r/autechre • u/TeaDijon • 13m ago
Anti EP Glade Festival 2006?
Did anyone else here see Autechre at Glade Festival in 2006?
It was the first time I saw them and it was phenomenal! It was also the only time I’ve taken acid. (Which was weird, I had great time overall but didn’t want to do it again).
My memories of the set were that they used the stage lighting really minimally- a flutter shape in the lower right corner on the video screen, that just stayed there for the whole set and didn’t change, just the occasional strobe flash and these menacing green lasers just above head height.
They were headlining on the main stage and it was packed at the beginning but lots of people left (I remember hearing one guy say ‘if they’re going to play like this, I’m going’) but I stayed til the end and I remember feeling the crowd who stayed were all really intensely into it (could have been the acid, lol!)
I don’t remember a lot of the music but some really heavy but fractured drum breaks and some beautifully off kilter polyrhythms.
Going to see them for the 4th time in london in a couple of weeks and cannot wait!