Confederation Trough / Rushup Edge

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:16 PM, iamabe said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 1:56 PM, ZoeB said:

So during those long moments between his albums, don't complain, write your own, and try to live up to his high standards of creativity like iamabe does. :)

 

Thank you, but I'm happier when I zone out and make noises with my toys instead of trying to imitate RDJ.

Oh sorry, I didn't mean to insinuate anyone should try to rip him off, just to live up to that level, that standard.

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:16 PM, iamabe said:

Though I do like the idea that aiming for RDJ and making Moby is better than aiming for Moby and sounding like poop.

Aim high, fail well. :)

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:16 PM, iamabe said:

I can't believe no one mentioned the quack in Last Rushup 10.

 

Rushup Edge without the quack - 6/10

Rushup Edge with the quack - 10/10

Ha, the bit at 5:13? Yes, it's those little extras that really make the piece. I really have to learn how to sprinkle on those kinds of bits. My favourite bit in Last Rushup 10 is the almost power chord electric guitar like noise growling in the background throughout the beginning, drenched in reverb (it picks up again at 1:59), then suddenly appearing in the foreground slightly too early at 2:28, leading into the quiet bridge. (Listening to it a bit more intently, it sounds like the foreground sound's actually something else, and really badly cropped. Interesting.) It's so simple and so effective, it really adds to the track as a whole. I never even noticed stuff like that until I first got my hands on some master tracks (Nine Inch Nails's excellent Year Zero) and managed to isolate the different components of songs and focus on each element in isolation, to then hear how they work together as a whole. If only more artists released their master tapes. Imagine being able to hear all the different channels that comprise something like Rushup Edge...

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:16 PM, iamabe said:

I can't believe no one mentioned the quack in Last Rushup 10.

 

Rushup Edge without the quack - 6/10

Rushup Edge with the quack - 10/10

Out of curiosity, how do you rate the track from Melodies From Mars that sounds a bit like mewing cats?

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:49 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:16 PM, iamabe said:

I can't believe no one mentioned the quack in Last Rushup 10.

 

Rushup Edge without the quack - 6/10

Rushup Edge with the quack - 10/10

 

Out of curiosity, how do you rate the track from Melodies From Mars that sounds a bit like mewing cats?

Pigeon Street?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NAv5xgI1q4

I love it. I like hearing richard's wank tracks.

I once pranked a roommate by putting pigeon street on loop while he was sleeping.

I totally agree about the "power chord" in rushup. It's an excellent texture. But for me, the star of the intro is the fucking thundering bass, those two notes with delay. One thing I regret most about selling my car was losing the woofer and listening to Rushup 10's intro as loud as possible.

When I'm at work I browse watmm alot but I never get around to really breaking down what bits I like in a track. There is so much to be said about a single Tuss track.

And I would pay money for rdj to release a multitrack the way trent did.

Better yet, how about a whole fucking project, with all the automation, all the everything (he has to have some stuff that was made entirely in the box).

Pigeon street is ace... but thats a caustic window track.

I think Zoe is talkin about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Q2fo4uIOY

imo Melodies from Mars is Richards funnest album, I just love the production qualities (or lack thereof). Everything sounds so broken.

Melodies from Mars is Richard's best album.

ah. i've never given melodies from mars a proper listen all the way through. neat track.

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:06 AM, chimera slot mom said:

It's quite good but abit too hectic. The excellent moments like the piano solo are way too short and unresolved.

one thing I admire about afx (and anyone else who does this really) is how he comes up with these really awesome melodic bits, riffs, sounds or whatever and then he resists the temptation of repeating them all over the song, in many cases just using it once. it really makes me want to listen the tracks more, just to hear those "bits". not sure if I'm explaining myself well.

  On 6/29/2010 at 5:40 PM, iamabe said:

ah. i've never given melodies from mars a proper listen all the way through. neat track.

Blasphemy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGB-Uubr0Wc

  On 6/29/2010 at 5:40 PM, GORDO said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:06 AM, chimera slot mom said:

It's quite good but abit too hectic. The excellent moments like the piano solo are way too short and unresolved.

 

one thing I admire about afx (and anyone else who does this really) is how he comes up with these really awesome melodic bits, riffs, sounds or whatever and then he resists the temptation of repeating them all over the song, in many cases just using it once. it really makes me want to listen the tracks more, just to hear those "bits". not sure if I'm explaining myself well.

You're absolutely right.

EVERYBODY JUST WAIT A SEC

isn't alspacka one of the greatest things he has ever recorded?

track 12 from MFMars has been my morning alarm for about 2 years

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:25 PM, Kanakori said:

track 12 from MFMars has been my morning alarm for about 2 years

  On 6/29/2010 at 5:40 PM, GORDO said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:06 AM, chimera slot mom said:

It's quite good but abit too hectic. The excellent moments like the piano solo are way too short and unresolved.

 

one thing I admire about afx (and anyone else who does this really) is how he comes up with these really awesome melodic bits, riffs, sounds or whatever and then he resists the temptation of repeating them all over the song, in many cases just using it once. it really makes me want to listen the tracks more, just to hear those "bits". not sure if I'm explaining myself well.

I have recognized this many times. I call it "Abusing the Hook". It is a sin of which many artists are guilty. If they hear a hook they repeat it and it makes the music suck. Why not instead make like 10 hooks that are all different and put them all throughout the song? My most memorable Aphex - "I'mma give you just a little hook and make you want more" is on Ziggomatic v17 at 5:05 the song comes into a climax after a build up and that High hat sound is amazing. You get to hear it 3 times and that's it. It's done. A lot of his music is based around the idea of hearing something only once during a song or so. Even in music that is similar to his the artists tend to abuse the hook just a bit more than him.

  On 3/15/2012 at 6:32 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

Why not instead make like 10 hooks that are all different and put them all throughout the song?

Because that is a good indicator of ADD.

  On 3/16/2012 at 6:33 PM, chimera slot mom said:

  On 3/15/2012 at 6:32 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

Why not instead make like 10 hooks that are all different and put them all throughout the song?

 

Because that is a good indicator of ADD.

lol

  On 3/15/2012 at 6:32 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 5:40 PM, GORDO said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:06 AM, chimera slot mom said:

It's quite good but abit too hectic. The excellent moments like the piano solo are way too short and unresolved.

 

one thing I admire about afx (and anyone else who does this really) is how he comes up with these really awesome melodic bits, riffs, sounds or whatever and then he resists the temptation of repeating them all over the song, in many cases just using it once. it really makes me want to listen the tracks more, just to hear those "bits". not sure if I'm explaining myself well.

 

 

I have recognized this many times. I call it "Abusing the Hook". It is a sin of which many artists are guilty. If they hear a hook they repeat it and it makes the music suck.

  On 3/16/2012 at 7:15 PM, Berk said:

  On 3/15/2012 at 6:32 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 5:40 PM, GORDO said:

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:06 AM, chimera slot mom said:

It's quite good but abit too hectic. The excellent moments like the piano solo are way too short and unresolved.

 

one thing I admire about afx (and anyone else who does this really) is how he comes up with these really awesome melodic bits, riffs, sounds or whatever and then he resists the temptation of repeating them all over the song, in many cases just using it once. it really makes me want to listen the tracks more, just to hear those "bits". not sure if I'm explaining myself well.

 

 

I have recognized this many times. I call it "Abusing the Hook". It is a sin of which many artists are guilty. If they hear a hook they repeat it and it makes the music suck.

Lots of music that repeats hooks is very good though. I'm thinking of Bochum Welt, Drexciya etc.

You're right. I love Drexciya. There is definitely a grey area here. It is a noticeable lazy habit I think in some people's music or an attempt at catching an audience. Drexciya has a really retro vibe to it though and the fact that they allegedly recorded a lot of stuff live would be another decent excuse for the repetition.

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:28 PM, GRVGLTCHR said:

  On 3/8/2012 at 8:25 PM, Kanakori said:

track 12 from MFMars has been my morning alarm for about 2 years

mine has been an excerpt from the elephant song. That shit wakes you THE FUCK UP.

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