Aphex Twin's _Selected Ambient Works Volume II_ is ten years old

Think it's also that when SAW II came out, 25 year old albums were things like Abbey Road and Let It Bleed and there seems a disconnect thinking of it in those terms.

Fun fact: no human being has yet lived for a span of time longer 5X the age of SAWII.

also, if you listen to SAWII five times in a row with no breaks, you die

Happy early birthday

I already thought Aphex Twin had the best study music, but this has to be his best one. I finally got around to it last fall while organizing some longer papers for a class. I found it weirdly helpful and definitely my favorite of his at the moment.

The third-to-last song "Tassels" is metal as fuck. Is it #22? Are the numbers different depending on format?

It's #22 on Spotify.

#6 is a noir earworm.

If #6 is "Curtains" which it might not be.

Sorry #7 is the noir earworm.

love that one

Almost 30 years old!

Christ on a bike.

Sorry, did I say 'ten'? I meant 'twenty.'

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

it's about time he put a new record out!

― Crackle Box, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ned, you bastard. I've been patiently waiting for years to make a parody thread about how it's 10 years since the '10 years since SAW II' thread started.

― If it was up to the unions we still have stream trains (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Zing.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Just wait for the thirty year event.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

You've done it again, Ned. Now I've got to wait another decade.

Time to play the long game!

https://i.imgur.com/ALBJbdy.png

It's not April 5th yet!

so warp’s instagram has been posting some cryptic SAW II things and people are speculating that maybe it will be getting an anniversary reissue of some kind

!

Can we get a damn SAW III to follow it up too? Is that too much to ask for, Richard?!

you were right

Expanded edition coming in October. 3 CDs, 4 LPs, a super fancy box version.

dammit 2xCassette sold out! Great medium for this tbh

sadly i dont have £299 for an oak box

any indication of the regular vinyl getting wide release?

I'm confused, are there really only two bonus tracks?

you can preorder the regular 4xLP for $50, pretty good deal imo. I was on the fence about preordering since the Aphex vinyl that's in print is fairly available but SAW II has always been a pretty special/sought after thing so who knows. hopefully this means a drukqs reissue is in the works someday too

xp Looks like,yeah. And one of them is the 2017 digital bonus track. Plus #19 being available across formats finally (previously UK vinyl - and web digital - only). These would necessitate the extra CD but be a bit skimpy for an extra LP. Sides on the original are a bit long though so it looks to be rejigged, shown by the "tracklist" (several circles now have three images - before, every side had at least 4).

thanks, that was what I thought but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything

pitchfork all "check out the track list below"

said track list:

01 #1
02 #2
03 #3
04 #4
05 #5
06 #6
07 #7
08 #8
...

(it gets more interesting later but...)

my original cd has the rot and the outer tracks won't play (luckily i took a copy before it got bad). i meant to buy another copy when it came out in that fancy case (super jewel it appears to be called) but never did... perhaps now is the time...

Minidisc copy, I hope.

Wow $300 for the boxset. The normal vinyl at $50 is a good offer. I still don’t know if I’d buy… used to listen to this one fairly frequently and I think only about 1/3 would be of any use to me nowadays.

If it's only 3 tracks the bonus CD should be one of those 3" ones.

I burned a 3CD-R that follows the vinyl track list awhile back…I will buy this on CD

still have my cds, but if i didn't, lugging out a giant wooden box and then flipping all of those lps every 20mins or so seems like a uniquely awful way to experience this particular album

otm, this was made for long CDs

Check this:

https://www.oakfurnituresuperstore.co.uk/products/york-150cm-solid-oak-dining-table?gad_source=1

300 quid, and REAL SOLID OAK! I may get this to put my laptop on so as I can stream it.

I preordered it. I actually bought the repressing years ago, but heard some distortion and it was likely my turntable or stylus so I returned it (oops).

Now it goes for bloody ~$200 on discogs. And that version lacked Stone in Focus, which this will have (yay!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uho04jJzxjs

I did the pre order on CD, as I’d never owned this before!

No bonus tracks we haven’t heard before? Lame.

Can’t believe they still haven’t adopted the fan-made names as the official song titles after all these years. I still think the album is better listened to with the songs in alphabetical order from “Blue Calx” to “Z-Twig”.

What a great record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzuygQd3do

Thanks, I just matched this sample!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyCRiyMg2ik

“Blue Calx” is the ultimate

The CD of SAW II I bought in a charity shop years ago was bronzed. It has somehow persevered but now you can see actual rot on the outer edges. Time to buy it again I think.

Exactly what koogs said

yeah, it didn't help that they were long CDs and the data went right to the edges

I bought SAW II on CD back in 2004 and didn’t know stone in focus existed until last year, was a bit of a trip to discover one of the best songs by one of your favourite artists just hiding in a cupboard. It’s probably the closest I’ve come to realizing my recurring dream where I’m watching TV and a season 4/5 Simpsons episode I’ve never seen suddenly comes on.

have you looked into the soundcloud dump?