Tha is one of (if not THE) greatest things ever recorded.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:24 pm

Vordhosbn wrote:26 mixes for cash is the worst electronic album in the history of IDM...

I second

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:33 pm

Cupz wrote:
Vordhosbn wrote:26 mixes for cash is the worst electronic album in the history of IDM...

I second

OMG! You guys forgetting the brilliant aphex twin remixes on this album!?

* curve - falling free
* 808 state - flow coma
* dmx krew - you can't hide your love
* mescalinum united - we have arrived
* seefeel - time to find me
* jesus jones - zeros and ones
* gentle people - journey
* saint etienne - your head my voice

Nubs!

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:45 pm

btw...was that album literally made for cash?

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:53 pm

Oh, and am I the only one that has this imagery of an empty swimming-pool when listening to SAW1?

I always feel really intense with these kind of images in my head.

also when its raining and there are some café's open with stacked tables,stacked seats and closed parasols.

...I don't know why

Vordhosbn · Post by **Vordhosbn** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:28 pm

Cupz wrote:Oh, and am I the only one that has this imagery of an empty swimming-pool when listening to SAW1?

I always feel really intense with these kind of images in my head.

also when its raining and there are some café's open with stacked tables,stacked seats and closed parasols.

...I don't know why

Thats more Untilted for me

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:54 pm

Cupz wrote:
Vordhosbn wrote:26 mixes for cash is the worst electronic album in the history of IDM...

I second

It's not an album.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:36 pm

thedisavowed wrote:
Cupz wrote:
Vordhosbn wrote:26 mixes for cash is the worst electronic album in the history of IDM...

I second

It's not an album.

Touché

Romeda · Post by **Romeda** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:51 pm

Yeah.. the 808 state mix is pretty sweet, but the rest is horrid.

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:56 pm

Romeda wrote:Yeah.. the 808 state mix is pretty sweet, but the rest is horrid.

ZOMG, so you think the following remixes are horrid?

* curve - falling free
* dmx krew - you can't hide your love
* mescalinum united - we have arrived
* seefeel - time to find me
* jesus jones - zeros and ones
* gentle people - journey
* saint etienne - your head my voice

BLASPHEMY!

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:11 pm

Fredd-E gets upset :wink:

salomon · Post by **salomon** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:08 am

Polynomial-C gets my love. Beauty and intensity, it reminds me of a natural disaster. 2nd is Weathered Stone, my brother's car has a really nice sound system and whenever I take his car I blare it, usually with all the windows down around a crowd of people. It's basssssy.

isawdrones · Post by **isawdrones** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:54 am

tha is amazing, perfect texture melody and arrangement.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:43 am

I'm gonna have to agree.

I picked up 26 mixes in a record store in berlin and was utterly disappointed on every level.

sacred_geometry · Post by **sacred_geometry** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:47 am

I'm gonna have to agree with fredd-e...26 mixes is a great album...by no means Aphex's best...doubters need to take a relisten to the following tracks:

Ziggy
Spotlight
Falling Free
Deep in Velvet
Journey
Time to Find Me

Oh, and if you like your music soft and ambientish, don't even bother with 26 mixes....you should be listening to Tha. Or Xtal....or IZ-US...maybe Mookid? lol

Romeda · Post by **Romeda** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:32 am

Fredd-E wrote:
Romeda wrote:Yeah.. the 808 state mix is pretty sweet, but the rest is horrid.
ZOMG, so you think the following remixes are horrid?

* curve - falling free
* dmx krew - you can't hide your love
* mescalinum united - we have arrived
* seefeel - time to find me
* jesus jones - zeros and ones
* gentle people - journey
* saint etienne - your head my voice

BLASPHEMY!

Ok. I retract my criticisms. Those tracks are quite good. I think my impression of the album as a whole overtook my impressions of the individual tracks.

bluesky · Post by **Fredd-E** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:12 am

Romeda wrote:Ok. I retract my criticisms. Those tracks are quite good. I think my impression of the album as a whole overtook my impressions of the individual tracks.

Hehe, I thought it had to be something like that, yes!

The overall album might not be the greatest of the bunch, but still it contains some very enjoyable tracks.

el-seadragon · Post by **el-seadragon** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:56 am

Romeda wrote:
Ok. I retract my criticisms. Those tracks are quite good. I think my impression of the album as a whole overtook my impressions of the individual tracks.

That's annoying when it happens. A whole album can be ruined by a couple of bad tracks....

To keep to the main topic, Tha would be my favourite off of SAW 85-92. But I hated the album, so that's not saying much on its own....

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:00 pm

I maintain my position that 26 Mixes for Cash is NOT an album...........

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:03 pm

its a compilation of remixes done by aphex twin. most albums usually have themes and direction that correlate the songs with one another. so yes, i would agree that its not an album.

ross adey · Post by **ross adey** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:58 pm

i haven't heard most of the tunes on it, but i like the dmx krew remix(because i love dmx krew), even if it does sound a little rushed, it's got charm. reminds me of smoking bowls outside college. but maybe that's it... perhaps the only reason i like the song is because it conjures up pleasant memories. if i heard it now i might think it's shit... who knows.

i like 'tha' a lot, but i like 'xtal' more.