GONKCAST: An Autechre Podcast

We're kicking off our installment-by-installment revisit of Autechre's 2016 album, elseq 1–5, with a deep dive into elseq 1.
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Read the aepages entry on elseq here.
Read a fantastically in-depth interview with Autechre all about elseq here.
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Dan's new music rec: OOIOO / Lightning Bolt - THE HORIZON SPIRALS / THE HORIZON VIRAL
Gabe's new music rec: Cass McCombs - Interior Live Oak

Enjoy this bonus episode for premium subscribers, on a topic chosen by those same subscribers: the first disc of Aphex Twin's divisive 2001 LP, Drukqs. We'll cover disc 2 on our next bonus episode.
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Read Stereogum's 20th anniversary retrospective on Drukqs here.
Read the debate about track title meanings on this Reddit thread and decide for yourself.
Watch a strange VHS clips with music that sure sounds a lot like "Kladfvgbung Micshk" here.
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Dan's new music rec: Polygonia - Ceaseless Motion
Gabe's new music rec: Sun Electric - Episodes

We're taking a break from our "Autechre Revisited" series by ranking Autechre's closing tracks and comparing our favorites with our listeners'.
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Read the full Reddit thread on AE's closing tracks here.
Read about Boards of Canada's recent shenanigans here, and The Field's here.
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Dan's new music rec: Dhangsha - Insurrection Manual
Gabe's new music rec: Squarepusher - Kammerkonzert

Enjoy this bonus episode for premium subscribers, on another great topic chosen by those same subscribers: Sunn O)))'s 2009 LP, Monoliths & Dimensions.
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Read first-hand observations from the time Sunn O))) played a festival curated by Autechre here.
Look at all the circular album covers from 2010 here.
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Dan's new music rec: Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Gabe's new music rec: Sofia Kourtesis - DJ-Kicks

We're continuing our "Autechre Revisited" series with a look at the extended Quaristice universe, including the Quaristice (Versions) bonus disc and the massive Quadrange EP.
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Read the aepages entry on Versions here, and on Quadrange here.
Read the February 2026 interview in which Sean and Rob identity Quaristice as the "first step" toward the AE_2022– project here.
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Dan's new music rec: Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks
Gabe's new music rec: underscores - U