Recording
Flutter
Autechre
Independently chosen for3 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1994
- Label
- Warp
- On
- IDM, 1994, and Warp
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Ranked No. 2 in IDM
Written so that no two bars repeat, in order to be legal under a British law that had just banned gatherings around repetitive beats. A protest record whose method became the duo's entire career.
Picked by 1994
Written so that no two bars share a tempo, specifically to be legal under the Criminal Justice Bill's definition of repetitive beats. A protest record whose protest is encoded in the rhythm programming, and it opened a door the genre went through.
Picked by Warp
No two bars at the same tempo, written that way to be legal under the Criminal Justice Bill. A label with a hit single putting out a piece of legislative protest, which is the clearest evidence here that the A&R was not commercial.