Aphex Twin classic or Dud?

yours truly,

Ludo

Richard's 60s sets were fucking awesome tho. You haven't lived until you've heard the 35 minute Hammond version of "Blue Calx".

Chosen Lords soundin' better than ever yesterday. 'fenix funk 5' and 'reunion 2' hit soo hard.

I can't believe this is even being debated. One of the greatest electronic artists ever.

is that richard d james lookalike laetitia casta!!??
pretty sure it is, but i can't remember for sure anymore.

Ludo is a regular poster on De Subjectivisten!

Nerd bonerz question re 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92': is there anywhere one can find out when the specific tracks were written? I have half a feeling the answer is "the fucking sleeve", which I don't have to hand, and another half a feeling that Aphex has always made a big effort not to say

I LOVE DRUKQS+

my foot hurts, so i don't feel like getting up to get my cd. but there is no booklet in my copy. just a piece of paper with the cover on one side and blank on the other. did earlier pressings come with liner notes or something?

yours truly,

Ludo

haha! thank you. i needed that laugh this afternoon!

also, i like ludo's answer to the question he poses. is aphex twin classic or dud? no, i don't think so.

There's no mention of recording dates or anything like that. Actually, it's hard to even figure out the track titles by the packaging alone.

really?

i can see the track names fine on mine. i have the pias reissue. the back has the aphex logo rearranged to look like a smiling face, with the track names in a bold grey font.

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-150539-1162907302.jpeg

i used the wrong code thingy.

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-150539-1162907302.jpeg

oh, fiddlesticks.

best thread i ever started. :)

so what's going on with this band, did they break up?

Reformed as The Tuss with some Cornish women.

I still listening to the Polygon Window LP on a monthly basis.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RZ0Ldfv4xyc

needs to get released.

best thread i ever started. :)

Ludo

-- Ludo, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:25 AM (15 hours ago)

^fixed

V/VM Help Aphex Twins volumes 1 and 2 remain the best thing he's done since 1996.

by which I mean both V/VM, Richard D James and Jesus the Christ as well.

^fixed

:D

i was thinking 'bout it myself, why did i do that? i have no clue.

Ludo

just got chosen lords
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/funny-pictures-cat-headphones-god.jpg

I was so underwhelmed by chosen lords, I have no idea why it was so received so well, and so unanimously so. Although I might very well be more into it today, in all fairness.

b/c it is gr8

I want to hear Karen Tregaskin's opinion.

Yes, I am quite interested as well.

the cun shines out of my behind

http://xltronic.com/nostalgia/aphextwin.nu/v4/visuals/rdj/rdj-09.jpg

Totally off topic, but has anyone else had the misfortune to stand next to a very odorous Luke Vibert? Dude smells so bad. I wonder if Mr. Twin smells as bad as Vibert. Now That's What I Call Funky!

you think that's bad you should check out what he tastes like

4 fans of analrods:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6wKGtWJ4-o

xpost

ur not funny btw

Still think On EP is highlight of career. Warp version, of course.

i smoked a joint with vibert once but did not smell any foul odour

I love Vibert and have been called a dirty hippy myself many times before. My observation is in no way meant to diss Vibert. He's awesome. I still covet the early bits and pieces of his catalogue and have paid to see him live multiple times since the body odor incident.

love the GAK, and that one may be my favorite

Man, I dunno. It sure looks like it to me.

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/qdobatwin.jpg

Hi, Richard.

Embarking on a "Best of Aphex Twin (Cornwall holiday version)" ...

What, see if you can hike from Portreath Harbour to Carn Marth?

"You've got so many machines, Richard"
"I 'aven't got that many..."

Turns out the talking on the "Mummy Mix" of Come To Daddy was actually his mum? If he's not lying his head off (and really, even if he is) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

http://soundcloud.com/waphitxen/sets/aphex-twin-interview-live-1/

seems likely, she's on Drukqs as well so

aphex twin classics or drukqs?

Thing is, her accent on Drukqs sounds so different from the person speaking on the Mummy Mix (esp with the pitch shifting and all) sounds so different that I didn't recognise her.

some ppl sound quite different on the (answer)phone

has anything happened since one of the warp ppl said a new aphex twin album is in the works (last yr iirc?)

Not really, no. Vibert claimed to have heard some of the new tracks for the album, so there is ~something~ but who knows when anyone will pry it out of Richard's little mitts.

I'm going to squee about how cute and gentle and ever so slightly Cornish accented his voice sounds here, because if I'm going to be thrown off WATMM if I do any more fangirling.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

I always knew he did 95% of his own singing, as well. like, people are always "who's the girl singing on some of the tracks on SAW85?" and it's just so patently obviously him, when you hear his speaking voice. So I'm glad that he says it's almost always him.

He was supposed to have a "tsunami"* of releases ready to go last year.

*Trying to remember if this was the phrase used, might have been something else.

Well, first it was that one album for Warp. Then in the Another Man interview, he said he had six albums, all ready to go. And then in an interview with a Spanish broadsheet, he started talking about how he had FIFTEEN albums, and it just started to sound like typical RDJ exaggeration and lies, you know? Especially since his excuse for why he hadn't released any of the albums was all "I waited to get divorced" so his family didn't get any of the money, followed by "my ex wife is robbing me" and other assorted "the divorce ate my homework" bullshit excuses which actually started to sound kinda pathetic but if I start to think too much about how shitty it is to talk that way about yr ex wife when you have kids, I'm going to start to feel distinctly un-squee and quite cross about him, which I really don't want to feel.