perunamuusi Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I am having a hard time understanding why so many people keep on referring to an EP as an album. It's like no-one even went to school I give up :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I still am a little bit tripped out by the drum loop editing on those first two tracks though. I can't quite hear it on those tracks. What makes you think they're edited? The backwards intro and the band pass filtered clavinet (or whatever) on track one do not sounding quite "live and acoustic", though. More trainspotting: The kick on hat 2b 2012b sounds like it's opening a gate for a deep bass note, that long and even sustain doesn't quite sound like the natural envelope of a kick drum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I am having a hard time understanding why so many people keep on referring to an EP as an album. It's like no-one even went to school I give up :( lol what school teaches the difference between an EP and an album? The difference is arbitrary. What about the Autechre 'EPs' that are album length? Or hardcore albums that are 25mins long and contain the same amount of tracks as CCAI? Or prog albums where there are only 3–5 long tracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatacid Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Luigi Russolo made experimental machine music literally over 100 years ago.true but my problem with that kind of machine music (cf. Conlon Nancarrow; I haven't heard any Russolo pieces) is that it's highly concept-based, ie. the idea is there but the actual pieces produced are rubbish imo. Exactly! "Russolo did it first", yeah, right, of course, but he never composed a song that made people cry or smile. And now we have a contemporary composer of great music doing it instead of a conceptual artist so that's cool. :) The beat on diskhat1 reminds me of a Vibert groove. Oh I know I'm just feeling extra spry today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 lol what school teaches the difference between an EP and an album? The school of cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 the school of not taking every statement on a idm forum literally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreOceans Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 still not dispatched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 the school of not taking every statement on a idm forum literally I think we all need to study at that school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnar Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 it's a ruse. ur not supposed to play it at 33 RPM because freemasonry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Anyone considered doing this? 1. Minipops 67 (Source Field Mix) 2. diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13 3. Xmas_Evet10 (Thanaton3 Mix) 4. snar2 5. Produk 29 6. diskhat1 7. 4 Bit 9d Api+e+6 8. piano un1 arpej 9. 180db_ 10. DISKPREPT4 11. Circlont6a (Syrobonkus Mix) 12. hat 2b 2012b 13. Fz Pseudotimestretch+e+3 14. disk aud1_12 15. Circlont14 (Shrymoming Mix) 16. 0035 1-Audio 17. Syro U473t8+e (Piezoluminescence Mix) 18. disk prep calrec2 barn dance [slo] 19. Papat4 (Pineal Mix) 20. DISKPREPT1 21. S950tx16wasr10 (Earth Portal Mix) 22. diskhat2 23. Aisatsana 24. piano un10 it happened 25. Marchromt30a Edit 2b 96 26. hat5c 0001 rec-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 it's a ruse. ur not supposed to play it at 33 RPM because freemasonry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 enjoying this immensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassfreeKid Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I don't think any of those songs should have been on Syro. This is very different material, more skeletal, less groovy, colder, etc., it has nothing to do with Syro and for me it would have made Syro weaker. But I understand why those who think Druqks is the ultimate Aphex album would have wanted those tracks on Syro, to make it sound like Druqks part 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 this album has all the devil afx clocks, monkey drummers and shroom pianos i could hope for the sound of the instruments is just fantastic and it looks like afx is trying to tell us a story again better then anything i could of hoped for right now drukqs mass free kid drukqs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I still am a little bit tripped out by the drum loop editing on those first two tracks though. I can't quite hear it on those tracks. What makes you think they're edited? The backwards intro and the band pass filtered clavinet (or whatever) on track one do not sounding quite "live and acoustic", though. More trainspotting: The kick on hat 2b 2012b sounds like it's opening a gate for a deep bass note, that long and even sustain doesn't quite sound like the natural envelope of a kick drum. the bottom layer drum loop sounds like its looped to me, especially on track 3. I guess my complaint is it sounds no more 'live' than someone sampling a looped break if its just a robot break that has been looped, do you know what i mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I still am a little bit tripped out by the drum loop editing on those first two tracks though. I can't quite hear it on those tracks. What makes you think they're edited? The backwards intro and the band pass filtered clavinet (or whatever) on track one do not sounding quite "live and acoustic", though. More trainspotting: The kick on hat 2b 2012b sounds like it's opening a gate for a deep bass note, that long and even sustain doesn't quite sound like the natural envelope of a kick drum. the bottom layer drum loop sounds like its lopped to me, especially on track 3. I guess my complaint is it sounds no more 'live' than someone sampling a looped break if its just a robot break that has been looped, do you know what i mean? i can't hear it it and it might be possible but it does not really matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psn Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 the bottom layer drum loop sounds like its lopped to me, especially on track 3. I guess my complaint is it sounds no more 'live' than someone sampling a looped break if its just a robot break that has been looped, do you know what i mean? Yeah, I agree that they sound quite a bit "flatter" than, say, diskhat2 or hat5c. Edit: Track 3 sounds like it has a hard edit on the turnaround of every four bars, the sustain on the syncopated snare is noticeably shorter. Could be a loop, yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 i hear ghost children in my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 this is really good! i cheated and listened but i'll buy it. anys, i wonder if that is true that part 1 was really just the piano tracks on drukqs... hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I still am a little bit tripped out by the drum loop editing on those first two tracks though. I can't quite hear it on those tracks. What makes you think they're edited? The backwards intro and the band pass filtered clavinet (or whatever) on track one do not sounding quite "live and acoustic", though. More trainspotting: The kick on hat 2b 2012b sounds like it's opening a gate for a deep bass note, that long and even sustain doesn't quite sound like the natural envelope of a kick drum. the bottom layer drum loop sounds like its lopped to me, especially on track 3. I guess my complaint is it sounds no more 'live' than someone sampling a looped break if its just a robot break that has been looped, do you know what i mean? i can't hear it it and it might be possible but it does not really matter it doesn't matter at all really, just a nitpick I have. The tracks on here which don't have any edits at all (that I can hear) are stronger tracks I think. I think the raw live and in the moment approach to this EP is where it reaches its strongest points. In some ways it even sounds rawer/more live than Pierre Bastien's stuff, which i wasn't expecting. Although im sure this EP is sequenced very meticulously, i don't think Richard is using much mechanical randomness/fluctuation like Pierre does when he uses a rotating peg cylinder to play a keyboard, stuff like that. There are some moments of random mechanical noise in the last track, which i still haven't wrapped my head around.. In terms of the more breakbeat oriented tracks the very last track is also my favorite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Ooze Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 the instruments just sound beautifull and i love how he seems obsessed with clocks and stoned breakbeat drumming on this one i need a cold shower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagwag Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 diskprept1 would be wonderful all synthesized and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 thanks, richard gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allize Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 getting better with more listens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MassfreeKid Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I want more eps like that, where Aphex is conducting a specific experiment and stick to it. Also I love the fact that he isn't trying to show off with insane beats because he's got robots at his disposal... That would have been so obvious and predictable. Instead, the music is simple, focussed, to the point and very aphexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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