 |
|
You are not logged in! F.A.Q Log in Register |
 |
|
 |
 Now online (1)recycle ...and 250 guests Last 5 registered Oplandisks nothingstar N_loop yipe foxtrotromeo Browse members... |
 |
Members 8025Messages 2614218 Today 0 Topics 127549 |
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Hello, I'm writing a thesis about Aphex Twin and the musical context. Are there some Afx fans who would like to answer some questions about this topic? It would help me a lot! Thanks... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
sure |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
ask him yourself aphex twin = marlowe |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
how does it come that yu have mortons (i think) old avatar? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
if I can help...what questions? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
the avatar site.... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Just ask your questions, and you'll get many aswers... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
what sort of fuel does richards tank need? ROZ 85,91 or 98? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
is it ok if I email the questions (8) to you? Thanks a lot in advance btw! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
what avatar site? link? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
lol bodyteck: you can see my email in my profile |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
no need for questions, the answers come anyway body: no not ok!! post 'em here! nothing ever happens here! please... ;) |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
is this a rheorical question? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
why not post the questions on here? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Just ask them here, you'll get tons of answers. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
anyone nicks any of my avatars ill be sending the 'big boys' around |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
btw, to give a short glimpse of the POINT system: we are counting down from 10000 to zero. as you can see i'm pretty far. who reaches 0 gets a moderator and a new round starts. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
yeah... or are they sexually related |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
ok, i'll post the 8 questions here in a couple of minutes. If anyone wants to they can email their answers to me at: bert_boa@hotmail.com. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Here we go, it's quite a list. thanks for the coorperation!! Question list: 1. Do you think growing up in Cornwall effected Aphex Twins music? Would the music have been different if the had grown up in the big city? 2. What music do you think Richard D. James listens to? 3. Do you think he somehow uses the music he likes in his own productions? And which artists you think are important for his music? 4. How do links with music (such as the music of John Cage, Stockhausen Phillip Glass, ...) influence your perception of Aphex Twin? Do you take his music more, equally or less serious as without such knowledge? 5. What do you think about Aphex Twin in comparison to other Warp artists? Does Aphex Tin has more influence on the so-called Intelligent Dance Music than the other Warp artists? 6. How big is his influence on today’s electronic music? Or do you believe that the influence of James’ music is overestimated? 7. What could be the motivation behind James’ melination to create confusion about his personality and his music? 8. Do you think Aphex Twin gets more respect as a result of these confusions? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
1. Yes, we all know a bomb went off in cornwall granting certain people there the ability to make wicked sick music |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Those are pretty good questions! 1. Probably 2. His own, his friend's stuff. Not a lot else? 3. Maybe influenced by stuff like >[], as evident on Druqks. 4. I guess I respect him more for it and I take his stuff more seriously. 5. I think he'll always be seen as the Daddy of IDM and he's got more clout than anyone (with probably only AE coming close). 6. I think it's far more than most people think. I think Madonna has been ripping him off for about 10 years 7. He's a mischevous bastard! 8. I'd say yes and no. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
1. Do you think growing up in Cornwall effected Aphex Twins music? Would the music have been different if the had grown up in the big city? WE ARE WE AND OUR CIRCUNMSTANCES (SO YES IT AFFECTED HIM) 2. What music do you think Richard D. James listens to? ACID, AND LOTS OF DIFERENT STYLES I GUESS 3. Do you think he somehow uses the music he likes in his own productions? And which artists you think are important for his music? NO IDEA 4. How do links with music (such as the music of John Cage, Stockhausen Phillip Glass, ...) influence your perception of Aphex Twin? Do you take his music more, equally or less serious as without such knowledge? IT GIVES ME MORE PERSPECTIVE TO SEE THAT HE HASNT INVENTED ANYTHING BUT YET HE HAS IMPROVED THEM 5. What do you think about Aphex Twin in comparison to other Warp artists? Does Aphex Tin has more influence on the so-called Intelligent Dance Music than the other Warp artists? HE IS THE KING (AUTECHRE ARE CLOSE THOUGH) 6. How big is his influence on today’s electronic music? Or do you believe that the influence of James’ music is overestimated? HIS DISCOGRAPHY IS ESSENTIAL IN MUSIC HISTORY 7. What could be the motivation behind James’ melination to create confusion about his personality and his music? HE LIKES FUCKING THE SISTEM 8. Do you think Aphex Twin gets more respect as a result of these confusions? NO, HE GETS RESPECT COS HE HAS TOUCHED EVERY STYLE IN MUSIC AND IN ALL OF THEM HE WAS THE BEST |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Do you think growing up in Cornwall effected Aphex Twins music? Would the music have been different if the had grown up in the big city? I DONT KNOW FOR SURE, BUT I THINK THAT YOUR ENVIRONMENT DEFINITELY EFFECTS YOUR PERSONALITY AND TASTE...NACMAT SAID IT ALL. HE DOES HAVE SONGS NAMED AFTER CORNWALL AND REDRUTH...SO YEAH IM GUESSING AND ANYWAYS What music do you think Richard D. James listens to? THERE WAS A THING ON THE OLD APHEXTWIN.NU SITE ABOUT WHAT HE LISTENS TO (IM GUESSING ITS PRETTY OLD THOUGH) BUT SQUAREPUSHER AND OVUCA, DONT REMEMBER EXACTLY Do you think he somehow uses the music he likes in his own productions? And which artists you think are important for his music WHAT DO YOU MEAN USES? LIKE SAMPLES OR JUST GETS INSPIRATION? How do links with music (such as the music of John Cage, Stockhausen Phillip Glass, ...) influence your perception of Aphex Twin? Do you take his music more, equally or less serious as without such knowledge? I AGREE WITH NACMAT (WITH THE IMPROVEMENT COMMENT) What do you think about Aphex Twin in comparison to other Warp artists? Does Aphex TWin haVE more influence on the so-called Intelligent Dance Music than the other Warp artists? IM NOT REALLY SURE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT APHEX TWIN SEEMS TO BE THE GATEWAY DRUG INTO "IDM" How big is his influence on today’s electronic music? Or do you believe that the influence of James’ music is overestimated? PERSONALLY WITH ALBUMS LIKE ICBYD AND THE RDJ ALBUM, I THINK HE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE DIRECTION OF IDM MUSIC (AGAIN WITH IMPROVEMENT OF IT) IF THAT MAKES SENSE... What could be the motivation behind James’ melination to create confusion about his personality and his music? HE LIKES MESSING WITH US I GUESS. OR PERHAPS ITS A MARKETING SCAM..WHO KNOWS. WHY DO YOU LIKE MESSING WITH PEOPLE (ASSUMING YOU MESS WITH PEOPLE) Do you think Aphex Twin gets more respect as a result of these confusions? I THINK IT JUST ADDS TO THE MYSTIC OF HIS PERSONA, I THIN |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I THINK WHAT HE DOES WITH THE MUSIC IS WHAT GIVES HIM THE RESPECT HE DESERVES, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK (ALTHOUGH WITH TITLES LIKE 26 MIXES FOR CASH, IT MAKES ONE WONDER...) |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
By using other music I mean the possible inspiration he gets from other artists, not the samples he's using. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Do you really believe he doesn't care what other people think about his music? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I can't believe this because he puts his whole life in his music. And I think with titles like "26 remixes for cash" he's just pulling everyone's leg. He already declared he'd never take the piss of his own music... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
squarepusher (above all) and early acid |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Thanks for the answers guys. If there's anyone else who wants to answer or give his opinion: go ahead! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Music thats influential most is probably the likes of Baby Ford and Humanoid. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Any other Aphex Twin Fans who want to answer this question list? 1. Do you think growing up in Cornwall effected Aphex Twins music? Would the music have been different if the had grown up in the big city? 2. What music do you think Richard D. James listens to? 3. Do you think he somehow uses the music he likes in his own productions? And which artists you think are important for his music? 4. How do links with music (such as the music of John Cage, Stockhausen Phillip Glass, ...) influence your perception of Aphex Twin? Do you take his music more, equally or less serious as without such knowledge? 5. What do you think about Aphex Twin in comparison to other Warp artists? Does Aphex Tin has more influence on the so-called Intelligent Dance Music than the other Warp artists? 6. How big is his influence on today’s electronic music? Or do you believe that the influence of James’ music is overestimated? 7. What could be the motivation behind James’ melination to create confusion about his personality and his music? 8. Do you think Aphex Twin gets more respect as a result of these confusions? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
1. Yes, there's not much "to do" in Cornwall as a kid apart unless you like surfing or walking. Music might of been an "escape" for him. 2. I imagine he listens to all sorts- his genre changes suggest he isn't set in one style. 3. Perhaps when he was younger he was influenced more by contemporary artists (Mike Dred etc.), nowadays I'd say he looks more to classical minimalists like satie and cage. 4. More, with that knowledge. 5. More influence. 6. I'd say with the possible exception of BoC he is the most influential person in electronica. 7. melination? I'm reading that as inclination or predilection... Fun- to ause himself and his friends. To make interviews less boring for himself. To perpetuate the myths surrounding him and help boost sales in a conceptual artist kind of way. 8. He gets more press, certianly... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
YAY!! another one who uses my avatars junktion put up :) i'm honoured bodytek, merg and gescom33 :D |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
2. satie inspired him for his piano tracks, i also read he found æ's confield worthwhile |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
hehe, they're quite nice morton! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
Btw, whasn't it Cage who inspired Aphex for his piano tracks on druqks with his 'prepared piano'? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
yeah the prepared piano stuff indeed, but i read he also listens to satie, i can imagine that inspired him to do nanou2 for example |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
1. Do you think growing up in Cornwall effected Aphex Twins music? Would the music have been different if the had grown up in the big city? Yes. I grew up in redruth, cornwall at the same time and was the year below him at school and I can say I feel that his early music was totally in tune with that kind of upbringing and the rather shitty surroundings of that area of cornwall. I think you can tell that his music changed when he moved to London the city influences definitely enabled him to branch out musically. (Btw, its “affected” not “effected”) 2. What music do you think Richard D. James listens to? His own music. And squarepusher. I know he used to listen to baby ford, fingers and all the early acid stuff back in the late 80s. I suspect a lot of the stuff he listens to now won’t be stuff many people will have heard, mainly unreleased stuff by himself, his mates and artists he knows. 3. Do you think he somehow uses the music he likes in his own productions? And which artists you think are important for his music? All artists draw their influences from somewhere, so yes, I’m sure he would use the music he likes to influence the music he produces. Some of the important artists would be; john cage, phillip glass, gorecki, steve reich, squarepusher, 808 state, baby ford, fingers, phuture, luke vibert, 4. How do links with music (such as the music of John Cage, Stockhausen Phillip Glass, ...) influence your perception of Aphex Twin? Do you take his music more, equally or less serious as without such knowledge? They don’t influence my perception of Aphex. The fact that he cites them as influences, helps me appreciate what they bring to his music. Equally as seriously. 5. What do you think about Aphex Twin in comparison to other Warp artists? Does Aphex Tin has more influence on the so-called Intelligent Dance Music than the other Warp artists? He is unlike all other warp artists other than squarepusher and BoC. Warp have moved in a much more hip hop and beats o |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
thanks for the tip! I didn't knew about satie's influence... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
damn, downsized. i'll email it all to you... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
thanks for the effort. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
no problem. its nice to know you appreciate my opinions. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
i received your email Lizardfister, thanks! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
btw, have you ever really met Richard James?? |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
yes i was at cornwall college at the same time as him. i used to go to the bowgie with him now and them. i doubt very much he remembers me. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
nice one! Btw, does anyone believe that Aphex only works with his selfmade equipment? He says he never uses f.e. synthesizers like they're sold in the stores but that he makes them himselve... |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
theres loads of info from early interviews with him on watmm.com about this stuff. and, yes, i believe it. he did study electronics after all. |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
| |||||||||
|
|
I read the articles on watmm. In one of the articles there's a quote of luke vibert who says that this statement of RDJ is a bold lie?! |
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
Messageboard index
|
|||||||||
