New Aphex Twin Record

That's the full tracklisting? I was kind of hoping the 9, 10, 12 indicated another 6-8 tracks were missing from the leaked version.

It's... all right. Some nice sounds but I'm not too excited by it yet. Then again it took a while for Analord to grow on me and this is somewhat similar in style.

Been listening to this for a while. I like it okay, but I'm starting to wish he would do a SAW volume 3. The spazzy drums remind me of the dot-com era or something.

Alspacka is a track off of the Confederation Trough EP. The others are "Fredugolon 6" and "GX1 Solo". The vinyl version subtracts "GX1 Solo" and adds "Akunk"

The tracklist of the full length "Rushup Edge" is:

1 Synthacon 9
2 Last Rushup 10
3 Shiz Ko E
4 Rushup I Bank 12
5 Death Fuck
6 Goodbye Rute

I'm giving both a first listen right now.

wtf what label where did u get it send t0 me now

OMG THIS IS AMAZING!!! I am loving this sound.

wtf what label

-- am0n, Friday, June 22, 2007 3:53 PM (4 hours ago)

wtf me stupid

finally an afx/steely dan collaboration

It's too bad the vinyl version of the Confederation Trough EP doesn't include "GX1 Solo", because it's probably the best song he's released as The Tuss.

I'm finding these new songs to be kind of bleh. They're above average compared to most of RJD's peers, but they seem uninspired compared to his previous output. On Rushup Edge, there isn't the variety of tempos and sounds and textures that I was expecting. It's not until the closer "Goodbye Rute" that things change up noticeably.

Nothing will ever approach "...I Care Because You Do" I think.

phelan is on the case

BTW am finally hearing this and def liking.

xpost. Uh, wha?

Why do people get paid to write this stuff?!

it's not that bad. kinda makes me want to explore this guy's stuff a bit more.

RWJ

This reminds me that I still have to purchase Analords 5-11.

Richard Wood Johnson... as in like Robert Wood Johnson, the hospital that's near my house?

i stopped reading here:

After his 1993 debut, Selected Ambient Works 85-92, defined "ambient" (the first of several genres James was to invent...

That Village Voice article is absurd fanboy drooling. Wow, RDJ is a good marketer who jumped on the viral marketing on the internets bandwagon.

I like this album a lot though.

I've been laying off electronic music for a few years, so I just got the Chosen Lords collection a couple of days ago. I like it quite a bit. It is like RDJ finally said fxxk it with all of that hyperactive mumbo jumbo and made a follow up to Selected Ambient Works 85-92 with a bit of the rush from Surfing on Sine Waves.

If The Tuss stuff is just as good, I will check that out next. I never got the 26 Mixes for Cash, so that is one I also want to check out.

It is like RDJ finally said fxxk it with all of that hyperactive mumbo jumbo and made a follow up to Selected Ambient Works 85-92 with a bit of the rush from Surfing on Sine Waves.

That's what many of us have been waiting for. So - worth checking out?

26 Mixes is a pretty good cross section of dude's talents. Little bit of everything.

(from the article) And for another, James was really more like Jesus Christ—a redeemer of the lowly, because, really, is there any form of music lower than house?

OK, I stopped reading there. I hope the new material is not as crap as sections of this article unintentionally imply.

"So - worth checking out?"

I think so. Chosen Lords has a consistent and flowing sound across the collection and doesn't get broken up by out of place totally drilling tunes like Richard D. James and even I Care Because You Do. AFX uses some breaks and there is some really complex drum programming on this newer stuff, but it is more in vein of his earlier more ambient techno/acid sounding recordings.

I like it. Warm and fun.

it is more in vein of his earlier more ambient techno/acid sounding recordings.

Definitely. Sounds like he's integrating the successes of the Richard D. James-style stuff into the SAW stuff.

http://bleep.com/media/images/r/g/56481.jpg

Aphex Twin Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP Warp

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/aphex-twin-announces-computer-controlled-acoustic-instruments-pt-2/

sounds interesting... will it really be computer controlled acoustic instruments? i feel a bit like this could go the way of that squarepusher project from about a year or two back though...

glad he's not resting on his laurels though. i'd be chuffed if he starts releasing stuff on a regular basis again.

he said in an interview that he'd been fiddling with computer-controlled acoustic stuff, yeah. every time i try to imagine it i get a hideous animatronic monkey beating a snare. dunno what to expect.

conlon nancarrow is my only reference point for computer controlled acoustics. sounds like a piano having a seizure

DJ Food - 90 minute mix of the Soundcloud tracks

https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-1322015-part-1-2-dj-food

selected his 31 favorite tracks and no 28 organ? no 1 nocares? can't possibly fit in 14 07 B, huh? get out of here with this fucking bullshit.

jk this is cool, never heard his (non-fucked with) speaking voice.

new songs up on the soundcloud

day for night 'setlist'

Posers (Andy Stott cover)
Samurai (EPROM cover)
Polynomial-C
X-103 - Eruption
Guantanamo (Jlin cover)
13 High Hats Tune Tamclap Orig (user18081971 track)
Brace Yourself Jason (µ-ziq)
Nightmail 1 (user18081971 track)
Rushup | Bank 12 (The Tuss track)

anyone figured out what's on this new record? sold only at the fest http://pitchfork.com/news/70487-aphex-twin-sells-mysterious-new-record-in-houston/

he played a fair bit more than that over two hours.

watmm seems to think he played some unreleased afx stuff toward the end. maybe that's what's on the vinyl? missed that as i was soaked and freezing and huddling for warmth under a blanket by then.

dj set or not, first half of his set was tremendous, dramatic as hell even before the thunderstorm.

also i went for a bathroom break during which my friends ran into rdj and took their picture with him >.<

If anyone comes across a leak of the white album, please share with us philistines.

Todd Osborn wrote on Facebook:

So then, since we're basically snowed in here - time for some top secret project revealing:

My oldest son, Kaito, and I will be opening a small new store here in Ypsilanti called "Technical Equipment Supply".
Clothing, decks (Palace), music - lots of 7" and cassette, but other vinyl as well - the majority is modern funk/boogie & Detroit-related hiphop.

And since we're doing all of that, why not use this opportunity to make a super-label featuring a bunch of my buddies? So, there is also a new label happening alongside the store - TECH.EQPT.SPLY.
1st release (TECH-002) Soundmurderer/Atlas 7"
2nd release (TECH-004) Aphex Twin 10"
3rd release (TECH-006) Madlib 7"
and more releases coming from Bogdan Raczynski, Flying Lotus, Wisp, Zinc, etc
Label releases are only sold in-store (no digital, no online) - 7" & 10".
A few other unique items in the pipeline but that's enough news for now.
Probably* open this Wednesday, Dec 14 onward. Probably* hours will be 2-8pm or 3-9pm, something like that.

https://www.facebook.com/technicalequipmentsupply/

http://www.technicalequipmentsupply.com/

Sad to not see a Ween cover on that set list. I'd love to hear Rdj do I'm Killing It (Kill Everything) or Stallion pt. 3

Ypsilanti Michigan?

Yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsJnYwa4Qlw&t=0s

0:00:00-0:00:58 Baudouin Oosterlynck - Refuge
0:00:47-0:02:26 Andy Stott - Posers
0:02:27-0:04:21 Sd Laika - Great God Plan
0:04:21-0:05:37 Eprom - Samurai
0:05:33-0:07:08 Heorge Garrison - Nag Champa Breaks
0:07:00-0:08:32 NRSB-11 - 685 471 2
0:08:12-0:09:08 Fis - DMT Usher
0:08:52-0:11:20 maybe Jlin ? / casio rz1 sound collection beats?
0:11:21-0:12:30 Qebrus - hmn fshn
0:12:30-0:13:47 higher melody, super aggressive kick drums
0:13:47-0:16:00 ???
0:16:01-0:17:59 Der Zyklus - Krypton 84
0:17:23-0:19:18 really nice slow beat
0:18:34-0:20:44 Jlin - Guantanamo
0:20:29-0:22:14 User18081971 - Tamclap2
0:22:15-0:23:48 Jlin - Infrared (Bagua)
0:23:49-0:25:45 Powell - Rider
0:25:32-0:27:08 Jlin - Erotic Heat
0:27:05-0:29:05 Concrete Fence - Industrial Disease
0:28:42-0:32:00 Aphex Twin - Hedphylum
0:32:00-0:33:24 cool percussion
0:33:19-0:34:30 DJ Nigga Fox - LUMI
0:34:30-0:34:51 seems like an older ome
0:34:51-0:38:00 super aggressive, some high tone
0:38:00-0:39:21 basskicks, muffled the fullset recording so can't really tell
0:39:21-0:41:40 Edge Of Motion - Set Up 707
0:41:17-0:42:45 HVAD - ANGST
0:42:36-0:44:51 Current Value - Gear Up
0:44:51-0:47:20 Polynomial C acid version [I think]
0:47:16-0:47:49 can someone find a better recording of this section?
0:47:50-0:49:51 metallic drumbreak, good bass
0:49:50-0:50:31 acid bassline with clap
0:50:18-0:52:31 breakbeat
0:52:29-0:55:08 hardcore/jungle (video clip)
55:08 - END OF SECTION 1
0:55:24-0:58:49 µ-Ziq - Brace Yourself Jason
0:58:49-1:01:08 X-103 - Eruption
1:01:08-1:02:13 great fast paced banger
1:02:00-1:05:28 User18081971 - Nightmail 1
1:05:18-1:08:29 The Tuss - Rushup I Bank 12
1:08:16-1:10:24 Aphex Twin - 73-yips
1:10:24-1:12:06 Hellfish - The Anti-Citizen
1:12:03-1:15:26 Rolando Simmons - Yuo're Life You'r Tsois
1:14:48-1:17:01 heavy drum roll percussion
1:17:02-1:21:22 unreleased afx track1, same drums as T08+4
1:21:25-1:23:55 unreleased afx track2, similar melody as cutting, very similar to tuss era
1:23:56-1:25:48 Qebrus - Vlcnmtr
1:24:48-1:27:50 bass heavy jungle
1:27:38-1:31:20 Aphex Twin + Squarepusher - Untitled
1:31:20-1:35:32 Paradox - Dirty City
1:35:00-1:37:12 ??
1:36:38-1:40:19 Sniper - Dubplate Pressure RMX ft. MC GQ
1:40:20-1:42:49 Dom & Roland - Deckers theme
1:42:49-1:45:34 gabber
1:45:35-1:47:17 more gabber
1:47:15-1:48:54 crazy 8bit hardcore thing
1:48:54-1:51:27 hardcore, noise/modular stuff ?
1:51:27 - END OF SET

better quality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YIT9JSMqIo

some serious props to jlin in that setlist

So good. What is that AFX/Squarepusher untitled thingy?

lol at dude throwing an aphex logo gang sign

If anyone comes across a leak of the white album, please share with us philistines.

― calstars

Aphex Twin classic or Dud?

same source as the HD youtube above but includes some songs that had to be edited out to appease the youtube filters:

https://soundcloud.com/user-768622842/aphex-twin-hd-sound-live-in-texas-2016-full-concert-rec-by-audio-telepathy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss9zW21O6VQ

ha, love it

vordhosbn doesn't get enough love, that song is probably my #1 aphex twin song

nothing on drukqs seems to (outside of Avril 14th) - all those who dismissed it 15 years ago oughta take another listen today

the word stuff should not be there

also, changed my mind, prob still 2nd best compares to saw85-92

flow coma remix but the other side (dj pierre i think?) is even better. also the windowlicker acid house cowbell remix, that was good stuff

syro and collapse ep are nice, cheetah was cool, but ultimately they leave me cold compared to, say, icbyd, hangable auto bulb, or rdj

nvm i got the sides mixed up! flow coma yeah

RDJ is underrated at this point. especially odd given that Aphex is more popular than I ever thought he'd be.

ICBYD was my introduction to him and to electronic music, so I can't see it clearly. The first three tracks will be played at my funeral.

there was lots of beautiful stuff in the soundcloud dump, if you compiled the best stuff 12 tracks from that it would be the best afx album ever

― brimstead

cosign

really hope that stuff shows up as FLAC quality files on Bandcamp someday

some of them were released digitally as bonus tracks, not sure if they were mastered or anything tho:

https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/71105-aphex-twin-i-care-because-you-do

Yeah Flow Coma remix was all time. Part of me feels like the rest of Analord and a lot of the work after was Richard trying to hit that mark again but failing.

RDJ + Come to Daddy + Windowlicker is the AFX "apex" imho. The variety, creativity, and beauty in those three releases is staggering compared to what came before and after. This period feels like a kaleidoscope of kaleidoscopes. On RDJ alone you have shit like 4, Fingerbib, Goon Gumpas, Girl/Boy and Beetles on the same record! Good lord (or should I say good analord)? The fact that Flim and Bucephalus Bouncing Ball are on the same release is incredible! I wish his work had this energy, excitement and enthusiasm. It's still great in spots but yeah.

There's tracks on Plus, Elseq, Oversteps and especially Exai that had my attention and immediately felt like all timers and creative statements in ways I haven't felt that about Richard since literally the Flow Coma track.

Also don't sleep on the Caustic Window LP, the one never properly released but leaked about a decade ago after a test pressing went up on discogs. 101 Rainbows is all time

idk if i’d call any aphex release “underrated”, seems like there’s lots of acclaim for his most minor works. this discussion seems related to a very brief discussion on on another thread about how most techno projects are really only vital for the first few releases (that’s obv at least equally related to a particular way of listening to techno type music)

i think of “underrated” idm as being like, early alec empire on mille plateux or something. does anybody still think about alec empire? no matter what afx does, he’s always on the radar for some reason

Okay yeah underrated is the wrong word. I just feel like its relative prominence is out of whack. This isn't just another old man hating on Drukqs (it is.)

ICBYD was such an amazing album to get on board with – it was at this perfect "midpoint" where you could dip back and discover all his early stuff, while at the same time experiencing in "real time" that incredible ramp-up which followed... that ideal scenario of being a big new fan of an artist right when they happen to be "in the pocket" and upping their game with each release.

there was lots of beautiful stuff in the soundcloud dump, if you compiled the best stuff 12 tracks from that it would be the best afx album ever

― brimstead

could you please do that???

just checked my playlist "AFX sound edit" is 59 songs. Down from the 248 I have in "AFX sound"

I have career-spanning playlist called AFX edit 4 which features 25 tracks from the soundcloud dump.

I have another playlist called AFX Edit Edit which only 5 songs from soundcloud. They are:

Sams Car
Donkey Rhubarb Remix
Gerald Remix
Organ
Bradley Echoes

yr mileage may vry

these are some of my favorites, I’ll try to post a zip file of stuff Sunday

(suzanne, 2tone, martin's car, sam's car, the donkey rhubarb remix, with my family, no cares, high hats tune....)

― brimstead, Tuesday, June 9, 2015 11:13 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Re Alex empire, low on ice is still pretty cool. Carl crack was more talented tho, see black ark

doesnt have to be a zip, I got the whole dump so if you just post a list I can make a playlist

ICBYD was such an amazing album to get on board with (etc)

^^

xp frogs here's some of my compiled playlists - ignore my 3-digit track id #s at the beginning

"Ambient"
061 11 early morning clissold.mp3
107 4 red calx slo.mp3
111 4 Red Calx.mp3
140 th1 slo.mp3
163 33 SAW II un stabbing interview.mp3
164 9 un chopped f beginning SAWII un.mp3
173 5 just fall asleep.mp3
179 35 SAW II un road shimmer f.mp3

"Dance"
011 SomewhereOTTGTBAG.mp3
085 (vocoderdisco).mp3
133 d15-8 ny groove2.mp3

"Pretty"
041 19 ssnb.mp3
051 11 donkey rhubarb remix.mp3
052 18 with my family _.mp3
053 1 nocares.mp3
093 26 5 (demo).mp3
096 7 cutting.mp3
099 28 organ epic.mp3
112 5 Girl Boy Dark Version.mp3
131 37 last clissold maybe.mp3
132 15 sekonda.mp3
137 (watery big ez).mp3
139 th1.mp3
142 blue carpet.mp3
156 cottage4 af 1.mp3
157 4 acid organ.mp3
158 18 mello punchy.mp3
167 23 pianox.mp3
183 1 Lmt.mp3

"Slow"
005 suzanne.mp3
007 20 pink floyd.mp3
008 parking lot.mp3
022 sams car.mp3
024 10 bcr78.mp3
045 14 07 b.mp3
047 20 vtnm.mp3
048 21 vtnm2.mp3
054 7 ∂ƒ∆ rough mix.mp3
055 2 ∂ƒx 126b.mp3
060 71 1st bank trac.mp3
062 12 space beat.mp3
063 13 barbarella on microdots.mp3
066 11 slo bird whistle peel sesh.mp3
084 8 lush ambulance 2.mp3
097 5 sline (jap flute energy rave).mp3
098 35 japan.mp3
108 7 lush slow blips.mp3
109 19 slow early morning.mp3
134 d15-10 dulcimer dub.mp3
143 dsb.mp3
144 hilo.mp3
165 5 scorrier.mp3
169 23 band pass beat slo.mp3
174 7 dub cliker + 0hz.mp3
188 3 Slothscrape.mp3

saw the current single, blackbox life recorder, in hmv, was £12 on cd and in my mind eps are still £4 so it's probably the first thing of his that i have deliberately not bought

but clicking around last night, his own website is selling digital copies £3 for AND they come with 5 additional tracks (4 remasters done by him and a new track)

https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/399837-aphex-twin-blackbox-life-recorder-21f-in-a-room7-f760

(god, that website is annoying)

Oh what? I can't even work out what I'm buying

Yeah, I feel like for the full CD album price its a bit short. I was psyched to buy an Aphex Twin CD on release day though, haven't done that since.... Windowlicker? In all the complaints about the vinyl being the dominant physical format rn I have yet to hear anyone mention that both Come To Daddy and RDJ records are definitely truncated compared to the "accepted" CD/streaming versions (possibly a USA thing...)

Yeah it’s a real bummer since the vinyl often has more than enough room for them. Syro for instance is a 3xLP for an album that’s only an hour long and it doesn’t even include the bonus track. Ditto with the last 2 tracks on Collapse. I like this stuff but cmon I ain’t paying $29 for 14 minutes of music

Kind of ironic considering SAWII was truncated for CD

“Come to daddy” missing half of the songs (specially IZ-US which is my favorite song in there) is a bummer. RDJ vinyl album does seem to have the same 10 songs tho?

when rdj album was released in the us, sire added the girl/boy song bsides to the end, it’s supposed to end with logon rock witch

yeah that's understandable, those tracks always felt like B-sides to me. but yea Come to Daddy really works well in its 8-track version

having listened to the blackbox life recorder thing a couple of times now i find it very slight. the only but that jumped out at me was the little acid squelch sequence on the extra track

there's all sorts of extra stuff tracked onto the downloads on his store. come to daddy has 11 tracks, for instance. i think you can buy them individually but i don't really know where to start.