| We R Are Why | |
| Cover: | Autechre-we.r.are.why.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Autechre |
| B-Side: | Are Y Are We? |
| Released: | 14 April 1996 |
| Genre: | Ambient techno |
| Length: | 14:43 |
| Label: | Warp Records WAP72 |
| Producer: | Autechre |
| Prev Title: | Tri Repetae |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Envane |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"We R Are Why" is an Autechre 12-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]
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]