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British technodemics Autechre are set to release their seventh album, entitled Draft 7.30, on April 7th via Warp Records. From reports, we think the hype is supposed to run like this: Draft 7.30 is the proper follow-up to 2001's lesson in abstraction Confield, with last August's more accessible Gantz Graf EP (which we found remarkable for its "actual recognizable beats!") serving as a bridge to what rumor has as Autechre's most accessible album yet. Oh yeah, and we also hear it's gonna sound like The Bends. The album's tracklist may actually serve to reinforce the rumors of accessibility, as it features an actual phrase amongst the usual computer-science-type nonsense. Tracklist:

01 XYLIN ROOM
02 IV VV IV VV VIII
03 6IE.CR
04 TAPR
05 SURRIPERE
06 THEME OF SUDDEN ROUNDABOUT
07 VL AL 5
08 P.:NTIL
09 V-PROC
10 RENIFORM PULS

As previously reported, Autechre will curate the 2003 UK edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, which runs from April 4th to April 6th. They've recently announced that Public Enemy is gonna be there, along with a horde of other guests including Aphex Twin, Jim O'Rourke, and the reunited vegetarian version of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band. But where's the beef, you ask (since you're nothing if not meticulous about referencing these lovely catchphrases)? I'm afraid there is no more beef. You'll never get any more beef. There might be battle rapping. There might be an apocalyptic nonsense-off between Autechre and Flavor Flav. But there isn't any more beef. The beef's in the desert and he's never coming out.