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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

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.

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

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.

i detest goon gumpas and girl/boy song
garbage tracks

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

Green Calx is mah JAMMMM

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

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"

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!

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

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

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

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.

joke bits?

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.

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.

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

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

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.