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offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:09 [#00758330]
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All the reviews i read of draft say its less 'difficult' to
listen to compared to confield, and that its more of a
return to slightly older works like chiastic slide. I
disagree, i find draft 730 increadibly hard to listen to,
its like, every song starts with a melody, then 3 minutes in
it disintegrates into random nonsense.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-06-26 16:11 [#00758332]
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I agree with your disagreement, although I like Draft 7.30 a
lot.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:11 [#00758333]
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"random nonsense. "

oh, im sorry! Wrong answer! Better luck next time, on the
price is right!



 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:14 [#00758338]
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pff. It so is random nonsense. Everyones like 'no, its
genius, its in 17-8 compound time with a slight waltz.
Bullshit its nonsense, it gives me a damn headache, and
there's no structure behind it at all. 'Yeah aphex, but
thats the point, they're redesigning music to go outside of
the boundaries of what is traditionally seen as "music"'.
What a load of horseshit.


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:15 [#00758341]
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haha

i agree tho that draft is still as / if not more abstract
than confield... confield had rhythems that you could hang
onto during the really crazy parts, but a lot of the draft
songs dont give you anything to focus on, and its a bit
overwhelming. but i love it.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:16 [#00758343]
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*sigh*

just try and have an open mind dude... you may not like
it... but dont call it a load of horseshit, that is random
nonsense.



 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:18 [#00758345]
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theres a place for everything, if you dont like it, then
pipe down.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:18 [#00758346]
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i would definitely agree that draft is a much more
scatter-shot affair than confield... but i can't help liking
it more and more each time i hear it...
it'll never be confield... but i'm happy enough just to get
the chance to hear the sonic pallette of ae post-confield,
some of the noises they force out of their machines are
absolutely mind-boggling... (see 6ie.Cr)


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:18 [#00758347]
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yeah, i dont think its more accessable.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:18 [#00758348]
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ok, so maybe i dont 'get it' or im not 'cool enough' to
understand. I appreciate different people find different
things in music. It just seems like autechre are testing to
see when their fans start saying 'what the hell are you
doing? Have you been taking the piss these last few years?'.
I predict the next album will just be white noise, or
perhaps 2 hours of scraping fingers across a blackboard. No
doubt everyone will buy it and decide its the work of a
genius. Or two.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:19 [#00758352]
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i agree, the sounds they make are fucking awesome, i just
think what they do with them is stupid. They shouldve called
the CD
daft 730


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2003-06-26 16:20 [#00758353]
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I like Confield better than Draft7.30 ! And even if
Draft7.30 is random (which it is not) it is still kool !


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:20 [#00758354]
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no i think aphex did that with Smojphace.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:21 [#00758357]
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yeah, maybe its the trend this year? Haha, expect an albumby
squarepusher full of wet fart noises


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:22 [#00758358]
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i was just about to say we've heard this comment already...
perhaps a different musical genre would be more to your
liking?



 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:22 [#00758359]
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yeah. smojphace is not art. its rdj seeing how far he can
go.

autechre wouldnt do that... they take their music much more
serious then rdj. imo.

i mean, i dont know them personally, but you kinda can tell
from interviews that ae are like, really serious.

anyways. yes.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:23 [#00758361]
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hardly. I have the entire discography of aphex twin,
squarepusher, and autechre. I just think the new autechre cd
is a push too far. I like the artists, but i still remember
what sounds good to me, and what sounds like nonsense. Its
just an opinion people.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:24 [#00758362]
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i disagree... and i'd say it's pretty short sighted to say
that about one artist and then deny this about another...
just wait until autechre puts out an album that you don't
get at all... then what?


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:25 [#00758366]
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Its the same for aphex twin. I like a lot of his stuff, but
i also think most albums have a couple of totally shite
tracks. Druqks had one CD too many. Scrap the children
crying in wind tunnels, and answer machines. Give me the
good stuff.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:25 [#00758367]
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recognize that everything from now on will be increasingly
difficult... that's how artists break new ground...


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:26 [#00758369]
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...then i'll admit its shit.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-06-26 16:26 [#00758372]
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Autechre has a gift for making highly structured music that
sounds like random shit at first then slowly comes into
focus. Of course if that is the primary aesthetic pleasure
of listening to them then it must fade over time as the
puzzles are solved. And maybe I'm getting tired of that game
anyhow.


 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:28 [#00758376]
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well, it is possible to have a bad song in a genre. I mean,
ok so its not a truth of the universe, because it is all up
to the listener... but I think for the most part, people can
agree on whats a good and a bad composition.

i beleive aphextriplet doesnt like the overall genre of
"noise"... so you cant just say a whole genre is bad.

but you can have bad peices of work in a genre. and
smojphace is bad.



 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:29 [#00758377]
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i don't dispute your right to think the ktpas are poor...
but i don't think RDJ thought to himself... "i'm going to
see how far i can go and still get fans to be my albums..."


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:30 [#00758378]
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that must REALLY suck if you dont like confield

i mean, if you cant enjoy it like that

:(

i feel for ya

too bad



 

offline Zeus from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-06-26 16:31 [#00758380]
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i dont know dude... given rdjs reputation over the years, i
think its very possible...


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:35 [#00758381]
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youre right zeus, i hate the whole 'noise' genre thats
creeping in. It just seems talentless and annoying to me.
Thats not to say that it is, or that it isnt. I just dont
'get' it, like 80 year olds dont get dance, and 98% of the
world dont 'get' IDM [ugh, i hate that abbreviation].


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:36 [#00758383]
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he got away with "bonus high frequency sounds" because i
think it was a bit of a joke... but i dunno... is he really
that short of ideas? and i really hate this clear cd case no
artwork thing... richards attitude stinks imo


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:38 [#00758386]
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im not a fan of noise either, i even struggle to listen to
richard devine... i dont see how draft comes under noise tho


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:38 [#00758387]
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when he has neat little symbols... people call it snide
consumerism... when he doesn't he has a piss-poor
attitude...
funny


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:40 [#00758391]
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daft 730 [its new name] isnt really noise in the same sense
as the new aphex CD, it just has no structure or melody in
like, every song after a few minutes. I cant listen to that
cause i dont enjoy it at all. I like music to sound at least
vaguely like music. I love almost every track on daft 730
until about 3 minutes into each of them


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:40 [#00758392]
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if i could spell (BLAR - ZAY) i would have used that word
instead, ok!


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-06-26 16:42 [#00758395]
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i see how you can feel that way... i must admit that one of
my favorite tracks (vl al 5) is amazing in the first half
with those strings... but really does drop off... its still
good tho...


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 16:52 [#00758408]
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i love the start of
xylin room
6IE.CR
surrpere
vl al 5
p: ntil
reniform puls

and they all turn to shit imo


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2003-06-26 16:54 [#00758415]
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blase avec un accent grave je pense...


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2003-06-26 17:06 [#00758439]
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Non, aigu : blasé.


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-26 17:08 [#00758443]
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gringo dingo flamingo dorito nacho siesta mango mungo


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2003-06-26 21:29 [#00758688]
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aphexttriplet dood

you must have issues.

draft is fucking beautiful.

confield is fucking beautiful.

maybe autechre just isn't for you.

shame tho,really too bad because you are missing out on some
nice shit


 

offline ziggomatic from ??....uv ajed...deja vu....?? on 2003-06-26 21:38 [#00758689]
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im having trouble understanding why the thread was named
"confield".....but anyway,....

DRAFT 7.30 TRANSCENDS ANYTHING TODAY.


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-06-26 22:34 [#00758701]
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um, no.


 

offline flim nanou from out of the frying pan (United States) on 2003-06-26 23:27 [#00758734]
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interesting
I like the random nonsense
it's kind of the best part, I feel
but I guess I could imagine a person being adverse to noise
chaos
I think draft is a lot more hiphoppy and less stastic than
confield



 

offline snAre from .oO Ghent Oo. (Belgium) on 2003-06-27 09:19 [#00759352]
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"I just think the new autechre cd
is a push too far."

That's one of the many things
that makes it sooo wonderfull!



 

offline alnuit on 2003-06-27 09:24 [#00759358]
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Confield is - a lily vine growing on a concrete wall.


 

offline TonePu5her from lincoln !UK! (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-27 09:39 [#00759370]
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Draft is-An ugly face with a beautiful mind.


 

offline toktoe44 from melbourne (Australia) on 2003-06-27 10:00 [#00759391]
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I agree Draft is like deconstructionalist hip hop. It was
tasty and shows hope for their future. Now all they need is
William.S.Burroughs reincarnated as eminem to do the vocals.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2003-06-28 01:02 [#00760377]
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I have read in interviews that they use or Cubase, and that
program can really lend itself to doing deconstructive
stuff. Brian Eno once said something like... it is
interesting to go to an extreme place, and explore it, but
then come back to a more useful position. I would have a
problem if Autechre were writing Gantz Graaf for every song,
but they aren't doing that. They are using solid
structures, but then allowing them to come apart and find
other places to reform. There are a lot of artists doing
stuff now that is more in the vein of Tri-Repetae, LP5 etc.
but I think Autechre just needed to move on from that,
although I think that stuff is still in there it is just way
more abstract.

Imagine if it were 10-11 years ago and Skinny Puppy had just
released Last Rights, and everyone was like "Too Dark Park
pushed the envelope a little bit, but this just takes it too
far. We really want to hear Rabies again." Of course then
they released The Process and that sort of happened ...well
kind of but different.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2003-06-28 01:09 [#00760387]
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if its already there then its not really "randon" nonsense


 

offline Spacecadet on 2003-06-28 02:40 [#00760428]
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i absolutely love confield, draft is boooooring compared to
confield, i struggeled with confield for months and then one
night it just clicked! i've loved it ever since, but still
not lp5 or incunibula in my eyes


 

offline aphextriplet from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2003-06-28 05:22 [#00760510]
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wow, people take such offense to opinions! i love it.
muhuhahaha. In response to elusive, read the thread moron, i
dont dislike confield at all, and i appreciate that daft 730
is to some peoples liking, im just explaining why i think
its a bit shit. Weeeeeeeeeeeee. debate debate. The thread
was called confield cause i was listening to it at the time
i posted


 


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