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    Studio Pics

    in EKT General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by tbf

    On 12/15/2021 at 4:30 PM, thawkins said:

    How do you solve the problem that once you successfully finish cleaning your gear from dust, the pieces of gear you started the cleaning from are already dusty again?

    I know, I know, CPU fabrication cleanroom solutions probably exist for the average prosumer...

    let's not forget that most famous records were made in magic dust filled studios

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    Films Recently Watched

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    yeah, you hardly ever hear about it these days but I remember it doing the rounds when it was first released. I know it fucked me up back then, it was quite the experience at around a 10 years old. the shark scene, that shit never left my head

    Films Recently Watched

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    On 2/22/2022 at 12:51 PM, T3551ER said:

    Ending up watching this over the weekend in chunks - remembered that some folks on WATMM really enjoyed (others not so much) which tipped my hand. Glad I did, totally get why this is not going to be for everyone (and also you kinda gotta be in the mood for something like this), but I absolutely loved it. It's been ages since I've watched it, but sort of reminded me a bit of Slacker - the Mulholland Drive comparison's it generates are probably not completely off the mark too. There are probably a host of other film and textual touchstones that this echoes but that doesn't matter so much when the voice still feels wholly unique and realized.    

    A lot to unpack in a movie that feels so languid - I think it's a testament to the writing, directing, and excellent sound work (watched with headphone and there are all these moments where the audio is picking up these side conversations that are fascinating and often deadpan hilarious) that you kind of drift through this thing but then start thinking about what it's saying about... a whole host of things (artistry, the industrialization of art, culture, capitalism, toxic masculinity, film) ... and you realize there are a lot of unplumbed depths. 

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    Of course I read a bunch of articles afterwards and one of them kind of nailed that part of the genius of the film is that, even when the paranoias and conspiracy theory nuttery of the main character is proven to be founded, you/he is still left empty. Usually films might toy with whether or not this is all in his head, etc. but somehow this movie shows that it's not in his head, but even though it's true it all means... nothing. It's an odd feeling. Like, the world behind the world exists, yes, but it is as empty and sad as the world in front. That's probably some thinly veiled critique of the arts industry or maybe just a comment on life. 

    The scene with the "Songwriter" was also just one of the most amazing things I've seen in some time. I caught maybe a third of the song references being made but beyond that the whole, vicious, unflinching commentary on the idea that "Your art, your writing, your culture is the shell of other men's ambition" is so... gutwrenching I guess. Having spent a little time in the music industry I felt that so strongly. Also, I don't even know how you write a scene like this, much less perform it (I mean in particular the piano performance interspersed with the dialogue and how it all fits together seamlessly). 

    I think this is one that people who have an art they are trying to foster (whether that's acting, musicianship, writing, etc.) may respond to more deeply than others - or perhaps just in a different way. The sense of drifting from place to place surrounded by other people who are trying to express their creativity during some weirdly themed party felt so spot on, as did a lot of the side conversations that toed the line between earnestness and absurdity. 

    The greatest irony/oddity: the film itself feels unfathomably bleak in its take on modern art and culture, but it is itself a beautiful work of modern art. 

    12 year old writer/actor/directors / 1 hilarious SpiderMan nod FTW

     

    really really liked this movie, I actually thought it was based on a Pynchon novel like Inherent Vice, the only other movie that's comparable, except it's even better because... well, come on, it's PTA

    the soundtrack by Disasterpiece is cool too, I was kinda surprised as I only knew him from him work on It Follows, which is great, both soundtrack and movie. edit: just realized it's the same director too

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    NFTs for music / auction music to the highest bidder via crypto tech

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    Snoop and all of these other rappers achieved legendary cultural status, household names and most people don't even remember where they come from anymore. but it is what it is, they made it by being hustlers and bragging about it. so it's only natural they'll keep on doing it in whatever new medium comes up. the irony is, the ones who were once bewildered by their drug slinging tales now run the risk of being the targeted drug fiends, and the new drug is legal. pretty ingenious, tbh

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    NFTs for music / auction music to the highest bidder via crypto tech

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    On 1/22/2022 at 4:46 PM, auxien said:

     

    finally got around to watching the whole thing. never thought I'd so pleasantly endure a talking head for over 2 hours. very thorough. but pretty depressing, considering that some variation of this reality he so eloquently rebukes is most definitely taking place as we speak, even if not like to the extent the evangelists preach. as hard as it might be to build up the proper arguments to tackle this whole conundrum, it's just easy to fall for the trap of criticising it simply for being trash (rightfully so), but the fact is, when there's so much potential for status quo maintenance behind something, it would probably be more productive to find ways of participating and making it better (not to say hijacking it, that'd be naive) instead of taking the old "they took er jebs" stance

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

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    3 minutes ago, trying to be less rude said:

    The official YouTube account

    dumb me no look first :}

    I think the fact they're called parts still points towards different embryos of tracks, even if it's a similarly themed EP, like Cheeta for instance, specific gear set in a controlled environment. watching the london show now it's obvious those were pre-determined themes, done on the fly, but the re-arrangement makes it sound like they're separate tracks, performed together for this "live" intermission section. almost like a glimpse at an EP in the middle of the set

    could be wrong, tho. maybe he really took a liking for these more contrasting switch ups, like in T69 Collapse and that's more of that type of experimentation, only transposed to a live setting, where you can get away with different things

     

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

    in Aphex Twin

    Posted · Edited by tbf

    14 hours ago, trying to be less rude said:

    though idk if yt has been updated since then. i seem to recall that the youtube audio was updated before that. each time it was a better mix, kind of seemed like richard had adjusted the mix a couple times. same thing happened with the printworks one once or twice, new and improved audio track was replaced in the video.

     

    you guys don't have to be as into it as i am but i have enjoyed that 22 minute segment on drives a number of times. recently i revisited it and it seemed like a section had opened up for me and it all sounded different. i tried breaking it into distinct tracks at one point, but i think i found that it seemed like a 22 minute composition. maybe the 6 minute part at the beginning could be sliced off, if anything, but the latter 16 minutes i concluded were pretty definitely all one prepared live composition. i reached that conclusion based on 2 things. 1 is the version from a week earlier in london, printworks. parts from the london verson appear in the manchester version but in different places and done differently. the london one is explicitly labeled in an official tracklist as mini-live-set pt 1-4. the manchester one doesn't have an official tracklist but we can conclude by the parts from mini live set in london that it is the manchester mini-live-set. so comparing those 2 provides a lot of insight. london is jazzier and manchester is more epic. the other premise of my analysis is that you can find instruments from later in earlier parts, as a way to try to gauge if any sections are truly separate. it's cool that he reworked an 11 minute piece into a 22 minute piece in a week and that we get to see that process. maybe he live-performed some unreleased songs, integrating them into the longer performance? 

    good job with the journaling and analysis. guess I been digesting the manchester show for so long that I simply forgot to give london proper attention. 

     

    14 hours ago, trying to be less rude said:

    in an official tracklist

    where did that tracklist come from, tho?

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

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    10 hours ago, Uros said:

    Big part of the live bits are little lost on me. There are some pretty good moments here and there but sadly can't get into the hype. :shrug:

    were it all live I would've liked it more - loved it, probably. can you imagine being hit with 2 hours of unreleased music made on the spot? it's a pretty intense task, though, especially if you're not aiming for basic dancefloor oriented techno.

     

     

    10 hours ago, pizza said:

    yeah, that live track is great. but the best one of those is this IMO:

    agreed, those two are the highlights for me. this one sounds more like what you'd normally expect from him - what we all want, innit? but the other sounds more like what we've grown to expect from his newest works. both amazing.. but what truly drove me nuts from this whole intro was this brilliant rug pull of a moment
     

     

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    What's the deal with computer music?

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    love Mark Fell and the likes but Rashad Becker's live was one of the most insane things I ever saw. felt like I came out straight from a beating. the way he used the Nord micro modulars made it Computer Music to my ears. they're programmed on the computer after all. also proved what a seasoned mastering engineer is capable of, making a modest JBL rig sound like Funktion Ones

    the setup:

    Eduardo_Magalha_es_-_I_Hate_Flash_Brownie-39.jpg

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    Favourite YouTube Videos

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    despite how you feel about the movie, this a pretty privileged inside look at quite an amazing endeavour.the part about the voice is especially cool, how many details went in the development and how tight the result was throughout the whole movie
     

     

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