i still go back to polynomial c - ON - Xtal and the ambient ones more than any of his newer music
it is nice he still puts out music but yeah cannot say i have been crazy about anything since DRUKQS
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Predictably, Bleep's servers are pretty much melting right now
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
Was their new aphex music on KUSO flying lotus soundtrack
― Ross, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
this track is great but also very much more of the same
Yep.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:30 (five years ago) link
I had no trouble loading https://bleep.com/release/106868-aphex-twin-collapse-ep, here have your trackers back Mark
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― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:34 (five years ago) link
I'm either getting 0 copies of the vinyl or 20
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
Finally got through here as well. I felt a little silly; the regular black vinyl pressing is fine, but...not shiney ;_;
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
stevie otm so I don't know what to think of this. the majority of latter day aphex really bores me but this track and the video work really well
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
i liked cheetah, it was pretty mellow
― brimstead, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
this feels old-fashioned. i know he's not interested in fashion, but still.
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
Track is just OK, boilerplate Aphex, I was hoping that by this point he'd be doing something a bit different, after the long break he had I thought maybe he'd return with an LP of piano music like the tracks on Drukqs, but happy enough to have him around putting stuff out even if he isn't quite at his peak anymore. Cheetah was nice enough.
The video is fucking great though, it's not like it has any completely new ideas, but I've not seen gants graf x cyriak before and it just works, really looks like something that should exist in 2018.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
oh really? i thought that looked old-hat as well. fwiw, i don't think RDJ is old-hat!
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
definitely seems to be keeping up with the OPNs and James Ferraros of the world there
tbh I think his new stuff is probably the most technically challenging and complex work he's ever done, it just doesn't really engage me like his previous work does. Syro was definitely one of those albums I thought was pretty rad on release but never really wanted to hear again after the first couple months. Then again drukqs was like that and I love that album now so who knows
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
it is definitely super technical but also it sounds like yet another refinement of a sound that started as far back as Druqks. At this point i can play a 'typical Aphex tune' in my head - detuned sinewaves, squelchy acidy noises and drilly rhythms bouncing all over the place, and that's sort of what he does now
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
its almost like you could write a program to just spit 'em out
― frogbs, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
after the long break he had I thought maybe he'd return with an LP of piano music like the tracks on DrukqsThis was my hope, as well (love those tracks)I was a massive fan in the day, but haven’t really enjoyed his new stuff
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
I wish he would either evolve rhythmically or, yeah, make more Drukqs-esque electro-acoustic music.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 22:10 (five years ago) link
biweekly reminder that the soundcloud dump still delivers
― brimstead, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
or, yeah, make more Drukqs-esque electro-acoustic music.
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
he hasn't been away that long has he?
― Scritti Vanilli - The Word Girl You Know It's True (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2I had hopes for this, but was disappointed
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
he hasn't been away that long has he?two years since his last widely-available EP
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
Just listened to the new track... it definitely recalls classic Aphex, and has a propulsion that his other recent stuff has lacked (it’s no “Windowlicker,” though?)My son heard it and made me replay the whole thing again while he watched the video, so maybe that’s something...
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
I just want more 4/4 stuff with pretty melodies again.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 7 August 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
Once in college, I was sitting around stoned with my jamband/jazz/J. Tull/etc. loving roommate.... I put on I Care..., and he was totally entranced — “I think about music this way, too”
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 00:00 (five years ago) link
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I mean it's not a wild leap or anything but he is doing new stuff here, the second half of the first section (of the video) is more rhythmically interesting than anything on Syro
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 03:14 (five years ago) link
Sounded pretty aphex by numbers to me on the first listen, video was great but I may never watch it again. Notable for the appearance at 1:50 and 4:00 of the Michael Faraday monument at Elephant and Castle, near where he used to live.
― home, home and deranged (ledge), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 07:56 (five years ago) link
the video impressed me more than the track tbph
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 08:03 (five years ago) link
for (every aphex twin track) { wait (10); printf('This is great - at last, an Aphex Twin track I can really engage with!'); wait (30); printf('ehh never mind'); }
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link
Song is coolVideo is trippyWish whoever made the video didnt use his logo so muchIlluminati cru is gonna go wild for the vid
― F# A# (∞), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:13 (five years ago) link
Thanks, I had forgotten about that already (thought maybe it was part of the dump)
True there is that crazy triplet-based shit, but it has the same busy, skittery effect.
For someone who is supposedly so experimental with gear I wonder if he is intentionally going back to some of his classic sounds here (those pads). Or...I read this interview with Taylor Deupree recently where he says that his friends make fun of him for buying new synths all the time and then making the same sound with each one, I wonder if that's what RDJ does.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
Brimstead otm
― Dreadnought of chicanery (Ross), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link
he hasn't been away that long has he?An album length AFX release a year ago.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
has anyone parsed the Soundcloud dump into eras/albums/curated selections of 'good stuff'? I don't even know where to begin with that. I have tracks come up on shuffle a lot and yeah there are some pretty great tracks in there...
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:19 (five years ago) link
True there is that crazy triplet-based shit, but it has the same busy, skittery effect.You say stagnation, I say refinement, etc. But yeah.btw I listened to chink 101 (hmm) on a proper system for the first time last night ... hadn't realized it was a proper bass-heavy SAW 85-92 club ambient banger
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
How does one access the Soundcloud dump?
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
xxp yes I tried, got through the first 100+ tracks I think, I could maybe post my lists? I organized it by sound/feel for the most part.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
It's quite possible, maybe even likely, that he's had this track sitting around for 15 years or so tbh.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
would also be interested in recommendations and lists for the soundcloud dump - sleeve or anyone!
― Dreadnought of chicanery (Ross), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
gimme 7-8 hours or so, I'll try and work something up. I have them organized into around a half dozen folders.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
appreciated
― Dreadnought of chicanery (Ross), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
morrisp I think there may be links upthread/under-the-fold to the Soundcloud files, worth a look anyway.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
DJ Food did a "best-of" mix - passed the download limit years ago but still streamable
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
Thx to all
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
yea sleeve that would be much appreciated
I remember someone making a "SAW 1.5" which I thought was a good idea
maybe I'm a bit of a codger but I don't really know what to do with 150+ disconnected tracks
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
oh, same. even if i were on a desert island with nothing but a 150+ afx filedump, i'd probably keep thinking "ugh, i'll start sorting out through this sometime next week" until i was rescued or started talking to the volleyball
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
I got as far as 4 cdr's - interesting, but you know: other music is available
― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
I wonder who's got more hours of music out there now, Aphex or Autechre
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
I wonder who has more ILM threads!
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
Track is excellent Aphex but wow that video is a fucking trip.
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link