LimpyLoo Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Honestly, I think someone who's into theory would be more into Autechre than AFX. Ae does more of the crazy experimental stuff during analogue studio class a colleague played some autechre to the teacher and the expression on his face was priceless, like an angry gaze, mumbling the words 'how primitive'. A couple of generation gaps maybe, but some of the academic electro acoustic guys I've met think music made for 2 speakers is by definition uninspiring. gah, theory snobs really are the most insufferable people i'd rather hang out with serial killers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drillkicker Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Also, no Aphex playlist is complete without Boxing Day and IZ-US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooliofranco Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Also, no Aphex playlist is complete without Boxing Day and IZ-US. oof missing IZ-US is a terrible mistake. added it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Yeah I was about to say, where the hell is Iz-Us! Worst mistake ever. Ask your local church for forgiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drillkicker Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I think Hexagon would fit in nicely as well. Or maybe Z-Twig or Blue Calx, or any of the tracks from SAW II that have been wrongfully ommitted. Also, use the original Icct Hedral instead of the shitty orchestral version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickthefish Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I'd include one of.... or ...so your playlist includes RDJ's post-Drukqs/pre-Analord composition chops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kymppinetti Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Dude you gotta show him/her autechre too. They're like how Beefheart would be, if he had an electronic drums/synths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Aphex is weird pop music and that's how it should be. Listen to iannis xenakis if you want contemporary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierlu Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 btw, have you convinced him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooliofranco Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 we went back and forth a bit more and decided that he should just listen to drukqs first and then move on to the playlist. i'm waiting to hear back from him. btw i've been listening to a lot of hip hop / pop hits radio lately (my 1-year-old likes it ok?). it's amazing how much of AFX's sounds i hear in these current hits. maybe i've just got AFX on the brain, there does seem to be a lot of detuning / vintage pads / classic drum stuff, especially in the more adventurous hip hop. when i started this thread i was hoping for stuff like "this track is in this key, but it's detuned and has third hand playing something weird, and then it slides into this other collection of unequally tempered circling melodies," but it sounds like that's just not how AFX rolls. it really is mostly "weird pop" and as someone who has spent countless hours trying and failing to compose a decent melody, i think "weird pop" is high praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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