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offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 04:34 [#02040025]
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Do you any set when he actually played live? No fake
traktor shit. Only set I know is Live @ Orbit, Morley, Leeds
UK. Sounds nasty, I love it. I`m sick and tired of traktor
mixed tracks. Same affects, same transisions, same shit
looping. All I want is live stuff, with mistakes, sounding
diffrent than on the recod.
So please tell me that playing shows live isn`t dead!
And anwser the question why a show played from cds is called
"Venetian Snares live"??


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-29 04:38 [#02040026]
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you can always go hear autechre if you want 'live' stuff.
aphex does djing see.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2007-01-29 04:40 [#02040028]
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cause the snares man is fucking transmiting his life to the
sound he is creating via mixing the cds...


 

offline duppy from United Kingdom on 2007-01-29 04:43 [#02040032]
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live in the flesh. you can see him, hence "LIVE". Live
DJ'ing.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 04:47 [#02040034]
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Dude there were times when he played live from two
computers. If you can give 2 dj cd players and pioneer djm
500 I can do a Venetian snares like mix.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-29 04:55 [#02040038]
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dunno what's the difference between 2 computes and 2 cd
players..i mean vsnares could do with anything that plays
some crazy breaks at 200 bpm.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:06 [#02040043]
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Difference? Computer is more interactive (ofcourse it
depends on the software). Tracks played live (drum machines
samples,effects,other kinds of stuff) will sound diffrent
than on the records. Because it is imposible for a human to
play the same thing twice (if we are not discussing Dj
traktor, and Live click and play sets). Thats why I like Ae
stuff, sometimes they play tracks from their records but
they sound diffrent, they are recreated live.

On words & music from aphex twin he said (asked about live
shows I think): "Diffrent tracks require diffrent setups,
and the whole process is fucking complicated...". Fuck yeah,
traktor cunt.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-29 05:22 [#02040048]
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he plays music for people who come to dance, not people who
come to hear frequencies and/or analyze what modifications
to tracks he's made.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:29 [#02040050]
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Taking your thought even further, why go to concerts? We all
have cd, mp3 players and speakers. My room is quite big I
can dance here...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-29 05:31 [#02040051]
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there you go.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:45 [#02040052]
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No, there YOU go. Because I prefer concerts not cd/traktor
stuff called live.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-29 05:49 [#02040054]
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well, i said you should stick with autechre in my first
post, didn't i?
also, im sure you get opportunities to see jan jelinek
there..he does one of the best live acts i've seen.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-29 05:51 [#02040057]
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I`ve seen Jan Jelinek @ P?ock in Poland, great LIVE stuff.


 

offline Phone from Paris (France) on 2007-01-29 06:49 [#02040100]
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Aphex Twin live is amazing!


 

offline duppy from United Kingdom on 2007-01-29 10:11 [#02040232]
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the only down side to Aphex Twin live xperience is that so
many people are dancing and having a good time that I find
it hard to analyze what frequencies and modifications he is
doing, and when I do figure out what it has just done I
realize I could have done that in my own house AND would
have had far more room to throw shapes and bust moves (if I
wasn't to busy creating technically superior modifictions
that is).


 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2007-01-29 10:36 [#02040270]
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why is everybody so defensive with aphex when people knock
the fact that hes a lazy fuck sometimes and refuses to play
live?

the guy gets paid huges sums of money to do whatever the
fuck he wants. I think the reason he doesnt play live is
simply because he doesnt have to, nobody can say "Hey ricard
do you think you could do a 'live' set this time?' , his
answer would probably be 'fuck off'


 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2007-01-29 10:40 [#02040275]
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"All I want is live stuff, with mistakes, sounding
diffrent than on the recod.
So please tell me that playing shows live isn`t dead!
And anwser the question why a show played from cds is
called
"Venetian Snares live"??
"

the reason that its acceptable these days to DJ and not play
live is because the GIG is up! Most 'live' electronic music
for the past 7 years,. at least laptop gigs, are the
performer hitting 'play' on some sort of wave file player.
It wasnt until recently that things like ABleton live and
fast computers made it possible to do a truely live
electronic show from a laptop only.

so to answer your question... the reason CD dj setups are
acceptable for a 'live' gig and not just a 'dj' set is
because there is a very fine live between what is DJing and
what is live.

it kind of irks me more electronic musicians arent willing
to bring some hardware or at least something visually
interactive. Even laptop only shows irritate me. Id much
rather see someone using a drum machine.


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2007-01-29 12:05 [#02040346]
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im about to get live on ur girlie


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-29 12:13 [#02040350]
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haha and when elusive's done i'll join in.

if what aphex does djing is that simple, why more people
don't do it then? you hear people dj dull, static music that
doesn't go anywhere..i've heard plenty djs but no one does
it like mr. james. there.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2007-01-29 12:50 [#02040380]
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well he may be lazy, but he's still the aphex twin.


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-30 10:27 [#02041231]
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"the only down side to Aphex Twin live xperience is that so

many people are dancing and having a good time that I find
it hard to analyze what frequencies and modifications he is

doing, and when I do figure out what it has just done I
realize I could have done that in my own house AND would
have had far more room to throw shapes and bust moves (if I

wasn't to busy creating technically superior modifictions
that is). "

That`s the way I think. People think that Richard is fucking
amazing because it`s richard. But when you listen to his
sets closely and you have a basic knowledge about djing and
you are after traktor`s manual things are not that shiny as
they appear. In fact I`m quite sure I could draw envelopes
in time lime to describe what is he doing. Becasue every
time I hear same tricks, looping, beat repat and other
traktor tricks. On the other way we can look at Jeff Mills.
He is playing 3 turntables and creating wonderfull mixes. Oh
and he has no sync button. That`s a proper Dj show.
As for masters of Laptops I`m still impressed by monolake
shows. That`s how proper laptop show should look and sound
like.



 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-30 10:31 [#02041238]
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it's all about what he plays and how he puts it together not
so much about technique!!!!!!! do you visit gigs to watch
what dj is doing? or to have fun time and dance??


 

offline rzezniq from gorzow (Poland) on 2007-01-30 10:45 [#02041261]
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I get your point. But I can dance at home or club. Is
trarktor Djing all you expect from a legend? Or is it his
face, the fact that he is 10m from you? In my case it`s
music. I don`t care what performer is doing but I do care
how it sounds like. And I can smell tractor from milles
away.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-30 10:51 [#02041269]
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i expect to hear awesome dance music, that's pretty much it.
i like autechre a lot as well and jeff mills, but i can't go
as crazy to their sets as i can go to aphex's..it's just not
the same thing. i appreciate both, but i would probably be
disappointed if i went to aphex's gig to hear some knob
twidling..i would then have to go to another gig to let it
all out, and there are very few (i can only think of amon
tobin atm) dj's that can do a proper dance set.


 

offline vlari from beyond the valley of the LOLs on 2007-01-30 11:19 [#02041307]
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when i saw him live he only screamed into the headset and
twiddled the eq and flanger, so he didnt exactly do alot
more than what he does now


 

offline trewq from doodam (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-31 09:55 [#02041989]
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I think Aphex is the greatest DJ of all time he mixes really
difficult music to mix. With Jeff Mills it flows maybe
smoother but thats because its all the same techno wich just
flows automaticilly to eachother. Aphex plays records wich
are deep underground and everytime there is a new set every
is like what the fuck was that. Thats truelly fresh no dj is
doing the same thing he dous mixing electro, hiphop, jungle,
detroit techno and hardcore in the same set


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-31 10:59 [#02042041]
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nice to see someone else think that. it's silly to compare
mills or aphex as djs as they doing two completly different
things. and they both do their own things perfect.


 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2007-01-31 11:10 [#02042054]
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"Thats truelly fresh no dj is
doing the same thing he dous mixing electro, hiphop,
jungle,
detroit techno and hardcore in the same set
"

so no dj has mixed electro hiphop jungle detrout techo and
hardcore .........lol (?)


 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2007-01-31 11:12 [#02042056]
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"if what aphex does djing is that simple, why more people
don't do it then? you hear people dj dull, static music
that
doesn't go anywhere..i've heard plenty djs but no one does
it like mr. james. there. "

the music he djs sounds extremely dull and static to me. so
i guess different strokes for different folks then!


 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2007-01-31 11:13 [#02042057]
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just to clarify, i love richard d james, i think he's a
genius musician. which makes it even more shocking to me
that his dj sets are so horrendous


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 11:21 [#02042068]
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why does a great musician have to be a great DJ?


 

offline edgey from New York (United States) on 2007-01-31 11:23 [#02042069]
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One of the best live shows I've seen (in regards to
experimental "IDM" stuff) has been Pan Sonic... They had
displayed an oscillator overhead, broadcast onto what looked
like a sheet, and began to make what seemed to be very
random and chaotic elements (touching the end of a 1/4"
plugged into a mixer), with lots of delay, then slowly began
to adjust the delays into a coherant structure, and after 30
minutes the whole place was just swaying back and forth to
the rhythm.


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2007-01-31 12:02 [#02042100]
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i liked the altered version of heliosphan in one of his
sets
he should do things like that more often

in general i like most of his live sets i dl
but some have been whacky :(


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-31 12:24 [#02042119]
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"so no dj has mixed electro hiphop jungle detrout techo and
hardcore .........lol (?) "

not in one set in order he does it..but i won't go in
details, as im sure you wouldn't be interested.

"the music he djs sounds extremely dull and static to me.
so
i guess different strokes for different folks then! "

his sets are extremly dynamic (the ones i've heard live
anyway) compared to other people. most dj's play sets in
same bpm range..starts off with a song and ends couple of
hours later with basically the same, somewhat, altered
song..it's ok, but not very intriguing nor danceable..you
just easily in same rhythm for two hours. unless it's
vsnares but then you move in same, somewhat higher bpm
rhythm, but again in same range from start to end.

aphex does it much more dance floor friendly is all im
saying. unless you like to easily move in repetitive way for
two hours.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2007-01-31 12:28 [#02042122]
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they're excellent, but their live thing is much closer to
noise acts than idm. really good though, specially on loud
speakers :)


 


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