Rhubarb appreciation

I'm just in awe of this song. There's nothing else I've heard that's as beautiful, or evokes so much deep emotion, at least not in such an immediate way. I can just turn it on and straight away it puts my life and problems in perspective. It's so simple and yet so effective that it almost makes a mockery of everything that came before it tbh. Maybe this is going too far but it honestly seems to capture some sort of essence of the human condition for me...

So if RDJ releases nothing but acid techno with wacky twisting bass lines for the rest of his life I couldn't be angry because he's never going to top Rhubarb nor is anyone else.

Anyone feel the same way?

Not sure if I think it's his best song but it's a beautiful track for sure

Definitely one of the top tracks I have ever heard

Definitely not the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, but definitely up there.

Probably my favorite ambient piece from RDJ.

Wisp's remix is fantastic as well, it really sticks to the beauty of the original.

listening to this track in the middle of a field after a large snow fall wearing headphones was an amazing experience

Indescribable

  On 9/3/2010 at 7:53 PM, yek said:

listening to this track in the middle of a field after a large snow fall wearing headphones was an amazing experience

that fits the track perfectly, I ought to do that once too

when it drops off / goes silent for a second around 40s or so into it, i stop breathing,,,and then it rushes back in and melts my breath away

it's like the most profound sadness and the most comforting peace and warmth at the same time. if I had to name an all-time favorite track it would be this one.

Best ambient track ever made. Nothing comes close.

Extremely sweet track. I agree. One of those few electronic music instrumentals that you remember the melody of.

its this or lichen. Lichen wins out, but both are amazing

pure beauty.

love.

I quite agree.. this piece really puts my anxiety at a rest, there are a few other tracks that does it as well but this sure is at the very top.

I love Rhubarb, but i think stone in focus is better, its just one of those pieces of music that can be seen in a very happy moment or the saddest.

i love the second tone that comes in about 1/3 of the way through and stays for most of the track. it becomes so stark and and dreary, like it's "the end" of something. the end of what, i don't know. a story, a movie, a life, the Earth after life is long gone. i compare the feeling to most of Lovely Thunder by Harold Budd.

I dont understand the Rhubarb hype really. Well its awsome but stone in focus is way better.

this is beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hQG-XTVa4

  On 9/7/2010 at 10:33 AM, cern said:

I dont understand the Rhubarb hype really. Well its awsome but stone in focus is way better.

i'd say stone in focus is the centerpiece of the album

  On 9/7/2010 at 11:02 AM, beariksson said:

this is beautiful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hQG-XTVa4

Oh that... yeah I guess it works in a sort of cheap way... I don't find two young men bonding over a beer, reluctantly acknowledging the beauty of the sunset behind them, stuggling to keep things lighthearted in order to prevent any dreaded mushy sentimentality from breaking out, and basically trying to defend their masculinity at all costs, to be beautiful tbh. It feels fucking awkward to me.

on my top favs list for sure too.

there's this arrangement some youtube guy did for the track, it is pretty great to play on guitar too.

edit: oops i guess it was already posted, but here's the original guy. the tab's linked there too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTsUvMZSi9o

edit 2. the guy makes a lot of arrangments for aphex's tracks for guitar. check them out.

Rhubarb is nice but stone in focus is by far better!

  On 9/8/2010 at 9:34 PM, GORDO said:

on my top favs list for sure too.

 

there's this arrangement some youtube guy did for the track, it is pretty great to play on guitar too.

 

edit: oops i guess it was already posted, but here's the original guy. the tab's linked there too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTsUvMZSi9o

 

edit 2. the guy makes a lot of arrangments for aphex's tracks for guitar. check them out.

He plays it nicely on guitar.

lichen is the best on the album

Playing favorites is kind of a drag though