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Alberto balsalm from USA on 2001-10-17 04:03 [#00042469] | |||||||||
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I pre-orderd the album from warprecords, and it came today!(which is the 16th)Its amazing! I love all the tracks especially 54 cymru beats and avril 14th! |
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Xanatos from NYC on 2001-10-17 04:25 [#00042479] | |||||||||
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Yarbles. Great bolshy yarblockos to thee and thine. |
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Burzum on 2001-10-17 04:30 [#00042481] | |||||||||
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Is there one of those things at the end, where you fast forward past the last songs and it has extra stuff, I'm not expecting it, but is there? |
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Butterlicker on 2001-10-17 04:47 [#00042487] | |||||||||
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Alberto -----> what extras did the cd bring with it? i heard pre-ordering it from warp gets you extra stuff so..... what exactly did it bring? |
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Baron Von Picklefoot from The Baron Got a new computer !!!! on 2001-10-17 05:17 [#00042503] | |||||||||
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Any stickers or any other goodies ???THE BARON HAS SPOKEN! |
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Aron? from Canada on 2001-10-17 05:33 [#00042509] | |||||||||
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I think when you order Drukqs from Warpmart they send you some Aphex Twin postcards or something |
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thorpe from sydney on 2001-10-17 17:54 [#00042861] | |||||||||
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they allways send postcards. ive got like four bluebox and somethin about cairo postcards at home from my recent orders. wish they'd switch them up a bit. i did get a couple of drukqs stickers though...nothing flash just plain lil black ones. |
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ambro from belgium on 2001-10-17 17:59 [#00042865] | |||||||||
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i've got a sticker with come on you cunt lets have some aphex acid on it really nice and also some postcards |
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pyroglif on 2001-10-17 18:54 [#00042895] | |||||||||
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i have come on u cunts sticker about 10 times lol |
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Alberto Balsalm from usa on 2001-10-19 04:37 [#00043553] | |||||||||
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you get 5 photocards 2 stickers(come on....and a plain drukqs sticker) i havent checked for a ff at the end of the cd thingy yet (i wasnt expecting one either i suppose). The cd is fabulous though |
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smouse on 2001-10-19 04:45 [#00043554] | |||||||||
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What's any album it's most similar to by anyone? Squarepusher's new slbum aucked. Music sucks period. In fact everything does. |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-19 05:00 [#00043555] | |||||||||
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go! plastic kicks ass! stupid smouse |
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smouse on 2001-10-19 05:18 [#00043558] | |||||||||
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I said his slbum aucks. "slbum" is slang for album and "aucks" is slang for kicks ass. But I meant the reverse I sink. |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-19 07:40 [#00043582] | |||||||||
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wow smouse,, you run deep...real deep |
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Leed from Switzerland on 2001-10-19 08:46 [#00043591] | |||||||||
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Yihha, only just preordered it two days ago, was only expecting it to come after 22. Oct. Dammit now I can't sit still because of you, I'll be checking the damn post every time I come home |
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cydonia from skopje on 2001-10-19 19:15 [#00043756] | |||||||||
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i got the album too. i downloaded it from audiogalaxy. the album is great, i even played it at one radio station here in skopje where i work |
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Gonzola from stockholm on 2001-10-19 23:26 [#00043796] | |||||||||
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mt saint michel + st michels mount is one of the best trax i've ever heard |
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Alberto Balsalm from usa on 2001-10-22 03:44 [#00044220] | |||||||||
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i would say it is most similar to both analougue bubble bath three and ...i care because ou do. but thats just my opinion it may be totally different for all of you |
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monaco from los angeles on 2001-10-22 04:43 [#00044222] | |||||||||
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i got my promo copy yesterday...10/20.. this shit is INCREDIBLE!!!!! .."come you cunts..bring on the afx acid" YYYAAA!!! |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-22 06:48 [#00044240] | |||||||||
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look how happy we were! now its nothing but , 'drukqs was thrown together , rich said so' and its all fillers.... (sigh). what happened to the good ol' days? |
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Gonzola from stockholm on 2001-10-22 16:29 [#00044405] | |||||||||
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I don't think it's "thrown together". that's just bullshit. .PEACE |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-22 16:31 [#00044406] | |||||||||
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yeah me either!! i think its effin brilliant! im already convinced its his best album ever. |
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Gonzola from stockholm on 2001-10-22 16:32 [#00044407] | |||||||||
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yea |
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Scary Bear on 2001-10-22 17:06 [#00044414] | |||||||||
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This is far better than I though it would be. I had this vision of him getting a bit commercial what with the extra advertising and all. Glad he proved me wrong. |
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monkeybrains from Deal, Kent, UK on 2001-10-22 19:30 [#00044447] | |||||||||
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The album is very complex. When you've played it about 30 times little stray bits of tunes suddenly jump out at you and link together and finally make some kind of sense. If it was full of windowlickers we'd all be bored of it by now i reckon. This will stay at the top of the pile for months and months!... |
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balthus from europe on 2001-10-22 20:14 [#00044459] | |||||||||
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monkeybrains - absolutely true. the album gets more and more beautiful with every listening. it's dark, it's beautiful, it's nostalgic, there's humor. and the pieces are working perfectly in the order in which aphex put them on the discs. gwarek2, aussois, hy sullyas lyf adhagrow, kesson dalef or btoum-roumada, lornaderek are evoking strange feelings of sadness, melancholy and nostalgia. i love how rdj uses voices in that album... the screams in gwarek2, his parents/his mum lorna (she's nice), the girl's voice in mt saint michel, the conversant voices in aussois... and then the use of the piano. and the sounds in gwarek2. the album is more personal and introspective than everything he has released. it may sound strange, but in my opinion, the whole album has the atmosphere of the absolute best pieces in 20th century classical music and jazz. |
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Jez from UK on 2001-10-22 20:24 [#00044460] | |||||||||
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yeah the album is great! i love all the tracks! I LOVE YOU APHEX TWIN!!!!!! keep soporting aphex twin. |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-22 20:56 [#00044462] | |||||||||
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WOW. good to see so many satisfied fans! for a while i thought everyone was totally dissapointed. YAY!! |
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monkeybrains from Deal, Kent, UK on 2001-10-22 21:04 [#00044464] | |||||||||
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Balthus and y'all - yeah, nice one mate! It's a gorgeous musical soundscape, bit of the ghost of stockhausen in places. Covers every mood you could have, and ones you wouldn't want to have! Taking control is kind of scary though... |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-22 21:52 [#00044476] | |||||||||
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Lol, I always love what Balthus has to day. He explains it all so eloquantly and interesting. I just cant see how anyone cannot like this beyond average release. Its a masterpiece in every sense of the word. There is no living artist under the sun that has music as complex, as diverse , beautiful and sad as RDJ does. He is by all means the greatest living composer on the planet. To those who havent warmed up to the album yes. be patient. Time will show you how much of a genius Aphex Twin is and that this is the greatest album released this year so far.... Aphex, still unparelleled...! |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-22 21:52 [#00044477] | |||||||||
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Oops, I meant what Balthus has to SAY... |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-22 22:00 [#00044479] | |||||||||
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HEHE. i think all your reviews are great! they make me want to go listen to the album again right now! |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-22 22:22 [#00044484] | |||||||||
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I love reading reviews, I'm almost obsessed with them, bad or good, just to see how people have different angles and views of a particular album, especially Aphex ofcourse.... |
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monkeybrains from Deal, Kent, UK on 2001-10-22 22:52 [#00044508] | |||||||||
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Stephen Wells at N.M.E. is the best reviewer in the world, ever! He always hates everything!!!, ... but in such an elequant way... |
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osama bin twin on 2001-10-22 23:21 [#00044511] | |||||||||
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itsapieceashit |
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Eloquent Mice from Parallel City on 2001-10-23 02:03 [#00044531] | |||||||||
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Hello. It is good. I think. |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 02:11 [#00044532] | |||||||||
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Trust me Osama Bush ( who really are the same person, no one is better then the other contrary to what most humanoids are fed to believe). Never listen to a liar, anyone with that name is one.Trust me. Aphex is still worlds most prolific and infuential composer and the only true genius working in music today. DruQks is a work of art that Osama Amin would be too slow to catch upto... As it would be for Joe "Alabama" America... |
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Alberto balsalm from usa on 2001-10-23 03:34 [#00044544] | |||||||||
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the album is great and if you dont like it now, just give it some time ,trust me ,you will,thats why i said it was like i care because you do |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-23 03:51 [#00044548] | |||||||||
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hey vancouver, no offense but that was fucking low, man. that came from nowhere. i dont wish what happened in NY on anyone. |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-23 03:53 [#00044549] | |||||||||
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and goddamnit, besides skinny puppy, bill leeb and kids in the hall, what good has come from canada? |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 04:00 [#00044552] | |||||||||
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Nothing against the USA and New York , but I have real issues with the American Government and Bush especialy thats all. Nothing against New York which is tragic beyond belief, but if most people knew what kinda stuff the US government has done elsewhere in the world ( which is mostly covered up by the US Media ofcourse) then in the grand scheme of things they are seen as no better then the Taliban Regime. Trust me...This is not a Good VS Evil war at all, but a Evil vs Evil war. So please dont take this personally, I just meant it as some kinda joke on the Osoma Twin dude, das all.. Peace.... |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-23 04:02 [#00044553] | |||||||||
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thats cool and all, but i have to say that its at least, sane people vs. really bored religious zealots who want to kill me for no good godamn reason |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 04:13 [#00044558] | |||||||||
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ok, last reply here..lol American forgeign policy over the last 50 years has to take some responsibility for the recent attacks, however hard this might be for the American public to stomach. And the influential propaganda machine called CNN and CBS has supressed what should have been a wake up call for the people in the US. They dont want you killed Dehblex, but they cant stand the US government ( trust me, theres nothing sane about your governmet at all, as are most governments, but Bush is an evil ,manipulating, self serving ........under the guise of him seeming like he really cares). If the North-Americans ( yes Canadians also) wanna know some more truth about happenings abroad then I suggest they read the European newspapers.... Peace Gwely Mermans is brilliant for these times of uncertainty were living in.... |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-23 04:17 [#00044559] | |||||||||
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haha vancuover, you are are nutter! damn crack-pot, i swear man. HAHA! |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-23 04:18 [#00044561] | |||||||||
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ok , enough with conspiracy theories, back to album reviews. im still trying to figure out how that came up. more reviews, they're fun as hell to read! |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 04:20 [#00044562] | |||||||||
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Reviews Barnes & Noble After disappearing into the British countryside for a few years, the eclectic electronica producer known as Aphex Twin (born Richard D. James) has returned. And boy, is he back -- Drukqs (pronounced "drugs"), Aphex's first full-length album since 1996, is a doozy. Clocking in at more than 110 minutes, the double-disc set is stuffed with 30 cuts of hyperkinetic beat-trickery, glowing ambient numbers, and plaintive piano instrumentals that recall the work of minimalist classical composer Erik Satie. Despite Aphex's long absence, Drukqs proves that the reclusive producer hasn't fallen behind contemporary trends. The aggressive drum-'n'-bass beats and noisy synth effects on tracks like "Avril 14th" reinforce James's title as a forefather to the current crop of "intelligent dance music" producers like Mouse on Mars. On "54 Cymru Beats," James fractures and splinters crystalline drum shards into a jagged slab of sonic sculpture that threatens to leap out of the speakers. But the quiet moments here are just as engaging. The ethereal "Gwely Mermans" is a wondrous piece of ambient music -- the misty four-four thump sounds like techno filtered through a dense London fog. Though it frequently flip-flops between calm and near-chaos, Drukqs is infused with wistful, childlike melodies and melancholy keyboard tickles that could make R2D2 weep. Aphex's binary creations are definitely driven by a human heart. Michael Endelman All Music Guide Despite threatening retirement several times, in 2001 Richard D. James finally released another Aphex Twin record. But for all this record tells us, he may still be in retirement. Spreading 30 tracks (most with unpronounceable titles) across two discs, Drukqs sounds less like a major new statement from electronica's best producer than the results of a Sunday afternoon's trawl through his hard drive for files he hasn't released before. Many songs here evoke the feel of recordings long since past, from the quiet ambient-techno of his breakthrough Selected Ambient Works 85-92 to the demonically extroverted programming of Richard D. James Album and the Come to Daddy EP. Stylistically, the record leans toward the later recordings, with many tracks here reprising the off-key melodies and overloaded drum programming of "Come to Daddy" or "Windowlicker." There's also little rhyme or reason to the program; James veers directly from a drill'n'bass firestorm ("Cock/Ver 10") to a delicate piano piece á la Erik Satie ("Avril 14th") to an acid-techno burner ("Mt. Saint Michel Mix") with barely a glance backward for transition. Of course, aside from all the criticism, the previously unreleased musings of Aphex Twin are still far more intriguing and solid than most producers' best releases. The opener "Jynweythek Ylow" and "Ruglen Holon" are brilliant, inscrutable pieces reminiscent of a rusty, bygone music box or the gamelan music of Indonesia. And a few of the second-disc highlights, "Meltphace 6" and "Taking Control," chart a middle-ground between the emotional ambience of early Aphex Twin and the wracked hysteria of his later work. Drukqs is a sprawling album that defies listeners to understand or enjoy it as a whole -- it would've made a much better fan-only release than the long-awaited return of the techno vanguard's favorite producer. John Bush Album Credits Aphex Twin Primary Artist |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 04:22 [#00044564] | |||||||||
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DRUKQS MINOR ROADS 01 9/10 the album begins as a sound screen for an insomniac whose thoughts cannot stop turning and turning, but whose state of mind holds as much the dream as of reality. This insomniac surprises himself to like this impression in spite of the disordered state of his organization. Lost, the individual is conscious of precariousness of the moment and test to make some as much as possible, but the moment itself leads it to contemplate the things longer. It results from it in a series from fast actions to better be able to feel the life, this thing which it does not arrive at completely analyzing and to manage normally. All now seems to have a direction, it had never carried out it front. |
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DblHeLX from moon on 2001-10-23 04:23 [#00044565] | |||||||||
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there we go, thats better. witty vancuover, i like that. |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 04:24 [#00044567] | |||||||||
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DrukQs Aphex Twin's style? Aphex Twin himself really has no style; he is above style. Richard D. James is, in the end, a mood; not a style. And so if you look at his records you realize that in some vague, flippant way, each one is about someone else's style. Not using that style, of course, but perverting it; tearing it apart, ripping out the soul of the musical methods and styles involved and making it his own, making it wholly a part of the Aphex Twin, with only the vaguest echo of what was originally there. Not copying or paying tribute to others in any way, but destroying; slashing out the heart of a genre, and recording the digital screams as it falls dead to the ground. Every single one of Aphex Twin's albums has a totally different sound. Some have looked at this fact and said it is because RDJ's scope rises above any particular genre, has more depth than can be fit inside a cd case, and so in order to show his skill to the world RDJ has been forced to make each album one particular slice of his talent; one particular genre. I personally suspect that he is doing parodies. I personally suspect that he is doing (in some ethereal, cosmic way..) to musical paradigms what Weird aL does to lyrics. That each album is simply him looking at a type of music, saying "no, no, that's all wrong.." and then slashing the type up, rearranging the pieces into a blissful incoherent sonic soup, and then stepping back and smiling from the knowledge that he can do someone else's style better and more innovatively than they can. |
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PostModernVancouver from Urban PostModernVancouver< Canadaaaa on 2001-10-23 04:26 [#00044569] | |||||||||
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DruKQs )Georgia Straight. Every track here is perfect, in that it captures entirely different moods than their counterparts. They are all brilliantly structured. It's no wonder Richard D. James is being hailed one of the greatest composers of our century. Aphex Twin is probably the most unpredictable artist with any relevance in music today with each of his discs abandoning the goals of the previous one. Aphex Twin is not for the faint of heart, not for the listener who is looking for a catchy tune to bounce around to in his car and most of all, not for the listener that does not want to be challenged. It is often said of an artist, that he/she is a genius and rarely is it actually the case. Aphex Twin is a genius and therefore, like you would imagine carrying a conversation with Stephen Hawking might be, he is difficult to relate to for all but the most cerebral people. You don't have to be a genius to appreciate Aphex Twin, but you have to be willing to think. Aphex Twin has no interest in giving you a cathartic experience. |
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