gmanyo Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 A professor at my university teaches a course on history and production of electronic music and for this class he has listening samples, ranging from Pierre Schaeffer to Depeche Mode to Karlheinz Stockhausen to Kraftwerk. I've told him for years that it's insane that he doesn't have any Aphex (although he does have Squarepusher) and now he's finally asking for a few key tracks from Aphex Twin, Autechre, and Oneohtrix Point Never. What tracks should I give him? I don't quite know enough Aphex or Autechre to choose the best tracks for both musical and historical learning. I figured for Aphex I should probably give him Windowlicker and Xtal, and for Autechre I have no idea. It can only be a few songs from each, so they should be good ones. As a final note, they can't be 100% analogue, since this is for the digital listening section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian trageskin Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 gantz graf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kymppinetti Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I would give him 'Pen Expers' with a good headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 LP5 or Garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 LP5 or Garbage. Any individual track will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
may be rude Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 hard to choose, but some ideas for autechre pt2ph8 bladelores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 uviol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 also for aphex I would choose Omgyja-Switch7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drillkicker Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Perlence losid 2 is a good one. Anything from Exai will work, too. It's easily their most detailed and technical album to date. irlite (get 0) and T ess xi would be a good introduction. Aphex isn't as technical, though, so I don't really know about his stuff. Maybe the Mummy mix of Come to Daddy or the formula track. Though I think Oval or Ryoji Ikeda would be a better call than any of Aphex's things. OPN really hasn't been technical until recently. Most of his stuff is just regular ambient music. His recent live sets have been getting experimental, so maybe the one live video of him doing possible G.O.D. stuff would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 autechre : track from incunabula (because its important) + track from confield (because of the technique)Aphex : polynomial c + prepared piano piece from druqks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 osla for n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 which >[ ] track is he playin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drillkicker Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 autechre : track from incunabula (because its important) No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 The Waxen Pith and Surripere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Polynomial Lesope C Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Play him "Alberto Balsam" and "Analogue Bubblebath" by Aphex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 gantz graf And Buchephalus Bouncing Ball for aphex twin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calx Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Put Xmas_Evet10 & Marchromt on and watch his face melt :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 autechre tracks - recks on, and second bad vilbel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooliofranco Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 http://forum.watmm.com/topic/87821-afx-playlist-to-convince-music-theory-guy-that-rdj-is-the-man/ asked watmm what AFX to play a friend who's ensconced in music theory... might help you out anything of LP5 is probably a good idea for afx, equation song is a good one, drukqs piano tracks might not work well. musically they aren't super complicated. i think second half of syro or ziggo or mt st michel might work. ha ha i still think 4 bit 9d is an absolute wonder of dynamic compression and attack/decay bass funkiness but it may seem pretty straightforward to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 osla for n lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted September 7, 2015 Author Share Posted September 7, 2015 I'm digging Pen Expers quite a bit, and I think Alberto Balsalm is a good choice because it's both a great track and a bit on the older side. Remember that historical importance matters here, and that accessibility is not a bad thing either; this is an introductory course on electronic music, so deep cuts might not be the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/345-pe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Danny O Flannagin Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 How are you on WATMM without an unhealthy obsession with Aphex Twin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Aphex: Meltphace 6 Autechre: recks-on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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