What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Yeah, I'm currently in the middle of my Autechre marathon. I thought it would be appropriate to finally give them proper full album listens, especially because I'm really into 90's IDM, glitch, and stuff like that at the moment. 

In case of Autechre, I'm afraid beats do play a very important role, but they are really fascinating once you really try to give in to them. Early Autechre albums, like Incanabula and Amber are relatively their most ambient works (also loads of beats, but also tons of soft, dreamy synths). Records like LP5 are extremely rhythm-based, as someone on YouTube put it, sometimes sound like "a spaceship malfunctioning," sometimes very difficult and demanding, but ultimately extremely rewarding to the listener. Definitely worth the effort.

If you would wish to explore that same scene, but perhaps with more abstract and ambient sounds, Boards of Canada might just be your thing, if you don't know them already. They are similar to Autechre in many ways, but far more "humane," less robotic, nostalgic, and, from a certain point of view, extremely psychedelic. In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country and Music Has the Right to Children are two of my favorite records from them and I really recommend giving them a try. If Autechre sounds to radical for you at first (as it did to me), Boards of Canada might be a nice place to head to. Again, beats are crucial to their signature downtempo sound, but melodies and synth landscapes are equally important in the music.