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Good shout this album.

A tardigrade. It was an unpleasant flashback to my invertebrate zoology course from Fall 1998 when I saw the video but they're cool fellers. They're also known as moss piglets or water bears and can survive space. I don't know if it's Weirdcore or Richard giving the direction but it was fitting that the Tardijames was unveiled in the cosmic section.

3:20 feels like a sudden jump in loudness. By the time 3:50 hits, that additional reedy synth playing along with the root notes really makes a boozy wall of sound due to all the similar frequencies. These tunes are in some of the most capable hands around so I see it as a stylistic choice but it's unusual tbh. That bassline is so huge. It's damn near 808 kicks tuned to a melody so it will be the belle of the frequency ball on sheer girth alone. I'm not trying to set up a competition or "who wore it better" but I loved when Special Request kept everything in the upper frequencies, well-behaved and minimal in order to let this fuckin' beast of a bassline growl around. Choon. So is "Blackbox". Not a contest lol.

hahaha Hello Spiral's famous ?

I hate feeling this way as I'm among the hardest RDJ dickriders. It's actually kinda dampening my Friday lol. I'm gonna give it the weekend to see if any bonding emerges.

So, I've come to hypothesize that this track has ascended into a trope-like or archetypal status. I feel like it has seeped into so many corners of music. The Global Communication 8:07 is definitely the most obvious but I feel like The Smiths definitely had a Tangerine Dream one night in '88 and even let "train" slip into the title. Most recently, our friend BT slipped onto a train as well Obviously, we've been living with repeated arpeggiated sequences for the better part of a century and it's not like it's direct plagiarism going on. It's something like the pentatonic solo in rock/metal. Tangerine Dream just hit on a whole universe that you can dip into from an arrangement perspective and it's guaranteed to slap.

Isn't this something of a flub on Warp's part? I can remember the old days when new releases would arrive but they would be in a security taped box with "do not open until Tuesday" warnings. How are these in record stores 8-9 days early?

The methodology here is very shaky but there had to be someway to normalize the data against inflation. I took your EUR values, brought them over to current USD and made use of the U.S. CPI consumer inflation calculator to adjust for the month and year of the show. I omitted Machester Warehouse because, for a mere 28 EU credits, you got all that *and* Ae so fuck you and congratulations. I wanted to hone in on a true indAex across time. The inflation-adjusted values were then brought back to EUR with the caveat that the EUR has not inflated identically to the USD and, anyway, some prices were in Irish Spudcoin brought over into EUR so the underpinnings are very loose. It's not just your imagination. The cumulative inflAetion is 236.4% using the following calculation [(2023 value)-(1995 value)] / (1995 value) * 100. We seemed to have enjoyed a relatively flat to slightly decreasing rate across 2000-2014 but, alas, the music of the future commands the prices of the future as well. I only hope the fellas are capturing as much of the gains as they can.

Great wrap to the summer months--Aphex end of July, Barker end of August, 0pn end of September??? I am become coom if true.

Daaaang, there was an 0pn Tweet in Kennylogg's post that said something like "new album 2023" but it looks like it's gone? I was reflecting on '23 being 58% over and really wanted some fresh Mr. Lopa Lopa. He skews late summer/fall with release months going August, November and October across the past 10 years so we'll see.

I think this is pretty fun because, while these festival tracks are not flashbangs in your face, they're really effective floor tools that you can say "oh yeah, heard that" after the show. One of the stilson tracks played for just a bit in Houston and I can remember thinking: "that's a heater right there". It was fun to hear it when I got home. I'm wrong if these didn't drop in the actual show in Barcelona.

Admittedly, I was in something of a mood when I started it last Sunday but I just had this total sensation of not being up for it. Some hilarious comedy has come out of this show though--I'll take another look I'm sure.

I was feeling just OK with the proceedings but I really got clinched after 2:42 when he finishes the bassline with that big ass Dsharp instead of the Fsharp. It rounds it out into a super depressing "boom" that kinda fills your head on headphones. It made me feel very morose, which is hilarious because it's like "fuck yeah new Aphex!!" hype but it's not really a feel-good hit of the summer or anything lol. It will probably be a bangin EP. "Abundance Jam" is still my most played song ever on my phone's internal SD card 5 years on so I have high hopes.

Pitch bend looking lovely lads

To be fair, I have only seen DJ NOBU out of that lineup but for me, Da Surge is incomparable. What I didn't realize at Movement last weekend was that pretty much all these DJs let the whole track play and since their track selections are so homogenous, it was difficult not to get bored. Surgeon was in the underground stage, which was proper bunker vibes and he came blasting out with some classic dub. I found myself so excited because it was some novelty finally. He weaves in so many tracks and elements that it was impossible not to be dazzled the entire time. He also lets things "breathe" in key ways so that it's not a complete assault. I'm probably biased because I treasure so many of his mixes that now go back 24 years or more (fuck). Also, while zoning out at the Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport, the man himself zipped past me in a Sunn O))) shirt. I debated for a second and then knew I had to be that guy because there will probably be no other opportunity. We're all gray af now. I gave chase. He is a very gracious dude and let me fanboy out while sipping a coffee and cream. I always get a kick out of soft spoken and chill artists who make completely brutal tunes. Anyway, achievement unlocked.

Just want to congratulate the OzMMERs on getting Ae. It's a rare pokemon to capture.

I am really susceptible to saxophone textures and Colin Stetson's contribution is amazing on this. I don't know how much Tim may have quantized or chopped the original take but if Colin is doing "Monotony II" live, I've never heard anything like that in a sax. The criticism at the first of the thread is valid in a way because this is by far the most Hecker has sounded like other people. "Sense Suppression" and the intro for Floating Points - "Environments" share a vibe and "Living Spa Water" is a less foreboding take on Jochem Paap - "MRG-RVX". It's a great album though. There's nothing wrong with tropes if the execution is good and I keep coming back to listen this one.

RE: Blerped up downloads. There is a "black hole" from 2005 in my download collection. I needed to know what they were due to an HD failure but they gave me the similar line about the AE store ("sorry, back up your stuff"). To their credit, they did say "name an album you'd like and we'll give it you on the house for your troubles". That was pretty dope of them but I save all receipts, keep a spreadsheet of purchases and back up in triplicate these days. Itunes has never missed a beat on my purchases and Bandcamp seems pretty good so far but when it comes to multiple decades of digital purchases, we'll see who can deliver. Blerp would be the one to trust the least despite how happy they've made me across the years.

Man did that hit back in '96. There are a lot of epic album openers but I revisited this (honestly: blanked out on which song it came from lol) and it slams all the same 27 years later.

Sort of an end to a personal "era" with Succession and Barry in the final seasons. Definitely my two favorites across the past 5 years or so.

2 bro. One in the picture and that dawg in me, n'awhatImean?

Who is this? Google lens failed to get a result and I tried "Woman topless with dog" and the most horrific results came forth...like, there's no way they can be legal. Anyway, I've known a pair almost exactly like that and the nostalgia is strong. Thanks.

We all had to get cozy with Odesza in order to get good vantage points for Pritchard back in '16. They're not particularly bad or anything--just a fair amount of clockwatching on my part. It doesn't look like you can really lose on this lineup though.

A cherished spot it seems. You have your pick of "Lisbon Acid" and "Stride Portugal".