Amber

Amber is the warm Autechre record, made before erosion became the dominant texture. The melodies remain intact, the rhythms still breathe, and the machinery carries a glow the later records deliberately abandoned. Incunabula and Tri Repetae make the sharper statements; this is the one that returns your affection rather than only earning it.

The warm one, before the corrosion set in. The record people return to when the later work exhausts them.