Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

[petina]

the download tracks are all remastered right? i don't hear tape rumbles and the subwoof is beast on all of them

 

nah they're the same as he uploaded them in the first place, soundcloud has been known to fuck things up when converting down to 128kbps though which could be the difference

[psn]

Some of these tracks are amazing. I really want to thank Richard for letting us download them. It's made me feel 17 again.

 

No one has mentioned Glockenspiel which has acid made with the dx100 glok sound by adding portamento (before he owned a 303). Pump that shit is pure funk - check the drum fill. Lots of the old tape ones are amazing and show his journey as a musician. P.e is such a trip -polygon window sounding as is catsquidge2. Afx theme shows how early he evolved his melodic style. Bcr78 reminds me of gak but at a slower tempo. I think I remember hearing it once in 94.

 

There are at least as many which he hasn't yet uploaded. Don't know if this means he will put them up or not. There was Woo Disco - another proto hardcore one with mental woo sample riff; an earlier drum machine version of Xtal and many more.

 

It's great hearing drum patterns used in different contexts and sounds you recognise from other tracks.

 

Thanks - it's cool to hear an insider's perspective and knowledge about this!

 

*Goes off to check out the DX100 acid*

[ZoeB]

 

also, did anyone mention that most of the 320K sources are actually at 48K sample rate? Which is ideal for me personally as my digital system is master clocked at 48K and I usually have to upsample music to listen to it (not that I ever heard a shred of difference)

 

That's odd, especially as the DATs were mastered to 32kHz 12-bit...

[awepittance]

yeah thanks for that piece of info. After pouring over most of the tracks for the past few days, all I've been thinking about is Richard's production process and just how many times he changed up his own sound palette but ended up always perfecting it in some sense. Listening to the Ab6 tracks for example, some of it is only a few layers repeating but i'm fascinated by how his ability to tweak a synth is what makes the songs interesting. The bass drums in the Ab6 tracks for example, have a certain 'zap' pitch envelope that maybe could be a modular, part of me thinks EMS synth. We need to have a dissection thread of RDj's different production methods during different eras. I feel like just in terms of the Soundcloud dump it was just the start of what will be a massively brain melting language lesson. I dont even think we've really begun to feel the full impact of how this changes things.

Edited February 1, 2015 by John Ehrlichman

[YO303]

 

 

Decided to Split it up into 8 albums/14 tracks each. Named it "The Ravers Friend Vol. 1-8" and it plays in the order it was released. made some art too. This will be a little easier for me to dive into.

Holy shit dude these are perfect thanks!

[AliceS]

13 High Hats Tune Tamclap is one of those tracks that is going to stick with me forever. That melody.

[triachus]

Just played Square Dance and usually I take no notice of the soundcloud comments 'cause I just find them a bit stupid and annoying but I laughed though when somebody wrote So You Sampled a Spacehopper

 

I do advise you, and everyone else here, to at least read Ivan Ooze's comments

 

Edited February 1, 2015 by triachus

[xfxf]

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

[Ivan Ooze]

 

Just played Square Dance and usually I take no notice of the soundcloud comments 'cause I just find them a bit stupid and annoying but I laughed though when somebody wrote So You Sampled a Spacehopper

 

I do advise you, and everyone else here, to at least read Ivan Ooze's comments

 

 

heh

on luke vibert spiral staircase [future music competition] [afx remix]

wooohoooo best saturday without my wife ever!!

hope she never reads this

[Ivan Ooze]

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

you are our watmm king man, i hope rdj gives you a nice present for the gopro you donated him

[FichardReynman]

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

 

 

 

 

I laugh.

[4d0]

i really like the sentiment of the 'fly away babies, good luck!' endearing attachment to his tracks. don't fret aphex, i'll look after your babies well

 

I think that we are the babies, and he is saying goodbye.

[AliceS]

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

 

Probably because of the thousands of fakes that pop up every time he's in the spotlight. It's amazing some people believe those bandcamps are real, and that he's steinvord, yet some don't believe this soundcloud is real.

[Damo]

I kinda want to organise a gig just so I can play Fresher and Cleaner out now! I experienced a few backlash like comments on FB, by people who barely listened to the tracks, complaining about all the drooling fanboys getting carried away over this. Haters gonna hate I suppose.

[Dale]

19 slow early morning clissold is one of the most beautiful tracks he has ever written

that ending is incredibly lush

[Ivan Ooze]

I kinda want to organise a gig just so I can play Fresher and Cleaner out now! I experienced a few backlash like comments on FB, by people who barely listened to the tracks, complaining about all the drooling fanboys getting carried away over this. Haters gonna hate I suppose.

proud drooling fanboy here

[goDel]

yeah thanks for that piece of info. After pouring over most of the tracks for the past few days, all I've been thinking about is Richard's production process and just how many times he changed up his own sound palette but ended up always perfecting it in some sense. Listening to the Ab6 tracks for example, some of it is only a few layers repeating but i'm fascinated by how his ability to tweak a synth is what makes the songs interesting. The bass drums in the Ab6 tracks for example, have a certain 'zap' pitch envelope that maybe could be a modular, part of me thinks EMS synth. We need to have a dissection thread of RDj's different production methods during different eras. I feel like just in terms of the Soundcloud dump it was just the start of what will be a massively brain melting language lesson. I dont even think we've really begun to feel the full impact of how this changes things.

 

disecting subforum now!

 

so watmm ... ;D

[Mag]

 

 

 

Decided to Split it up into 8 albums/14 tracks each. Named it "The Ravers Friend Vol. 1-8" and it plays in the order it was released. made some art too. This will be a little easier for me to dive into.

Do you mind sharing these beautiful artwork in high resolution? Thx man, oh what a week!

 

fucking beautiful. don't like the fact that he gave them an invented name but that can change.

 

 

Richard David IS Ravers Friend

 

[xfxf]

 

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

you are our watmm king man, i hope rdj gives you a nice present for the gopro you donated him

 

 

haha, as i've said to others, i'm not convinced my actions caused richard to do anything outside of what he was already intending on doing. i assume part of the allure for him to do this anonymously was to see whether fans really do recognise his work, hence it being a free account initially, and he was intending on either upgrading the account or spreading the music over several free accounts.

 

i just hope an internet random doing it before he did was interpreted as a gesture that deeply communicates that we, the fans, really do appreciate the shit out of this. i remember reading in an interview that he was really touched about the response to the caustic window kickstarter from watmm, which certainly helped me make the odd decision to do it. it was also one of you guys who pointed out that one can gift soundcloud accounts, i had honestly assumed i wasn't the only one who did it (i was probably going to gift the account to modey/pselodux if rdj didn't accept it... i'm still floored that he did, i had no expectations he would actually read the message).

 

seperately; i'm going through one of the most challenging periods of my life at the moment, and this experience has completely flipped my outlook on life around. it's pretty incredible and this couldn't come at a better time. very oddly, the last time i was going through a very tough period was slightly before when ae came on here and did their QA thing, and that also helped incredibly. it's strange... as cliche as it sounds, as a teenager i often said and felt that music genuinely helped me through dealing with challenges... it's strange to be in my 30's and the same phrase applying - hell, even the same artists - but now in an entirely different way.

[KovalainenFanBoy]

It's kind of funny that we get 112 tracks, almost 9 hours, of new music, and so many people are pointing out the "Japan" track that was released over 20 years ago as a highlight lel

 

I mean, what are you doing listening to 9 hours of leftovers when you haven't even listened to the official releases

[Allize]

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

Edited February 1, 2015 by Allize

[Herr Jan]

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

http://www.discogs.com/Soft-Ballet-Twist-And-Turn/release/181858

[Allize]

Yep never grabbed that one, brb cutting my wrists..

[Mag]

[KovalainenFanBoy]

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

 

Check this out

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFqZngDOQvgdF9VUDdablNwMDRaQVJTMmN1N3VybEE&authkey=CMfYxLgG&hl=en&authkey=CMfYxLgG#gid=0