Aphex Twin Aphex did release a complete CD full of new tracks in december

i hope it's nothing like drukqs. i like drukqs but i wouldn't want him to repeat himself. looking forward to more of his experimental side.

didn't he move to scotland and is re-building studio, or something?

whatever he's up to, i'm just not under the impression he's sleeping on piles of money

he's moved back to cornwall now

  On 5/6/2010 at 10:25 PM, ilt17 said:

SAWII never seemed so mysterious to me (although I suspect it's more sequenced dictaphone music than synths...)

I do think a lot of the SAW stuff was done with creative use of homemade samples. That's probably where a lot of the "build my own sounds" thing comes in, not from building his own synthesizers.

  On 5/6/2010 at 10:25 PM, ilt17 said:

 

Now The Tuss too much persons can reach that point easily

Oh my fuck, just no.

there's nothing near the quality of the tuss yet.

  On 5/7/2010 at 3:36 PM, GORDO said:

there's nothing near the quality of the tuss yet.

I remember when some people claimed Monolith was The Tuss.

BOOM ! Thanks good Sir.

Also Tuss is Analord 10 clone, Tuss has a flawless audio quality (bad point), Tuss is complete overdetailed-retropretentious wank, Tuss is passive [My opinion of course, I wouldn't offend all the Tuss lovers...].

He's too old now, youth roughness/smoothness/curiosity has gone, THAT was Aphex Twin.

Hey wait that may is why we didn't have an Aphex Twin release for ten years I just realise, he may thought the same once. I sincerely hope !

  On 5/6/2010 at 6:15 PM, ilt17 said:

  On 5/4/2010 at 2:19 PM, Cryptowen said:

^He said years ago that he planned to stop releasing albums when he had enough money. Maybe he meant it.

Then he should have left right after Windowlicker, really. 2000-2010 was all stand-by and nostalgia, he demistified Aphex Twin .. which is a BAD thing.

Don't even care about a new album which would be pretentious tussy ultra-flawless-audio stuff for sure...

You have proved my point.

Apart from Drukqs which is a flawed masterpeice, he hasn't released music under Aphex Twin for a very long time. So he hasn't demistified the Aphex Twin sound at all. I am sure that's why he uses different names like the Tuss and AFX, so he can release music which he feels like and to 1) make money and 2)keep his loyal fanbase happy, (even if its not his best material). I do not believe what he says about just making records for cash. That's a lie. You need to remember not only does he have a bank balance but he has an ego as well. And I am sure he has a respect for his fans. He just drip feeds us when he needs too.

I also think that he knows that an Aphex Twin record is massive, and he will release his best music on it. Warp and Aphex is a big deal. I am sure he saves his best stuff for it. No way would the Tuss emerge as Aphex Twin. The fact that it doesn't shows he knows himself.

The Manchester track is pure Aphex Twin. It's not difficult to imagine he has another dozen mental tunes like that up his sleeve.

And only a fool would say that Aphex is past it.

Well, we'll be fixed soon perhaps if you're right, not soon if I am. Don't call me a fool till there, I didn't for you...

And also I'm still convinced he's more than able go out of the average comfort (he is innate even), but he doesn't do, it's grating. Manchester track is good but Mrs Jynx could do the same (no blame on Mrs Jynx don't get it wrong but .. you know what I mean).

Same with Mike and Planet Mu.

Same with Surgeon.

Same with electronic music, paradoxical when every artist feeds and shits the word "fresh".

In regards to New RDJ versus Old RDJ, my thinking is - if you took something from SAW, figured out every melody, drum sequence, synth patch, & effects chain, then recreated it with crap Windows 95 midi sounds, it probably wouldn't sound very good. Whereas something from Drukqs, if you did that, I bet it would still sound pretty intense because there's so much going on in the sequences.

I don't know, that's probably not a very good analogy. But basically I'm trying to say that I think the newer stuff is better because it's based more on the structure of the songs themselves & less on lo-fi atmosphere.

i stand by this

  On 3/26/2009 at 8:11 PM, hahathhat said:

finally, his lack of releases recently has made it hard to remain enthusiastic. other artists continue to advance. rushup edge was like driving 100 miles for a spliff and a cold beer, in terms of wait vs. reward.

Keep the faith, my kiddies.

  On 5/8/2010 at 2:24 AM, ieafs said:

yeah but people grow up... you can't keep doing the same thing as when you were younger. there's good points to naivete and maturity - best to just take each as they come rather than trying to cling to either.

Rhoo hey man I'm speaking for Aphex Twin, not Richard James. He would have released tuss tracks under Aphex moniker I'd have hung myself. It's too late now Richard doesn't fit for Aphex anymore, he fits for The Tuss. It may was his proper way to grow up as you say...

It's a good thing for those who prefer tuss and a bad thing for those who prefer lo-fi. It fucking grates me and I like to shout it but in true colors I surely am loads more tolerant than any of the narrowmided perfection/evolution extremists !

RDJ album was the sum up of him discovering hi-fi, he doesn't discover or experiment anything with Analord or Tuss. I prefer the exploring Richard not the nostalgic one, more entertaining to me.

Matter of taste of course, but it annoys me to be surrounded by more and more people who leave good things for perfect things.

Read his huge post on Planet Mu MB, I call it nostalgia.

Read the tracklists of his last "live"sets, I call it throwbacks.

He's what he writes, nostalgic and throwbacky.

After several listens I can't remember any Tuss track except Synthacon 9, after a few listens I was able to remember each SAW1 track. Tuss is too slick, no flaw to hang and it slip out of my memory.

We could go on for hours I know I won't convince you, but I can tell you there's a ditch between fans and clairvoyant fans. [not pretending I'm one, a bit young, but I know some old good and true ones]

  On 5/7/2010 at 5:16 PM, vasio said:

  On 5/7/2010 at 3:36 PM, GORDO said:

there's nothing near the quality of the tuss yet.

 

I remember when some people claimed Monolith was The Tuss.

it's an approach but not close enough.

^Yeah, if he was just nostalgiaing we'd be expecting Selected Ambient Works 14 any time now.

  On 5/8/2010 at 2:34 PM, ilt17 said:

Read his huge post on Planet Mu MB, I call it nostalgia.

Read the tracklists of his last "live"sets, I call it throwbacks.

He's what he writes, nostalgic and throwbacky.

 

After several listens I can't remember any Tuss track except Synthacon 9, after a few listens I was able to remember each SAW1 track. Tuss is too slick, no flaw to hang and it slip out of my memory.

We could go on for hours I know I won't convince you, but I can tell you there's a ditch between fans and clairvoyant fans. [not pretending I'm one, a bit young, but I know some old good and true ones]

I agree that there is some sort of magic missing from his latest releases. Though I don't like The Tuss much, some of his Analords are very good but you get the sense that some sparkle has gone. Just that vein of insanity is missing. And that could be down to middle age and being a family man etc etc. Everyone mellows out and almost all artists have a major slump. If that's the case lets hope his story of having hundreds of unreleased track from back in the day is true, though I am the biggest sceptic of anything he says because he is a wind-up merchant of the highest order.

I will keep the faith until the new Aphex Twin album drops on Warp. Then we will all know. That could be the reason it's taking so long....

Apologies about the fool comment.

  On 5/9/2010 at 4:56 AM, ieafs said:

Sort of the same leap there was from SAW to ICBYD.

no, NO

  On 5/9/2010 at 4:56 AM, ieafs said:

surely the fact that you don't like his new direction is proof enough that he's not just riding on past glories?

Of course he isn't riding on past glories, or not his I'd say. It doesn't please me 'cause I feel like it's not his propoer music anymore since Analord, he isn't special anymore we could find tuss on a new free netlabel by an unknown artist really. I don't see the aphex halo anymore since his music is average and everybody do the same. I exaggerate a bit he's still above the mass BUT not that much since he doesn't discover anything anymore (I repeat myself but I seriously wonder if people read me somtimes).

He evolved for sure but not the right way for me, more the good one for you then allright that's fine, no problem we aren't here to fight but I like to say what I think heh

  On 5/9/2010 at 11:39 AM, Cryptowen said:

^Yeah, if he was just nostalgiaing we'd be expecting Selected Ambient Works 14 any time now.

As said, he isn't nostalgic about his proper music but what brought him to make his own and about music that was up at the time he discovered what he truly liked.

  On 5/9/2010 at 1:03 PM, beerwolf said:

I agree that there is some sort of magic missing from his latest releases. Though I don't like The Tuss much, some of his Analords are very good but you get the sense that some sparkle has gone. Just that vein of insanity is missing. And that could be down to middle age and being a family man etc etc. Everyone mellows out and almost all artists have a major slump. If that's the case lets hope his story of having hundreds of unreleased track from back in the day is true, though I am the biggest sceptic of anything he says because he is a wind-up merchant of the highest order.

 

I will keep the faith until the new Aphex Twin album drops on Warp. Then we will all know. That could be the reason it's taking so long....

 

Apologies about the fool comment.

Hehe no problem ;) I liked this comment, clear and honest I aggree with. (still not the first one but I'm hard to convince lol)

you need to clean your ears and listen rushup edge again

  On 5/10/2010 at 12:29 AM, GORDO said:

you need to clean your ears and listen rushup edge again

  On 5/10/2010 at 12:29 AM, GORDO said:

you need to clean your ears and listen rushup edge again

  On 5/10/2010 at 12:29 AM, GORDO said:

you need to clean your ears and listen rushup edge again

maybe he quit meth afther drukqs?

Seriously, dismissing The Tuss seems like madness to me. It is among his most playful, inspired, energetic, sophisticated and dynamic material ever.

"This could be found on any net label", hahaha. Yeah. Failing to recognize the innovation and next levelness here is beyond me - this is not mere nostalgia or analogue wank. The way the cornucopious wealth of ideas is combined with consistency and flow and a super condensed and flawless aesthetic surely must be attributed to a genious. This is "stream of consciousness" of epic proportions, particularly in "Last Rushup 10".

Pff Tuss fans.. ok I leave