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What are your thoughts on the Aphex Twin "Classics"?
 

offline Deathsmith from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-06-05 04:39 [#00250451]
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Do you like this cd? I picked it up for 23 bucks, and I
decided it was a good investment, rather than downloading.

The tracks here are his hardest, rawest stuff I've heard. .
. just insane. . . . but I admit that at first I didn't like
most of the shit off this cd. . . now I love it though.

What do the rest of you think of it?


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2002-06-05 04:42 [#00250454]
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i got it on vinyl for xmas 2000
i feel it sounds more harsh and raw on vinyl compared to the
cd version

tamphex!
fucking insane shit!!!!!


 

offline Deathsmith from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-06-05 04:46 [#00250455]
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Yes of course. . . but my personal favourites are
Isopropranol and Flaphead. Flaphead is so cool, that
pounding, banging, unbelievably cheesy drum beat over that
quirky percussion!!


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2002-06-05 04:48 [#00250456]
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Dodeccaheedron is possibly the most powerfulest piece of
audio i have ever heard.
so much emotion in it, for me anyway :D


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2002-06-05 04:51 [#00250457]
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one i play WAY to loud in my headphones

We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin QQT mix)

it hurts so good ;)



 

offline Deathsmith from Brussels (Belgium) on 2002-06-05 04:51 [#00250458]
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Yes I know!


 

offline Ctrl Alt Del from Ft. Worth (United States) on 2002-06-05 04:52 [#00250459]
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Almost bought that, but got the RDJ album instead. Its worth
the insane price they want me to pay for it then?


 

offline VampireAngel from San Juan (Cuntland) (Puerto Rico) on 2002-06-05 04:56 [#00250460]
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Deathsmith,Classics was a good investment,personally,like
the whole cd...Plus you will always help the artist by
buying the cds...I really hate to download music,unless is
those hard to find,then is mp3...But I love what RDJ does
too much so I buy his cds and some old vinyls.....=)


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-06-05 04:59 [#00250462]
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classics was re-released by warp last year, it should be
about $11 especially if you order it online


 

offline VampireAngel from San Juan (Cuntland) (Puerto Rico) on 2002-06-05 05:02 [#00250464]
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Yeah man,I bought it at $12.00 and still like the whole
cd,is like a compilation of some of his most heard music by
his fans....Wicked but goooood!!!


 

offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-05 06:54 [#00250499]
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you can get it for a fiver over here in Scotland! (but that
probably doesnt matter, eh?)


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-05 09:44 [#00250601]
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I love this album...

You gotta remember it's these tunes that really put Aphex on
the map...there was a lot of Hard n Fast Techno around at
that time but no-one really explorered that sound as
thoroughly & with such a def touch, as AFX....

Not a dud on there...other techno people might have put out
one or 2 good tracks but no-one really captured the raw rush
of those days as AFX...

ABB1 was a quirky little tune when it came out, used to hear
it so much at clubs n raves and it just seemed to put people
in some weird space no other tune could. Everyone else was
banging nails into your ears & that was it....finding out
the same guy was responsible for that as well as Didge &
those others immediately made me recognise that there was so
much more to the guy....the eventual release of SAWI
confirmed his talents at both ends of the spectrum...

Shit..I've got on a bit here...You might have guessed I like
it...:)..


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-06-05 13:34 [#00250753]
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Well said, jand. I was just thinking about how RDJ's talent
is spread over such a large spectrum of music. But which cd
should I buy first, Druqks or Classics?


 

offline Meho Krljic from Beograd (Yugoslavia) on 2002-06-05 13:40 [#00250761]
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classics


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-06-05 13:49 [#00250772]
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mmm...now that is tricky...

If you go for Drukqs then you won't hear much 4 on the floor
mad mad techno...but you will hear a good range of stuff
from simplistic piano works to ambient(ish)electro-acoustic
pieces to mad mad drillNBass workouts...

Classics is, I think, more limited...there's very little
except hard techno workouts (with perhaps ABB1 presenting
his gentler, more ambient side)...

Given the choice, I'd go for Drukqs...it's a far more mature
work with a lot more range....you may not like it all but
the bits you do like, you'll love to death...

hope this helps...music's so personal and AFX's range is so
wide, it's very tricky to pick just one of his albums to
recommend...


 


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