"We R Are Why" is an Autechre12-inch single released by mail-order and available at some concerts, by Warp Records in 1996. It was written and produced by Rob Brown and Sean Booth.
Sean Booth: "we r are why were the first two tracks we did on the ry30
they're both entirely done in the ry30 – with a bit of fx on the diff channels maybe, can't rem"[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown
No.
Title
Length
1.
"We R Are Why"
8:35
2.
"Are Y Are We?"
6:08
Total length:
14:43
There is intentionally no speed listed on the release. In an "AAA (Ask Autechre Anything)" on the site WATMM, Sean Booth stated "our original intention [was] to not write it on the record".[2] The durations above were measured when the vinyl was played at 45 rpm.[3]