of wizards tries their best at mangling sounds, looking for new ways to deliver a mesmerising sonical experience. Reminiscent of the likes of Curtis Roads, ‘Neverberator’ plays with sounds and micro sounds, organising frequencies, impulses and envelopes after a seemingly random structure, at least to the untrained eye.
Speaking about the making of the record, AUTiSM explains: “I invented a special sound processing technique at that time: each steam of the track – hi-hats, for example – was split into highs, mids, and lows. I would treat each of those sub-steams with a separate sound effect, and then I would put them back together. I don’t know if anyone else has done anything like that back then.”
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