Icct Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Cornwall-s-Radiohead-Aphex-Twin-stars-make/story-22060691-detail/story.html Two of Cornwall’s resident musical giants popped up to perform surprise DJ sets at festivals in the county last night. While Thom Yorke, frontman for indie guitar legends Radiohead, was stepping out to wow crowds at Bude’s Leopallooza, electronic music pioneer Richard James, aka Aphex Twin, was spinning the decks at Holifair in the Helford. Neither appearance was publicised and both created a buzz in crowds attending the two festivals in changeable weather conditions. James, now 42, was raised in Lanner and studied at Cornwall College before going on to become a ground breaking musician – at one point naming every song on an album in Cornish. Although never a household name, he was described by The Guardian as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He played at Holifair last night, a family friendly fundraising festival for the Holifield Farm Project in Gweek. In its seventh year, the festival, this year headlined by Auction For The Promise Club and Backbeat Sound System, raises money for the day care centre for special needs at Holifield. Yorke, who wrote and sang the now legendary Creep, among a wealth of other successful singles, was also a surprise performer when he took to the DJ decks at Leopallooza. The Bude based festival, in its ninth year, is a more traditional concept – a party in a field – and was this year headlined by Fenech-Soler, Dry The River, Foxes and Falmouth band Brother & Bones. The news of their impromptu appearances was broken by Cornishman, West Briton and Cornish Guardian What’s On editor Lee Trewhela on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 New Aphex featuring Tam Yolk! Can't wait really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkreluke Banloboh Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Soundboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Thom played lots of Aphex Twin tracks and Aphex played old jungle music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud capture Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I hope he plays a surprise gig in my barn tomorrow because I'll be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I hope he plays a surprise gig in my giggy tee hee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thief Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 i wonder if afx and thom bumped into one another and chatted some shit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plarkreluke Banloboh Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Psomeone PM Thom and ghet a sthelist throm Rhorcid's shet. Thox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 i wonder if afx and thom bumped into one another and chatted some shit? Thom: Rich would you fancy making a remix for my 'Atoms For Peace' album? RDJ: Would you make pig noises with your private parts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 i wonder if afx and thom bumped into one another and chatted some shit?Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Aphex Thom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Did he really spin the decks or did he actually play music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The thing that sucks about surprise gigs is that likely nobody there knew his music well enough to make out unreleased material. i wonder if afx and thom bumped into one another and chatted some shit? Thom: Rich would you fancy making a remix for my 'Atoms For Peace' album? RDJ: Would you make pig noises with your private parts? FLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berk Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Oh so now Thom is ok with playing creep again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Real Human Bean Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Creep = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinski Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 not a household name? creep? was this written by a 50 year old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Creep = What about this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XbogWA-riU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 when i bumped into him he was saying he would be wanting to get into doing a bunch of secret gigs. looks like he followed through on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenton Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 when i saw him do a secret gig he played no afx, no aphex, no jungle, hip hop or acid. just washing machine techno was quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salvakkpooo Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I wonder what kind of people attended to that gig and what kind of stuff he played to them, since it was a family friendly festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I wonder what kind of people attended to that gig and what kind of stuff he played to them, since it was a family friendly festival. Selected Ambient Works III listening party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I wonder what kind of people attended to that gig and what kind of stuff he played to them, since it was a family friendly festival. An hour of variations on Logon Rock Witch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 popcorn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Considering he did a full on noise show when opening for a family friendly Bjork show, anything could go, although it seems he doesn't really do stunts like that anymore. I do like that he still seeks adventure by playing exclusive, special (the remote orchestra stuff) and secret gigs, who knows what's next?I'd really like him to do ambient sets like he did in the early 90's though (apparently he did one in Amsterdam in 1994 with repeating sounds of wood being chopped or something). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phudoshin Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 *Books tickets for every off-the-wall festival in a 100km radius* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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