also, the track "polygon window" was on warp's artificial intelligence compilation which had been a big deal.
― visiting, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
As memory serves this stuff was coming out fast and furious as soon as labels like TVT started distributing. There was like a backlog that kept hitting the shelves. At the school paper I remember being excited every time something from TBT arrived, even though it was often forgettable stuff like Rise Robots Rise iirc.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
TVT, whoops.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:33 (four years ago) link
My memory is that SAW and SAWII received a wider critical reception, had better distribution and had generally remained widely available. Surfing On Sine Waves, stop me if I'm wrong, actually went out of circulation at some point, and while not rare exactly, was a bit trickier to find... the early AFX and Caustic Window records were somewhat similar in that respect. I don't remember people not realising that it was all being produced by Richard James at the time, at least in my circle of DJ friends.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
“It’s these people called Aphex Twins” 😭 pic.twitter.com/G6aygIiaFL— arj (@shempiii) April 27, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 27 April 2019 19:04 (four years ago) link
Great retrospective SAWII review by Sherburne: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/aphex-twin-selected-ambient-works-volume-ii/
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
It was a great piece, provides lots of context.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:40 (four years ago) link
trying not to take the bait on that rating
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Sunday, 5 May 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
what sort of maniac reads a numerical rating on a record review
― blokes you can't rust (sic), Sunday, 5 May 2019 23:08 (four years ago) link
Good piece. (I think the album deserves a 10, if any album does...)
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Monday, 6 May 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
in the unlikely event anyone wants Collapse but doesn’t have it, send me a webmail and i’ll send you a download code
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Monday, 15 July 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
damn this paul nagle song "the enchanted garden" sounds really close to whimsical mid-period aphex stuff like "cuckoo", "donkey rhubard", "fingerbib", etc, just without the beats (fast forward to around 5:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlolKqExXzg
― brimstead, Friday, 1 November 2019 01:18 (four years ago) link
nice
yeah, definitely not too far off from a lot of that aphex influenced 95-05 stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXxIi58Hjrw&list=OLAK5uy_k1qCeDNL429NnRinb2ewPxc4M5I8jhlKE&index=5
― djdirtbagstyle, Friday, 1 November 2019 05:59 (four years ago) link
try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGs3d8mbSh4
― djdirtbagstyle, Friday, 1 November 2019 06:00 (four years ago) link
God that first Jega album is such a winner. Bangers and beauties.
― octobeard, Friday, 1 November 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
Hell yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWJP17esBlI
recommend his Variance LP too
this DN is a little on-the-nose at times
― lost IDM classics (lukas), Monday, 11 November 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
https://streamable.com/a68p9
recent clip of Aphex with a live singer
― lost IDM classics (lukas), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
(typical photographer)
― koogs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 13:50 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/NqK7dqF.jpg
can't believe its taken me so long to notice this
― frogbs, Monday, 9 December 2019 04:40 (four years ago) link
What’s the one on the left?
― Frozen II Outtakes Playlist (morrisp), Monday, 9 December 2019 04:47 (four years ago) link
Magnetic Fields by Jean-Michel Jarre
I doubt RDJ is much of a fan which makes this funnier tbh
― frogbs, Monday, 9 December 2019 04:55 (four years ago) link
Do you think it's intentional or just a random coincidence? Seems pretty coincidental to me, besides having a closeup of the artist's face on a white background (which is hardly uncommon), the covers aren't that similar: Jarre shows 1/2 of a face, Aphex has 3/4; Jarre is shot from a straight angle and shows only the face + a bit of neck, Aphex is shot from slightly above and shows some shoulder as well; Jarre includes the artist name and album title, Aphex doesn't.
― Tuomas, Monday, 9 December 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
sorry, these look nothing alike
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 9 December 2019 13:03 (four years ago) link
^
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:09 (four years ago) link
tough crowd
― The Pingularity (ledge), Monday, 9 December 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link
I don't know if it's intentional or not though I'd imagine he definitely knows who JMJ is
Seems pretty coincidental to me, besides having a closeup of the artist's face on a white background (which is hardly uncommon)
for instrumental electronic music I think it's pretty uncommon! though obviously RDJ is pretty willing to do it
― frogbs, Monday, 9 December 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
alright listen you little shits
Magnetic Fields
It's Les chants magnétiques, not Les champs magnétiques, except of course 'chants' and 'champs' are homophones in French.
I agree with the others that Afx's pose probably isn't a callback but I like the speculation.
― pomenitul, Monday, 9 December 2019 14:39 (four years ago) link
Brilliant as ever. Visuals no slouch either. https://youtu.be/961uG4Ixg_Y
― Pyschocandles, Friday, 3 January 2020 01:02 (four years ago) link
WTF @ 2/3 of Smojphace (which I just listened to for the first time and which will probably be the last thing I ever hear now that my eardrums have been thoroughly scoured)
I don't 'do' memes but if I did this would be a great candidate for the 'Lou Reed: (records Metal Machine Music); RDJ: Hold my beer.' treatment.
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Monday, 13 January 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
since it's my thread, i am gonna vouch for Ovuca - Onclements, which is great and I've been listening to it all week (and it's on Rephlex so semi-on topic)
― Ludo, Monday, 13 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
it's amazing how consistently good these dj(+live?) sets are xxpost
― lukas, Monday, 13 January 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
I think those Smojphace tracks are supposed to be fed through a visualiser thingy
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Monday, 13 January 2020 21:35 (four years ago) link
(Not new music)
what the fucking fuck is going on here?https://t.co/cPLG868cP0(h/t @djhausUTTU)— Posthuman (@posthuman) March 4, 2020
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 10:53 (four years ago) link
Probably forgot to renew the domain registration? The incest pron link on the contact page seems like a giveaway tbf
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
looks like a "prank" to me !!!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
I vote prank
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
it's a very well observed one if so
― doorstep jetski (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
The domain's WhoIs details are weird (the registrant/tech contact is purported to be someone named Elizabeth Hanks in Clinton, NJ) -- but it's hosted out of the UK and doesn't appear to have changed hands recently.
― tamagotchi revival artist (morrisp), Wednesday, 4 March 2020 17:39 (four years ago) link
New tracks?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
download the mp3s and check the comments ;_;
― lukas, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
huh?
― brimstead, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
Oh, yeah, I saw that. (Apparently his father recently passed, and he dedicated at least one track to him.)
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 18:59 (four years ago) link
brimstead: https://soundcloud.com/user18081971
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
better: https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/tracks
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 19:10 (four years ago) link
no I got it, I just thought lukas’ initial post implied it was fake or something
― brimstead, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
o i c
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:53 (four years ago) link
'qu 1' is beautiful and sad.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 9 April 2020 22:03 (four years ago) link
I won’t attempt to parse the exact p.o.v. behind the cluster of URLs in the profile’s “Bio,” but there’s definitely a p.o.v. being expressed.
― morrisp, Friday, 10 April 2020 01:04 (four years ago) link
oh he's a covid truther cool
― frogbs, Friday, 10 April 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link