i can't believe the entire board isn't FREAKING OUT to this right now
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 5:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I know what you mean, I can get a bit offended sometimes when the Roland Kayn thread goes more than a few days without someone waking it up
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSGT8flLYgI#t=49
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
I'm glad this is out there but it's weird no one's talking about the ethical aspects of its release. I got into an argument with a Pitchfork writer on Twitter who was criticizing RDJ for "forcing" fans to pay thousands of dollars for this instead of, I guess, putting it out for free or normal purchase when it became clear that it was going to be made available anyways. Which I think is a weird criticism, given that he didn't want this to come out in the first place and couldn't really be said to be "forcing" anyone to do anything.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
It's also difficult to untangle fact and fiction as usual...
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
yeah, I STILL can't shake the feeling that this is some elaborate hoax
the record is good in any case
― original bgm, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
really dig 'fingertips', SAW 85-92 caliber track imo
― original bgm, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
yeah, how can we verify this is really RDJ and not a hoax? (haven't had a chance to listen to any tracks yet btw).
And when the fuck is he releasing new material?
― now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
two more test pressings of unreleased albums have appeared on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNRELEASED-APHEX-TWIN-VINYL-TEST-PRESSING-MELODIES-FROM-MARS-CAT-087-LP-AFX-/291171368296?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43cb2a7d68http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNRELEASED-APHEX-TWIN-VINYL-TEST-PRESSING-ANALOGUE-BUBBLEBATH-5-CAT-034-LP-AFX-/291171360722?
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
it's not a hoax
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
Oh so YOU'VE been RDJ all this time.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
fuuuck xxp
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
Still waiting for that HDD that he left on the plane...
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah, I don't have any legitimate doubts, it's just a very strange way for a record to be released. more like a funny feeling I can't shake compounded by the whole 'RDJ constantly making stuff up for ~20 years' thing
xp lol
― original bgm, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
same seller as the $20k caustic window lp. wonder if the same deal will be struck?
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:06 (nine years ago) link
My first impression was that this is actually a brand new record released in the most obtuse way he could think of. I mean it's probably not true but it's amusing to think about.
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
1. flutey a12. stomper 101mod detunekk a23. mumbly b14. popeye b25. fingertrips b36. revpok b47. afx tribal kik b58. airflow c19. squidge in the fridge c210. fingry c311. jazzphase c412. 101 rainbows ambient mix g113. phlaps g214. cunt g315. phone pranks g4, 5
― Wii u mario me? (wins), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
would also be great if someone just read the interview with the mu-ziq guy, deliberately created music similar to what paradinas described, and that's what everyone is currently freaking out over. super improbable but RDJ gets my conspiracy theory pseudo logic going.
xp
― original bgm, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:29 (nine years ago) link
he should have called the album phlaps
― Wii u mario me? (wins), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
fred phlaps
― Wii u mario me? (wins), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
A couple of those Caustic Window tracks have been released before, no? I have "Cunt" on a comp I bought in 1994, and the version on that Youtube playlist is the same one (and it still sounds as awful as it did 20 years ago). I guess the rest of the tracks could still be fake, though...
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
There's a number of drum parts, synth settings and melodic styles that are absolute classic RDJ trademarks circa 1990-1994 on this. Also the two comp tracks. If these are fake, then this whole board is fake; each thread produced by some form of music nerd AI. Nothing to see here.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
a couple of the tracks have been released before, no?
yeah, i believe two of them came out in the 90s on compilations.
I guess the rest of the tracks could still be fake, though...
nope
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
OMG
i really hope these make it to the 'net
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I have no doubts about this being genuine either.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
does it make any difference if fake or real?
― saer, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
Melodies was on CD and online for years already.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link
So was AB5, no?
― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
i always assumed that bootleg going around was a fake
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
i hope not, because i've been listening to it (and analogue bubblebath 5) for the past 10 years!
― clouds, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:00 (nine years ago) link
This isn't the first time he's been accused of being in on a hoax. It reminds me of the Black Devil Disco Club reissue from a few years ago. This writer seems convinced it actually was a hoax and seems kind of angry about it on this review for the follow up album. http://www.allmusic.com/album/28-after-mw0000573787
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
I'm thinking it was actually wise not to release this in 1994 because it really does sound super similar to a lot of stuff he was doing at the time. Though releasing under Caustic Window probably would have alleviated a lot of that
― aaliyah papi (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
how have I never heard of Black Devil Disco Club before???
― macklin' rosie (crüt), Thursday, 19 June 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
Ugh that Black Devil review is so obnoxious. What a wanker. It's a great album!
― everything, Thursday, 19 June 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
Some of us were listening to Black Devil Disco Club well before Rephlex reissued it.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
But we also thought there was no way it was from the 70s either.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
It was.
Oh yeah the Black Devil Disco Club album is fantastic as is 28 After. I always wondered how many people had actually heard it before the 2004 reissue. I certainly hadn't heard it before then.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 19 June 2014 22:01 (nine years ago) link
Too much of a good thing? The change of moniker wouldn't really combat that anyway, but isn't it also possible that it's just really original great music? Despite being massive influential, I can't think of many artists who entirely replicate this kind of early 90s RDJ sound...
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 19 June 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
the phone pranks track gave me an unexpected nostalgia rush.
― 3kDk (dog latin), Thursday, 26 June 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nme.com/news/aphex-twin--2/79205
Blimp decorated in Aphex Twin logo appears over London
― koogs, Saturday, 16 August 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link
It'll turn out to be a countdown now. Next year we'll see 2013!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 August 2014 14:10 (nine years ago) link
aw it's kind of adorable how aphex fans respond to these campaigns
a blimp, haha! that is so richard! crazy motherfucker *shakes head, chuckles*
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Saturday, 16 August 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
"logo apparently appears outside of New York's Radio City Music Hall"
http://pitchfork.com/news/56339-an-aphex-twin-is-blimp-flying-over-london/
― koogs, Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
its probably just a campaign for the official release of the caustic window lp
― joe "scratch" perry (diamonddave85), Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
nah, it probably isn't is it
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Sunday, 17 August 2014 00:19 (nine years ago) link
drukqs reissue
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 17 August 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
with added bonus track of like a clock ticking for 80 seconds
Can someone just break into his house already and steal his DATs and hard drives?
― octobeard, Sunday, 17 August 2014 01:09 (nine years ago) link
Was the conspiracy theory that he was actually behind Burial's music ever discussed?
― austinato (Austin), Sunday, 17 August 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
no idea why anybody would take that idea seriously
― the late great, Sunday, 17 August 2014 01:55 (nine years ago) link