Holy shit 5 scorrier [101 rainbows]
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 27 July 2015 13:38 (nine years ago) link
Did you give Caustic Window a listen when that appeared?
― Matt DC, Monday, 27 July 2015 14:03 (nine years ago) link
Nah, never got round to it; anything that hasn't had a pretty straightforward release in the last 12 months has pretty much flown straight past me. I assume I should?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 27 July 2015 14:20 (nine years ago) link
ty lowell for your little rundowns, v useful for those of us who haven't been wading through it all
― ogmor, Monday, 27 July 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
no sweat, a couple more that i dig on: (mortal 1) is hard hitting and spare, mostly atonal. it reminds me a bit of rsdio (tri rep) by autechre. 4 Acid Organ is pretty great, too. sort of an obvious highlight, like 28 organ, (HAB un23)(unfinished), and 18 Mello Punchy.
T13 Quadraverb was one of the original tracks shared in that two-part interview that was taken down, and it remains a favorite. pleasant, ear-rubbing effect on several elements in the track. pretty low-key, melodically
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 27 July 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
What's the EP like that was released towards the end of last year?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 07:59 (nine years ago) link
pretty good I thought, and the Electro-Acoustic record was also good although I need to listen to it a bit more. So much RDJ!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:10 (nine years ago) link
wait ... there was an EP released that _wasn't_ Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt 2?
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:31 (nine years ago) link
That's what I thought I was referring to?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:40 (nine years ago) link
Caustic Window is great yeah, and a more manageable way into the 'lost' material than the huge Soundcloud dump.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:40 (nine years ago) link
I felt like CCAI2 felt a bit similar to that Squarepusher thing he did with all the robots..?
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:46 (nine years ago) link
xxp I thought SM meant this: http://www.discogs.com/Aphex-Twin-MARCHROMT30a-Edit-2b-96/release/6844178 bonus tracks from the Japanese release of Syro
― Neil S, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:48 (nine years ago) link
there is too much aphex
― (no offence to people) (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 08:56 (nine years ago) link
oh oh right
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
DID SOMEONE SAY TOO MUCH
https://twitter.com/AphexTwin/status/627149600114221056
https://soundcloud.com/richarddjames/marchromt30a-edit-2b-96-mastered
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 July 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
? that is the Japanese bonus track/single that Neil S linked to a few posts above
― welltris (crüt), Friday, 31 July 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Bizarre, Aphex made a thing about posting it today and all.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 31 July 2015 16:32 (nine years ago) link
https://www.mixcloud.com/keyfumbler/aphex-twin-glastonbury-1997/
― am0n, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
fuckin nice
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
new ep, AFX • ‘orphaned deejay selek 2006-2008’, is pretty sweet, playable
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 9 August 2015 13:48 (nine years ago) link
playable always good.
where else to hear this than the one spotify track?
― calstars, Sunday, 9 August 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
not sure what's featured on Spotify, is it https://soundcloud.com/richarddjames/serge-fenix-rendered-2 ?
there's a link to "simple slamming b 2" (radio broadcast excerpt) if you scroll up a bit..
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 9 August 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
That Marchromt track is better than 90% of Syro.
― 9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:23 (nine years ago) link
disagree, though it reminds me of autechre a little bit. no love for the earth portal mix?
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:05 (nine years ago) link
Wasn't the marchromt track released as part of an EP a few months ago? I swear I've heard it before.
― calstars, Monday, 10 August 2015 20:12 (nine years ago) link
it's the bonus track for the Japanese version of Syro.. it's been up on youtube for a while.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Monday, 10 August 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link
I'm surprised the Caustic Window album got as little attention as it did. It seems pretty superior to Syro
― Y Kant Max Read (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:06 (nine years ago) link
Is there any legal way to obtain CW?
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:37 (nine years ago) link
that's the point, it got less attention because it wasn't something you could just buy in shops.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/watmmofficial/cat023-caustic-window-own-the-legendary-record-by/posts/881739
― koogs, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:46 (nine years ago) link
http://cat023.watmm.com/
You can get a nice blank CDr and case for your burnage..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:49 (nine years ago) link
xp and it's all old material.
― 9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 August 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
I've been thinking since Christmas that SYRO might actually be my favourite album of all time. MARCHROMT is just the icing on the cake: an amazing song, sung by aliens, not on the album.
― Keith, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 22:41 (nine years ago) link
It's the most spectacularly modern sounding thing, almost unbelievable in its intricacy. I don't buy the idea that it didn't move things on for Mr Twin. Drukqs was one of my favourite records of the last decade and the most annoying thing about SYRO is that it makes DRUKQS sound a bit dull - I'm sure I'll get back into it.
― Keith, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
yeah I am not on board with the Syro complaints, I like it a lot, you can just surface-listen and enjoy it or you can go deep and enjoy it even more
― sleeve, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 00:50 (nine years ago) link
I think what it misses for me is the humor, energetic playfulness and experimentation of RDJ/Come to Daddy/Windowlicker era AFX. It sounds like the editing/timbres are more consistent and the songs especially in the middle of the record bleed together a bit too well. The beginning and end of the album are utterly spectacular, though. Overall it's a fantastic release, but I can empathize with the criticisms.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 06:38 (nine years ago) link
think what it misses for me is the humor, energetic playfulness and experimentation of RDJ/Come to Daddy/Windowlicker era AFX.
To me all those things are definitely still present, albeit in a more subtle manner.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:04 (nine years ago) link
I mean yeah there's none of the abrasive, trolling humour he used to specialise in, but there's playfulness in spades.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:39 (nine years ago) link
serious RDJ is usually my favorite RDJ
― welltris (crüt), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 16:52 (nine years ago) link
yeah, same. it's a hare-brained theory with minimal supporting evidence and as soon as anyone challenges me i'll distance myself from the assertion and probably just not respond at all, but it seems like serious ages better than playful, across mediums
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/richarddjames/simple-slamming-b-2-ten-eight-seven-masteredwav
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
now we know what's "simple slamming," and what's not. kick/hi hat pattern recalls Backdoor.Netshadow -- https://youtu.be/llSB9kDAFis
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link
i agree with octobeard, personally. as an album, if Syro had been made by anyone else my reaction would be 'yes, this is fine electronic music in the tradition of aphex'. but as an aphex album proper i find it's missing some of that skeltering 'woah' factor which was present even on druqks. yeah the sound design is excellent but if i wanted to listen to music on an intensely technical level like that, i'd turn to something like autechre's exai. aphex for me is all about wild ideas executed without restraint. whether it's on SAWII or ICBYD or Windowlicker, he's like a magician pulling trick after trick out of his hat without ever repeating the same trick twice. i like aphex for his gimmickry, often because he makes the gimmick transcend itself and come into its own. Syro is straight-up C21 IDM in its purest form and I get why it's good, but sadly i find myself getting a bit exhausted and disengaged after just a short while. i like the opening track and a couple of others, but for me there just doesn't seem to be enough variety or dynamism to discern between the tunes on offer - they generally meld into one noise, and i'm just not used to that kind of consistency from the guy.
― 9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Thursday, 13 August 2015 09:34 (nine years ago) link
I like it, but I prefer the ILX pre-version
― Mark G, Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:10 (nine years ago) link
otm
― 9 days from now a.k.a next weekend. (dog latin), Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:26 (nine years ago) link
Where can one listen to that?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 13 August 2015 13:39 (nine years ago) link
and i'm just not used to that kind of consistency from the guy.
let's not pretend that drukqs never happened
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Thursday, 13 August 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
but as an aphex album proper i find it's missing some of that skeltering 'woah' factor which was present even on druqks. yeah the sound design is excellent but if i wanted to listen to music on an intensely technical level like that, i'd turn to something like autechre's exai.aphex for me is all about wild ideas executed without restraint. whether it's on SAWII or ICBYD or Windowlicker, he's like a magician pulling trick after trick out of his hat without ever repeating the same trick twice. i like aphex for his gimmickry, often because he makes the gimmick transcend itself and come into its own.
by gimmicky do you mean like the videos or something? or his sillier music like "come to daddy"? that's definitely my least favorite aspect of him. i like the melodies/tunings/synth sounds. thank fuck he didn't go the autechre route and make a bunch of "wild" magic jerkoff DSP flexing garbage.
― brimstead, Friday, 14 August 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
i really don't understand this whole thing where people want musicians to produce music ~in a certain way~ (playful, gimmicky) rather than describing the kind of music they want to hear. schpongle are quite playful, but i doubt any people critiquing latter day afx care for schpongle at all.
― brimstead, Friday, 14 August 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
I'm also in it for the melodies, synths, atmosphere and soundscapes
― calstars, Friday, 14 August 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
Drukqs was one of my favourite records of the last decade and the most annoying thing about SYRO is that it makes DRUKQS sound a bit dull - I'm sure I'll get back into it.
― Keith, Tuesday, August 11, 2015 3:42 PM (3 days ago)
there's not much on Syro that approaches the level of detail, intricacy, and FLOW of tracks like Vordhosbn, Omgyjya-Switch7, Cock/Ver10, Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount, 54 Cymru Beats, Meltphace 6, Taking Control, and friggin Ziggomatic 17.. Drukqs is so densely packed with information, and it flows so effortlessly, relentlessly, at parts.. it's a fucking marvel. the CIRCLONT tracks are kinda reminiscent of those examples, but maybe don't feel so laboured over.. they're chunky, sluggish-feeling in comparison. Syro feels like a compilation of stuff that he had been working on for a decade, material not necessarily intended to be sequenced together, whereas Drukqs, with all of its inconsistency, leaves me with an impression of a well-cohesive, epic double album.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Saturday, 15 August 2015 03:18 (nine years ago) link