Autechre — Exai

4xLP Box Set! / Pressed on 180g vinyl, each record packed in its own printed inner sleeve. Housed in a rigid slipcase wrapped in Cairn Eco Kraft stock with clear foil block to front. Includes a download card for 320 kbps MP3s from Bleep. Copies ordered from Bleep also include an instant download of Wavs (16 or 24 bit) plus MP3s through your account. / Made in EU / Active listening to the entirety of Exai (as in "eleven") is, of course, an endurance test, as it is 120 minutes in length and consists of 17 tracks that could be sequenced in any order with no change of effect. Processing the whole thing is less daunting than it seems on the surface. It begins with the hyper-speed scramble-clutter of "Fleure," but beneath that, there is a bounty of tracks that are riveting and accessible, if by Autechre's challenging and meticulously crafted standard. Several standouts, once fully absorbed, sound utterly unique. "Bladelores," one of three captivating tracks that lasts over ten minutes, has a