Tri Repetae

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; the aesthetical shift was intentionally echoed by its album cover designed by the duo's visual collaborators The Designers Republic. The studio and the band decided on a totally plain metallic (technology) and green (nature) cover^[9]. 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".

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".^[10] On 11 November 2016, Tri Repetae was re-released on vinyl by Warp,^[11] along with their two previous albums, Incunabula and Amber.

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[13]
Muzik	[4]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[1]
Record Collector	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[14]
Select	4/5[15]
Spin	7/10[16]
The Sydney Morning Herald	[17]

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Tri Repetae received critical acclaim upon release. In a five-star review, Allmusic described it as "a varied, accomplished album, clear evidence of Autechre's unique genius around sound."^[5] Sue Cummings of Spin magazine wrote that with this album, the group "take their place as electronic pioneers alongside Sauderson and even Kraftwerk," calling it "electronic music as emotionaly resonant as you're likely to find."^[6]

In the years since its release, Tri Repetae has been described as a "seminal intelligent dance music record,"^[18] a "turning point" in electronic music,^[19] and a watershed moment for IDM.^[7] In a retrospective review written in 2016, Andy Beta noted the album's influence on the sound of musicians such as "Oneohtrix Point Never, Arca, Holly Herndon, Russel Haswell, and Powell,"^[20] and Igloo Magazine has noted the impact the album had on Radiohead.

In 2017, Pitchfork ranked it at number three on its list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time,"^[2] and Treblezine ranked it as the 8th best electronic album of the 1990s.^[7] In 2018, Mixmag ranked the album as the 25th most influential dance album of all time.^[8]