lol imagine heckling a CD
― for sale: Bebe's boots, never worn (DJ Mencap), Monday, 8 September 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
listening party sounds awful!
― am0n, Monday, 8 September 2014 14:56 (ten years ago) link
Sounds a bit surreal and awkward, but at least more social than staring into a monitor.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 8 September 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
wish i couldof brought my phone in so i could take a picture of the dude with the homemade yellow aphex twin suit vest
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 8 September 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
the a+ weirdest listening party i ever went to was the pre-release of scarlett johansson's album of tom waits covers. she sat on stage with publicists and hired interviewer while they played the music in the room in two minute snippets and then she sorta responded to unasked questions between tracks. it was awkward.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 September 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
listening party would be cool if you were allowed to each lie on a couch
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
it could double up as a blood donor station.
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 08:26 (ten years ago) link
And Aphex could take the donated blood and blend it into a polymer or something and use it to press the vinyl copies of the album.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 09:31 (ten years ago) link
WIRE review: http://i.imgur.com/ORCD5BU.jpg
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
God that first line completely proves my point.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
Urgh now I have to find that Tuss album urgh
― sonic thedgehod (albvivertine), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Review has renewed my interest in hearing the record.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Still embargoing reading any reviews at all of this, but my god. He is just the most beautiful man. (Even if he has not changed his blue sweater in about 2 years now.)
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
Ew
― smithery loves cuntery (wins), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
So he wasn't lying about the divorce.
But who knows about the rest of it...
http://kleineschriften.tumblr.com/post/97549542103
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
He says the Caustic Window record that was auctioned was Grant's, too. Shame about Rephlex.
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
‘Apparently Skrillex said that Flim was his favourite track. I’m afraid that says it all really.’
lol
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 16 September 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
"everything happens for a reason" and batshit conspiracy theories eh.
― ledge, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 09:56 (ten years ago) link
It's leaked: https://soundcloud.com/scarequotes-1/sets/syro-ilx-precovers
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:17 (ten years ago) link
Might be sliiiightly less unconvincing without the "ILX precovers" in the URL?
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:43 (ten years ago) link
No it must be true. That cover art is completely accurate.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:43 (ten years ago) link
Creepiest cover yet!
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:45 (ten years ago) link
the cover nearly made me spit out my coffee you assholes
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 12:45 (ten years ago) link
Is Grant OK? I knew about Rephlex shuttering, but I assumed it was out of boredom. While we haven't spoken in a few years, he was always an upstanding guy to me and I think about him often.
One of my favorite music memories is hearing a group of booty DJs play in Detroit with him and Soundmurderer. I was 18 so I was pretty starstruck. It ruled.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 13:00 (ten years ago) link
didn't know myself about rephlex shutting down. 'all good things...' i guess..
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 13:17 (ten years ago) link
Well, read the interview, and Richard explains.
Oh, and I guess he did come "up" by train to London because he was coming from Cornwall. After a birthday party. He explained. Jeez, Richard, if you don't want stalkers, stop explaining every aspect of your life on the internet. Please.
― Shugazi (Branwell with an N), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 13:49 (ten years ago) link
the chemtrails thing is a joke i hope
― 💻 👀 (am0n), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 15:56 (ten years ago) link
remember this is a dude who doesn't really want to leave his room
― ugh (lukas), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
neither do i and i can tell the chemtrails thing isn't real (like the moon landing)
― 💻 👀 (am0n), Wednesday, 17 September 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
drip
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 18 September 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
I was inspired to make an infographic for my record which also came out this week.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3848975/nye2point014nasonex.jpg
― dan selzer, Thursday, 18 September 2014 03:56 (ten years ago) link
Amazing.
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Thursday, 18 September 2014 06:43 (ten years ago) link
Minipops is a real jam - didnt think I would dig it so fast
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 18 September 2014 08:54 (ten years ago) link
this should be arriving at my desk any moment now....
― monoprix à dimanche (dog latin), Thursday, 18 September 2014 08:55 (ten years ago) link
I think I'm going to wait until mine arrives too, but the (nearly universally positive!) reviews so far have really tempted me. In the meantime I'm checking out drukqs again, which I never really gave a fair shot to begin with, and I'm absolutely floored by it. I understand the disappointment at the time but it's so very different than anything else IDM was doing in 2001, in retrospect the whole "RDJ lost it" narrative doesn't make much sense anymore to me.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
I mean that breakdown in "St Michels Mount" is just O.o
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
sixth track of syro ✓
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Is track 11 some kind of tribute to Renegade - Terrorist from 1994 ?
― StanM, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:49 (ten years ago) link
check the interview that Branwell posted
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
cool! thx
― StanM, Thursday, 18 September 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
answer is basically, maybe not that track specifically, but he was sure trying to figure out how early jungle producers accomplished what they did with a pretty limited sequencer. and admits he still hasn't made a good jungle track.
which is gold considering all of the "aphex pisses on straightahead jungle!" that got thrown around for a while, maybe still does.
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
His parents are from Wales. They both worked in a psychiatric hospital, where it was accepted to hand out lsd to patients.
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:05 (ten years ago) link
didnt some previous interview say his father was an engineer?idk, not going to pore over all of the shit he has said, print the legend
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Richard worked in the mines for a while too
― Nothing less than the Spirit of the Age (nakhchivan), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:11 (ten years ago) link
Yeah RDJ has said he hasn't made a good Drum n' Bass tune yet, but come on
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
not a proper d'n'b track no. whereas Digeridoo is proper storming techno imo.
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
what do you call the crazy half of drukqs then?
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
it's good but ... have you listened to much drum n bass?
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:34 (ten years ago) link
not really..wondering what consistutes 'proper' drum and bass
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/aphex-twin/#the-next-level
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link