Syro was really, really great. That second track!
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
Is that Xmas ??
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Oh that’s great !
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:49 (five years ago) link
We’re all armchair critics, what’s your contribution to society? Posts on Ilx?
I deliver babies in war zones, and post in ILX in my spare moments.
― stan in the place where you work (morrisp), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:52 (five years ago) link
Hahaha good poster
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:53 (five years ago) link
this thread has accumulated roughly as many new answers since yesterday as the jlin thread has accumulated in three years
i think that is bad, not good
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
i guess tbf half of those posts are me complaining about how overrated aphex twin is
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
is the jlin thread full of trolls trying to piss on people's enjoyment of the music
xp lol
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
Lol
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:57 (five years ago) link
it's not trolling to say you think music (a song, an album, an artist, artist's body of work for the last 10-15 years) isn't that good
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link
eg
people are fucking morons especially people who like this trash band
― crüt
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
people are fucking morons especially people who like this trash band recent aphex better than jlin
fixed
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:03 (five years ago) link
i regret nothing
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
i'm not sure anyone's arguing that recent aphex is better than jlin
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
I will
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
:P
i know, i know
just making a point about trolling vs dissent
― the late great, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
people are fucking morons especially people who like this trash band recent aphex better than jlin big & rich
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link
in fact on the jlin thread i believe i made the argument that the only person even operating at her level is afx
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
Would pay crut to be my editor tbh
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
I’m cool with jlin if I got migraine pills handy
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
At least oval had sympathy for my broken discman
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
aw, i like black origami
― crüt, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
recent aphex is better than autechre tho
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
I like kyanite a lot
Just like having fun cheers
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:14 (five years ago) link
Which way Dave
slam the brakes buddy
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
Feels like a road runner cartoon
― Ross, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
lol so many twists and turns on opinions dr
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:18 (five years ago) link
ZANY APHEX = NO THANK U
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
I like Jlin, and I'm glad Aphex Twin is learning something from her.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
at least they are not Sophie.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:06 (five years ago) link
I liked Cheetah better but this pretty good, especially “1st 44”
― latebloomer, Thursday, 20 September 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link
Jed - what’s that mean about Sophie??
― Ross, Thursday, 20 September 2018 05:39 (five years ago) link
RDJ supposedly used an Elektron RYTM for parts of these tracks. You can sort of recognize its 'character' in the title track, but it's not so easy to identify. the RYTM is an eight-voice, analog drum synthesizer that also plays samples. There's a Pitchfork interview with James (and his wife?) from around the time Syro came out, and they mention the drum machine a few times (a gift from Elektron?) - it's a mk1 version of the RYTM, where you have to load samples using a computer. The MKII version (with improved functionality, display, size, appearance, etc.) came out just last year, and it's a sampler in the sense that you can just plug something into its input(s) and record (anything, using a 3.5 mm / 1/4" cable) directly. You can combine those samples with the sounds of the drum machine in a variety of ways. If you're at all familiar with Elektron step sequencers you'll know that using them can take a lot of preparation and forethought... volume/filter/envelope/effects parameters, sounds, sound behavior, their frequency of occurrence, logic conditions, etc. - it's all highly programmable / malleable, to a maddening extent. The workflow of the Elektron sequencer is not at all intuitive until you understand how it works. And then there are the pads of the RYTM, which add a whole 'nother level of control. The Texas band xuiqen uses Elektron machines, and their music (on the album moiré is the next best thing to Autechre (similar to Ae). I keep reading that Autechre used Elektron machines on both Untilted and Quaristice.. most likely the Machinedrum and the MonoMachine, both of which are badass / legendary synthesizers already. They're really expensive. Getting carried away with trivia, apologies. Been listening to the Collapse CD on the stereo this evening, and it is indeed FUN :)
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWyVwR_MH1V2Rzo3wisFRgNw9lmVeZi1Z (btw)
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 21 September 2018 05:57 (five years ago) link
Poll: Lets Go Deep vs Stone In Focus
― saer, Friday, 21 September 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
It kinda sounds like two disparate tracks playing simultaneously..
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 21 September 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
i don't know if it's because Stone in Focus is so well-burned 'in' after all these years, but it doesn't seem to match up very well, as it doesn't 'reset' on same the bar / count, so as to lock in with the other track better.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Friday, 21 September 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
really like the new EP, I don't see it as him imitating himself (wtf does that mean?) as approaching a sort of classicism of the kind of techno he makes. I'm not a gearhead, I couldn't pretend to fully understand his process but I hear the material being mostly gestated out of the "character" of the gear he uses (and kind of what he's always done). I don't even know what "innovation" would look like for afx because he's always just made the music he wanted to hear himself.
― clouds, Sunday, 7 October 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
but what if the music he wants to make for himself is boring
― the late great, Sunday, 7 October 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n),
It is! Just two records hanging out on the decks
― saer, Sunday, 7 October 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
― the late great, Sunday, October 7, 2018 1:42 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
holy shit man do you have an axe to grind. boring to you maybe lol
― montoya (Ross), Sunday, 7 October 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
boring to me for sure
― the late great, Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
this is what we do on i love music, talk about music we don’t like
― the late great, Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
yeah all good man, tbh i would rather listen to other records but i did like this one (and found most of the last haul of afx pretty dire)
― montoya (Ross), Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
saw two different versions of the LP yesterday at the record store, one with the regular cover and one with a silver cover, "first edition" or something. I didn't buy it, did I fuck up? they were the same price iirc
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 October 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
I have the silver cover. I prefer the regular cover.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Monday, 8 October 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
ep's not the greatest, but track 3 slams...
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 8 October 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
it's not boring to me; i find a lot to like about it. what isn't boring to you, by comparison?
― clouds, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
It's good not great. It's far from a classic like, say, Windowlicker was as a single/EP, but the tracks are all quite memorable, save for the last one on the digital release.
It sounds like an evolution from Syro, but it's clear his days of wildly changing up his sounds on each track while still expressing his classic silliness and trollish personality are over and have been since 1998. It's not like he turned in utter trash like other artist comebacks (*cough* Pixies *cough*) but it's been 20 years now since he's released something that gave me the feels of nearly all his classics up to and including Windowlicker. Wish he'd developed his sound more over the years and kept using laptops. His move to go back to all analog gear pulled back the complexity of his sonic palette. And not for the better.
Drukqs is his New Jersey.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 9 October 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link