Herr Jan

Had the 2LP since it came out but missed out on the EP back then. Of course, once again I managed to buy that EP second hand right before the reissue :^) (same with Abstract Thought and a whole bunch of other reissued stuff)

Alltime fav. Flawless. Someone from watmm posted a version of this remix with a Stevie Wonder vocal over it back in like 2006ish, no idea who though but I still love that one.

Diatoms was with my mates and me after the gig while walking out. He was looking for you @phudoshin but didn't have your number. We said goodbye at a roundabout full of festival people, he was headed to his hotel nearby there iirc.

Just got back from London last night, got the record (well, the card) for me and two other chatmmers. Had a real great time hanging with Braintree, tec, eaw, hello spiral, aaaah, glunk + RB at various moments throughout the weekend, and meeting phudoshin and Diatoms (so nice to meet you man, absolute pleasure) as well a bunch of cool Scottish and British people in the crowd during Aphex. The whole talking issue was mostly because it was so fucking packed you couldn't move or dance where we were (front of house) and the volume of the gig could be louder but it's in the middle of the city innit. I didn't mind it as much really. This was my 6th time seeing him since 2007, fun to see how much his show has evolved since then (in 2007 it was just a venue gig, one red lightbulb on stage next to him, nothing more). This gig was great, visuals were intense, enjoyed it more than last Field Day. Seemed like an ever bigger production this too, quite incredible. Shoutout to Jayda G and Juliana Huxtable for really great DJ sets, Actress for doing his thing and Arca for some great entertainment. Kelela was good too but we didn't stick around for long.

Last time at Field Day I wore my avatar on a t-shirt to make it obvious, not sure what I'll wear this year but look out for a tall lanky blonde idiot with a heavy Dutch accent.

Renaat teased with "something coming up" before, without result (or just another reissue of Classics or SAW85-92), but let's hope SAW 1.5 will actually happen now ?

When Drukqs came out my brother bought the vinyl on the day of release (I was 12 at the time but heavily into AFX) and he ripped what he thought were the "normal" tracks for me on CD-r (so Vordhosbn etc.), all on 33. As the first 2 records are meant to be played on 45 I had the wrong versions for a few months, until I bought the CD myself. Still have the rip of the slower versions tho, as it's so nostalgic now.

I see it more as generosity from someone pouring his soul into his life's work. He doesn't have to share any of it but I'm extremely grateful he does. Don't try and feel forced to keep up, just listen whenever you want and put on some random new album (I'm still keeping up with it ten years after the first colundi tbh although I've heard some albums only once or twice). Really enjoyed this one too, as usual.

Goes for pretty much every Container track, absolute legend.

It's a holiday every 8-10 weeks or so for me. Summer break is 6 weeks, christmas and spring break are both 2 weeks, plus two 1-week holidays too. Then those 5 optional free days on top of that. Disclaimer: conveniently not mentioning all the overtime during a regular week. Loads of evenings and weekends lost that way. Still recommended.

Yes, over here it's 3 months per year plus an extra 5 free days to use.

Another Dutch teacher reporting, but I never used this right nor do I know anyone who ever did. Will have to dive into this :^)

Lovely mix, wonder when this was actually made considering the Neuvoids person said the mix was laying around for a while now. That Sunken Foal one had my ears perked up, good stuff.

Totally going along with the hype-trein again. Love the new track. Ordered it, not sure why I ordered it from the Aphex store instead of just picking it up at Rush Hour or something but hey, tradition I guess.

Kom op jij kut laten we een beetje Aphex Acid voorbestellen.

My phone scanned the box from home, led to an Aphex app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kalkul.boxh0d2lu ) that you can scan the box with again and you get augmented reality stuff with an ambient loop underneath:

Fuck ? MIXL2 was a dear watmm and chatmm friend, around for a long time. Was great finally meeting him last autumn at the gig after talking for a decade. He was always very open about his mental state too. Needless to say, I did not see this coming at all. UGH One of the last tracks he posted in chat, we'll miss you MIXL

Yeah, just found out, just after I booked everything for the London trip of course Might still go to this festival though, heard it's decent. Terzij de Horde, The Comet is Coming, Charlotte Adigery, Philou Louzolo and Tinariwen are nice too, seen most of them already though.

Oh right, Actress too yeah. Saw him in 2012 in Belgium once and didn't impress me at all but I might go and try again. I did see Mike P at Field Day too yeah, that was fun actually. Maybe we saw more than my mind accounted for :^)

Was stressful buying tickets for this ánd Dekmantel on the same day (within the same hour both went on sale) while having to work. Then finding out Field Day doesn't do PayPal. Thanks to a lifesaver watmmer I still got tickets so I'll see you there again hopefully! Can't be arsed about the line-up except maybe Jayda G but last time Aphex played Field Day we just sat on a park bench with the chatmm crew all day (although we did see Moodymann, Silver Apples, a bit of Nina Kraviz and Aphex of course) which was great so hope to repeat that again.

After The Advent said the remaster would NEVER happen twice in the past few years I caved in (it was the only Drexciya missing in my collection) and spent serious money on the og Abstract Thought CD (wasn't the only one thinking that, so the vinyl went up even more after those comments). Very happy with Clone getting on this though, knew I could have counted on them, so of course ordered this too. Also

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Sad to see there's apparently a lot of drama around these Tresor reissues, mostly between Abdul Haqq and Stinsons widow. Iircs, she got him to stop with the comics (he's used the Drexciya world for his comics, taking their intellectual property, but with the approval of Gerald Donald), while he is saying how she made Tresor stop sell Drexciya as punishment for helping him with the novel. Now Tresor changed the artwork, which may or may not be approved by Donald, the only living member of Drexciya? I can see both points, and both posted on facebook (underneath posts from Research Lab), but obviously no one benefits from this shit, most of all the Drexciya legacy. Glad I have all the records already anyway, will maybe pick up the Shifted Phases reissue though, only have that one on CD (with that wrong track on it).