Aphex Twin "Analord"

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If I can find the time I'll do a Back to Mine: Analord and whittle it all down to 60 minutes or so. (Though something tells me this has been done by at least 140 other people on other boards/lists.)

He should've released each track on one-sided 12".

Just wait until every Analord track is remixed by every alias on Ai.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it was a dumb move. 41 tracks, $100. No, I don't usually spend that much on a whim. Yes, I know idm has sucked for a long time now. But I recently re-discovered my love for afx and I ... I need to drink less coffee.

― Lukas (lukas), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 03:42 (twenty years ago)

That's fine. Some people pay more than $100 for a single CD that's highly out of print. And I don't think that's even particularly insane (even though I probably should.)

― donut ferry (donut), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 06:00 (twenty years ago)

OK, time to get excited again!

Analord has some surprising champions.

If one believes Internet fanboys, #9 is storming futuristic acid unlike anything you've heard. Retro? Nein!

Or, it's a pale shadow of AB3. We'll see.

― Lukas (lukas), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

"i think the last music i bought in this vein were those astrobotnia EPs ... paying for this sort of thing is like paying for "new weird america" hippie psych folk freakout collective music."

Amen. That said, one of my favorite pieces of electronic music is "Acidophilus" off of pt. 1.

― ugly and mean, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Wikipedia says there's a fake version of #9 out there. Somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the version said Internet fanboys are drooling over.

That said, I like a lot of the tracks, particularly on the earlier discs, but the inevitable comp will probably suit most ppl just fine in the end.

― marc h. (marc h.), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

but the idea of anybody shelling out for it is just ... wow, mindblowing.

RICHARD D. JAMES = MARISSA MARCHANT!!!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

the fake version of #9 is the one with 9 tracks.
the real one only has 4.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

Analord is the headstone on top of the grave that was Drukqs.

― I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

the real one only has 4.

that is the one with drool stains yah.

I have this sneaking suspicion that most of the people slagging it listened to one or two volumes, got bored and quit.

― Lukas (lukas), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

But what do i know, i've listened to zero so far.

― Lukas (lukas), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

more like richard d james = the stereolab of IDM

i mean, what is it going to take to shock him out of autopilot? luke vibert choking to death on his beard?

― vahid (vahid), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Stereolab's autopilot is way prettier than RDJ's right now though.

― I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle vague), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 23:59 (twenty years ago)

hey i thought we were in the trust tree

― Lukas (lukas), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:20 (twenty years ago)

stfu noodle fague, you douchebague

― wet noodle, Wednesday, 17 August 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

so...what these analord twelves need is dreamy female vocals, it's not like he hasn't done it before.

i think i need to listen to drukqs again.

i love wikipedia.

― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

CAT 173 CD: AFX - "Chosen Lords" (Analord album)

????????????????????

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Yah. Nowhere near complete, though, it's sort of a single-disc "best-of." The tracklisting hasn't leaked yet as far as I know.

― telephone thing, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 04:19 (twenty years ago)

Headline: Analord to be released on CD

Translation: Christopher R. Weingarten will finally listen to Analord

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 05:50 (twenty years ago)

Tracklist and cover posted on IDM list:

http://xltronic.com/discography/release/1539/afx-chosen-lords-cat173cd

01 fenix funk 5
02 reunion 2
03 pitcard
04 crying in your face
05 klopjob
06 boxing day
07 batine acid
08 cilonen
09 pwsteal.ldpinch.d
10 xmd 5a

― gnippiks, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 08:17 (twenty years ago)

That's a perverse selection. Folks who haven't heard the full releases should be warned that it's hardly a "Best Of".

― The Man in the Iron-On Mask (noodle vague), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

Analord is the headstone on top of the grave that was Drukqs.

-- I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle_vagu...), August 17th, 2005.

funny, these are the two most interesting releases (album and series), for me, in RDJ's catalogue.

klopjob is an outstanding track.

― Palpatean Mists, Tuesday, 31 January 2006 14:29 (twenty years ago)

god's sake! can't he just hurry up and sort his shit out and blow my mind away just one last time?

― Vintage Latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:13 (twenty years ago)

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I don't know what I was getting at when I wrote that, cos I've enjoyed Analord and I don't hate Drukqs at all. I think I meant that those 2 releases have killed off RDJ's critical reputation, but I don't consider that a loss.

Still, the CD comp's got no "Steppingfilter", "Phonatacid", "Laricheard", "Analoggins" etc etc etc = odd choice of tracks.

I think the lack of innovatory fireworks on Analord is quite deliberate. Instead of trying to blow your mind, he's wriggling inside it.

― The Man in the Iron-On Mask (noodle vague), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

yeah lose tracks 3, 4, 10,.. and substitute Phonatacid, Laricheard, etc. and i'd be into it.

― |l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l| (eman), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:59 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

possibly stupid question but ppl keep saying analord 1-11 are aphex revisting himself and going back to an earlier period but after hearing all the analogue bubblebaths, i dont really hear that much of a similarity... anyone else feel like this?

plus, i think afx has gotten better as a musician and it shows on the new stuff.

― aphextrio, Tuesday, 21 March 2006 12:53 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I finally got the chance to hear the AFX Analord stuff, on "Chosen Lords".

If the selection of tracks for this "best of" really is bad, then the songs that are better must be mindblowing. This is one of my favorite releases of the year, by far.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Friday, 21 April 2006 07:26 (twenty years ago)

Theres some great music on this but the limited scope of the sounds here makes it hard to stay interested past the half way mark... Fenix Funk though, what an opener that one is!

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 21 April 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

It does slow a little bit in the middle, but the last 3 tracks are wonderful, particularly XMD 5a, the closer.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Friday, 21 April 2006 11:10 (twenty years ago)

I thought it was an odd selection, not a bad one. There's stuff on the vinyl every bit as good as on CL, some probably better. But this stuff continues to baffle my sense of good and bad - it doesn't feel special somehow, but it's very very insidious.

― Mingus Realty (noodle vague), Friday, 21 April 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

The compilation is good but you really need to get a hold of all of these (though Analord 9 is closest to his more recent screechy breakbeat stuff -- not my fave). I truly love the bedroom techno simplicity of the series.

― Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Friday, 21 April 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

it doesn't feel special somehow, but it's very very insidious.

this is OTM

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 21 April 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

i have all the analords as mp3's, if anyone is interested.

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

i would rather listen to the analord tracks on separate 12"s than listen to a compilation of the 'best' ones on one CD. that is my feeling, anyway. i can only take the aphex twin these days in small doses. perhaps i am getting old? also the most 'housey' analord recs don't seem to be on this!

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:55 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

love the quality of these sounds. been warming up to "chosen lords" the last few weeks. it's so clean and dry

― mono tony, Friday, 26 May 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

klopjob is an excellent track.

― mono tony, Friday, 26 May 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

eight months pass...

i'm curious... did you like these and what speed did you play them at?

― friday on the porch (lfam), Thursday, 8 February 2007 16:31 (nineteen years ago)

i really like these 12s

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Thursday, 8 February 2007 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

They were ok. Not as bad as I expected from Aphex Twin in this day and age.

― jimn (jimnaseum), Thursday, 8 February 2007 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

'Where's your girlfriend?' off Analord 1 was pretty great.

― jimn (jimnaseum), Thursday, 8 February 2007 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

several of the better tracks are not included on chosen lords.

― held tony (held tony), Thursday, 8 February 2007 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

a lot of them were a bit one note in terms of being too consistent with the mood but he seems to have gotten better as a 'musician' over the years.

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Thursday, 8 February 2007 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

> several of the better tracks are not included on chosen lords.

and there was plenty of space left on the disk as well (i think it was about 55 minutes). which just feels stingy.

― Koogy Bloogies (koogs), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:11 (nineteen years ago)

i play them at mp3 speed

― am0n (am0n), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Which tracks, specifically, are better?

― Zachary S (Zach S), Thursday, 8 February 2007 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

i think a lot of people like analord 2

― friday on the porch (lfam), Friday, 9 February 2007 03:09 (nineteen years ago)

analord 5 is dope. one side of it is this really druggy drexciyan stuff with the kicks really far apart.

― lfam, Thursday, 22 February 2007 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

THIS IS THE FUCKING BOMB AND IF YOU AREN'T ABOUT IT WELL FUCK YOU

― The Real Slim Whitman (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 September 2008 07:54 (seventeen years ago)

YEAH NO DUH

― Steve (Not Stevie) (Stevie D), Friday, 12 September 2008 18:17 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

it does all blur into one a bit but this is all still really good. tho i do think that even tho hes gotten better, chops-wise, theres nothing all that distinct that stands out. it doesnt resonate quite as much as the older stuff. still love it though.

― uk grime faggot (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 23:43 (seventeen years ago)

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