Wisp - The Shimmering Hour

  Kenneth172 said:

  patternoverlap said:

Yeah, I don't really see the similarities. I always thought Teddy Oggie sounded like Wisp.

 

I can assure you that Wisp is not The Tuss, if that is what you are implying.

 

I'm not implying that Wisp is The Tuss at all. There's so many little nuances and musical ideas between the Tuss and Wisp which sound similar like the snare rushes, occasional use of big reverb added to a snare, synth tones, melodies, the similarities are scattered all over the place. Use your ears!

My ears work just fine and get plenty of use. If you want to break it down into that level of detail, then many artists would have similarities. Pretty much every 80's track had reverb on the snare. Snare rushes are a staple of DnB. You can do the same thing with RDJ and people who preceded him. I see a lot of ideas used by RDJ that are evident in groups like 808 State. I don't call those similarities as much as I call it influence. To me, Wisp has a totally different feel from RDJ. He creates a realm that is more fantasy/rpg/broken memories whereas RDJ delves into more dark/strange/tense territories with some melancholy thrown in for good measure.

The Wisp sounds like the Wisp and RDJ sounds like RDJ. It's just a coincidence that when Rephlex made the fake myspace page for The Tuss they happened to have picked a Wisp Track.

  Deepex said:

  Velazquez said:

Let me tell ya something - I dig your work. Playing one side against the other, in bed with everybody - just fabulous stuff. ...

 

Look, just stay away from my cool Rephlex friends.

Hey, I'm not messing with your special Rephlex friends

  patternoverlap said:

  Kenneth172 said:

  patternoverlap said:

Yeah, I don't really see the similarities. I always thought Teddy Oggie sounded like Wisp.

 

I can assure you that Wisp is not The Tuss, if that is what you are implying.

 

I'm not implying that Wisp is The Tuss at all. There's so many little nuances and musical ideas between the Tuss and Wisp which sound similar like the snare rushes, occasional use of big reverb added to a snare, synth tones, melodies, the similarities are scattered all over the place. Use your ears!

 

My ears work just fine and get plenty of use. If you want to break it down into that level of detail, then many artists would have similarities. Pretty much every 80's track had reverb on the snare. Snare rushes are a staple of DnB. You can do the same thing with RDJ and people who preceded him. I see a lot of ideas used by RDJ that are evident in groups like 808 State. I don't call those similarities as much as I call it influence. To me, Wisp has a totally different feel from RDJ. He creates a realm that is more fantasy/rpg/broken memories whereas RDJ delves into more dark/strange/tense territories with some melancholy thrown in for good measure.

I hear what you're saying but I stand by my viewpoint. I've listened to Aphex as long as anyone else. It struck me that there were distinct similarities between his work as The Tuss and Wisp's stuff. I think it's a bit extreme to say the two are totally different. You can't ignore the fact that people are on the same wavelength therefore similar ideas are bound to crop up. As I said before the snare rushes, big use of reverb added to a snare, the bits of melody. Wisp's style was close enough to the Tuss that a lot of people were fooled into thinking Teddy Oggie was by Aphex when it was put on Myspace. All I said was they sound similar, that's just my viewpoint and we're all entitled to our own opinion.

  AOOproductions said:

The Wisp sounds like the Wisp and RDJ sounds like RDJ. It's just a coincidence that when Rephlex made the fake myspace page for The Tuss they happened to have picked a Wisp Track.

lol

Yeah sure, Wisp has some Aphex qualities, but if you want to really really break it down...

The level of detail in The Tuss tracks greatly surpasses that in any Wisp track I've heard. You can hear RDJ's signature reverb techniques (which often include real room reverb), varying drum patterns to advance the track in a very particular fashion (manly heard on drukqs) , and superior synth programming. If The Tuss was anyone other than RDJ I would feel sorry for them because they must have studied his every move and very consciously attempted to sound like him.

I love Wisp, but I don't think The Tuss is his style or even in his skill range.

totally agreed shatner

yeah wisp is closer to like late-90s SP or aphex than the tuss (i.e. late 00s aphex), and the quality isn't quite as high, for sure

shut it

wisp is the soundtrack to the lord of the rings if it were directed by Jerry Bruckheimer

  playbynumbers said:

yeah wisp is closer to like late-90s SP or aphex than the tuss (i.e. late 00s aphex), and the quality isn't quite as high, for sure

*wipes forehead*

whew. I was a little worried that the voice of dissent wouldn't appear in this thread.

anyhow, sorry for the delay everyone. album will be out soon. and if you are in the UK, i will be playing some shows in mind June (13th @ Bangface, 19th in Nottingham, and 21st in Cornwall). Come see me if you can :D

when are you coming to texas?

AWESOME ill be at the nottingham gig. out of interest..whos booked you?

edit: to everyone who compares wisp to the tuss, biatch please..i cant even bare to pretend i like most of that shit, whereas "teddy oggie" is the best old style analogue "electronic music" track ive heard in donkeys. xxx

seriously if tuss wasnt on rephlex and the rdj rumours had never existed..people wouldnt even care.

rdj rumours? lol what are you talking about.

errrm...

maybe all this hype and waffle leading up the releases:

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=19857

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=20751

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=21402

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=21497

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=21182

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=23719

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=22894

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=22848

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=20364

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=29590

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=23736

  varient said:

errrm...

 

maybe all this hype and waffle leading up the releases:

 

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=19857

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=20751

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=21402

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=21497

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=21182

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=23719

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=22894

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=22848

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=20364

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=29590

http://forum.watmm.com/index.php?showtopic=23736

those threads really take me back... Was RDJ the Tuss? is RDJ the Tuss? who is the Tuss...??? "don't worry guys we'll know by 2008".

is the tuss richard? sure why not.

preview pt 2 plz

and the last track on the 1st preview

sounds like some galavanting about around a renaissance fair

  rocky path said:

preview pt 2 plz

 

and the last track on the 1st preview

 

sounds like some galavanting about around a renaissance fair

:-)

  varient said:

AWESOME ill be at the nottingham gig. out of interest..whos booked you?

 

edit: to everyone who compares wisp to the tuss, biatch please..i cant even bare to pretend i like most of that shit, whereas "teddy oggie" is the best old style analogue "electronic music" track ive heard in donkeys. xxx

 

seriously if tuss wasnt on rephlex and the rdj rumours had never existed..people wouldnt even care.

So you're saying people wouldn't rate the Tuss then if they weren't linked with Rephlex / RDJ?

1:06 is where it's at!

Sounds great.

huh?

i see nothing gets past you, kenneth!

rdj is god whereas wisp is like a huge minotaur with shiny, sinewy haunches

  AOOproductions said:

The Wisp sounds like the Wisp and RDJ sounds like RDJ. It's just a coincidence that when Rephlex made the fake myspace page for The Tuss they happened to have picked a Wisp Track.

lol, yes that myspace page was made by rephlex

  Fred McGriff said:

rdj is god whereas wisp is like a huge minotaur with shiny, sinewy haunches

lolol

I can accept that.