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==Influences== A wide variety of influences have been noted as discernible in Autechre's music. The duo's roots in [[graffiti|tagging]], early [[hip-hop]] and [[electro music]], and [[b-boy]] culture in general are still evident, with many reviews noting hip-hop rhythms—sometimes heavily obscured or processed, and sometimes explicit even in later work. All of Autechre's live webcasts have featured large amounts of early hip-hop and electro. In a review of ''[[Oversteps (album)|Oversteps]]'', ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'' noted "Treale" as being "a reminder of Booth and Brown's musical apprenticeship as teenage B-boys".<ref name='Wire March 2010'>{{cite journal|title=Review: 'Autechre – Oversteps'|journal=The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music|date=March 2010|first=Chris|last=Sharp|issue=313|page=98}}</ref> As Autechre's music and studio setup evolved, reviews started to note influences from farther afield; experiments in [[generative music|generative synthesis]], [[musique concrète]] and [[FM synthesis]] drew comparisons with [[Iannis Xenakis]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] and [[Bernard Parmegiani]] from critics such as [[Paul Morley]].<ref name='paulmorley'>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/03536-autechre-album-details-paul-morley-essay |title=Autechre |access-date=4 March 2010 |last=Morley |first=Paul |work=The Quietus |date=13 January 2010 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20100121162505/http://thequietus.com/articles/03536-autechre-album-details-paul-morley-essay| archive-date= 21 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The group have mentioned musique concrète composers [[Tod Dockstader]] and [[Edgard Varèse]] as influences.<ref name="wir2"/> Autechre also cite [[Coil (band)|Coil]] as a major influence, with an unfinished collaboration of unknown completeness occurring around the release of ''[[LP5]]'' and ''[[EP7]]''.<ref name='Wire 1998'>{{cite journal|title=Listening Room|journal=The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music|year=1998}}</ref> Chris Richards of ''The Washington Post'' stated in 2015 that Autechre create "some of the most complicated music you could ever hope to drown in" and are "recognized as pioneers in [[experimental music]]".<ref>{{Cite news|title = Autechre's maneuvers in the dark|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/10/08/autechres-maneuvers-in-the-dark/|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 8 October 2015|access-date = 10 October 2015|issn = 0190-8286|language = en|first = Chris|last = Richards}}</ref> Autechre's work has been described as "music that sounds like it designed itself, with audio fractals that change constantly like living organisms."<ref name="fractal">{{Cite news|url=https://www.avclub.com/autechre-confield-1798197031|title=Review - Autechre: Confield|last=Klein|first=Joshua|date=19 April 2002|work=AV Club|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref> While accepting her [[Brit Award for British Dance Act|British Dance Act]] award at the [[Brit Awards 2025]], [[Charli XCX]] shouted Autechre out in her speech, among other dance acts she had been influenced by.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/charli-xcx-sweeps-2025-brit-awards-pays-homage-to-late-collaborator-sophie-someone-who-none-of-us-would-be-here-without-3842677|title=Charli XCX sweeps 2025 BRIT Awards, pays homage to late collaborator SOPHIE: "Someone who none of us would be here without"|date=2 March 2025|access-date=2 March 2025|website=[[NME]]|last=Burton|first=Poppy}}</ref>
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