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{{Infobox album
| name       = Draft 7.30
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Autechre]]
| cover      = AutechreDraft730.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = 7 April 2003
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Intelligent dance music|IDM]]|[[experimental music|experimental]]}}
| length     = 62:46
| label      = [[Warp Records|Warp]]
| producer   = Autechre
| prev_title = [[Gantz Graf]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[Untilted]]
| next_year  = 2005
}}

'''''Draft 7.30''''' is the seventh studio album by English [[electronic music]] duo [[Autechre]], released on 7 April 2003 by [[Warp Records]].

Around the time of the album's release, Sean Booth stated in an interview that "[rhythm] doesn't seem to limit us in the way it did when we first started".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bleeping-noise-in-your-head-thatll-be-autechre-593705.html |title=The bleeping noise in your head? That'll be Autechre... |accessdate=11 March 2009 |author=Laurence Phelan |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121202545/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bleeping-noise-in-your-head-thatll-be-autechre-593705.html |archivedate=21 November 2009 |date=6 April 2003 |work=[[The Independent]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 76/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|title=Draft 7.30 – Autechre|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/draft-730|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=6 July 2012}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/draft-730-mw0000026094 | author=Bush, John | title=Draft 7.30 Review | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=guardian>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/04/popandrock.artsfeatures4 | author=Wyse, Pascal | title=Autechre: Draft 7.30 | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=3 April 2003 | accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Mesmerising stuff. [Mar 2003, p.109]</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 6.2/10<ref name=pitchfork/>
| rev5 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>As complex and remarkable as everything that preceded it. [Jun 2003, p.92]</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Release Magazine]]''
| rev6Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Huss |first=Mattias |url=https://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orautechred730.htm|title=AUTECHRE - DRAFT 7.30|work=[[Release Magazine]] |date=25 April 2003 |accessdate=25 April 2003}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The new Rolling Stone album guide (pg. 28) |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/28/mode/2up |website=[[Internet Archive]] |accessdate=13 August 2013 |date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]''
| rev8Score = B<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/draft-730.htm | author=Heumann, Michael | title=Autechre: Draft 7.30 | work=[[Stylus Magazine]] | date=1 September 2003 | accessdate=19 August 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919114729/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/draft-730.htm | archivedate=19 September 2012 }}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>By the time we reach "Surripere" we could be listening to a toughened-up Aphex Twin, poignant harmonies battling against oblique but splintering beats. [May 2003, p.92]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Urb (magazine)|URB]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Draft's second half will hold more sway over those pining for the minor-key melodiousness of works through Tri Repetae++. [Jun 2003, p.93]</ref>
}}

The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Dominique Leone of ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'' said the album "doesn't break much new ground", but also thought that "Booth and Brown return to more straightforward grounds, even if they don't quite reach their mid-90s peak as melodic technicians".<ref name=pitchfork>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/364-draft-730/ |title=Draft 7.30 |accessdate=29 June 2011 |author=Leone, Dominique |date=23 April 2003 |work=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> Pascal Wyse of ''[[The Guardian]]'' said, "Buried in this splintered, maths-driven world, down there with the metal insects, are shards of musical convention that keep a humanity alive", adding that the music "becomes quite a beautiful picture of the chaos of your brain".<ref name=guardian/>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing     = Sean Booth and Rob Brown
| title1          = Xylin Room
| length1         = 6:09
| title2          = IV VV IV VV VIII
| length2         = 4:50
| title3          = 6IE.CR
| length3         = 5:38
| title4          = Tapr
| length4         = 3:14
| title5          = Surripere
| length5         = 11:23
| title6          = Theme of Sudden Roundabout
| length6         = 4:51
| title7          = VL AL 5
| length7         = 4:56
| title8          = P.:NTIL
| length8         = 7:07
| title9          = V-Proc
| length9         = 6:00
| title10         = Reniform Puls
| length10        = 8:38
| total_length    = 62:46
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223124/http://www.warprecords.com/ography/release.php?cat=WARP111 ''Draft 7.30''] at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).
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