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offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-15 18:31 [#02442865]
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Piano piece was nice.
Lasers were nice too.

Fuck the rest.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-15 19:02 [#02442867]
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it's like the ending of sgt. pepper drawn out to
show-length, minus the D major chord


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-15 19:23 [#02442868]
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oh, wait, is this a new one? i thought you meant the one
with "the shining" intro track


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-15 19:54 [#02442869]
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Both thoughts went through my mind as I was sat there
"watching".


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2012-10-15 20:26 [#02442870]
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Huh, first time I'm hearing about this. The concept could
have been amazing if anyone could have come to the keyboard
(or whatever) and played the orchestra for a bit. As it is
it seems kind of a vanity thing that's only fun for the one
playing the orchestra.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-15 23:06 [#02442873]
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they did some poll in england: "what's the greatest book in
the english language?" in a stroke of genius, they polled
academics separately from the general population.

genpop said "lord of the rings" and the professors said
"ulysses by james joyce"

i can't tell who is right.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2012-10-16 00:20 [#02442878]
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ulysses rules


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-16 03:45 [#02442890]
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This guy got it,
http://www.skirmishblog.net/2012/10/aphex-twin-remote-orche
stra-barbican.html

remote part was dense and really unique, was not for the
Avril 14th fans, there were some amazin chords in there.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-16 21:24 [#02442926]
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so richard,

how much cash did you squeeze out of your fans on this one?


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-16 21:36 [#02442929]
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the quietus doesn't like the first piece, but treats the
second two generously (though the facebook comments at the
bottom of the page call it "utter, self indulgent dross.")

the line of best fit thought it was "a genuinely unique
experience" just like the pamphlet promised.

fact mag is less kind, referring to "held chords and
droning strings for 45 minutes, creating an ominous mood but
not really doing much other than getting louder and
quieter." but tempering this opinion by calling the piano
very simple, but brilliant."

clash music called it "a mixed bag from Aphex"

there are a goddamn arseload of reviews! was the audience
entirely journalists or what?

once i had the idea to swing a piano from ropes when i was
really high, but i'm not a famous millionaire and no one
would help me move my piano unless i provided beer and i
already drank all the beer


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-16 21:54 [#02442934]
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the archetype


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-16 23:46 [#02442998]
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I thought the first piece was the best, playing an orchestra
live!
how fucking cool is that, ...yeah we all claim to have
ideas,...ha



 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 00:03 [#02443001]
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so did he figure out the piano rigging himself, or just hire
someone? how many stagehands did it take to build the disco
ball rig? how many ganked max/msp patches were there? when it comes
to performance art, i have loads more respect for someone
like chris cunningham that actually designs his own robots.
take a look at jaqapparatus, it makes this remote
orchestra thing look like a load of weak piss.

ideas are cheap; i have thousands. the real cost is in
executing them, and i don't think rdj expended terribly much
effort putting this together.

at least now we've got clark to write IDM piano for
us without making us sit through 45 minutes of orchestra
wank first.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-17 09:14 [#02443049]
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The idea was sound but the execution just didn't work.
The lasers visual was fucking ace but the noise track was
shit, like a lot of noise tracks.

I didn't go in expecting Drukqs or I Care Because You Do. I
went in expecting something exciting and different. I got
droning strings of varying pitch and volume for the best
part of an hour, a 5 minute piano piece, which was cool, and
a laser show that nearly blinded me.

I love my Aphex music but there's not been a proper new
album since 2001. You could see Analord as an album but that
was a compilation of singles in my opinion.

I know he's not the most reliable source for information
about himself but he repeatedly mentioned that he has
unreleased music. What's wrong with releasing that? If he
doesn't want to gouge the fans for money then do it on the
"pay what you want" model.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 09:19 [#02443051]
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at this point, i find watching aphex twin fans struggle to
conjure adjectives more captivating than i do the
performances themselves.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 09:23 [#02443052]
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just to ruin that elegant turn of phrase: i find the
reactions more entertaining than the performance itself


 

offline Falito from Balenciaga on 2012-10-17 13:45 [#02443056]
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richard does not work for you


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 15:14 [#02443061]
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you talkin to me


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 15:36 [#02443062]
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alright falito, you win.

sorry i am mean to you aphex twin. i hope you swing lots of
pianos in the future


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2012-10-17 15:44 [#02443063]
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Giginger's gig reviews are like his lovemaking: No foreplay,
brutal and to the point, yet strangely satisfying.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-17 18:28 [#02443066]
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Plus they're generally forced upon people whether they like
it or not!


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-17 20:29 [#02443071]
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EpicMegatrax, im assuming you went to the Barbican gig
then?
Whereabouts were you sitting?


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 20:51 [#02443073]
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under the mixing desk,
sucking rdj's dick.


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-17 21:32 [#02443074]
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haha,awesome, thats a really funny clever original post,
comedy gold mate!
the mind boggles thinking what kind of mind it takes to
create this kind of off the wall unique humour.
do you have more brilliant original jokes like this
one,would love to read them?!
and have you made any music , coz i bet that is equally
great, please share, or any of those thousand ideas you
have,
just so much talent right here...
im convinced! id take your output over rdj's anyday!


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-17 21:47 [#02443076]
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butthurt much?


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-18 01:11 [#02443104]
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LOL, your soooooo funnny and smart!


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-18 01:14 [#02443105]
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Its ok you dont have to post your music or ideas...im not
THAT cruel.



 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2012-10-18 03:44 [#02443112]
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the idea: you are butthurt


 

offline Haft from Tublin (Ireland) on 2012-10-18 04:18 [#02443114]
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Fun synonymous terms for butthurt
One has:
Pipes like Michael Stipe
Numb plumbing
A bearded Snickers in their lunchbox
Hot sauce in the immersion tank

One is:
Bumfustled
Excavated
Riding a nine iron


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-18 09:28 [#02443119]
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I was dead centre, front row of the cheap seats.

I was sucking my own cock. I was also sucking my wife's.

I didn't lick any balls. That's wrong.


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-18 10:21 [#02443127]
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I was near front almost in middle, got lazered in eye few
times.
Orchestra, totally dense, thick massive chords, never heard
anything ike it before, I got uber nice recording, will
upload soon.
It was not all dissonant, it kept changing between what
sounded like pentatonic to mirotonal...really trippy! +
there was a beautiful choir only part...that kinda came
outta nowhere.
I stalked around in rehearsals b4gig, they were playing
totally different rhythmic Reichy type phase things, (got
bit recorded)
Spoke to sam from Icrus (awesome guy), apparently they had
software issues for the gig and could not use that stuff!
, he said they just patched what Rich told them to
write+added a couple more touches, he also said rich had
another guy doing another patch but it went wrong.
The pendulum part was totally spatialized(amazing) , not
going thru p.a
Piano was really something , i could hear the lezlie,doppler
effect, UN FUCKING believable, you could hear like all the
notes catching up with each other as it swung, mega nice
effect+ mechanical noises were like being on a boat at sea
or something.
Got into argument with twat at end, who was pissed it was
all ambient.
There were aphex logo medallions being sold, looked pretty
cheapo.



 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-18 10:28 [#02443129]
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I really liked the Piano part. The sound of it being pulled
side to side really added something.


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-18 16:01 [#02443135]
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i have a feeling you'll just look for flaws in anything i
post, chops, but here's one of my albums anyways. you're not getting any of my
ideas, though, because then you'll just hire someone to
steal them. did you know aphex twin built his own sampler?
he took apart a talking picture frame and glued it into a
box with some LEDs

call me back when he lights a piano on fire


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-18 16:02 [#02443136]
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fixed piano fire link


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-18 22:06 [#02443171]
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i have a feeling you'll just look for flaws in anything i
post,

unlike you

you're not getting any of my
ideas, though, because then you'll just hire someone to
steal them.

err, yeah ok then, wise move.
you said ideas were cheap earlier anyhows?

did you know aphex twin built his own sampler?
he took apart a talking picture frame and glued it into a
box with some LEDs

ha LOL LOL incredibly funny.
how do you do it, whats your secret?

ok i take it all back your music is brilliant, really
original!
so many great ideas...



 

offline anirog on 2012-10-18 23:01 [#02443172]
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¿¿¿


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-19 01:37 [#02443176]
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thanks 4 the gig report anyway chops808, decent


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-19 02:30 [#02443182]
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ha LOL OLlOL incredibly funny

chops808, you've mastered sarcasm, but failed insult me in
any way that actually stings my pride. too bad we're not
touring together; you could hide my shoes. if you want to
piss me off, i'm afraid you'll have to do something other
that re-type what i said and tack on "LOL"


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-19 08:24 [#02443212]
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Anyway, I didn't enjoy the Remote Orchestra and I got
annoyed when two cunts stood up applauding. They looked like
wankers.


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-19 18:11 [#02443231]
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i said that to him , that it was totally awesome and he said
, the only one was 5,
but i was having none of it, then i went to the drugstore



 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-19 18:53 [#02443236]
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ok got all the audio files ready, inc. rehearsals, they
sound totally full on...+ little interviews I did with some
of the aphex crew, which is very revealing.
recorded them with nagra SD, sounds uber nice, let me know
who wants them, ill setup a wetransfer or something.


 

offline BernardMatthews from United Kingdom on 2012-10-20 17:35 [#02443264]
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I'd be interested.


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-20 17:59 [#02443266]
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ok , ill just wait a couple of weeks, see how many takers,
then set it up :)


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-21 02:05 [#02443273]
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fuckin nagra ????? yeah!!?!/?


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-22 17:44 [#02443344]
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must be the chap with the giant suitcase modular that had a
had on it, mcnulty from the wire, or amon tobin

you want the files dawg
ok dawg, then u wait for it lol


 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-22 17:45 [#02443345]
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*had a hat


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-23 20:15 [#02443398]
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quite suprised he let them swing _his_ piano around like
that
the responses to it on various sites are strange
'self indulgent dross', 'people had fingers in ears',
'don't think i'll go back for second half' ... i wonder
what they were expecting


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2012-10-23 20:20 [#02443399]
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didnt realise Nagra still made stuff, had this image of u
carrying round a big reel 2 reel on your chest


 

offline chops808 on 2012-10-23 22:47 [#02443412]
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Epic,

What do you seriously think about your music?
Do you think its good/shit?
be honest



 

offline EpicMegatrax from Greatest Hits on 2012-10-24 21:55 [#02443484]
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my music? it's alright.

it'd be more than alright if i focused on music exclusively,
but i'm too high-velocity. what i do is i make things, and
music is just one thing of many. there's the album art, the
music videos, the web site, the netlabel i run for fun...
outside of music, i also do plenty of writing, photography,
coding, and collages with cardboard and hot glue (good,
alright, good, and shit, before you ask). i work very hard
and i'm sharper+more clever than most of the idiots i argue
with on the internet (hello!). my balls are certainly large
enough that i should be permitted to criticize his
gingerness.... that's really what you meant, ya?


 


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