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#1745162 - 07/24/03 03:45 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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I never liked them before, but I've started listening to some stuff.. I've been hooked! Anyone ever hear their remix of david bowie's Heroes ? Mm...
im starting to like their stuff alot more.. what kind of music do they do? Is it electronica or something? It's not really techno or trance..
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#1745171 - 07/24/03 03:47 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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Man aphex twin is the craziest shit. However, it's not really a band, its just one dude.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: blowback]
#1745184 - 07/24/03 03:49 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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whoa, really? haha damn
i wonder how this would be under the influence of shrooms.. alot of the stuff is really creepy when you really listen to it.. dunno if i could handle it
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 Re: Aphex Twin [Re: ]
#1745360 - 07/24/03 05:15 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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Edited by Xibalba (09/30/05 12:31 AM)
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Xibalba]
#1745543 - 07/24/03 06:03 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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Haven't listened to 'em on shrooms, but on DXM they kicked ass! Some of their stuff is downright creepy, but others are real ambient light tracks--just depends on which tracks you listen to.
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Aphex Twin AKA Richard D James is a bonafide motherfuckin genius! He started out just releasing samples when he was just a wee kiddy and he has released stuff under so many other names even he doesnt probably remember it all. I think history will mark him down as some kind of motzaresque figure. If we still have history that is.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: ]
#1747255 - 07/25/03 06:43 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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Tip - watch the "On" video on shrooms.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Kiafi]
#1747456 - 07/25/03 08:21 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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aphex twin is awsome......... I have 250+ aphex twin mp3s and the collection grows constantly
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Turd]
#1747619 - 07/25/03 09:49 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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I loved all the super-frenetic breaks on Ambient Works 85-92!
Everything else I download by aphex is real gay ambient shit.
(doctorj= not a fan of ambient w/ no beat)
anyone have any song title recommendations? I really only like the dark creepy fast-paced stuff. those breaks are pure genius!
Edited by DoctorJ (07/25/03 09:50 AM)
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Turd]
#1747852 - 07/25/03 11:25 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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"aphex twin is awsome......... I have 250+ aphex twin mp3s and the collection grows constantly"
I'm sure Aphex Twin is thrilled to hear that there are plenty of people out there who love his music, yet still don't actually PURCHASE IT TO THANK HIM.
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actually, its sorta the same for me.. i found out about aphex from a large mp3 collection i came into possession of...
it's odd.. i don't really know how to thank him. if i buy his cds, ill never listen to them- i stopped listening to them ever since i received an ipod as a gift...
if he put on a live performance of some sort, i'd definately pay to see it, but hm.. i don't really know
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im always locking myself into odd setups. this is no different
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: ]
#1747911 - 07/25/03 11:42 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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"I'm sure Aphex Twin is thrilled to hear that there are plenty of people out there who love his music, yet still don't actually PURCHASE IT TO THANK HIM. "
it also really sucks that my boss isn't very thankful of the work I do, and hence does not pay me enough to go buy an overpriced cd, of which 90% of the proceeds go to a greedy record label and not the origional artist.
but I would gladly pay to see him in person though. thats where artists make all their money anyway. touring. why else would they subject themselves to the rigors of the road?
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: ]
#1748846 - 07/25/03 04:25 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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you can still buy the CDs and then rip them onto your ipod
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: DoctorJ]
#1748852 - 07/25/03 04:26 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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"why else would they subject themselves to the rigors of the road?"
because nobody's buying their albums.
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He won't get much of the money from the purchace of a cd. The fat-cats get most of the money if you buy a cd. They will soon have sites where you can purchace mp3s. I'm sure more of the money will go to the artists that way.
As for RDJ, He kicks ass. I love Drukqs, as well as Ambient Works V1.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: ]
#1752599 - 07/27/03 08:22 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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I prefer to call the style drill'n'bass, but you can call it idm (intelligent dance music) or just experimental drum'n'bass.
As for the electronica label, this is not a specific genre, just a term used about all electronic genres (basically house, techno, trance, drum'n'bass, hardcore & breakbeat)
If you like the drill'n'bass Aphex makes, you should check out artist such as Squarepusher, Kim Hiorthoy, phonem, bogdan raczynski, kid 606 and boards of canada. If you like his ambient cds, check out Brian Eno and Biosphere. Sadly, few people know how to make real beatless ambient. If you prefer his funnier tunes (Speed Racer and Star Wars theme to name a few), I can't think of any other right now. Check out my current Aphex favourite, Outside. *spam* You might want to listen to some of my mp3s as well, if you can get www.couchwarrior.cjb.net to work. *spam*
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: ]
#1753965 - 07/27/03 07:48 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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As far as I know Richard James produces his own albums.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Squid]
#1760173 - 07/29/03 04:18 PM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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alberto balsam is by far my fav.
great beat that makes your mind go farrrr away!
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EVERYONE download "mt saint michel + saint michaels mount" (track 10 disc 1 of drukqs). next time you get really high, listen to it very very loud on a nice stereo system or nice headphones. you will explode.
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For those of you who are unitiated into the world of Aphex Twin, I recommend either buying or downloading "richard d. james album" before any of the others. "Selected Ambient works II" is extremely slow and minimalist, "I care becuase you do" is hard to get into, and "druqks" is super fast drill n' bass shit. Two of his most famous songs, and strangely enough also two of his best songs are "Come To Daddy" and "windowlicker", get those two songs and then go for "richard d. james album".
Also, I recently purchased "26 mixes for cash" and it's better than most of his actual albums. It's just 26 remixes, but they're very ambient sounding like "selected ambient works 85-92". Very very good music for tripping. I had an excellent trip while listening to it,
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of course I have rdj cds as well, but I have far more mp3s than cds so of course they get used more often 
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Turd]
#1768094 - 08/01/03 01:13 AM (21 years, 1 month ago) |
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Richard D. James albulm I love songs 1,4,7,9 (I know the last two are Goon Gumpas and Boy/Girl song, respectively - or something similar)
I Care Because You Do, I love songs 1,2
SAW2, I love 1,3 on both discs
Come To Daddy, I love songs 1 and 2
Electronic Bubblebath #3 is great
I'm still exploring Druqks
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Drukqs and Selected Ambient Works Vol II
These 2 albums could keep me entertained until the end of time.
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
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Aphex Twin is overrated 
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: payam]
#9725530 - 02/02/09 09:06 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=1001084612 check this guy out for some excellent aphexy sounds. Just found him the other day and he seems pretty unknown.
I've alwys had a special place in my heart for Aphex/RDJ. I used to only like his chiller songs like flim & iz-us... but i've eventually gotten really into his crazy acid sounds.
xmd 5a and klopjob are a couple of my fav tracks from analord. fenix funk is also pretty sweet.
Luke Vibert has some nice acid sounds that aren't so fast and nasty. LFO has a very deep ambient feel in some tracks, like afx's alberto basalm.
for aphex fans looking for more, the "watch & repeat play" mix has some good aphex twin tracks mixed together with lots of other warp records stuff. Luke Vibert "live at utrecht" has some afx mixes as well as some really good squarepusher mixes.
If anyone has some other rareish tracks like that, share plz
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: payam]
#9725854 - 02/02/09 09:49 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=1001084612 check this guy out for some excellent aphexy sounds. Just found him the other day and he seems pretty unknown.
I've alwys had a special place in my heart for Aphex/RDJ. I used to only like his chiller songs like flim & iz-us... but i've eventually gotten really into his crazy acid sounds.
xmd 5a and klopjob are a couple of my fav tracks from analord. fenix funk is also pretty sweet.
Luke Vibert has some nice acid sounds that aren't so fast and nasty. LFO has a very deep ambient feel in some tracks, like afx's alberto basalm.
for aphex fans looking for more, the "watch & repeat play" mix has some good aphex twin tracks mixed together with lots of other warp records stuff. Luke Vibert "live at utrecht" has some afx mixes as well as some really good squarepusher mixes.
If anyone has some other rareish tracks like that, share plz
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I have I care because you do, come to daddy and his ambient albums.
Any thing I am missing? I really dig I care because you do......... but the album has a few songs on it that ruin the album as a whole for me
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
Really? Like who? Post some examples, please.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Viveka]
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
Really? Like who? Post some examples, please.
Kettel - My Dogan
Kettel - Myam James Part 1
Secede - Tryshasla
Subheim - Approach
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: payam]
#9733254 - 02/04/09 07:35 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Viveka]
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Viveka said:
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
Really? Like who? Post some examples, please.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: payam]
#9746985 - 02/05/09 11:28 PM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
Really? Like who? Post some examples, please.
Kettel - My Dogan
Kettel - Myam James Part 1
Secede - Tryshasla
Subheim - Approach
D4D0C8
I'm listening to some Kettel on YouTube. It's decent. Definitely not as "good" as Richard D. James and you may call that an opinion but I assert it as fact. Aphex is just more dynamic, more rhythmically interesting, more uniquely textured, more inventive, better produced.
But I think the biggest point to make as to why people mention AphexTwin before Kettel or something like this is that Richard D. James has been doing his thing for 10 years longer than most others in the genre. Most of the other stuff is also clearly derivative of Aphex.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Viveka]
#9747852 - 02/06/09 03:01 AM (15 years, 7 months ago) |
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Viveka said:
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Viveka said:
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
Really? Like who? Post some examples, please.
Kettel - My Dogan
Kettel - Myam James Part 1
Secede - Tryshasla
Subheim - Approach
D4D0C8
I'm listening to some Kettel on YouTube. It's decent. Definitely not as "good" as Richard D. James and you may call that an opinion but I assert it as fact. Aphex is just more dynamic, more rhythmically interesting, more uniquely textured, more inventive, better produced.
But I think the biggest point to make as to why people mention AphexTwin before Kettel or something like this is that Richard D. James has been doing his thing for 10 years longer than most others in the genre. Most of the other stuff is also clearly derivative of Aphex.
i agree, he's a pioneer. he has influenced lots of artists. but that doesn't necessarily mean he's the best. emmm, maybe it does, but it doesn't necessarily mean he has the best IDM albums!!!
production wise kettel is as good as aphex if not better. the thing is few artists tend to become like legends and most popular. like Shpongle in psy chill. but i'm not looking for an artist who has influenced the genre, i'm looking for good music. and while i enjoy aphex twin alot but i refuse to agree with you on him being the best in the genre!!! he used to be the best, but everyone's time would be over, sooner or later!!! 
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and please don't compare a song you heard on youtube with aphex twin as you probably have heard many of his albums.
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Re: Aphex Twin [Re: Viveka]
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I love me some aphex twin don't get me wrong but i don't get why people talk about him as if he is some sort of superhuman genius. There are plenty of other artists in the genre that are just as good.
Really? Like who? Post some examples, please.
Kettel - My Dogan
Kettel - Myam James Part 1
Secede - Tryshasla
Subheim - Approach
D4D0C8
I'm listening to some Kettel on YouTube. It's decent. Definitely not as "good" as Richard D. James and you may call that an opinion but I assert it as fact. Aphex is just more dynamic, more rhythmically interesting, more uniquely textured, more inventive, better produced.
But I think the biggest point to make as to why people mention AphexTwin before Kettel or something like this is that Richard D. James has been doing his thing for 10 years longer than most others in the genre. Most of the other stuff is also clearly derivative of Aphex.
IMO Clark, Flashbulb, Autechre and Snares. Venetian Snares is more of a musical genius than Aphex Twin IMO but doesn't have the same level of creativity or emotion, his music takes a lot of getting used to though (album in my sig, especially tune szamar madar is considered "beginners" snares once you listen a bit more then "higgins ultra low", "winter in the belly", "huge chrome" and "Cavalclade of Glee" are his best IMO), , you have to wrap it around your head. Clark has more emotion and creativity than either. Flashbulb - Kirlian selections is a straight out amazing album. Autechre is the most experimental and challenging music out of them all, he really pushes the boundaries of what we conceive "should" be music, "Amber" is his best IMO with "Tri Repeate" a close second.
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Oh, and this is bollocks. listen to some of the mentioned artists.
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Chat your fraff
Just chat your fraff
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Edited by Grapefruit (02/06/09 04:15 PM)
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