Elseq 1–5
2016 album by Autechre
elseq 1–5 is the twelfth studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was released by Warp Records on 19 May 2016. The album consists of five segments, each roughly 50 minutes in length. All five were made available for individual or group purchase as a digital download only, making it Autechre's first studio album without a physical release. Warp eventually issued a 5-CD box set edition on the 10th anniversary of the release in 2026 .
Production
In an interview with Resident Advisor, Brown explained that he and Booth had been working on tracks by sending them back and forth to each other for "quite a bit", and was not sure whether the project existed as a single album or a collection of albums or EPs.
"We don't know if it's an album, or a collection of EPs or albums or just... things. We have no idea what this actually is."
As with their previous album Exai, the album was composed using custom-made Max/MSP software patches. Unlike their previous album though, elseq 1-5 was the first album by the duo to be programmed entirely in Max with no other external instruments.
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