Aphex Twin classic or Dud?

If that's the plan, he was smart to grow the beard early.

What's the story behind Melodies from Mars?

Luke played me some of the hundreds of tracks earmarked for this Analord series and they are beautiful. More like SOSW* & CW**. But really good clear production. Lots of acid lines, but also a lot of melody & pads... Mostly analog(ue): 303, 606, 808, 909 and his collection of synths (a nice bit of chunky doepfer acid) but a few with breaks too.

* Surfing On Sine Waves
** Caustic Window

Melodies From Mars is rumored to be a demo that he sent to video game companies for them to use in their games. in any case they're probably just outtakes from the RDJ album period since a longer version of Fingerbib is on it.

http://www.richarddjames.com/

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Aphex sucks. Their style is weak.

they broke up last year

Yo APHEX can I have your buchla modular?

why cause it looks intrsting

What really broke up Aphex Twin was the increasing tension within the group, which was kind of inevitable when you consider that Richard was devoting more and more time to card battle games, James' personality was being warped by his addiction to painkillers, and D's only true desire was to become a family man, now as much as ever. The Richard D. James album was really the last time they functioned as a cohesive group. On the bright side, I've heard Richard was working on a new solo project, and James, always a collaborator and producer above all, will surely find new talent to work with. There's also the possibility of a comeback album in the future, as long as one of the key members doesn't croak (fingers crossed!).

they still suck though

of course there are some song exceptions

Wait, now I'm confused. Do they suck or not? Because I need to know.

they suck with a few song exceptions

kind of like you, but you don't write songs.

do u like their cover of scorpions 'windowlicker'

In retrospect it's clear that the title "Druckqs" was a not-so-veiled jab at RDJ's former bandmates.

So they suck 100% of the time, except for when they were making those songs? Do they temporarily cease sucking if they perform those songs live? What if they mix two of their sucks together, and one sucks, and one doesn't? Do they suck 50% for the duration?

Take my hand, Captain! Together we will arrive at the truth!

Lukas, I think the crucial issues are which members of the Aphex Twin Band sucked the most, and who was carrying the band the majority of the time. To the first, I'd say D. definitely sucked the most. To the second, I'd actually argue that the rotating cast of studio drummers probably added an elegance to the band that could not have existed otherwise.

Yeah. Shame what happened to most of those drummers.

of course there are some song exceptions

Yeah, their songs are the best part. Richard has a fantastic voice.

The session drummers allegedly hated having to lay those drill n bass beats down, but they were pros and did the job as asked. R/D/J were real dictators in the studio. No one could satisfy them.

Aphex Twin Band back in their heyday, with original drummer Fred Ugolon (R.I.P.)

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which is the best Aphex Twin solo/side project? Polygon Window, AFX, or Caustic Window?

I heard they're reuniting for Coachella

have u guys heard the solo joint richard did before he joined aphex twin? really out-there stuff.

yeah, Kraftwerk was awesome

Shame he went all vaudeville post-Drukqs.

I heard Tricky is producing them next

I believe you mean Tricky are producing them next.

in america we refer to bands in the singular

cor!

you mean cor anglais, the band's next key instrument?

is that richard d james lookalike laetitia casta!!??

i think aphex definitely knows his craft, and i'll often do the laundry to his more relaxing stuff. anything too noisy ie. falling too deep into the realm of electronica noisy, i don't enjoy so much though

fav recording by Rick James is a bootleg of him live@Liquid Room in Tokyo.
and despite the soundquality, SanFran in 92.

Analords sounded like leftovers to me. Shouldn't he be working on a 'Gorillaz'-type side project by now?

u crzy dwg

Did RDJ just like retire and nobody noticed? Assuming both drukqs and Analord were leftovers of course. (sure sounded like leftovers to me. Wasn't the story that he found some songs laying around on his hard drive that he didn't give a shit about and just released them all as the drukqs album because he was desperate to get out of his contract with Warp?)

Been listening to SAW II like crazy for the past year or so. That album is so brilliantly good.

Isn't he behind The Tuss? First two-thirds of the album is great.

a nice appreciation, thanks for sharing it.

Indeed. There are a bunch more on Drukqs, like his mum shouting "Lorna", "Derek", "Richard", "Sarah", and another (can't remember which), where his mum (presumably entering his bedrooms) says "Ooh Richard, you've got so many machines", and he immediately reacts with "It ain't that many".

Stop making that big face!

Great post Naive Teen Idol

interesting you didn't notice that sample, first time I heard it that was the thing that stuck in my mind about it. because the music itself felt so alien (to this day I don't think any other album has made me feel as weird as I did listening to RDJ Album for the first time) and then it resolves to that little bit of humanity, that always felt very deliberate

Yup