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Him talking about his custom gated reverb got me looking out for it, and I feel like I can hear it all over the album now. Pretty neat idea, since that kind of sequenced FX editing has been an idm sound design staple, especially for him, for so long. Might as well build a custom device that handles that kind of thing for you, gives you more control, or streamlines it. I'd love to see him d'demonstrate it.

Enbounce ramps up nicely, puts in the details where they count. Definitely a highlight. Big energy. [I think I fall into the camp of ppl who like his "cheesier" opening tracks (Hello Meow, 4001 / Unreal Square, Stor Eiglass, Oberlove / Hitsonu) I don't care, they work for me, I'm happy to hear them.] Wedorlan is an acid rollercoaster I will ride again for sure, would love to rave to this. Duneray is a solid break workout with fun pitched percussion sections and classic dark ambience / bass, works nicely. Holorform gives me the strongest "vision" on the album, small robots dancing in moonlight. Stromcor has some tasty bass and meshes with the beats nicely, doesn't get squashed by them. Kronmec is my favorite of the lower-intensity tunes. Haven't enjoyed Akkranen and Domelash yet, though I will try again. I admire the intensity/density of his "harder" edit pieces but if there isn't enough of a flow to follow in there (usually his bass), I get tired of them. This has made me re-visit BUaH and find a renewed love for parts of it as well.

Merging from the branch thread- 17:23 When the 2 piano notes get warped 'up' and 'down' like they're flying and landing, I've noticed this little trick in other tracks and love it when I see it. A tiny call and response moment with one sound element moving up/down in/out.

I saw this pic a while back and made the connection that he probably( at least possibly) made tracks like 'Mt Saint Michel' on that thing with a tracker while traveling. Kinda blew my mind because prior to that I had no idea how that stuff came together and figured it was a wild studio effort.

Holy shit that was so ahead of its time, and very afx-y, I feel like he must have gotten some formative inspiration from this artist if not this album. The drum treatment, ambient sounds, and "unidentifiable electronic squiggy noises" are all there.

It feels like "Hello Everything"-era tom style, that's neat

Ze.zima deserves way more credit for his visual contributions to the shows and the BBLR video, definitely my favorite parts, and way more creative than some of the "glitchy patterns whoa!" filler stuff. People keep praising weirdcore for the whole thing, but several artists were involved, including Ze.

Discovering Come to Daddy video in 2003, Chris Cunningham obsession ensues. Getting really into Xtal/Heliosphan while making computer art in 2004 Buying ICBYD/RDJ/26Mixes on CD and discovering all the layers there while doing homework Buying the limited vinyl of SAWII and falling asleep stoned to tracks like Tassels Listening to Vordhosbn walking home from school, Taking Control, 54 Cymru Beats between classes. The moment I realized the vocals in 54 Cymru were about "3 bears"... The slow release of the Analords and wondering what would come next. Jamming out drunk to PWSteal after my cousin's wedding. The summer of The Tuss in 2007, really special time, I was living alone and those tunes were the soundtrack to my solitude. ... Hearing Minipops premiere on the "radio" in 2014, I took a break from work just to listen to it The subsequent release of Syro and uptick in activity, coincided with a breakup, but felt apt somehow Soundcloud dump, hearing 28 Organ and other "lost" tracks Day for Night Festival, traveled to Texas just to see him Collapse comes out, includes track played at DFN I was certain was one of his Wearing the aphex shirt I've had since 2005 to Field Day 2023, hearing Falling Free live after getting lost in it 18 years prior at my desk. The moments all start as small/personal ones, and somehow eventually connect with bigger ones out in the world. Power of music and community, huh.

Re-listening to the set, one thing I wanted to mention in my initial reaction was, how amazing it was to hear Falling Free in a setting like that. I got excited as soon as that unmistakable clicky/buzzy drum pattern started sneaking in. I've spent so much time listening to that track and being inside my own head, from hazy high school days to now, experiencing it in a huge setting like that was surreal and felt special. Has it been played out before?

This was my favorite gig I’ve seen so far. DFN was magic because it was my first and he played some gold, Brooklyn was cool but a bit ‘academic’ and the crowd was too packed to dance), this had a mix of classics, bangers, and a lot that sounded like new stuff or at least stuff that was clearly his own material. Felt like a more honest and clear glimpse inside than I’d gotten before. It did help to be in the vip dance zone too, having room to spaz out to the tasty bits without violating 6 people’s personal space every 2 seconds was worth the price for us. (Went with fiancé, her first time, she loved it) Only thing I was hoping for but didn’t get was a drukqs or classic track in the final 15 mins. Was very jealous of the Mt St Michel live experience-ers. Solid noise-chaos ending though. Looking forward to all the recordings and possible releases of some of the new-ish stuff we may get eventually.

Coming in from USA, gonna wear a flag as a cape at the show, can't decide which type of patriotic weapon to bring I will be wearing the aphex tee I've had since 2005 though. Flying in overnight Friday, probably gonna have to nap before the show. Rather nice it isn't going super-late though.

I kinda image it as, the sequencer becomes an object that contains a type of record of the user's "life." When he passes on, the sequences (information) recorded in it will live on as a record of some aspect (musical data-stream) of his life, much like a flight-recorder box in a plane, recording data of the "life" of the plane. The outro of the main track has me picturing him sitting on a camp chair at sunrise, smoking a spliff, sequencer in his lap, reflecting and programming. Or maybe it's just some black-mirror shit.

I'm going, we wanted to do a London trip this year anyway and this seemed like a good thing to anchor that around. I think there's enough besides Aphex to make it worth it to arrive a few hours before his set at least. I too like Bonobo for nostalgia reasons, Fever Ray is interesting musically, I've wanted to see Jon Hopkins for a while, I've seen and enjoyed Moderat. SBTRKT, Actress, Hagop, Kai Campos interest me. Paid for the fancy ticket cause we felt like splurging on something, I'm not expecting it to be super worth it tho.

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