Name used by the electronica duo of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, who have been working together on various audio and visual arts projects since 1987. By their own reckoning, Brown and Booth were B-boys with little musical experience, but a fondness for hip hop. They collected various cast-off gear from pawn shops and began making their own tapes. After going through several working names, they issued their first single under the name of Autechre in 1991.