Post by Erik F...
So am I. This group is so specialized that it gets kind of quiet between
releases. There just isn't much to discuss at the moment beyond the same
old "I'm new to Autechre, where do I start?" threads.
I think that's true. Groups go quiet when there's nothing to talk about;
that's not necessarily a bad thing. When something happens, it'll come back
to life.
Post by Erik FIncedentally, I still need ALOT of help updating the faq.
http://lonelymachines.org/ae_faq.html
Well, for the FAQ:
"Incunabula" title - doesn't actually mean "first", at least not primarily:
the basic meaning is "a cradle". [Books published before 1501 are called
incunabula (plural, singular is "incunabulum") because they were printed in
"the cradle days" of printing.] Here's the list of definitions from
"Elementary Latin Dictionary" by C.T.Short:
"a cradle", "a birthplace"; figuratively "the elements, beginnings". Other
words for cradle in Latin are "cunabula", "cunae"; the word "cunabel"
mentioned in the FAQ isn't listed in the dictionary at all; it might be
someone's typo.
So, very appropriate title, really. Nice work on that FAQ, by the way. This
correction isn't meant as criticism; just trying to help out, Latin being an
interest (see 1st link in sig).
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Here's a question, then: has it ever been confirmed whether Lego Feet is
Autechre? - I read conflicting things about that. The answer by AE here
seems to imply that it *is* them:
http://www.warprecords.com/news/?offset=0&ti_id=376 (see Q65).
A good read, funny in places. It seems to have been sanitised a bit from the
original list of questions and answers, some of the more irritable exchanges
being deleted. :-)
-DavidAC
http://www.davidac.fsworld.co.uk/davidac.htm
http://www.skhoinarion.fsworld.co.uk/still.htm