{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Tri Repetae | type = studio | artist = Autechre | cover = Sleeve of Tri Repetae.svg | alt = | released = {{start date|1995|11|06|df=yes}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|IDM<ref name=Pitchfork>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22592-incunabula-amber-tri-repetae/ |title=Autechre: Incunabula / Amber / Tri Repetae |work=Pitchfork |date=21 November 2016 |accessdate=21 November 2016 |last=Beta |first=Andy}}</ref><ref name=Best>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10011-the-50-best-idm-albums-of-all-time/?page=5 |title=The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time |work=Pitchfork |date=24 January 2017 |accessdate=23 December 2017 |page=5}}</ref>|electronica<ref name=Record>{{cite magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/incunabula-amber-tri-repetae |title=Autechre – Incunabula, Amber, Tri Repetae |magazine=Record Collector |issue=461 |date=Christmas 2016 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |author=d foist}}</ref>|ambient<ref name=Muzik>{{cite magazine |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik006_november_1995.pdf |magazine=Muzik |issue=6 |date=November 1995 |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Allen |first=Vaughn |page=77 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402181809/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik006_november_1995.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>}} | length = {{duration|m=72|s=29}} | label = Warp | producer = Autechre | prev_title = Anvil Vapre | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = We R Are Why | next_year = 1996 }} '''''Tri Repetae''''' (stylised as '''''tri repetae.''''') is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Autechre, released on 6 November 1995 by Warp. The style of the album differs from ''Incunabula'' (1993) and ''Amber'' (1994), their previous albums on the label. The album received positive reviews upon release,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and has since been regularly recognized as one of the most influential electronic albums of all time.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Treble |date=2017-03-08 |title=The Best Electronic Albums of the '90s |url=https://www.treblezine.com/34054-top-50-best-electronic-albums-of-the-90s/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Treble |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=Best>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10011-the-50-best-idm-albums-of-all-time/?page=5 |title=The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time |work=Pitchfork |date=24 January 2017 |accessdate=23 December 2017 |page=5}}</ref>
==Background== In contrast to ''Incunabula'' (1993) and ''Amber'' (1994), ''Tri Repetae'' features a distinct style that incorporates more minimal, repetitive rhythmic patterns and intricate, spacious arrays of melodies. In the time leading up to the production of the album, Booth and Brown had both been Sheffield residents, with Sean moving both house and studio next door to Jez Potter, a friend and fellow experimental producer and DJ who introduced the duo to his collaborator Mat Steel, and additionally the English experimental artist Mark Fell.<ref name="noda">{{cite web | last=Noda | first=Tsutomu | title=Surveying the endless sound of Autechre | date=October 2020 | url=https://www.scribd.com/document/983205126/Autechre-Interview-Ele-King-2020#content=query:jez,pageNum:16,indexOnPage:1,bestMatch:false | page=16 | access-date=April 13, 2026}}</ref> Potter had been performing DJ sets across the United Kingdom at clubs with dedicated "ambient rooms", such as the London venue Megatripolis; Booth and Brown had also been appearing regularly and anonymously alongside Fell on weekly radio broadcasts by Potter on the Sheffield pirate radio station Foulmouth FM. Subsequently, ''Tri Repetae'' marked a significant change in both the duo's musical style and their approach to music production, inspired by the glitch music of Potter and Fell.<ref name="noda" />
The aesthetical shift was intentionally echoed by its album cover designed by the duo's visual collaborators The Designers Republic, where the studio and the band decided on a solid hex colour, symbolically representing the combination of metallic (technology) and green (nature) tones. The tone of the cover has varied throughout the album's release editions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autechre. Tri Repetae |url=https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/tri-repetae |website=The Designers Republic}}</ref> Stemming from Autechre's increasing preoccupation with unique electronic musical textures and glitches, the liner notes of the album mention a preference to listen to the album on vinyl for surface noise; the CD version states that the album is "incomplete without surface noise", whereas the vinyl version satisfactorily states that it is "complete with surface noise".
==Release== ''Tri Repetae'' was accompanied by a tour; Surgeon, Simon Pyke (Freeform) and Jez Potter accompanied the band as opening DJs on much of its UK leg.<ref name="pyke">{{cite web | last=Pyke | first=Simon | title= Bandcamp description for Audio-Tourism Vietnam/China Reinterpretations | date=August 20, 2014 | url=https://freeform1.bandcamp.com/album/audio-tourism-vietnam-china-reinterpretations |access-date=April 13, 2026}}</ref><ref name="noda" /> In preparation for the 1997 release of the duo's fourth studio album ''Chiastic Slide'', ''Tri Repetae'' was rereleased on 16 March 1996 by Wax Trax! Records and TVT Records in the United States as a two-disc set named ''Tri Repetae++'', which included the ''Garbage'' and ''Anvil Vapre'' EPs constituting the second CD. In Japan, it was released with the bonus track "Medrey".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Autechre-Tri-Repetae/release/47276|title = Autechre – Tri Repetae++ (1996, CD)|publisher = Discogs}}</ref>
On 11 November 2016, ''Tri Repetae'' was re-released on vinyl by Warp,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yoo |first1=Noah |title=Autechre to Reissue First Three Albums |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/68480-autechre-to-reissue-first-three-albums/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref> along with their two previous albums, ''Incunabula'' and ''Amber''.
==Critical reception and legacy== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tri-repetae-mw0000647651 |title=Tri Repetae – Autechre |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Autechre |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Muzik'' | rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Muzik/> | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4score = 9.0/10<ref name=Pitchfork/> | rev5 = ''Record Collector'' | rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Record/> | rev6 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Autechre |last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/29 29]}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Select'' | rev7score = 4/5<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.songtwo.demon.co.uk/autechre/aett.html |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |magazine=Select |issue=66 |date=December 1995 |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Barnes |first=Mike |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000525173206/http://www.songtwo.demon.co.uk/autechre/aett.html |archive-date=25 May 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Spin'' | rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTM_D4UWqXQC&pg=PA94 |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |magazine=Spin |volume=12 |issue=4 |date=July 1996 |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Cummings |first=Sue |page=94}}</ref> | rev9 = ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' | rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 July 1996 |page=52}}</ref> }} ''Tri Repetae'' received critical acclaim upon release. In a five-star review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic described it as "a varied, accomplished album, clear evidence of Autechre's unique genius around sound."<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Tri Repetae - Autechre {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tri-repetae-mw0000647651 |access-date=2026-02-28 |language=en}}</ref> Sue Cummings of Spin magazine wrote that Autechre had "take[n] their place as electronic pioneers alongside Saunderson and even Kraftwerk," calling ''Tri Repetae'' "electronic music as emotionally resonant as you're likely to find."<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTM_D4UWqXQC&pg=PA94 |title=Autechre: Tri Repetae |magazine=Spin |volume=12 |issue=4 |date=July 1996 |accessdate=8 July 2016 |last=Cummings |first=Sue |page=94}}</ref> Vaughn Allen for ''Muzik'' variously described the album as "unsettling, skin-crawling" and "sticky-fingered, investigating the depths of [Autechre's] machines".<ref name=Muzik />
''Tri Repetae'' has been retrospectively described as a "seminal intelligent dance music record,"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doran |first=John |date=2025-11-06 |title=30 Years On: Autechre's Tri Repetae Revisited |url=https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/autechre-tri-repetae-review/ |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=The Quietus |language=en-GB}}</ref> a "turning point" in electronic music,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Terhune |first=Chang |date=2025-11-10 |title=Autechre :: Tri Repetae (Warp) — 30 years later |url=https://igloomag.com/reviews/autechre-tri-repetae-warp-30yrs |access-date=2026-02-28 |website=Igloo Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and a watershed moment for IDM.<ref name=":2" /> In 2017, ''Pitchfork'' ranked it at number three on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time,"<ref name="Best" /> and Treblezine ranked it as the 8th best electronic album of the 1990s.<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, ''Mixmag'' ranked the album as the 25th most influential dance album of all time.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The 50 most influential dance music albums of all time |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/the-50-most-influential-dance-music-albums-of-all-time |access-date=2026-02-27 |website=Mixmag.net |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Sean Booth and Rob Brown | headline = ''Tri Repetae'' | title1 = Dael | length1 = 6:39 | title2 = Clipper | length2 = 8:33 | title3 = Leterel | length3 = 7:08 | title4 = Rotar | length4 = 8:04 | title5 = Stud | length5 = 9:40 | title6 = Eutow | length6 = 4:16 | title7 = C/Pach | length7 = 4:39 | title8 = Gnit | length8 = 5:49 | title9 = Overand | length9 = 7:33 | title10 = Rsdio | length10 = 10:08 | total_length = 72:29 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | total_length = 76:41 | title11 = Medrey | length11 = 4:12 }}
{{Track listing | headline = ''Tri Repetae++'' US bonus disc | total_length = 75:42 | extra_column = Taken from | title1 = Second Bad Vilbel | length1 = 9:45 | extra1 = ''Anvil Vapre'' | title2 = Second Scepe | length2 = 7:44 | extra2 = ''Anvil Vapre'' | title3 = Second Scout | length3 = 7:21 | extra3 = ''Anvil Vapre'' | title4 = Second Peng | length4 = 10:53 | extra4 = ''Anvil Vapre'' | title5 = Garbagemx36 | length5 = 14:11 | extra5 = ''Garbage'' | title6 = PIOBmx19 | length6 = 7:37 | extra6 = ''Garbage'' | title7 = Bronchusevenmx24 | length7 = 9:44 | extra7 = ''Garbage'' | title8 = VLetrmx21 | length8 = 8:27 | extra8 = ''Garbage'' }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! Chart (1995) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|UK2|86|date=19951112|rowheader=true|accessdate=23 August 2019}} |}
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==External links== *[http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/tri-repetae ''Tri Repetae''] at Warp *[http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=20864 ''Tri Repetae''] at Bleep.com (features audio clips)
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