Anticipating SYRO the new (2014) album by Aphex Twin

XMAS_EVET10 [120] (thanaton3 mix)

curious about how people rate this track, thoughts, etc.

absolutely one of his best tracks, if not his very best. it's so densely packed with great moments & movements that i don't know where to begin. might be able to come up with something later.

Is this the thread where we talk ant Orphan Deejay Selek bcz that shit's p cool

Highlights for me are simple slamming, neotekt72, and r8m neotek beat.

I'm very happy that RDJ is still putting out music.

Anticipating more discussion, re: Syro, and regarding Orphan Deejay Seleks.. err, don't get yer hopes up.

https://clyp.it/1qr5z5be

more unreleased miscellanea

http://thequietus.com/articles/18595-afx-aphex-twin-orphaned-deejay-selek-ep-warp-review

xpost: released as a bonus track on bleep

going back to Rushup Edge, reinforced notions of Synthacon 9 and Death Fuck as top notch shit.. apologies for perpetuating the "playful" descriptor, but these tracks are fucking killer. a bit easier on the ears than Syro, too

Soundcloud's alive again, two new tracks at the moment:

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/tracks

those are WAV files btw

xpost: released as a bonus track on bleep (https://bleep.com/release/63405-afx-umil-25-01)

― linee

excellent timbres here, and some novel editing. didn't fully appreciate it until a headphones listen, kinda wish the ep was more of this caliber.

but then i'm guessing the ep (ODS) is gonna sound great on the stereo, loud.

https://youtu.be/UjfycO1Sy2A
4 bit 9d api+e+6 [126.26]

another sweet track.. what are people hearing here?

I realized happily today that his newish soundcloud stuff is avail for download from the site.

Maybe if I can get it all downloaded I can zip it up. I have a couple days off

not any more you don't

a dozen more Soundcloud tracks are up, only one for DL at the moment

man, these new things are seriously fucked up computer sound experiments, not a "real song" in the lot

oh does he do real songs?

hahaha

Aphex Twin is a PROGRESSIVE BAND

back to "tracks"

yeah this new batch is great

237 items, 2.4 GB

i've got 251

sheet

check it https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11ouNaaVrNp60Ib34Kp0TO1n1XSc7-9DvfiZ9ZiTiD2c/edit#gid=0

Wow!
Will be checking it out in detail. Nice work

yeah those watmm people are pretty thorough about this stuff

?

http://forum.watmm.com

hey, http://user18081971.watmm.com/ is pretty neat

the middle of the album (Syro) loses a bit of its power with the abundance of those farty, wet, gurgly sorts of synth sounds that characterise parts of the CIRCOLONT tracks, as well as the title track (#9, ...Piezoluminescence_Mix). i think it was dog latin who remarked that the middle of the album feels kind of samey.. those tracks do sort of blur/blend together (texture/palette-wise) because of this. those gurgly synths remind me of parts of Exai (irlite, spl9, recks on), they've got that wet, farty quality about them. though with spl9 and recks on, the synths have a drier, more gauzy, static electricity-like quality. ilanders and Treale are also good examples of tracks having similarly pronounced, 'wet' synth sounds. there's a neat effect on ilanders where that wet, tearing quality infects the percussion as well, makes it feel like the track is deteriorating. getting carried away though

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/9-leeds-orbit

just went to catch up with the recentish uploads (i'm a month behind) and noticed there's a new one...

whoa... not unlike drukqs

any thoughts on the "orphaned deejay selek" ep? i'm digging the minimal, repetitious vibe of it.. kinda brash, not too showy, but some nice, understated details. general consensus on watmm seems to be that it's similar to both the tuss eps and the analord series, but not as good as either. i can kinda see that, but it stands pretty well on its own. a good contrast to the elaborate extravagance of Syro

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/boxenergy4remix1

and boxenergy4remix1 is a banger, but it's difficult to write about.

lord that is rather good

is there much else in that hangable auto bulb - drukqs vein in all of the soundcloud tracks ive barely even skimmed the surface of

there are a few that i've noticed but i can never remember the titles

71 1st bank Trac
14 Make A Baby
26 5 [demo]
8 Metal Beat
5 Girl Boy Dark Version
7 Cutting
28 organ
33 jonny hawkes broken guitar[not finished]
carn marth [longerbit]
(big raver strings)
cubdelay
23 lush acid
5 heliosphan live
notting hill bus
179 brk 2
4 acid organ[rough mix]
18 mello punchy
(big fluttery)
medievil rave mk2
2 fogbeak
2 custom break acid
10 inthesky
3 organ velocity
8 glock+onion
nightmail

He's posted a bunch more experimental tracks in the past few days. Katieparty is really nice and lush though.

http://warp.net/news/aphex-twin-syro-nominated-for-mercury-prize/

gone

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971

had to do something with the stats..
tracks will return when I get behind a screen..

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/harmonicom

this is just track 2 from SAWII. does he not remember which tracks he's already released?

also his profile pic is lionel richie statue lol

it's the remix with drums from 26 mixes, isn't it?
the buck tick "in the glitter" remix was uploaded as well, iirc

think there's an interesting thread running through rdj's deliberate (or at least seeming) transparency around the gear he used on syro and autechre's soundboard releases and oneohtrix putting out his midi files. i know the window into technique these things provide is primarily only of interest to a small audience of the already curious and/or obsessive, but i'm down with any attempts to demystify the process of producing electronic music that operate in less literal ways than watching ableton tutorials, particularly as produced sound has become such a seamless component of the built environment in general.

had this on yesterday. man, papat4 is a joyous track.. that bass, so harmonically rich and rubbery.. and the bit where the snare is chopped, with a stuttered roll. vaporous pads soaring through it, unhinged. love it. maybe it peters out too quickly