Fusing elements of ambient with extreme sonic experimentation, Autechre are a band truly in control of their machines. Their latest album "tri repetae" showcases a sound that is at the same time beautiful and bizarre; the rhythms and melodies are highly accessible, but the noises are like nothing heard before.

Autechre is comprised of Sean Booth [video] and Rob Brown [video], who met nine years ago through a mutual friend. Both started off doing tape manipulation at a very young age before getting into electronic musical instruments. The duo signed to Warp in 1992, releasing their debut full-length album, "Incunabula," a year later.

In creating[video] their music, Autechre will usually start out with a few samples and put together a palette of sounds. Then, they'll use this to create patterns and loops, finally adding a melody that will fit into rhythm.

Being a band that often uses repetitive loops of sound to create their music, Autechre felt the need to take a stand against Britain's Criminal Justice Bill[video]. They did this by creating "Flutter," a song with absolutely none of the "repetitive" beats that the bill outlawed at public gatherings.

"We'd been thinking about doing a track way before that, as a variation of what had been going on with hardcore and early jungle," says Booth. "We just thought it would be wicked if it never repeated[video] in any way. And then when the clause came up we thought it was ridiculous. So we knocked the tunes out in a couple of afternoons and put out the ep. There wasn't anymore thought behind it than that, really. As far as whether I think it's adequate legislation for the UK or not, I mean what do you think? It's fucking ridiculous."

For their live shows, Autechre run everything live off sequencers and manipulate the tracks in real-time. They're able to vary the performance from night to night, and the group strives to make their performance match the mood[video] of the club at the time.

For the US release, "tri repetae" includes a second CD featuring 2 Autechre EPs - "Anvil Vapre" and "Garbage." Booth has no feelings one way or the other about the way the material was packaged together, though he was glad to have the EPs available to fans in the States. The group embarked on a short tour in support of it, sharing the bill with Spacetime Continuum. Booth describes Autechre's live shows by saying "initially, it will seem different because it's a lot harder and faster, it's a lot more club-based and danceable."

"It runs at 150 bpm, which is quite fast for us, really," he adds. "We have released stuff that is fast, but it's not really what we're seen as doing for some reason. I don't know , perhaps people just listen to the albums and think that's all that we do. But the live stuff is much more representative of what we like to listen to in clubs, as opposed to what we like to listen to at home, which is what we put down on vinyl usually. "