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===''Incunabula'' and ''Amber'' (1993–1994)===
In 1993 Warp released their debut album, ''[[Incunabula (album)|Incunabula]]'', which became a surprise success, reaching the top of the [[UK Indie Chart]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=29 April 2001 |title=Autechre: Mathematics is the new rock'n'roll |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/autechre-mathematics-is--the-new-rocknroll-683346.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331164931/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/autechre-mathematics-is--the-new-rocknroll-683346.html |archive-date=31 March 2009 |access-date=23 December 2009 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> The album had a cool, calculated feel, with clear techno and electro roots, but also showed hints of the rhythmic flourishes and tuned percussion that would later become an important feature of their work. An EP of remixes of ''Incunabula''{{'}}s "[[Basscadet]]" was released in 1994, with animated computer graphics for the Bcdtmx version created by Jess Scott-Hunter. This music video featured on [[MTV Europe]]'s Party Zone when Autechre were interviewed during the show in September that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forum.watmm.com/topic/92399-autechre-tv-interview-1994/|title=Autechre TV Interview 1994|website=Forum.watmm.com.|date=11 January 2017 |access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> 1994 also saw the release of ''[[Amber (Autechre album)|Amber]]'', an album featuring a more [[Ambient music|ambient]], less percussive approach than their debut.<ref name="fact">{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/09/02/the-essential-autechre/2/|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|title=The Essential... Autechre|access-date=17 August 2014|date=2 September 2013|last=Kalev|first=Maya}}</ref>

The ''[[Anti EP]]'' was released shortly before ''Amber'' and is, as of yet, the only Autechre release to have an explicit purpose: it was a protest against the [[Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994]], which would prohibit raves, defined as any gathering of nine or more people where rave music is played. Rave music was defined as music which "includes sounds wholly or predominantly characterized by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats".<ref>{{cite web |title=Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 63 (1) (b) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/63 |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Legislation.gov.uk}}</ref> The record came wrapped in a seal, on which was printed a legal warning: "Flutter has been programmed in such a way that no bars contain identical beats and can therefore be played at both forty-five and thirty-three revolutions under the proposed new law. However, we advise DJs to have a lawyer and musicologist present at all times to confirm the non-repetitive nature of the music in the event of police harassment."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pattison |first1=Louis |title=How the Political Warning of Autechre's Anti EP Made it a Warp Records Classic |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/warp-25-autechre-anti-ep/ |access-date=7 November 2024 |work=VICE |date=21 July 2014}}</ref>

In a 2008 interview with [[Pitchfork Media]], Rob Brown mentioned that ''Incunabula'' and ''Amber'', retrospectively, sounded "cheesy".<ref name="pitchfork2"/> Brown later clarified that "they were perhaps more simple, but not in a shit way".<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XAizLmKun4yF6oBVUhIrewYN-ZiY_9ORckmT-hF93Ho/edit#gid=0:Link "Ask Autechre Anything"]. Docs.google.com, November 2013</ref>