Haste Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Ha. Bought and acquired this album several times only to find out it is supposed to sound like that (distorted cassette). Quite funny. Once you know, it's not a problem. Quite nice in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoeB Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Also the Roland R8 drum machine which features on all the older sounding SAW85-92 tracks came out in 1989. I don't think there's anything from 85 on there, the only track could be i, so I reckon 87-92 (being charitable) or 89-92 is closer to the mark. I asked him which track was from 85 once and he said Green Calx -which has an R8 (89) and samples robocop (87). But honestly who cares, it's one of the greatest albums ever made, and the whole 85 thing was a good ruse to bolster his mythology. job well done ;) No 808 at all? all the 808 sounds on the record are from the r8 Correct. From idm-owner Mon Nov 8 01:15:48 1993 From: drn <cs92bbm@brunel.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1993 09:15:25 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: aphex and 808 Status: O This was what I was thinking about... many of Rich's early works did indeed make use of some faily 'big-name' sounds... (but he has never owned an 808... only a Roland R-8 (with an 808/909 card)... Nice machines (for digital)... B ............................................................................. ben middleton | pattern avenger | passage violator | frequency defector | rephlex interceptor | | the innovators | | tom (tin tin - e621 global communication), grant (acid sniper queen), j jon | lizzie + carla, ian + liz, hair (techno godess), christina + r, aphex + tha | matt (phew), john (woolly mammouth), safina (chocolatey spread), chris, a+b | markey mark, davey dave, yanka, henry hawkins, janeee, ashiq (hawk), sarita | paul t, sven, samu, vidar, m+s posse, milton, link, intelligent dance music | sammie, sbex, g, kelly + andrew, paul n (prototype 21), jason + issie, bob! | smw (russ), nv, mjb, chris (sog), rwr, katie (peace), ol, laura, todd sines | fluid, brian, cindy, ys, susie, allison, djkc, kirk (art), dave (fatus cat) | bloo sqr, katrin b (the bphex twin), techno.stanford crew, manuel sepulvada | Velocity-9, jeremy, gavin + clair, simon, andrew + lizzie, rd, body release | ed andy ken (black dog), mike (kudos), mike dredd (!kosmik kommando), u-ziq | chris jeffs, synectics, rephlex, evolution, mangoes, spirit levels, *truro* | From idm-owner Fri Apr 28 20:29:18 1995 Return-Path: owner-idm Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.10/8.6.5) id UAA22426; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 20:29:18 -0700 Received: from mindvox.phantom.com by taz.hyperreal.com (8.6.10/8.6.5) with ESMTP id UAA22419; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 20:29:14 -0700 Received: (from cakejax@localhost) by mindvox.phantom.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) id XAA09025 for idm@hyperreal.com; Fri, 28 Apr 1995 23:25:03 -0400 To: idm@hyperreal.com Subject: RE:SAW 1 Question From: cakejax@phantom.com (RX21L) Message-ID: <qVua5c1w165w@mindvox.phantom.com> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 95 23:15:01 EDT Organization: [MindVox] / Phantom Access Technologies / (+1 800-MindVox) Sender: owner-idm@hyperreal.com Precedence: bulk Jon Drukman wrote: >they all sound like 808 to me. the r8 has 808 samples but the original >came out in the early 80s... He definately uses the R8. I've owned both for years and there are many sounds (internals) used on SAW1, not to mention alot of the 808 sounds he uses sound like the ones on the 'Electronic' card(pitched higher and lower than the 'real' 808s-even if he played with the knobs inside). I just wanted to bring to life the fact that the dates on SAW1 seem like a little farfetched. dietrich cakejax@phantom.com From idm-owner@hyperreal.com Mon Nov 25 17:13:24 1996 Received: from localhost by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.3/V2.0) with SMTP id RAA02650; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:13:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (bulk_mailer v1.5); Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:13:21 -0800 Received: by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.3/V2.0) id RAA02626; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:13:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com by taz.hyperreal.com (8.8.3/V2.0) with SMTP id RAA02621; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:13:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from (phlux@har-ct12-21.ix.netcom.com [207.92.165.85]) by dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com (8.6.13/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA23107; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:12:30 -0800 Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 17:12:30 -0800 Message-Id: <199611260112.RAA23107@dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com> From: phlux@ix.netcom.com (Robert C. Galbraith) Subject: Re: (idm) re: HOT NEWS To: mps2@cec.wustl.edu (Michael Peter Stein) Cc: idm@hyperreal.com Sender: idm-owner@hyperreal.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO X-Status: You wrote: > > >>Who'll be the first to write an orbituary, then...... :) > >Dunno, but we've already got a gravestone :) > >-Mike > Thats his brothers grave....or so he claims. Rich is full of shit most of the time ....you have to filter everything he says in interviews. Like that he says he makes his own synths.... RUBBISH. He uses a Studio 440, an akai sampler, EMS Synthi and an R8. Oh yeah and a DX100. My and my friends have been able to figure this out from live shows, pics and by listening to the patches off his records. Also he said that he wasn't going to play live again and he is now. Even the title of Saw 85-92 is a bit of a lie because most of the gear he was using on that record didn;t come out until 87 and 88. So when he says he's going to quit recording ...take it with a grain of salt. He'll either never stop or record under another moniker like Purple Calix, Stinky Window or aaa fu XXX ROB :)!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Ah, nice to read those old posts... seems like a million years ago... Perhaps 85 is when Richard considered himself a musician and made his first music... even though it never exactly ended up on 85-92. I tend to agree the title was more myth-establishing more than anything, especially considering what he's said in the Syrobonkers interview about getting his first synths, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It's probably best to keep a pinch of salt, a bowl of sugar, some pepper and vinegar also...in fact, all condiments possible to have to hand to sweeten / sour whatever truths Aphex says. Or just listen to the tunes and be damned with how it's made... Maybe he's calendar dyslexic Tempted to read this novel of yours ... I wouldn't, the reviews are pretty average Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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