New Aphex Twin Record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZ9cIPvtbU

this sounded awesome, too

on a quick listen im getting remix vibes from the new album as well (mostly the first half)

but will give it a proper listen because some tracks sound really good

also if you've seen him live, does wearing earplugs actually do anything to block off enough sound? not into going to shows a lot lately but i've never seen him live and would like to experience it but i have really sensitive ears due to slight hearing loss and i have like "borderline" tinnitus

while the sound palette is similar to some of the tracks on Syro, the tracks don't sound like remixes, like the material on the eps that accompanied Oversteps and Quaristice did, re: Autechre

A couple of them sound like he just unboxed a new synth and is playing around

but you know he is programming with synths that are so rare he is one of maybe a dozen or fewer owners so...

this does kinda feel like outtakes but who cares?

he's not averse to using presets on popular synths either. I remember borrowing a friends DX-27 in college and hearing a patch that was an exact sound used on one of his record, Polygon Window maybe, I can't remember where.

haha I didn't say I disliked it!

polygon window was in 1993, 24 years ago

If nothing else, this revive has reminded me of the majesty of "Warriors of Genghis Khan".

DX 27 was already a cheap vintage synth when polygon window came out. And the point was that during a time he was claiming to build all his own synths out of tanks or whatever, that was a common preset.

it seems like in this day and age a lot of people could put something on youtube claiming it to be from many electronic bands (lost tracks) - who would really know

Didn't Marumari do that years ago, putting his tracks on slsk as lost BoC tracks or something?

Finally listening to the Field Day set itself. Good stuff.

http://item.warp.net/interview/aphex-twin-speaks-to-tatsuya-takahashi/

RICHARD D. JAMES: I really enjoyed working on this with you. I know I only joined the project near the end, but I found it really exciting. Like a proper job, ha.

TATSUYA TAKAHASHI: Richard, it was amazing working with you on the monologue. And now to be interviewed by you?!? That's crazy. But also a lot of fun. The monologue was also the last Korg synth that I was involved with directly, so I guess it's a nice conclusion to things.

RDJ: It is now the only synth on the market currently being made to have full microtuning editing, congratulations!

TT: Thanks! But it was completely because of you that we included microtuning. If you hadn't insisted on it, I definitely wouldn't have discovered how powerful it was.

RDJ & TT: *intense hugging for 10 minutes*

Haha yeah, but great geeky read. RDJ uses smiley's and 'LOLz'

i just finished it, and yes, so good! it was interesting to hear that RDJ is a synth demo nerd and collects them! would listen to RDJ's comp

oh man awesome i <3 tats

that bonus link from the end (https://dood.al/pinktrombone/) is fun for the whole family, too

what a great interview! i basically want every volca and the monologue now

I wish faders were curved horizontally and vertically, so you could make them like a double helix that go over and under each other, hehe.

you are completely nuts in the best kind of way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnF_mMDgZ08

New(?) website with new tunes for sale. https://aphextwin.warp.net/ (thanks keith)

i haven't looked too hard but it seems like he's tacking the soundcloud demos onto the relevant releases (they are available individually but sometimes it's cheaper to rebuy the entire thing, i think)

More importantly it looks like it will be a repository for the Rephlex catalogue.

interesting.. wonder if they're doing reissues on CD with these "bonus tracks"

I wonder if these versions of the soundcloud demos are properly mastered?

Also, this is written on the about page (https://aphextwin.warp.net/about):

If you buy a whole release, album, ep etc on this site then any tracks that are added to it after, you get for free :)

it's great you can stream more-or-less his whole back catalogue for free

SAW 1.5...

http://i.imgur.com/Y4E6NLy.jpg

excellent!

drool

i know don't sound excited about it but this is great news

Has anyone confirmed that the extra tracks are included with CD / vinyl orders from the webstore?

As downloads, obviously. It's not clear as the listings for physical items just show the standard tracks.

SAW 1.5 :O

yes please SAW 1.5!

God's promise has been fulfilled! *lights self on fire*

whats the track they are talking about?

Guess I should start stocking up on the week's worth of hallucinogens I'm gonna need to burrow 1.5 as deep into my being as 85-92 and 2 are at this point.

here's what was on his "saw 1.5" soundcloud playlist:

"Sams Car”
“Afx origTheme”
“Red Alert”
“Suzanne”
“Dance and Play”
“Nova Robotiks”
“21 Forgotten T”
“Lannerlog”
“Bimbongo”
“Symbonsad”
“Original Chaos Riff”

awesome

This may interest some - 'Stone in focus' (original track #19) has just been added to the SAWII download:

https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68148-aphex-twin-selected-ambient-works-volume-ii

this is sick https://vimeo.com/223378825

https://www.mixcloud.com/suppamicropamchopp/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E6%B0%B4%E8%B6%8A%E3%81%AB%E3%82%88%E3%82%8Baphex-twin-mixtape/

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w12 today, looked freshly posted

he's helpfully covered up one of the qr codes but the other works. points to a website that redirected me to Google site and some new app

such a palaver getting a qr code from an image in a tweet

https://boxh0d2lu.xyz/p1-s and then about 1000 digits, probably more than the qr code could encode. that's giving me an https error in mac broswer

I'm not about to install some app from a random qrcode pasted up on the street - here's the developer's website though: https://www.kalkul.com/

"We are an augmented reality company building new emotional technologies for artists, brands & spaces to create a more human connection with their audience"

definitely feel whatever this dude is doing next is gonna be some AI thing

An app. Great.

^^ ok boomer