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How has Aphex Twin affected you positively?
 

Deixovre Lumni on 2001-10-12 03:58 [#00040407]



My name is James and I am doing a short essay regarding
Richard D. James, and what makes him a hero. I am focusing
primarily on the fact that by RDJ marketing his music he has
in effect given something very special to many many people.
I was hoping to get a few quotes to include in my essay for
a Highschool Senior English class. So, if you do not mind
being quoted in a highschool essay in a small town in
California it would be very helpful to me if people could
write a few words on how the music of Richard D. James has
had a positive influence. This could range from a simple
good contented that arises from a single track to a life
changing realization of beauty that inspires.

It would be helpful to include a name to be referred by, the
city and country of residence, but these are optional.

Thank you for reading I\'m hoping for as many responses as
possible.


 

That One Guy from The middle of the oosa on 2001-10-12 04:13 [#00040408]



The song Ventolin has kept me from wanting to kill the
people around me. It's a place where waves cancel each other
out creating a node. Gotta love superpositioning of waves.
It's what makes quantum mechanics special.


 

payphex twin from cornwall on 2001-10-12 04:52 [#00040411]



I think rdj is more of a motivator cause he shows that you
can make music without knowing how to use instruments or
even using instruments,also he shows how creativity is the
best key in music.What he is positively doing is showing you
can musician no matter how much money you got.


 

jila from u.s.a on 2001-10-12 05:19 [#00040412]



payphex twin, I agree with you 100%


 

Baron Von Picklefoot from The Baron Got a new computer !!!! on 2001-10-12 05:21 [#00040414]



Richard's music has inspired me to bake cookies and give
them to people who can't play chess!THE BARON HAS SPOKEN!


 

1010-1111-10 from Newfoundland on 2001-10-12 05:28 [#00040416]



Well his music just blows me away. I still cant get over how
he puts those sounds together, and the equation face just
made my mouth drop, that was amazing. I would have to say
that because of rdj i want to learn to be a better
programmer that much more!


 

recycle from drukqs on 2001-10-12 17:46 [#00040560]



agree w/ the baron..........

and to be more creative and open minded

the recycle has spoken er something


 

Zachariah from Indianapolis on 2001-10-12 18:59 [#00040593]



in every way possible. the tracks on classics are magical
esp. polynomial-c
i'm drooling now.....



 

radiowerkshop from kitOnCan on 2001-10-12 19:13 [#00040595]



lisening to complex music makes you smart we know that much
but what if the music is simple in a complex way what does
that do.
i think it makes me happier and smarter
:)


 

hevquip from a giraffes throat on 2001-10-12 19:16 [#00040597]



i really enjoy the fact that one can still discover sounds
amongst all the ones that are already out there. i think his
music is what gave me the desire to make my own music and
try to push the boundries of what i can create.

i think that sounds pretty lame and quotable.


 

ted maul from england, near a tree. somewhere near the middle. on 2001-10-12 20:04 [#00040603]



1/ he has proved that great music can and does follow great
drugs.
2/ he has shown that a great artist can develop many diverse
styles simultaneously and scceed in them all.
3/ In conclusion, i have found another excuse for believing
that recreation is a good path to creation; and that broad
minded outlooks lead to a bigger bounty.


 

ted maul from england, near a tree. somewhere near the middle. on 2001-10-12 20:05 [#00040604]



1/ he has proved that great music can and does follow great
drugs.
2/ he has shown that a great artist can develop many diverse
styles simultaneously and scceed in them all.
3/ In conclusion, i have found another excuse for believing
that recreation is a good path to creation; and that broad
minded outlooks lead to a bigger bounty.


 

Deixovre Lumni from Merced CA, USA on 2001-10-13 02:31 [#00040725]



These are all great- a bit of my own

In a car moving along a two lane rode in central Tennessee I
heard the Richard D. James track IZ-US for the first time.
I found it soothing and inspiring and continues to create
that effect. Listening to the music of Richard D. James has
created the desire to push the limits of my own creativity
as well as pursue music myself. Tracks regularly offer
comfort and catharsis without a diminishing effect. Any
person who can demonstrate beauty in ways not yet explored
should, without a doubt, be lauded as a hero.


 

Quoth from Berlin on 2001-10-13 03:27 [#00040741]



AFX's music has affected me positively by letting me sleep a
lot during a 24 hour period. I'm not at anyone anymore... I
find myself more sleep-deprived and such that when I do
encounter music, I get a much bigger vibe from it.


 

Quoth from Berlin on 2001-10-13 03:29 [#00040742]



^I'm not (mad) at anyone anymore...
All because of RDJ = R (our) DJ (disc-jockey)


 

Jimmy from Delaware, USA on 2001-10-13 04:28 [#00040747]



RDJ has shown me a completely new kind of music. Up until
1997, all I liked was rock, which began to get redundant,
but as soon as I saw Come To Daddy on 12 Angry Viewers on
Halloween of 1997 (I remember the night distinctly, I was
eleven, my friend kenny had a Dilbert mask, and my alien
mask kept fogging up. we went from house to house, and that
image of the creature from Come To Daddy kept popping up in
my mind, and it freaked me out, but I was completely
MESMERIZED by the song.) I went out and bought Come To Daddy
that Christmas at Tower Records in Phildadelphia, and he
turned me on to techno. It was a completely new sound for
me, and now I'm 14, and now my tastes have changed and rock
and techno balance each other out. Richard D James, thanks.


 

helios from zurich-ch on 2001-10-13 05:03 [#00040753]



RDS's music brouth me to see music different.....i was
always dissatisfied about the music of my friends, al these
rock groups, and the other friends meant Trance should be
the greatest, but I , i found, it was too normally. and
fortunately a internet-friend sent me a Aphex Twin track and
i was intimidated and likewise fascinates, i searched for
month other tracks and a buyed few cd. His music shows me
that music can be more as now, a development in the art of
music, for our future.


 

)mWmM)w...wMw...w(MmWm( on 2001-10-13 06:24 [#00040771]



Oh, one of those damn "hero" papers, huh, I hate those.
School is a giant conglomerate of petrified horse shit. Be
sure to define hero at the start, then specifically state
why aphex twin is one according to your exact definition.
Your paper will be unique from the 29 other students papers
on the fire fighters at the WTC. "a person looked up to for
having done something brave or noble" noble= showing good
character or high morals. Nothing he has done has exactly
been defined as a hero in it's conventional use, but you can
argue in your paper that the words 'good character" and
"high morals" are completely subjective, and argue that
while some people find it moralistic to go to school and
participate in retarded assignments, others find that
killing everyone around them is the moral thing to do since
it reduces, even if just slightly, the number of specimens
referred to as 'earth cancer" by some author (I forget his
name). You can only quote my second sentence, heh heh.


 

wizards teeth on 2001-10-13 09:50 [#00040782]



My quote for you project

"I was at a a night club recently listening / dancing to an
aphex dj set. I was quite pissed, and i fell over. I woke in
the morning and had a very large bruise on my leg."

Wizards Teeth 2001


 

balthus from europe on 2001-10-13 18:20 [#00040859]



i did a drawing and named it funny little man. there's also
a more recent drawing with the name nannou, but i'm not sure
if I will not change the title. both drawings are not really
influenced by the music, but i did the drawings while
listening to the songs and the works have quite the same
feel as the music, or what i felt, while listening to it.
the subject of the drawings are faces. if you know bruce
nauman's 'making a face' or moebius' drawings - i love those
things and i guess these artists were also kind of an
influence, apart from richard d. james' music.


 

balthus from europe on 2001-10-13 18:21 [#00040860]



yes, and balthus was also an influence, of course...


 

Deixovre Lumni from Merced CA, USA on 2001-10-15 03:18 [#00041187]



once again, thanks for all the support


 

Hedgeman from zurich-ch on 2001-10-15 22:41 [#00041798]



recently, i had recieved a new lovely cat, i think you
english guys called a baby-cat kitten, isnt it? also, i
decided to call my new cat nannou. when i hear the track
nannou, i think always something red moves, a red play box.
an my littel cat is red too, and play often, and she fall
asleep like in the track the song something became slower
sorry for my strange thought and my bad english


 


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