Editing Chiastic Slide

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{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox album|
| name       = Chiastic Slide
| type       = Studio
| artist     = [[Autechre]]
| cover      = AutechreChiasticSlide.png
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = 17 February 1997
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Intelligent dance music|IDM]]|[[ambient music|ambient]]|[[experimental music|experimental]]}}
| length     = 69:48
| label      = [[Warp (record label)|Warp]]
| producer   = Autechre
| prev_title = [[Envane]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Cichlisuite]]
| next_year  = 1997
}}

'''''Chiastic Slide''''' is the fourth [[Album|studio album]] by the British [[electronic music]] group [[Autechre]], released 17 February 1997 by [[Warp Records]]. The album saw the duo continue to move further away from the [[ambient techno]] sound of their early releases, employing harsher, [[glitch (music)|glitchier]] beats. Though not initially met with the same critical acclaim as ''[[Tri Repetae]]'' or ''[[LP5]]'', ''Chiastic Slide'' was eventually recognized by critics as an innovative and "enormously influential" album.<ref name=fact>{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/26/autechre-chiastic-slide-20-years/ |title=Autechre's Chiastic Slide is 20 years old and still sounds like the future |author=Zaldua, Chris |publisher=FACT Magazine |date=26 February 2017 |accessdate=23 December 2017}}</ref>

==Release==
''Chiastic Slide'' was released on 17 February 1997. It did not receive a release in the [[United States]] until Warp Records began distributing its own releases there in 2001.  Autechre referenced the fourth track, "Cichli", in the name of their subsequent [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Cichlisuite]]'' (1997).  The sleeve was designed by [[Sheffield]]-based design agency [[The Designers Republic]]. On 19 November 2021, ''Chiastic Slide'' was re-released by Warp on vinyl,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beeby |first1=Sean |title=Autechre to reissue classic albums LP5 and Chiastic Slide on vinyl |url=https://ra.co/news/76163 |website=Resident Advisor |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> alongside their next album [[LP5]].

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chiastic-slide-mw0000017817 | author=Bush, John | title=Chiastic Slide Review | publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] | accessdate=23 October 2012}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Muzik]]''
| rev2Score = 5/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Crysell |first=Andy |date=March 1997 |title=Autechre: ''Chiastic Slide'' |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik022_march_1997.pdf |magazine=[[Muzik]] |issue=22 |page=107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181348/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik022_march_1997.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The new Rolling Stone album guide (pg. 28) |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/28/mode/2up |website=[[Internet Archive]] |accessdate=13 August 2013 |date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
}}
Allmusic critic John Bush panned ''Chiastic Slide'' as being an underwhelming follow-up to 1995's ''[[Tri Repetae]]'', saying it was too repetitive and lacked ideas.<ref name=allmusic/> Tim Barr in ''Techno: the Rough Guide'' called ''Chiastic Slide'' "The aural equivalent of being at the bottom of the sea."<ref name=rough>{{cite book | author=Barr, Tim | title=Techno: the Rough Guide | page=27 | year=2000 | publisher=Rough Guides}}</ref> He went on to say the album was "Dark, claustrophobic... yet full of strange beauty".<ref name=rough/>

A 2017 ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|FACT Magazine]]'' retrospective described ''Chiastic Slide'' as "an enduring classic" that marks "the axis point around which all of Autechre's work revolves," representing a "break from contemporaneous orthodoxy" in electronic music and sound composition.<ref name=fact/> In an interview with ''[[Popular 1 Magazine]]'', guitarist [[Kavus Torabi]] of [[Cardiacs]] named ''Chiastic Slide'' as one of his favourite albums.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Diaz |first1=Alberto |title=Interview: Tim Smith and Kavus Torabi |journal=Popular 1 Magazine |date=10 January 2005 |url=https://www.cardiacs.net/394-2/ |accessdate=23 July 2020}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length    = 69:48
| title1          = Cipater
| length1         = 8:56
| title2          = Rettic AC
| length2         = 2:08
| title3          = Tewe
| length3         = 6:56
| title4          = Cichli
| length4         = 8:52
| title5          = Hub
| length5         = 7:35
| title6          = Calbruc
| length6         = 3:51
| title7          = Recury
| length7         = 9:44
| title8          = Pule
| length8         = 8:33
| title9          = Nuane
| length9         = 13:13
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://warp.net/releases/115937-autechre-chiastic-slide ''Chiastic Slide''] at the official Warp website.

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