Aphex Twin?

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:37 pm

It doesn't get much better than SAWv1 apart from the track green calx. He pushed boundaries early on and set the tone for everybody else to follow. SAWv2 has some sublime moments. "I Care Because You Do" has some great moments too. Some of his eps and remixes are really worth seeking out. If you can separate the wheat from the chaff then you are left with the genius that is Mr James.

Love the remix he did for The Gentle People

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:40 pm

Stickyfingers72 wrote:It doesn't get much better than SAWv1 apart from the track green calx. He pushed boundaries early on and set the tone for everybody else to follow. SAWv2 has some sublime moments. "I Care Because You Do" has some great moments too. Some of his eps and remixes are really worth seeking out. If you can separate the wheat from the chaff then you are left with the genius that is Mr James.

Love the remix he did for The Gentle People

Man, I love Green Calx. It's odd, the distaste for this track.

OverTheHorizonRadar · Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:49 pm

I think the distaste is mostly because of it not fitting in with the other tracks? I dunno though, I love it too.

Jonse · Post by **Jonse** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:32 am

OverTheHorizonRadar wrote:I think the distaste is mostly because of it not fitting in with the other tracks? I dunno though, I love it too.

Possibly.

I just think it's one of the best tracks on SAW I personally. That fucking machinery ambience, man.

EnforcedNo · Post by **EnforcedNo** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 5:15 am

i detest goon gumpas and girl/boy song
garbage tracks

FernieCanto · Post by **FernieCanto** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:38 pm

Funny, Girl/Boy Song is to me one of the highlights of James's catalog. I love that track.

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:21 pm

Green Calx is mah JAMMMM

novayshun · Post by **novayshun** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:00 pm

My go to albums are Surfing on Sine Waves & Analogue Bubblebath 3, but the rest is pretty awesome too. I love Aphex's stuff more than BoC's truth be told

EnforcedNo · Post by **EnforcedNo** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:41 pm

novayshun wrote:My go to albums are Surfing on Sine Waves & Analogue Bubblebath 3, but the rest is pretty awesome too. I love Aphex's stuff more than BoC's truth be told

pleeease tell me that bottle in your avatar says "Melissa"

novayshun · Post by **novayshun** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:57 am

EnforcedNo wrote:
novayshun wrote:My go to albums are Surfing on Sine Waves & Analogue Bubblebath 3, but the rest is pretty awesome too. I love Aphex's stuff more than BoC's truth be told
pleeease tell me that bottle in your avatar says "Melissa"

it does!

TOYOTAセ&#1 · Post by **TOYOTAセ&#1** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:26 am

I think PWSteal.Ldpinch.D under his AFX alias is an amazing track. You guys should take a listen if you haven't already.

re-phaelam-ed · Post by **re-phaelam-ed** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:54 am

all of it is awesome cept' for some of drukqs.
analord and on is the shit

EnforcedNo · Post by **EnforcedNo** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:36 am

i still don't get why druqks gets a bad rep, it's a really great album!
and analord is really hit-and-miss for me

Basefree · Post by **Basefree** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:26 pm

Having just listened to Drukqs again yesterday in a long time, I'd say for me at least the biggest problem is its inconsistency. The real tracks like Vordhosbn and Saint Michel are mostly ace stuff, but I hate the joke bits. They're just shit, and really break the flow in a way that the album never seems to set off properly.

EnforcedNo · Post by **EnforcedNo** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:36 pm

joke bits?

Basefree · Post by **Basefree** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 5:06 pm

EnforcedNo wrote:joke bits?

Orban Eq Trx4, Lornaderek, QKThr, etc.

Most of the interludes really. It's a 1h40min album and there's 30 minutes of this stuff (checked). 18 out of 30 tracks are around 2 minutes or less.

Avril 14th is wonderful though.

Edit: or well, I don't think QKThr is bad actually, but it feels jokey here.

warphead · Post by **warphead** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:39 pm

Drukqs slays

Some of those tunes are insane. I agree some of the tracks are not so good but overtime I just ignore them and don't let it bug me.

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:54 pm

One of my favourites is cordialatron - caustic window. Lovely stuff.

EnforcedNo · Post by **EnforcedNo** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:55 pm

i like the piano track, the one that's all "happy birthday" is a bit annoying but overall i like it

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 9:11 pm

Avril 14th is the only Track I like from drukgs. The rest just sounds like skiffle and haven't felt any of his material since sadly as he's still probably my favourite producer. Live he's defo worth catching.