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Probably this has been already posted in funny picture thread. didn't know who this person was until this thread, so thank you all. having a listen to the music? no thanks :D
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Did someone say they skip Gwely Mernans?
Lemme at em
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I don't see anything other than new music being worth being excited about. Unless WATMM becomes the official portal of everything RDJ related.
No, trust me - this will be very exciting - when (if) this comes to fruition, it will blow peoples' minds - it blew mine!
And you thought druqks was quite good!... I wonder if my mind will explode lol
no, but you'll be able to do this
I misread the post and thought Joyrex was talking about new music... my fault... but the complimentary gif is cool, glad I misread :D
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I don't see anything other than new music being worth being excited about. Unless WATMM becomes the official portal of everything RDJ related.
No, trust me - this will be very exciting - when (if) this comes to fruition, it will blow peoples' minds - it blew mine!
And you thought druqks was quite good!... I wonder if my mind will explode lol
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interesting. Video review surprisingly.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2014/sep/26/aphex-twin-syro-album-review-video
lol basicly he shares my point of view about syro cool
I just woke up had a dream last night that Joyrex's big news was that he was going to exclusively host the new Aphex Twin video on WATMM.
In my dream, I woke up, logged on to watmm (after marching through a field of black quicksand with some soldiers, naturally) and found the video had been posted. In the thread, Joyrex had described the video as a "Parliament-inspired funk piece" but the video was just a shitty, handycam clip of a midget in a Windowlicker mask messing around on some playground equipment.
cool dream
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just found my invite to the NYC listening party in my spam folder.
That's what happened to me too with the london event :( but I discovered on the same day of the event just 8 hours before it was due and I couldn't find a reasonably priced airiplane ticket to go there... I was mad about it for two days in a row
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i'm having a stupid problem with Syro. Like a good % on this board, I try my hand at IDM. Of course I'm not very talented and dont have the scratch for decent gear, but I try, I try. It's all slightly embarrassing.
Anyway, I can't stop trying to figure out tracks on Syro. This leads me to looping one measure at a time and breaking it down and trying to rebuild it Reason or something like that. I wake up in the middle of the night with basslines in my head like a fever dream. I imagine others here have encountered this problem-- should i take a few days off from Syro? I realize this all sounds silly but it's making it hard for me to just enjoy this thing.
your avatar is a perfect companion to your post. just stop it and you are good to go. if there's one thing that syro is all about is being yourself artistically, so there's no use in trying to replicate that. Enjoy yourself, fall in love, feel good. Music will follow.
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afx world tour, possibly at the locations/venues the listening parties occured
dropcard gets you into the venue
I h o p e d r o p c a r d s a r e n o t i n v o l v e d i n a n y t h i n g (even tho I'm starting to fear they're involved for real)
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What makes Syro impressive is that, in a world of copycats and of people who want artists to be their own copycats, Aphex Twin is always just himself and his music is always evolving and the same at the same time... Syro would not be an aphex twin record if it sounded like some other record by himself.
He just does what he feels when he feel it. And you can feel that. You may not like it, but you can defintely feel that.
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OK, here are some questions for you, regarding Syro, which for me, and I am sure you, form part of the charm and excellence of Aphex Twin.
On Syro...
-Where are those tingy, verby sharp hats he is famous for which flick you inside your mind?
-Where is the musicality on the level of the piano parts of Drukqs?
-Why is there a cheesy looped birds-chirping-in-the-garden sample behind the piano on aisatsana?
-Where is the on-the-edge-of-control, red hot full of electricity production with a devil may care attitude to convention and stereo? Syro is the opposite of this.
-Where is the arrogance of putting a giant hum behind the beats like at the start of Acrid Avid Jam Shred, or even more so, Ventolin?
-Where are the huge otherworldly synth lead motifs, and why have they been replaced with that acidy noodling thing he does now?
-Where is the track long development of ideas and emotions?
-Where is the loneliness, and the sadness displayed in ICBYD?
-Where are the absolute next-dimensional chemical bangers like Come On You Slags, Start As You Mean To Go On, and Wax The Nip?
-Where is the 'I have no idea how he made this' feeling?
-Where is the feeling of being bourne along on a vast and rapid sea of hallucinogenic electonics through the dark British countryside?
-Where are the heart wrenching strings of 4?
-Where is the fucking sheer velocity and car door panel vibrating resonance of Girl/Boy Song?
-Where is the mind warping bleakness
-Where is the hyper detailed poise and balance of Vordhosbn?
etc.
Fucking nowhere in Syro, that is for sure.
To cockily ape the comment of someone on at me for this, just up there in the posts...
If YOU can't hear the stuff missing from Syro, then you not only have shit in your ears, but you are devoid of any real emotion, and are running purely on the dullest of fanboy juice.
I shouldn't judge though; I guess a lot of you think music is just a 'who is the best at DSP' competition, which Syro is probably not too bad at.
Anything you look for can be found in his previous work, so prolly you are looking in the wrong place for those things.
As far as the bird samples on the piano track (chich is actually the only thing you are mentioning about syro), well I think it's somewhat out of place too (mostly because it makes me think about possibly maybe by bjork), but it's his choice and it's not a big deal really.
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Well, after the first thorough listen on headphones, I have to say that I really like this release.
I was getting scared after the first two tracks, cos they were not getting me (well, minipops I listened to like a 100 times so it was understandable, but the second track I didn't got it at first listen).
After track 3 and on, well, the record starts there for me. Lots of funkiness which I like very much. I don't get reviews that speak about "not breaking new ground"... what the fucs! It seems like they did not listen to the album. The mix of new and old style it's mesmerizing, and it's someone who knows what he's doing that it's at work. So, what they do complain about? They probably can't tell a good record from a chicken.
I also really like the general dirty vibe of the tracks: they are polished and raw at the same time. At times I can hear distortion, but, as for any other aphex record, it feels to me like it was intentional, so welcome distortion.
The only minor thing about the piano track is that the chirpy sounds of birds in the background together with the opening arpeggio made me immediately think about the arpeggio which opens possibly maybe by bjork. I hadn't realized the similarity before hearing it in those at the barbican videos. Now it seems that it will take a while to unheard that and to properly enjoy the closing track.
p.s. I bought it from a record store: I like the idea of phisically going to a place to find it. But I reckon that it has to be difficult for those who live in a small city. Most of the record stores have closed here, and I live in a big city.
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Aphex's 26 mixes for cash
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only lovers left alive, jim jarmush
it made me angry and bored while watching it, it made me laugh remembering about it because it has the stupidiest lines and the silliest characters. definetly a no.
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Cool I'm in!
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Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
The Rite (1969)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Persona (1966)
All by Ingmar Bergman.
I never saw Bergman's film before, so I took advantage of a film festival dedicated to him and saw those four movies over three days.
I have to say that despite their "heavyness" I felt them to be quite refreshing: rarely I've seen movies that give you the feeling that they were made exactly as the director had in mind. You may not like them, but you have to admit they are perfectly done, meaning that they are the perfect tangible representation of what the director had in mind.
I would recommend watching "Persona" (you will understand which was the movie that inspired Mullholland Drive by Lynch) and "The Rite" (guess where kubrick took inspiration for Eyes Wide Shut orgy scenes and soundtrack).
I would have liked to see "The seventh seal" as well, but when I discovered the festival, they had already screened it.
p.s. women in bergman films are wonderful.
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Would you try to go live to some other country? Which one? And why? Report the country (or state) you live in.
On my part, I'd rather not move from italy but I think I should cos I feel like people here just enjoys eating and chatting and they rely too much on who they know instead of what they know. I think that anywhere northern than here should be better. I would miss the weather tho.
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Drift
Nosaj Thing
I don't listen to full albums that much anymore, but this one I enjoy quite a bit. Very well produced with an emphasis on sounds, hip hop influences, the album is very tight and every track flows naturally into the next one.
Very enjoyable as a full album listening. I rate it 8,5/10.
I just searched on youtube for samples of the recording and I found it's online in its entirety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F83hH0eu09k
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at first I thought it was just chaotic and claustrophobic. but it had some moments of awe, so I just gave it a second chance.
but then the awesomess moments were not where I remembered them (different speakers, different headphones) so I gave sme other chances.
today It struck me that these tracks are almost (surprise!) soothing and melanchonic, like they are treasuring very shy emotions.
soundwise, it's still alittle bit crammed, to my ears. I can definetly feel a difference if I listen to confield, which is my only other ae album that I like (probably I also like chiastic slide, but I dunno).
But confield is like it's about demons and anger, exai is more about forgiveness and contentedness.
But I may change opinion in time. dunno if exai will stand the test of time. For now, it's pretty satisfactory.
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Wow is that serious? He playing a keytar and she wearing a run dmc t-shirt clearly states they're comedians. innit?
I'm still reeling in disbelief that Al Walser didn't win for 'Best Dance Recording'...
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just seen "cloud atlas" (just came out in italy)
i think the time spent watching it is way much better spent doing anything else
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I don't know you and your story (other watmmers here seems they do)... but... you're 33... i'm almost 39... I can say to you that it happens. I may say it will last until 37. "Where have all of the flowers gone?" and that kinda shit. Then one day you'll realize you are really getting older and you will not give a shit about your crisis, you'll only be eager to get things done, stay fit and enjoy your time. You may even end up regretting having a crisis at all. But it will have served you to escape the other big crisis, the 50's one (at least I hope). As for the jacket, I'd say don't do anything that you think it will make you feel younger, it will make you feel older. Just embrace your age, if you can. Embrace the crisis, don't fight it.
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would love to hear some samples if they exist.
there you go http://www.juno.co.uk/products/steel-erector/471886-01/
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about skipping tracks on syro... I end up skippping minipops and listen to the rest of the album in a row. probably I listened to much to it when it came out and in some ways, it doesn't seems to fit with the rest of the tracks.
I love aisatsana at the end