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offline blue_clax from Edmonton (Canada) on 2002-03-03 05:55 [#00109481]
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When did you first hear of Aphex Twin?? And what were you
listening to before??

Me personally, i only head of Aphex Twin about 4 years ago.
Before him i was listening to lots of industiral stuff such
as Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, and Front Line Assembly. Still love
the shit tho!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-03 05:56 [#00109483]
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Hmmm, I've been into APhex Twin since last August... not
very long... I heard Come to Daddy on Muchmusic years ago
but never paid any attention to it... a friend of mine sent
me Heliosphan one time, and I loved it... so I eventually
bought The RDJ album and was hooked...


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-03 05:56 [#00109484]
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i used to listen to mostly rock.. (not crap rock like
korn/creed, no, GOOD rock)..
then i heard the prodigy..
then i heard underworld..
then i heard photek..
then i heard squarepusher..
then aphex twin


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-03-03 05:57 [#00109485]
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Just before Christmas, during Grade 12. Which was... last
year! I was into Radiohead, and the electronic-ness of Kid A
got me interested... read a review on the net discussing
their new style, and how they were into some cunt called
''Aphex Something'', so I downloaded Windowlicker and
Cornish Acid...

Cornish Acid blew me the fuck away!


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-03-03 05:58 [#00109487]
Points: 385 Status: Lurker



I started with Richard D James album. I was just really
getting into all the indie hip hop at the time, but I was
really into trance and some drum and bass, some house music.
Whatever was played at the raves I would go to. I thank my
boy Colin for pullin me out of that boring scene with Aphex
and Ae.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-03 05:59 [#00109489]
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before Aphex Twin I was into Radiohead, Peter Gabriel,
Genesis, Pink Floyd, U2, etc, etc... bands I still like...


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2002-03-03 05:59 [#00109490]
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it started when i somehow obtained Artificial Intelligence
II ( i cant seem too recall how this got into my possession
) anyway i listened and enjoyed, and really like "My Teapot"
and then looked into it when i was on a school computer, and
found out he was also known as aphex twin (didnt mean
anything too me at the time) and then the same night i was
watching MTV and "On" came on, loved it, next day i bought
"analogue bubblebath 1 because it was only $10, loved that
and went from there...

before that i was heavily into NIN and marilyn manson *gags*
oh well hehehe


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-03-03 05:59 [#00109491]
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though I had been eyeing come to daddy in the stores. the
cover looked too twisted to be true.


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-03-03 06:00 [#00109492]
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I heard bucephalus bouncing ball on the Pi soundtrack, and i
was intrigued. that was about 3 years ago i guess.

So i got the come to daddy LP and the rest is history...


 

offline aron from saskatoon (Canada) on 2002-03-03 06:01 [#00109493]
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i heard about them when i was in vancouver about 4 or so
years ago.
back then i still really young, and listened to mostly punk,
and a little hip hop. but i was getting into dance stuff
like fatboyslim and daft punk.



 

offline Asche XL on 2002-03-03 06:01 [#00109494]
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Before I was into Aphex i was into the grunge rock scene,
sitll am, but now I listen to alot of IDM ( preferably
aphex, autechre and BOC). First aphex Cd was Come to daddy
because my friend bought and brought it over and i fell in
love with track 2, that was when i was in 6 or 7th grade 5
yrs ago


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-03 06:03 [#00109499]
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whoa, some of you were so young...


 

offline blue_clax from Edmonton (Canada) on 2002-03-03 06:04 [#00109501]
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Flim is an awsome track! Come to Daddy was my first Aphex
disc too.

XD


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-03-03 06:07 [#00109508]
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I was like, 18 or something... fucking late bloomer! I had a
really crappy computer with a 56k connection when I
doscovered him, and I used the ol' Napster to rip him off
and get all his tracks! Took an hour to get a song back
then, now it takes 30 seconds. Those WEREN'T the days.


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2002-03-03 06:10 [#00109516]
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it takes you 30 seconds too get a song? thats disgusting,
shame on you...


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2002-03-03 06:25 [#00109545]
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in 1994 i got the NIN remix e.p. "further down the spiral"
i heard "at the heart of it all" on the e.p. and it pretty
much got under my skin and since then i have been a fan.

actually, i think i heard an afx track before then on a
selected ambient works compilation album but it didn't
really DO it for me untill i really got into the twin.. and
chemicals


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-03-03 07:08 [#00109627]
Points: 385 Status: Lurker



i've actually been intersted since freshman year in
highschool (i'm now a freshy in college) when i saw the
video for come to daddy, but i never checked into him til
last year, 18 yrs old.


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-03 07:25 [#00109638]
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since age 12


 

offline xtiaan from city of lost children (New Zealand) on 2002-03-03 10:09 [#00109673]
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the first ever aphex twin song i heard was called
"speedracer" an annoying quasi happy hardcore thing, I had
no idea who it was but loved it (it was the mid 9o's and
there was alot of acid ok)
years later when i was actually "into" him I discovered hed
also done speedracer
damn near fell off my chair i did


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2002-03-03 10:26 [#00109680]
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*chuckles* i refuse too DL that speedracer song hehehe, hi X
! :D


 

offline xtiaan from city of lost children (New Zealand) on 2002-03-03 10:28 [#00109682]
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dl?
hey tp


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2002-03-03 10:29 [#00109683]
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download :)

hows chrix man, whatchoo up too?


 

offline xtiaan from city of lost children (New Zealand) on 2002-03-03 10:36 [#00109687]
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Im bored, Im waiting for the sunday horror to come on and
doing stuff with director shite
what about you?


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2002-03-03 10:38 [#00109690]
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nothin, was just seeing whats happening here... what a
boring sunday it has been cant wait for work tomorrow, im
gonna go nap man, good seeing you ttyl! :D


 

offline tommo from Perth (Australia) on 2002-03-03 10:38 [#00109691]
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Heard Come to Daddy.
Heard Alberto Balsalm.
Downloaded MP3s.
Bought many CDs.
The End.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-03-03 10:47 [#00109698]
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got into aphex in 1993 - before that, i was into 60s rock
(the doors, the beatles, procol harum) and pink floyd (only
like them up to and including the wall).

first heard SAWII on vinyl and UI on vinyl.


 

offline shortcircuit from Red Ends (Germany) on 2002-03-03 11:05 [#00109712]
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First time I heard Aphex Twin was on the first Mayday
Compilation (1992). My first AFX record was On.

I've been listening to electronic music since the end of the
80ies (Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk etc)


 

offline E-man from Rixensart (Belgium) on 2002-03-03 11:15 [#00109724]
Points: 3000 Status: Regular



i was always in electronic music, since my youth, but i
liked crappy things (2unlimited, jean-michel jare; bonzaï
records, trance, techno, etc...) i knew the pirelli ad n
liked the songs, but it was in 97 when a friend gave me a
tape, with one side of Korn first album (my rock period), on
the othere face there was this strange music i couldn't stop
listening to, it was written aphex twin - come to daddy ---
with the help of the net since then i now have heard nearly
all his releases, and begin a nice collection of cd's...


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 11:39 [#00109753]
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Since age 15, when i saw come to daddy on the telivision.


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 11:40 [#00109755]
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Since age 15, when i saw come to daddy on the telivision.


 

offline leftrightronic on 2002-03-03 11:41 [#00109757]
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yeah same here

it was maybe like 5 years ago.. come to daddy was played on
some underground tv show round here. i remembered this name
"aphex twin".. went to the internet, typed it in a search
engine and the rest is dust


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 11:42 [#00109758]
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Ooops!


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2002-03-03 11:44 [#00109761]
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Actually, its funny, because i remembered the name, and i
didnt investigate real fast. i might had heard it as 14
years old. then i went into record shop, asked if i could
listen 2 saw 1, and i didnt like it so i didnt by it! then
there was that remix on a nin cd. i bought classics and
didnt like it. then i got i care because you do, and that
was the beginning of my hardcore liking of the fella.


 

offline leftrightronic on 2002-03-03 11:56 [#00109772]
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oh and yeah after i found out about aphex twin.. i got
SAWII, it was bliss


 

offline Resident Evil from heat some coffee, mmm, mmm (Australia) on 2002-03-03 14:38 [#00109881]
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Since the ago I started buying music (Abour 8 or 9) I've
always been into electronic music. I read/listened and
watched heaps of stuff on electronic music and the name
Aphex Twin came up a lot. Then a started seeing his music
videos (Donkey Rhubarb first, then On) and really loved
them. This might sound really stupid but I considered myself
kind of a fan of Aphex Twin even though I didn't own any
cds. I tried at local places but no one helped. So I just
plotted on with my taped videos of donkey/on and come to
daddy enjoying the hell out of them. And then a few years
ago we got the internet. I first thing I done was go to an
online CD store (CD Now) and I ordered ... I Care Because
you do and then I kind of went on a huge Aphex shopping
binge :-) The internet, what a great concept!


 

offline Darth manchu from Cambridge (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 15:23 [#00109912]
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I just got a new super ninja PC (a p200 arf) in about
1997ish and got a game called Hardwar. The soundtrack was
done by warp records, people like Autechre, RAC, LFO and
some squarepusher. I think looked on the warp webby, and
looked at autechre and squarepusher. I noticed aphex twin
but didnt think about it. I then went into HMV at the
weekend, and brought amber and birminh' tree. I noticed
classics, i had enough money in my walet, so i brought it.
The rest is history (to me at least).


 

offline tango from Doncaster (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 15:40 [#00109922]
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jeez i feel old-ish i discovered aphex when he bought out
saw 1 and at the time i was well into hardcore and jungle
etc anyone else remeber the ol colin favor and colin dale
shows on kiss fm? -when it was good .and then i got the "on"
cd's but it took a few years before i went aphex mad and had
to get all the cd's etc cos i think i heard ventolin and ctd
and was put off at first - not any more tho ( cept i still
can't stand ventolin)


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-03 21:28 [#00110171]
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tango - I know what you mean about feelin old...

Yeah, I used to tape those colin Dale & Favor shows on
KISS...and you're from sunny Harlow...Another one of
original Essex hardcore posse, as well...

cool...

I used to love that OUTER LIMITS show they did for a
while...loads of real obscure techno....

Where are the Colins nowadays??...anyone?..


 

offline dave from saskatoon (Canada) on 2002-03-03 21:43 [#00110190]
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i heard about him from aron , same with squarepusher and
most of the electronic artists i know, and he first
introduced me to making music electronically , i guess he
would be my mentor or somthing, before i was into alot of
punk


 

offline dave from saskatoon (Canada) on 2002-03-03 21:46 [#00110194]
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he also taught me to think before i move, you see, we would
be sitting around in his basemet and out of nowere he would
yell "think before you move!" and then chuck a wrench at me


 

offline aron from saskatoon (Canada) on 2002-03-03 21:49 [#00110200]
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hehe, goodtimes!


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-03-03 23:23 [#00110265]
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heard it 10 years ago at raves in the states all the classic
goodies like Tamphex and Digiredoo loved it but were hard to
come by so lost track of him and got back into collecting
his stuff 3 years ago..


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-03-04 01:57 [#00110337]
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I remember I was so freaked out by the Come to Daddy video
the first time I saw it... it really made an impression on
me... never once at the time did I think I'd be a super huge
fan a few years later... it was just too weird and freaky a
song and video combination, and I just wasn't ready!!! :)


 

offline xlr from Boston (United States) on 2002-03-04 02:15 [#00110358]
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Yeah that video is pretty intense. I love it. They play it
on my college's music video show sometimes and everyone is
like "What the fuck is that?! It rules!"


 


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