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    Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

    in Aphex Twin

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    I personally find drukqs and SAW 2 to be his most influential and cohesive. I feel like those albums show how far you can push the art of electronic music making in different directions. A textural/melodic/ambient direction (that to this day remains some of the finest listening on this planet) to the most technical and alien drum programming and song structure and sample manipulation (that to this day remains distinct, I've never heard anything quite like it since).

    I couldn't agree more!

     

    Also remember being totally blown away by Wax The Nip!!!

    Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

    in Aphex Twin

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    I personally find drukqs and SAW 2 to be his most influential and cohesive. I feel like those albums show how far you can push the art of electronic music making in different directions. A textural/melodic/ambient direction (that to this day remains some of the finest listening on this planet) to the most technical and alien drum programming and song structure and sample manipulation (that to this day remains distinct, I've never heard anything quite like it since).

    I couldn't agree more!

    New countdown, new release? [Aphex Twin Warp Store]

    in Aphex Twin

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    Question for the OCD completionists (definitely not me, definitely not !) ... where do these bonus tracks live if you have the Japanese bonus tracks added to the album already

     

    e.g. in Syro is 'MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96' track 13 or is 'End E2' track 13 (as tagged in the ID3) and the Japanese bonus track gets bumped to track 14 ?

    Me personally, I have 'MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96' as track 13 and 'End E2' as track 14.

    "End" is a clue. :)

    lol!

    MNLTH - DEMOTAPE (Cassette Series)

    in New & Upcoming Releases

    Posted · Edited by Aural Unrest

     

     

    *UPDATE* sorry everyone for the delay on the next tape

    Without going into detail a number of things have been causing an on going rift in my creativie and home life, and to top my stuido is also awaiting a new home. I'm going to get the previews up asap for next tape, and hopefully they will be arriving on your doorstep over the next month or so. Any issues please email :)

    Cheetah EP

    in Aphex Twin

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    Listening to it on Spotify. I am underwhelmed. Where is the innovation? It's music by some 40+ guy who ran out of ideas.

    Underwhelmed in an absolute zero kind of way. All hail goes to Ae who are still interesting.

    I need to stop being disappointed. I am surprised how much praise there is for RDJ still after all his mini-mediocre stuff.

    As mentioned before, this EP was based around the challenge of programming for the Cheetah synth (all the press makes it out to be some major feat; anyone familiar with it can speak to that?), and he created some fun, bubbly tracks that he decided to share with the rest of us.

     

    I think you're setting your expectations too high by thinking everything the man releases must be some ground-breaking and forward-thinking reinvention of electronic music - sometimes the most simple, basic form of things are the ones we appreciate the most. The innovative stuff sometimes falls flat after time as that was the only merit it had going for it to begin with.

     

    And Richard running out of ideas? I highly doubt that. If anything, I think these recent releases are the beginning of a 'second act' akin to his 90's period and the best is yet to come...

    I couldn't agree with you more.

    Cheetah EP

    in Aphex Twin

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    Got back from the school run to find a Cheetah on my doormat. Initial impression is it's a lovely little EP, the sounds are gorgeous.

     

    And I successfully managed to peel the track-listing label off the cellophane and stick it on the back cover with minimal trouble, so I'm doubly happy.

    Successfully managed to do this as well!

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