Aphex Twin "Analord"

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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)

Pissed Up in SE1 is pretty much the only AFX song i want to hear these days.

― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 00:05 (seventeen years ago)

Whenever I see this thread on the New Answers page, I get a small twinge of hope that maybe he's finally gonna release a new album and somebody posted a press release or something. No luck every time :(

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 03:52 (seventeen years ago)

Which tracks, specifically, are better?

not better, but some highlights not included are:

Backdoor.netshadow (analord 9)
Phonatacid (track is pushing ten minutes) (analord 2)
Laricheard (analord 2)

I think the Tuss Confederation Trough ep is an improvement on the analord style. The tracks on it are more playful and colourful.

― Lowell N. Behold'n, Wednesday, 14 January 2009 04:11 (seventeen years ago)

lol was just coming to post about what a brute "Backdoor.netshadow" is. Shit owns.

― "Two Ears" Laybelle (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 24 January 2009 09:19 (seventeen years ago)

six months pass...

does the rest of this series live up to the awe-inspiring majesty of "pissed up in se1" and "i'm self-employed"?

― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Sunday, 16 August 2009 18:00 (sixteen years ago)

laricheard

― jed_, Sunday, 16 August 2009 18:27 (sixteen years ago)

i'm waiting for his track 'cumlord'

― omar little, Sunday, 16 August 2009 18:28 (sixteen years ago)

phonatacid

― elan, Sunday, 16 August 2009 18:44 (sixteen years ago)

cilonen / reunion

― elan, Sunday, 16 August 2009 18:44 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F49bAcU7Tk

― Milijas Like That (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 16 August 2009 19:15 (sixteen years ago)

yeah that's pretty good, thanks

― damo tsu tsuki (r1o natsume), Sunday, 16 August 2009 20:22 (sixteen years ago)

For someone who at one point was the biggest fanboy of this dude, I have neither really checked out Analord or even know if he's released anything in the last couple of years... There was that Tuss thing he did in about 07 - anything else?

― dog latin, Sunday, 16 August 2009 23:48 (sixteen years ago)

You're not missing much, really.

― Turangalila, Sunday, 16 August 2009 23:58 (sixteen years ago)

didn't the warp guy (steve beckett?) announce an aphex twin release for '09 at some point?

― （　´_ゝ˙） (Dr. Phil), Monday, 17 August 2009 00:02 (sixteen years ago)

six months pass...

can't believe i slept on this series for so long. analord 06 is so good

― nautical nooba (rionat), Friday, 5 March 2010 17:09 (sixteen years ago)

It was always hard to justify buying these records at import prices because they were interesting but not really jacking. It was always easier to cut to the chase and buy used copies of old Detroit and Chicago stuff.

I listened to the Analord Mix Tape when I was running the other day, and it was really good. That being said, it isn't something that I would want to deal with on a 12" level. I would rather just listen to it in an album format and be done with it.

― the muddy waters of donk (Display Name), Friday, 5 March 2010 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

Has anyone noticed the unreleased Analord tracks that are now on the Rephlex website for download?

http://www.rephlex.com/releases

Some of the new tracks are better than ones that made it to record.

― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Monday, 12 July 2010 04:27 (fifteen years ago)

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

― Palpatean Mists (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 21:50 (fifteen years ago)

What game is that?

― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 22:31 (fifteen years ago)

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