Aphex Twin "Analord"

Analord has some surprising champions.

If one believes Internet fanboys, #9 is storming futuristic acid unlike anything you've heard. Retro? Nein!

Or, it's a pale shadow of AB3. We'll see.

Amen. That said, one of my favorite pieces of electronic music is "Acidophilus" off of pt. 1.

That said, I like a lot of the tracks, particularly on the earlier discs, but the inevitable comp will probably suit most ppl just fine in the end.

RICHARD D. JAMES = MARISSA MARCHANT!!!

that is the one with drool stains yah.

I have this sneaking suspicion that most of the people slagging it listened to one or two volumes, got bored and quit.

i mean, what is it going to take to shock him out of autopilot? luke vibert choking to death on his beard?

i think i need to listen to drukqs again.

i love wikipedia.

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Translation: Christopher R. Weingarten will finally listen to Analord

http://xltronic.com/discography/release/1539/afx-chosen-lords-cat173cd

01 fenix funk 5
02 reunion 2
03 pitcard
04 crying in your face
05 klopjob
06 boxing day
07 batine acid
08 cilonen
09 pwsteal.ldpinch.d
10 xmd 5a

-- I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle_vagu...), August 17th, 2005.

funny, these are the two most interesting releases (album and series), for me, in RDJ's catalogue.

klopjob is an outstanding track.

I don't know what I was getting at when I wrote that, cos I've enjoyed Analord and I don't hate Drukqs at all. I think I meant that those 2 releases have killed off RDJ's critical reputation, but I don't consider that a loss.

Still, the CD comp's got no "Steppingfilter", "Phonatacid", "Laricheard", "Analoggins" etc etc etc = odd choice of tracks.

I think the lack of innovatory fireworks on Analord is quite deliberate. Instead of trying to blow your mind, he's wriggling inside it.

plus, i think afx has gotten better as a musician and it shows on the new stuff.

If the selection of tracks for this "best of" really is bad, then the songs that are better must be mindblowing. This is one of my favorite releases of the year, by far.

this is OTM

and there was plenty of space left on the disk as well (i think it was about 55 minutes). which just feels stingy.

THIS IS THE FUCKING BOMB AND IF YOU AREN'T ABOUT IT WELL FUCK YOU

YEAH NO DUH

it does all blur into one a bit but this is all still really good. tho i do think that even tho hes gotten better, chops-wise, theres nothing all that distinct that stands out. it doesnt resonate quite as much as the older stuff. still love it though.

Pissed Up in SE1 is pretty much the only AFX song i want to hear these days.

Whenever I see this thread on the New Answers page, I get a small twinge of hope that maybe he's finally gonna release a new album and somebody posted a press release or something. No luck every time :(

Which tracks, specifically, are better?

not better, but some highlights not included are:

Backdoor.netshadow (analord 9)
Phonatacid (track is pushing ten minutes) (analord 2)
Laricheard (analord 2)

I think the Tuss Confederation Trough ep is an improvement on the analord style. The tracks on it are more playful and colourful.