Aphex Twin Aphex Twin @ Bestival 2008

  Glass Plate said:

well if the guy had long hair, then it had to have been some one else or something, maybe he cancelled and the venue didn't want to give refunds, who knows.

last time i saw aphex he had short hair.. but when I say long hair, it was covering his forehead.. I guess it could be an imposter but that's pushing it a bit.

Watching his other previous recordings on youtube now.. what a shame.

  Echo said:

He's going deaf.

It would have been louder then!

  Joyrex said:

  Echo said:

He's going deaf.

 

 

It would have been louder then!

Yeah, you know I'm genuinely pissed off.. I don't know what the fuck happened and I'm very inclined to try and investigate what. Something is very fishy/not right. I'll be happy once I know why.

Hey, ask him for me will you!?

yeah joyrex, talk to him. there has to be a reason behind it, richard is not the kind of person who would put on such a quiet show.

  Joyrex said:

  Echo said:

He's going deaf.

 

It would have been louder then!

But maybe he thought it was louder than it really was...

Yo guys just got home, full report later!

AFX gurners were there dressed as adult babies, very poor sound, very poor crowd.

Aphex tracks played - Fenix Funk 5, a Tuss number from the LP, something from Selected Ambient Works 1 (mixed into Ace of Clubs Madonna sampling tune), Arched Maid

Noone recognised any of them except me going mad and dancing on my own, seemed like everyone was there just to say they've seen AFX and talk shite. Poor set wasn't really Richard's fault, the sound was wank and he was getting NO crowd response. At the end he cut it off short and looked at the crowd and shrugged in a sort of "what's going on" way and STILL no response. I felt bad for the guy, after being helicoptered in and Bestival trying to get him to play for 5 yrs you'd think the crowd would go mad.

Oh and it was clearly AFX, he's just growing his hair back

You should have gone up to him after his set and caressed his face and told him how much you liked his 'electronic music'.

  Solo Strike said:

At the end he cut it off short and looked at the crowd and shrugged in a sort of "what's going on" way and STILL no response.

I'd like to see that.

  Solo Strike said:

Yo guys just got home, full report later!

 

AFX gurners were there dressed as adult babies, very poor sound, very poor crowd.

 

Aphex tracks played - Fenix Funk 5, a Tuss number from the LP, something from Selected Ambient Works 1 (mixed into Ace of Clubs Madonna sampling tune), Arched Maid

 

Noone recognised any of them except me going mad and dancing on my own, seemed like everyone was there just to say they've seen AFX and talk shite. Poor set wasn't really Richard's fault, the sound was wank and he was getting NO crowd response. At the end he cut it off short and looked at the crowd and shrugged in a sort of "what's going on" way and STILL no response. I felt bad for the guy, after being helicoptered in and Bestival trying to get him to play for 5 yrs you'd think the crowd would go mad.

 

Oh and it was clearly AFX, he's just growing his hair back

I was a bit drunk but would have danced if he played some good stuff. as it was it was poor and I was almost at the front .. then I noticed how quiet it was so walked back a bit but no help.

Also, as I recall there were quite a few people dancing.. not wildly but certainly enjoying it and loosing it in the moment.

I on the other hand didn't really welcome it.. yes he played archmeid, fenix funk.. but they aren't really knock ur socks off and get ur body moving like a twat on acid. The other material he played as I said didn't do anything.. just kind of mellow - and again, the sound was really quiet.

All the other artists playing there, even the pretty shit boring ones had this hard hitting bass you felt on your chest it was a good volume.

I have checked out the bestival forum and apparently it had to be turned down due to "environmental health issues" don't know what the fuck that's about but i do feel sorry for aphex for that shit... ah well.

oh and, lets be honest, he wasn't announced which was fucking stupid.. aphex is the god lets face it, playing at an electronic orientated festival and he wasn't on the main arena?!.. Fair enough, might of been too much, but not to even announce was just silly..

Ah well. If this one sucked lets just wait for the next one:

16 November 2008 - Moscow, Russia

  boris said:

Ah well. If this one sucked lets just wait for the next one:

 

16 November 2008 - Moscow, Russia

where did you get this info from ? can't find it anywhere!

ah just found it on last.fm ^^! he's going to russia... maybe also to germany !!

OK, here's my take on what went down..

I was down the front at the beginning (it was definitely Richard), volume was ok - not banging but alright. Playing fairly tedious material, most of the original stuff I picked out was older stuff.. Polygon Window/SAW/Analogue Bubblebath era tunes.

Went out to get more beer about 30/40 mins in.. by the time I came back the volume had gone very very quiet, with no bass whatsoever.. Maybe they killed the amps or something.. Tried gesturing to the sound guys, all I got was a shrug that suggested 'there's nothing we can do'. Hmm. Richard eventually left to pretty much zero reaction.. everyone was a bit confused I think.

The odd thing was 808 state came on afterwards.. They were really quite loud, but still with absolutely no bass frequencies.. Which was a shame, because I thought they rocked it otherwise.

Environmental health issues sounds a bit vague to me.. I think it was a case of blown/drenched sub amps or something. It was all sorted the next day though.

Big let down for the end of saturday.. Shame really. What a soggy muddy mess it all was.

My Bloody Valentine were absolutely jaw droppingly good on the friday though - personal highlight by far!

  esquimaw said:

OK, here's my take on what went down..

 

I was down the front at the beginning (it was definitely Richard), volume was ok - not banging but alright. Playing fairly tedious material, most of the original stuff I picked out was older stuff.. Polygon Window/SAW/Analogue Bubblebath era tunes.

 

Went out to get more beer about 30/40 mins in.. by the time I came back the volume had gone very very quiet, with no bass whatsoever.. Maybe they killed the amps or something.. Tried gesturing to the sound guys, all I got was a shrug that suggested 'there's nothing we can do'. Hmm. Richard eventually left to pretty much zero reaction.. everyone was a bit confused I think.

 

The odd thing was 808 state came on afterwards.. They were really quite loud, but still with absolutely no bass frequencies.. Which was a shame, because I thought they rocked it otherwise.

 

Environmental health issues sounds a bit vague to me.. I think it was a case of blown/drenched sub amps or something. It was all sorted the next day though.

 

Big let down for the end of saturday.. Shame really. What a soggy muddy mess it all was.

 

My Bloody Valentine were absolutely jaw droppingly good on the friday though - personal highlight by far!

Yeah, this is what I cant understand.. It was much quiter overall, but totally agree with the bass.. Odd thing being is that everyone knows highs travel further than the lower spectrum of sound for example bass and as you pointed out - 808 state much louder.

I don't know if I'm just ultra picky but that volume alone ruined it for me.. thats without even commenting on the soft dance music that had no groove or passion.

I don't buy the whole noise pollution, robin hill is in the middle of fucking nowhere and no other tent had these restrictions.

The only other thing that really pissed me off at the bestival was the fact that my cousen apparently got told he couldn't take a crate of beer to the camp site. To do that is very fucking cheeky considering the diabolical weather conditions. To be fair, I did find it hard to believe and wasn't there at the time, apart from that I did enjoy the bestival and will be going next year.

  boris said:

Ah well. If this one sucked lets just wait for the next one:

 

16 November 2008 - Moscow, Russia

i wonder if he will be interviewed by retards again in an interrogation room.

that's the best part

Just curious, I met a big aphex fan there, he had some kind of beanie on and gave me a high five after he stated he liked autechre.. Anyone of you?

  joshier said:

Just curious, I met a big aphex fan there, he had some kind of beanie on and gave me a high five after he stated he liked autechre.. Anyone of you?

Should have asked him about WATMM

  joshier said:

Yeah, this is what I cant understand.. It was much quiter overall, but totally agree with the bass.. Odd thing being is that everyone knows highs travel further than the lower spectrum of sound for example bass and as you pointed out - 808 state much louder.

Everyone doesn't know this. Bass actually travels further.

fuck outdoor festivals in this country man....scene is totally dead.

he dropped the third or fourth track from quaristice in at the beginning.

i really enjoyed aphex, purely because i was fucked and had nothing to compare his set to. plus, right at the front, the sound seemed a bit better.

still, the crowd were one of the shittest crowds i have ever been in. and to think it was to aphex twin makes me annoyed.

lol

He dropped autechre?

man thats unheard of!... in over 10 years of Ae tunes and tons of dj sets.... is this the first?

What was that really cheesy party tune he played in the first 15 mins? That one you can hear at any given bar/pub on a Friday night up and down the country? That was a bit of an eyebrow raiser!