Aphex Twin classic or Dud?

symbonsad
red alert

^i think both of these have been previously released though? isn't one of them the q-chastic track off that one comp?

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, August 8, 2018 8:26 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it's weird how it has those clangy ICBYD/Ventolin type breakbeat drums, though, isn't it? i'd listen to it more but those high frequencies are kind of painful for me

nah I like them. I might have lost the frequencies you're complaining about.

here's my rough category groupings of (some of) the Soundcloud tracks.

these have my own numbering prefix that I added as the tracks came out so I could keep track of them.

grouped into 8 highly subjective categories: ambient, dance, fast/busy, harsh, mid tempo, pretty, slow, weird

ambient:
061 11 early morning clissold.mp3
107 4 red calx(slo).mp3
111 4 Red Calx.mp3
140 th1 (slo).mp3
163 33 SAW II un stabbing interview.mp3
164 9 un chopped f beginning (SAWII un).mp3
173 5 just fall asleep.mp3
179 35 SAW II un road shimmer f.mp3

dance:
011 SomewhereOTTGTBAG.mp3
085 (vocoderdisco).mp3
133 d15-8 ny groove2.mp3

fast/busy:
004 quad rave TEAC.mp3
012 thnxU4letinMeStyWitU.mp3
016 red alert.mp3
017 16 fresher + cleaner.mp3
028 17 kids beach.mp3
030 1 human rotation.mp3
031 6 Plinky Plonk[orig].mp3
032 8 knife fork freq.mp3
035 dance2thebeat.mp3
042 2 xame filtered.mp3
044 4 ACH.mp3
049 7 clapstab ab6.mp3
065 1 p-string.mp3
070 ep string.mp3
080 14 modular acid.mp3
087 6 fly beats.mp3
100 37 off key [bicycle wheel].mp3
118 phase acid.mp3
119 hypersquij.mp3
120 4 bonkophone2.mp3
126 prncDMC.mp3
127 4 frequency transmitter.mp3
130 33 jonny hawkes broken guitar[not finished].mp3
146 carn marth remix.mp3
147 (mature raver).mp3
149 23 lush acid.mp3
150 5 heliosphan live.mp3
152 179brk2.mp3
154 T08+4.mp3
161 (HAB un23).mp3
162 lannerlog.mp3
166 3 s-tral.mp3
168 1.5 dp5 beats.mp3
170 32 venus squidge.mp3
171 6 RANDOM FX.mp3
172 5 african rhyt.mp3
184 Medievil Rave Mk2.mp3

harsh:
010 24 squalitude acid.mp3
019 GPO beat.mp3
040 cooltempoDemo.mp3
046 17 Alis Trak[brain floss mix].mp3
050 8 world waver ab6.mp3
078 2 pcp 2 [unreleased version].mp3
079 23 moodular3[live gig]_soundcloud_188328563.mp3
081 9 leeds orbit[live]_soundcloud_188329063.mp3
094 8 metal beat.mp3
095 24 afx 71 1.mp3
102 6 step up to cornwall.mp3
104 4 how to science ab6.mp3
105 5 how to science 2 ab6.mp3
106 2 dual acid ab6.mp3
114 9 100m 2 (leeds orbit).mp3
115 23 100m 3 (moodular).mp3
125 5 strange rhythm.mp3
128 16 shit squidge.mp3
159 (mortal1).mp3
160 mortal 08.mp3
180 24 Triple D.mp3
181 25 rogphlange 1.mp3
182 36 Shroommdot [miCro3] [8th dimension transmission].mp3
187 13 Phukup2.mp3

mid tempo:
001 8 utopia.mp3
002 original chaos riff.mp3
003 22 pearls.mp3
006 bimbongo.mp3
009 1 chink 101.mp3
014 symbonsad.mp3
015 sallyVingoe.mp3
018 Afx origTheme.mp3
020 pump the shit.mp3
021 plinkyplonk.mp3
025 40 lannerlush full.mp3
026 39 fnkmg.mp3
027 Renalgade Sonar.mp3
029 martins car LPF.mp3
033 mooow [Dixons Theft mix].mp3
034 mental telepathy.mp3
037 glockenspiel TEAC.mp3
056 3 gerald remix.mp3
057 12 rough beat tune.mp3
058 13 high hats tune tamclap orig.mp3
059 16 bpjdrop forge.mp3
064 21 hapshifter1.mp3
067 15 bradley jam pump.mp3
068 1 70`s tune.mp3
069 2tone [camborne college mix].mp3
072 dance and play.mp3
077 nova robotiks.mp3
086 4 ny groove.mp3
101 21 forgotten T.mp3
116 bell bass (ep string).mp3
117 vibert remix 5 edit max c.mp3
119 fmsubBass.mp3
122 9 wind squidge.mp3
123 bob morgan.mp3
124 subCan.mp3
129 19 bradley echoes.mp3
136 33 synthi rhy [q].mp3
141 (taut).mp3
145 14 floating .mp3
151 notting hill bus.mp3
155 cottage3 e.mp3
176 30 ms short.mp3
178 18 ssbA.mp3
185 6 Gear Smudge.mp3
186 6 Backdrop Trigger.mp3
189 19 Winding Road.mp3

pretty:
041 19 ssnb.mp3
051 11 donkey rhubarb remix.mp3
052 18 with my family _.mp3
053 1 nocares.mp3
093 26 5 (demo).mp3
096 7 cutting.mp3
099 28 organ epic.mp3
112 5 Girl Boy Dark Version.mp3
131 37 last clissold maybe.mp3
132 15 sekonda.mp3
137 (watery big ez).mp3
139 th1.mp3
142 blue carpet.mp3
156 cottage4 af 1.mp3
157 4 acid organ.mp3
158 18 mello punchy.mp3
167 23 pianox.mp3
183 1 Lmt.mp3

slow:
005 suzanne.mp3
007 20 pink floyd.mp3
008 parking lot.mp3
022 sams car.mp3
024 10 bcr78.mp3
045 14 07 b.mp3
047 20 vtnm.mp3
048 21 vtnm2.mp3
054 7 ∂ƒ∆ [rough mix].mp3
055 2 ∂ƒx 126b.mp3
060 71 1st bank trac.mp3
062 12 space beat.mp3
063 13 barbarella on microdots.mp3
066 11 slo bird whistle[peel sesh].mp3
084 8 lush ambulance 2.mp3
097 5 sline (jap flute energy rave).mp3
098 35 japan.mp3
108 7 lush slow blips.mp3
109 19 slow early morning.mp3
134 d15-10 dulcimer dub.mp3
143 dsb.mp3
144 hilo.mp3
165 5 scorrier.mp3
169 23 band pass beat slo.mp3
174 7 dub cliker + 0hz.mp3
188 3 Slothscrape.mp3

weird:
013 x-rays.mp3
023 9 square dance.mp3
036 34.5 p.e.mp3
038 archponf.mp3
039 catsquidge2.mp3
043 13 short mental afx.mp3
071 bellbrk.mp3
073 droneBReak.mp3
074 fork rave.mp3
075 how much i wanted you.mp3
076 lanner b4 ardkore.mp3
082 10 shit smothered.mp3
083 5 acid misc.mp3
088 12 phuqed up.mp3
089 15 twister.mp3
090 11 phlangebeat.mp3
091 25 funnel.mp3
092 14 make a baby.mp3
103 3 hollow alias ab6.mp3
110 arrd (25 funnel).mp3
121 thy're here aahha.mp3
135 (throatie).mp3
138 d17-5 synth bonus beats 1.mp3
148 tigercubdelay.mp3
153 T13 quadraverb.mp3
175 24 casiotribaltronics mfm.mp3
177 22 gak bass.mp3

YSI? (j/k)

does anyone know if any of the soundcloud dump is copyrighted

Copyright subsists from the point of creation.

(God)

i think this is what the text says at the beginning?

this track's called collapse by the way
cos when the bass hit kicks in
and the tempo starts slowing down,
it's like a collapse of sorts :)
i'm gathering visuals references at the mo
is ther any other point cloud or other references you like i should look
nope don't think so.. I still love ascii visuals also..
surprised it never got used more but maybe it's cause I don't get out much
sure... i'll look into doin 3d ascii point-cloud cross over.
maybe when you get up close to the point cloud it looks more like ascii...
yeah i see your point with midi
but you could just edit tight to the beat manually anyhow can't you?

the whole soundcloud dump is on archive dot org if anyone needs it btw
https://archive.org/details/AphexTwinAllUser18081971SoundcloudTracks

thanks rich

reminder to revisit the houston tracks for some gr8 noize/drone AFX

When thru a good chunk of the Soundcloud tracks -- there's good stuff for sure (tho also some headache-y stuff)

Listening to the "Classics" LP right now; it's so bomb...

Aphex s DNA seems part of Sophie’s new one
Ponyboy sounds like an updated ventolin

https://aphextwin.warp.net/t69-collapse

2nd track sounds great

Sorry for the spam but this should be of interest to keen AFX watchers.

I've just published a Weirdcore interview in which he talks about the T69 Collapse video in depth and confirms other films are on their way, maybe even a VR version. And much other tittle tattle besides.

Does RDJ read the YouTube comments? "Big time."

good interview, this at the beginning though:

thinking is innately, reliably visual. If I asked you to think of your favourite song or some music, it would, generally speaking, be a challenge. It's hard to manifest sound alone in one's thoughts without some manner of visual accompaniment. That’s because the ‘language’ employed by the human brain is primarily one of images. Even if we’re engaging in dense verbal cognition such as preparing a speech, vivid pictures act as the unbidden chaperone of all thought.

may be true for the author, far from true for everyone. there is a thread on it somewhere...

Aphantasia - the inability to visualise things in your mind

a better place for discussion.

ah yeah that's not my experience at all. great piece though

How’s the new one then

I went looking for it last Friday, found 1 copy in the local hmv, filed away under aphex, none on display anywhere. (Same with orbital album, didn't see a single one)

Not listened yet.

It's very hard and breakbeat-y.... the tracks feel too long and unfocused for me to take in (and honestly each one started giving me a headache halfway thru). I'm also not hearing the melodies underneath the beats that made the RDJ Album-era tracks such a pleasure. I'm probably being a bad listener, though...

no surprises

he's old-fashioned. no one's cared about skittering drill and bass'y music for a decade or more. it was old-hat even then and it certainly doesn't fit in with anything people are playing currently.

he can do so much that this seems like a weird old fixation that no one would care about. i'm sure if you're a gearhead it might seem exciting.

it's fucking excellent, maybe the best thing he's done since The Tuss eps. Unfocused, my ass. It's melodically, harmonically cohesive, with loads of varied percussion--hurried, unhurried (spacious) at times, and it breathes. Listen to track four, the "Abundance10edit" track, and tell me this is old hat. It's like "Goodbye Rute", fully fleshed out. "Mt1" (track 3) recalls elements of Drukqs, as well as the delicate melodic timbres of "Fenix Funk 5", and it kicks ass. This isn't some bullshit, Venetian Snares-like, dime-a-dozen drill 'n bass track, more-is-more, hyperactive fiddle faddle.. it's a motherfucking steak dinner.

This isn't some bullshit, Venetian Snares-like, dime-a-dozen drill 'n bass track, more-is-more, hyperactive fiddle faddle

actually ....

"Mt1" (track 3) recalls elements of Drukqs, as well as the delicate melodic timbres of "Fenix Funk 5"

Maybe that’s part of it then; these aren’t key touchstones for me.

actually ....

real talk, on ILX

I like this more than Cheetah I think

I'm not as well versed as you all in RDJ's work - have heard maybe 10 of his albums/EPs - but this does remind me of The RDJ Album (my favorite). melodies are there but only in fragments, and there are lots of them. it's not nearly as busy as I thought it would be reading the comments here

His music was always so “expressive” to me, and I just haven’t really heard that element in any of the new stuff. But it could also just be that my tastes have changed, and I’m not able to give him a fair shake... I didn’t even care too much for that “legendary” Caustic Window LP (CAT023) that was released via Kickstarter a few years back (and that was old stuff).

aphex tracks absolutely dime a dozen considering the man himself just poops them out by the 100s on soundcloud

it's a motherfucking steak dinner.

it is absolutely not a steak dinner. it is a bowl of lucky charms washed down with a slug of hi-c.

Sounds pretty good tbh xpost

In my head that's more like Rustie or someone.

sure, i just meant to say APHEX is NOT NUTRITIOUS

it's not even particularly filling

rustie at least has brought something new to the table in the last 10 years, though he's been stuck in a real rut himself for at least 5

and that's okay! i think some of the best music of the last 20 years is 20 years old, eg ICBYD and RDJ albums

this is just ... whatever the word is for juvenalia, except the kind that you make when you're old

eh, it's sounding pretty well refined to these ears... it sounds elegant, even. It sounds fun, joyful.. it is fun. It doesn't sound like an old guy trying to sound youthful/relevant, or whatever.. do these tracks actually sound rote, or hackneyed to people (!?)

I don't compare this to the Soundcloud dump, as these tracks are obv. of a higher caliber / standard / more developed, or fit for a proper release.

there's loads of fantastic, often amateur music on Soundcloud, by the way

*amateur-made, i s'pose

this EP isn’t terrible but I just question why we need more music like this in 2018 esp from a man who made a career out of innovation and exploration

"do we really need more..."
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Single's pretty good, the rest is a little too heavy on the rhythm for my Afx tastes. It's no Syro, which at this point is probably the LP of his I've listened to the most.

When I think of classic RDJ (from any era), I think of each track exploring a single, strong musical idea — in engaging, surprising, and “personal”-feeling ways. That’s a defining characteristic for me. And it’s something else I don’t hear in the new work... everything feels like, idk, a technical exercise to me.

"but I just question why we need more music like this in 2018 esp from a man who made a career out of innovation and exploration"

the ep sounds like classic RDJ with new twists and turns... the percussion and flows on tracks two and four suggest/assert new areas of exploration, vaguely recalling vibes of Jlin and others, possibly? what i don't find lacking are "strong musical ideas", sustained throughout the tracks--it doesn't feel like a clinical / technical exercise, imo

it's been prompted before, but why do we need any more music like ___ _____, et al -- in 2018, 2020, 2050 etc.

99% of the time we don't