zazen Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 (edited) I don't buy vinyl/physical releases but I feel like this release is kindof justified, its his most interesting album, its been 30 years, and the original brown vinyl is reportedly not that great. No one has to buy it if they dont want to. Edited June 19, 2024 by zazen xox 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danshoebridge Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 A bit baffled by the inclusion of Rhubarb orch rev, that track doesn't really seem to fit with the rest of the album. Especially when you've got Red Calx available. shelly, Caged Element and hayhook 3 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 Guess he finally got what he asked for ( https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68148-aphex-twin-selected-ambient-works-volume-ii ) Quote 19 track 19 [side 5, track 2, omitted from CD's] This track has now thankfully been found and uploaded here, I was very worried it had been lost, very relieved*** It was not included on the original CD’s as there wasn't enough room. I usually always give priority to the vinyl versions of all my releases as I never ever really liked CD's much, think I would have liked CD's a little bit more if you could put 90 mins on them, who decided they were to be 74 mins anyway? Thinking about this now I'd love to try and get Warp to do high quality chrome cassette versions of all my Warp musics, maybe even metal ones if possible. If I wait a year or so for this I could include all the extras on the cassettes as there would be plenty of room, would have to sign the tracks over to Warp first for a physical release, something I don't have to do for this website but that shouldn't be too difficult. Expand xox, Scaramouche, cern and 5 others 8 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures I haven't eaten a Wagon Wheel since 07/11/07... ilovecubus.co.uk - 25ml of mp3 taken twice daily. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caged Element Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 I like his new Spotify background! exitonly, milkface, Kennylogg Bubblebath and 2 others 4 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Caged Element's signature Hide all signatures Bandcamp: https://cagedelement.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 stone in focus was never my fav track from the album there! I've said it! beerwolf, prdctvsm, Turbo Zwanengestuif and 2 others 3 1 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 $300+ for that box is a hard lol. They really should have done way more tapes - that’s a big miss. Also the 100 day countdown on Spotify? 100 days? My brother in Christ it is 2024 and the album is 30 years old. Oh well. Maybe Drukqs repress in 800 days. Hoping he’s got something new coming soon.. xox, Caged Element, cern and 5 others 8 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide jules's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cern Posted June 19, 2024 Report Share Posted June 19, 2024 On 6/19/2024 at 10:59 AM, mcbpete said: Guess he finally got what he asked for ( https://aphextwin.warp.net/release/68148-aphex-twin-selected-ambient-works-volume-ii ) I love his notes he made on some tracks.. I wish he could have done it for all the tracks! Maybe have that in the Limited edition box set? Can only hope! Caged Element 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982209 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 On 6/18/2024 at 3:32 PM, Rubin Farr said: Expand For anyone who missed out, or doesn't want to wait until October to buy from discogs scalpers, I still have my original copy of SAW2 on cassette... Rubin Farr 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Dragon's signature Hide all signatures faith <3 Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDEM Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 On 6/19/2024 at 8:23 PM, jules said: They really should have done way more tapes [...] it is 2024 [...]. jules 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982311 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 On 6/19/2024 at 10:10 AM, danshoebridge said: A bit baffled by the inclusion of Rhubarb orch rev, that track doesn't really seem to fit with the rest of the album. Especially when you've got Red Calx available. Yeah it mustve been a special track for him to prioritise it like this. I prob would have preferred Red Calx as well. Happy about Stone In Focus, I'm of the mind that it should have been on the record anyway, replacing one of the more creepy/illbient tracks. Theres a risk of the record becoming too sweet, but I still think its a good balance. Its a huge monster of an album already so we're only getting a fraction of the extra material, which is a shame but understandable. There are not enough nerds out there to warrant a full SAW2.5 record with Just Fall Asleep, 07 b, Lush Ambulance, etc on there. colunga 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Key's signature Hide all signatures . Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982314 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wunderbar Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 anyone know what that ugly sound at 3:46 is ? doesnt seem to happen in the older upload of stone in focus Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 hey you're right, some sort of artifact/glitch at 3:46 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 (edited) On 6/20/2024 at 9:08 PM, Wunderbar said: anyone know what that ugly sound at 3:46 is ? doesnt seem to happen in the older upload of stone in focus Expand Dont worry! it's just another version ... this one's apparently called Stone in Focus (MILF_Egg27yx4_Synthi_CakeGlitch_mx) Edited June 20, 2024 by xox Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Little Helper Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 On 6/20/2024 at 9:08 PM, Wunderbar said: anyone know what that ugly sound at 3:46 is ? doesnt seem to happen in the older upload of stone in focus Expand to me, the first one sounds louder/more compressed. perhaps some compression artefacts? (i'm no expert!! - experts on this forum, pls correct me!!) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 On 6/20/2024 at 10:23 PM, Satans Little Helper said: (i'm no expert!! - experts on this forum, pls correct me!!) no need, you are correct; you are not an expert! Reveal hidden contents Wunderbar and Satans Little Helper 2 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Little Helper Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 xox 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted June 20, 2024 Report Share Posted June 20, 2024 On 6/19/2024 at 7:45 PM, Pirtek said: I like his new Spotify background! Expand here’s the full image Caged Element, thumbass and X4creek 3 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpetSoup Posted June 21, 2024 Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 (edited) On 6/20/2024 at 9:08 PM, Wunderbar said: anyone know what that ugly sound at 3:46 is ? doesnt seem to happen in the older upload of stone in focus Also Hearing that in the flac download from warp (upon a closer listen) Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition-01-019-Aphex Twin-#19.flac (edit) Put the warp flac into audacity and did a normalized side-by-side with a youtube download. there is certainly some hot level distortion going on in the flac compared to the YT version. 8:13 is pretty bad. Edited June 21, 2024 by CarpetSoup Was incorrect in original observation Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wunderbar Posted June 21, 2024 Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 On 6/21/2024 at 5:05 AM, CarpetSoup said: Not hearing that in the flac download from warp. Perhaps a codec artifact. Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition-01-019-Aphex Twin-#19.flac The sound is also present on the spotify upload. Really hope those artifacts are not present on the vinyl. They suck especially on an ambient album. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly Posted June 21, 2024 Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 On 6/18/2024 at 3:25 PM, voicemail said: Is there any word on the music getting remastered or anything? I don't see that anywhere... Just curious Yes; by Matt Colton (https://www.thisismetropolis.com/engineers/matt-colton/) Listening to them now they seem much louder than the originals (maybe due to streaming loudness rules??) That being said, the low end seems to be consistently more defined (especially in Grass and Weathered Stone) but i'm no expert Rubin Farr, voicemail, Satans Little Helper and 1 other 3 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
droid Posted June 21, 2024 Report Share Posted June 21, 2024 (edited) SIF is definitely way more compressed. The ticks sound just a touch tinnier/sharper as well. I imagine whatever processes they used also brought out some artefacts from the original tape. Edited June 22, 2024 by droid Satans Little Helper and xox 1 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattthegoone Posted June 25, 2024 Report Share Posted June 25, 2024 I see they have reduced the delivery cost of the 4lp tshirt bundle by more than 50% I knew they had made a balls of that, tellingly they haven't put out any messages on social media that they made a balls of it and will refund people they ripped off but I suppose they may have emailed people who bought them who hadn't noticed, if they haven't it's really poor form, people have paid good money for this 3-4 months in advance of its expected release, don't be a cunt, simple interpersonal cuntinomics Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattthegoone Posted June 25, 2024 Report Share Posted June 25, 2024 As a regular EU purchaser of AFX merch from Bleep I would love to hear the reasoning of the price differential for the goods themselves, seems like EU were being charged somewhere in the region of 20% premium for no apparent reason vs UK/US xox 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2982709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentvision Posted August 23, 2024 Report Share Posted August 23, 2024 (edited) Email communicaton from Warp Production of the Selected Ambient Works Volume II limited box sets is well underway. The individual copper plates for the boxes are turning out beautifully, with each one developing a unique patina. We’ll keep you up to date with progress. Edited August 23, 2024 by silentvision Friendly Stranger, Caged Element, X4creek and 1 other 4 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2987201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattthegoone Posted August 23, 2024 Report Share Posted August 23, 2024 On 8/23/2024 at 2:48 PM, silentvision said: Email communicaton from Warp Production of the Selected Ambient Works Volume II limited box sets is well underway. The individual copper plates for the boxes are turning out beautifully, with each one developing a unique patina. We’ll keep you up to date with progress. Expand They look well in fairness, I have to say I'm keen to see what some tycoon pays for one of these when they go up on ebay and discogs having missed the pre-order while trophy hunting lion in the serengeti Dragon and Uros 1 1 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/104651-saw-ii-turns-30/page/7/#findComment-2987204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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