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offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-09 19:45 [#00733822]
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this is such a mindblowing album. it always keeps getting
better and better for me, and now to the point that it's
become my favourite RDJ album (excluding come to daddy, it's
sort of a mini-album/ep). At first listen i loved the more
accessible songs like girl/boy song, goon gumpas, fingerbib
and logon rock witch. But over time i've grown to love the
rest of the album just as much. the music always sounds
fresh when i put the cd on, it never gets boring. that's
what truly amazing music achives, to stay timeless

anyway...what i wanted to ask is, what was your first
reaction to the RDJ album and how has it grown on you, what
do you feel about it now compared to when you first
experienced it?


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2003-06-09 19:52 [#00733831]
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I loved it at first... it was my first album of his, and it
was great listening to it in the beginning... but now it
just totally bores me... I never listen to, can't even get
through it any more...


 

offline vacant from NYC (United States) on 2003-06-09 19:54 [#00733835]
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i just got it actually... the first time i listened, it was
ok, but a little disappointing... i had previously heard
girl boy song and liked that... but nothing else really
stood out. i've listened to it a few times since and it has
actually gotten better each time... can't really put my
finger on how or why. 4 is one of my favorite tracks from
it... i remember that cuz its the first... the rest i
haven't become familiar enough with yet


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-06-09 19:54 [#00733836]
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ditto, although i enjoy PEEK a whole lot.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-09 20:23 [#00733857]
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i love this album
every track is fantastic
i wouldn't say it has grown on me as i have loved it from
the first listen.. its more that i never tire of it


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-06-09 20:38 [#00733877]
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this one and "...i care because you do" were the two first
listens for me, ...and yes, it always sounds nice and fresh
whenever I put it on....:)

I dig Fingerbib+Corn Mouth, Goon Gumpas+LogonRockWitch :)



 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2003-06-09 20:42 [#00733883]
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I never liked it, it's the least aphex sounding to me...


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-06-09 20:46 [#00733885]
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least aphex sounding?????
this album screams afx!

Beetles under my carpet, under my feet. They come out when I
eat.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2003-06-09 20:49 [#00733888]
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I don't expect anyone to agree but the things that I like
about aphex are absent from this album.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-09 20:53 [#00733892]
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beetles isn't really part of the RDJ album (literally goes
for my UK version), the girl/boy single tracks were just
added for the US release

but i agree, the album is 300% AFX full throttle all the
way...baby :)


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2003-06-09 20:55 [#00733894]
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"woah, it's over already?"

-my first reaction


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-09 20:59 [#00733897]
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hehe, yeah it's good while it lasts. sort of like having an
orgasm


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2003-06-09 21:00 [#00733900]
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a 30 plus minute orgasm?

I didn't enjoy it nearly that much. Glad to hear that
you did though. Change your shorts already boy!


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-09 21:04 [#00733903]
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am i the only one who has 30min orgasms? ...i don't wear
shorts, or pants for that matter. what's the point? :P


 

offline corrupted-girl on 2003-06-09 21:07 [#00733906]
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it's good but definatly not my fav.. or even one of my favs.


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-06-09 23:18 [#00733958]
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I don't get girl/boy song. It is probably my least favorite
on the whole album. What is wrong with me?


 

offline chambre noire from Iceland on 2003-06-10 04:57 [#00734239]
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Y3LL0W C4LX


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-10 05:05 [#00734251]
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no...theres much better tracks on the album than that.
yellow calx
fingerbib
to cure a weakling child
goon gumpos
4


 

offline uzim on 2003-06-10 05:51 [#00734297]
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i read pigs have 30 minute long orgasms... : )

i loved RDJalbum at first, but then i got into ICBYD, and
now i find RDJalbum lacking depth. i don't listen to it so
often.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-10 05:57 [#00734304]
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when I first listened to this, (after drukqs, saw I, saw II,
I care because you do and come to daddy) I was still really
amazed... and imediately it passed to be my fav aphex
release... but with time... though I still love it and still
think its genious (maybe the most geniousish) I see that my
taste prefers drukqs, or the older stuff (abb3, caustic,
saw....)

anyway is great to listen to it


 

offline japes from Suriname on 2003-06-10 06:04 [#00734312]
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It's worth buying it for 4 alone. Sublime track, that.

The production is ace. When I first heard it I was
disappointed too, but I can listen to it and find new things
almost every time.

Oh and Logan Rock Witch is a big pile of wank juice.


 

offline uzim on 2003-06-10 06:06 [#00734314]
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i like logan rock witch... i just don't like goon gumpas.


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2003-06-10 06:35 [#00734333]
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its one of my fav.
everytime i listen to it i like it better.
twas one of my first and i dont listen to very often but
every 2 months or so it blows me and i always play it at
maximum volume!!!



 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-10 06:51 [#00734361]
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the start of goon gumpos is similar to the start of "wouldnt
it be nice" by the beach boys.


 

offline digitalverein from zurich (Switzerland) on 2003-06-11 08:41 [#00736429]
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corn mouth is fantastic.

i got the cd from my bro to christmas, was also my first CD
from afx.


 

offline pomme de terre from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-06-11 08:55 [#00736444]
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I had heard ventolin, icbyd, abb, surfing, didgeridoo, saw 1
and 2.. the rdj album came out and it was like "what in the
shit is going on here" I had never heard anythinglike that
before and I had been an aphex fan for years...

..needless to say it took a while to grow on me.


 

offline J-HOK on 2003-06-11 09:19 [#00736471]
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i like it, but i think the last time i heard it was about 6
years ago, i lost the CD


 

offline J-HOK on 2003-06-11 09:36 [#00736492]
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i may have to download it, thats not illegal is it? i had
the original cd :)


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2003-06-11 09:48 [#00736508]
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RDJ Album seems more playful and silly than a lot of his
other works. It's really fun to listen to for me.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-11 09:57 [#00736521]
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This album is perfect.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-11 09:58 [#00736522]
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The apex of aphex.


 

offline Atli from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-11 15:44 [#00736853]
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Was the first afx release i bought and yeah i loved it and i
guess i still do. I prefer to listen to the whole record
rather than a few songs because it's so short.


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2003-06-11 15:48 [#00736859]
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never play it. or 'i care...' either.


 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-11 16:02 [#00736877]
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Icbyd is my fav aphex with durkqs and ab3

rdj album is great i reckon but not my cup of tea (compared
to those other 3 I mean, of course its a masterpiece...


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-11 16:09 [#00736888]
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I quote nacmat talking about drukqs this january:

"Drukqs will not go down as the greatest
way to end a looooooooong career(the man's been doing this
for ages, early eighties) but ultimately stands as one man's
final atempt to cash in before fading away..."

"...This is just junk. What a waste of time and
talent"

now it's your favourtie, what made you change your mind so
drasticly?


 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-11 16:12 [#00736892]
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I never said that

link?


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-11 16:18 [#00736897]
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yes you did :)


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-11 16:19 [#00736898]
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oh fuck, you were quoting a magazine weren't you. sorry d00d
:)


 

offline nacmat on 2003-06-11 16:22 [#00736899]
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I was quoting a reviewer from amazon.co.uk

I have always loved drukqs

it was the first aphex I ever heard... it got me into aphex
and idm


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-11 17:00 [#00736938]
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i love rdj, including Girl/boy ep... it's twice the amount
funnyfunmcorgasmygoodnesswithacusswordthrownonforgoodmeasur
of efuck

truly is incredibly sweet... it's the kind of album, where
i'll get high, start at track one and say "this is one of my
favourite songs on the album", proceed to track 2, say "this
is one of my favourite songs on the album (then i`ll
accidentally mess up one of the buttons on the keyboard
somehow, rendering my quotes never-ending...), then i`ll hit
the third song and say `this is one of my favourite tracks
on the album` and i will continue on this way until the very
end...


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2003-06-11 17:09 [#00736944]
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my third aphex album, after icbyd and sawi, and i didnt know
really what to think in the first listening... it sounded
fast, strange, headaching (it was my third electronic album
too!!)... it were growing and growing on me, and now its one
of the most special albums in my discography...i love the
sounds and how the song are constructed...dont know..its
fucking special...tsjust...rdj album...girlboy...weakling
child...etc...everything...areyoustillreadingthatshit?


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2003-06-11 19:52 [#00737079]
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I actually think it was where he started to become a bit
cohesive, Like every song is pretty much perfect, that's not
to take away from the early stuff but i thought he used
everything he'd learnt and put it into this album.

Everything he's done since then has become more cohesive as
well.

But i fear the smojphace thing might be like a step back,
i'll save my judgement until i've heard it though!


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-06-11 20:29 [#00737114]
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i see the RDJ album as afx as a child cause its playful
Teasing humorous mischievous

drukqs as an old crazy man be-cause its so Insane psychotic


ICBYD as a 40 yearold racing driver cause its so Gripping
mesmerizing transfixing Absorbing spellbinding riveting
enthralling fascinating

come to daddy as a punk teenager cause its soo Menacing
intimidating threatening

windowlicker as a super pimp cause its so Slick Smooth
polished

ABB4 as a Stampede or mad zoo because of the songs soundings
and names i.e. gibbon, cuckoo

what else?


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2003-06-11 20:34 [#00737125]
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Saw 2 is sitting alone at the top of a hill in deep
thought?

*shrug*


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-06-11 21:09 [#00737175]
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dont get me started on boc


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2003-06-11 21:12 [#00737179]
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Oh go on i'll join in.(heheheh)


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2003-06-11 21:38 [#00737222]
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oh please...i'd like hear your thoughts on boc! your
describtions are almost more enjoyable than the music itself
=)


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-11 21:47 [#00737227]
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skink, why are you worried that his work will become less
cohesive? because you don't like noise (and therefore it is
not cohesive), or perhaps because part is "ragga-techno" and
part is noise (a better reason)


 

offline aquagak from Berlin (Germany) on 2003-06-11 22:03 [#00737232]
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well ok then, Bocuma reminds me of one of those huge
communist parades where soldiers are marching in file order
in front of Stalin, but instead of soldiers they are
replaced my thousands of elks and instead of showing off
nuclear missiles and weaponry on the back of tanks they are
parading huge red strawberry ice poles, and Stalin is up
high watching from the balcony of the Kremlin playing a
trumpet which is producing this beautiful sound.
Uuumm….The sky is an underwater green and its raining mush
mellows....i could go on


 

offline oohit yorwer from london on 2003-06-12 17:42 [#00738578]
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i love rdj album. i heard so much about it being so intense,
that i was quite wary of it at first. now i think it is my
favourite album. and i hope its "intensity" will topped by
ktpa1 and 2. [waits for monday]


 


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