oyster Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I am wondering how many of you think 4 is his best work... do you think 4 is his best work? doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo dooo doo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamovich Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AcrossCanyons Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 it's up there for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 'Best' in what way? :nyan: :nyan: :nyan: :nyan: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 'Best' in what way? :nyan: :nyan: :nyan: :nyan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iiK4MgIPtI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 That clip matches the music in so many ways. It's both brilliant and full of amateurism at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Definately a great track. Probably the best track to open the RdJ Album, it sets everything else up perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Great track, not his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 yea because it combines his ambient style with his breakcore drums... when people ask me, hey what music do you like? -electronic music, like aphex twin -Ehmm, I don't know him (obviously) -here, listen... I always put 4 because it is what Aphex Twin or similar artist sound like, and that is the stuff I like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 yea because it combines his ambient style with his breakcore drums... when people ask me, hey what music do you like? -electronic music, like aphex twin -Ehmm, I don't know him (obviously) -here, listen... I always put 4 because it is what Aphex Twin or similar artist sound like, and that is the stuff I like I know you from real life somehow don't I, stranger?? :shuriken: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 it's too kind of obvious Aphex anthem track to me to be even remotely the best. Too jingly jangly. It's all like I'm an IDM nerd I'm so eccentrically cute love me Girl/Boy for example I think is like the same idea at least 3x better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 It's all like I'm an IDM nerd I'm so eccentrically cute love me fuck GOD DAMN IT...t jwer otuogj oegjo ^ 'quirky' behavior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganus Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 No, Mt. Saint Mikey is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 If by 4 you mean Bit 4, then yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 it's too kind of obvious Aphex anthem track to me to be even remotely the best. Too jingly jangly. It's all like I'm an IDM nerd I'm so eccentrically cute love me Girl/Boy for example I think is like the same idea at least 3x better are you joking? girl/boy was the "hit". shit, it was featured on an MTV "Amped" cd back in the day. You trippin son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J3FF3R00 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 it's too kind of obvious Aphex anthem track to me to be even remotely the best. Too jingly jangly. It's all like I'm an IDM nerd I'm so eccentrically cute love me Girl/Boy for example I think is like the same idea at least 3x better are you joking? girl/boy was the "hit". shit, it was featured on an MTV "Amped" cd back in the day. You trippin son. ... but it was still a much better song than 4 (imo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 not imo :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q27 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Windowlicker > 4. Windowlicker is almost unbeatable for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJW Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 4 is a really happy go lucky track. full of optimism. But as with too many Aphex tracks (imo) it comes across as too gimmicky for its own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 4 is just a really good nugget of brilliance. It was definitely my favorite for a few months back when I first bought the album. For me, ziggomatic (17) is probably still my favorite overall. I'd like to hear other versions of it if they exist. Perfect fast track wind the album down. The melodies are my favorite in the way they evolve and the ebbs and flows in between these brief ambient sections. 3 minutes in it sounds like it is wrapping up and then it just takes off into madness again. Drum programming is top quality drukqsian work. the build that starts at 4:15 is probably one of my favorite moments in aphex listening history. Around 5:40 again it sound like it is about to wind down but moves brilliantly into a percussive showcase and builds up a perfect counter melody. Wraps up really nicely, with a message at the end to bring us back to reality and realize and take a moment to reflect on what we just heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnar Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 4 is a really happy go lucky track. full of optimism. But as with too many Aphex tracks (imo) it comes across as too gimmicky for its own good. i don't know what that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertsk8er419 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 4 is just a really good nugget of brilliance. It was definitely my favorite for a few months back when I first bought the album. For me, ziggomatic (17) is probably still my favorite overall. I'd like to hear other versions of it if they exist. Perfect fast track wind the album down. The melodies are my favorite in the way they evolve and the ebbs and flows in between these brief ambient sections. 3 minutes in it sounds like it is wrapping up and then it just takes off into madness again. Drum programming is top quality drukqsian work. the build that starts at 4:15 is probably one of my favorite moments in aphex listening history. Around 5:40 again it sound like it is about to wind down but moves brilliantly into a percussive showcase and builds up a perfect counter melody. Wraps up really nicely, with a message at the end to bring us back to reality and realize and take a moment to reflect on what we just heard. reading this inspired me to put this on and reread it, and i fell in love with this track all over again, for the millionth time. yup, this is his best. imo ziggo contrasts his ambient atmospheres with his breakbeats more beautifully than anything he's ever released, no doubt about it, and it just builds and builds and builds and builds, then at long last the serenity that's been hinted at throughout completely shines though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 there are only three drum noises in this song, and they're all annoying. but it's definitely up there in terms of songwriting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 fuck this thread. final straw? whoever said 4 was gimmicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 fuck this thread. final straw? whoever said 4 was gimmicky. I myself would definitely not describe it as such Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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