Unreleased AFX flacs

god I'm so exited.. downloading

Did anyone successfully decode 1 & 6? I would definitely appreciate a hook up.

1 & 6 did not decode in XLD for me, but they worked okay in Max. not Max/MSP, Max the CD ripping software for OS X.

so basically this is what happens when collector types hoard rare music and don't share it with the world when they should have...

we are left with sub par quality tape hiss distorted copies of music that existed at one time in decent quality.

so basically my advice is don't sit on something to feel 'elite' or like you're the only one who has it out of a select group of music geeks, give it to someone who has knowledge of audio recording processes to share it with the world. its the unselfish and non irritating thing to do.

  On 1/29/2011 at 8:13 PM, Bubba69 said:

 

whatever happened to CATS? I haven't seen that name around here in a long time, wasn't he the guy who handled the downloads section organization couple years back.

he's back under the board stealth style under a new name, KarakasaMusic music , here is his profile http://forum.watmm.com/user/800-karakasamusic/

  On 1/29/2011 at 4:56 PM, vasio said:

  On 1/29/2011 at 4:23 PM, jefferoo said:

  On 1/29/2011 at 3:44 PM, vasio said:

this clearly isn't Melodies from Mars that's for sure (which was unreleased too).

 

Of everything her has done that is available online and otherwise, MFM was my least favorite until these.

 

With some artists, demos are a great find. For me, AFX demos just don't cut it.

 

I guess I find all of his proper releases to be so perfect that hearing something that isn't perfect depresses me. I know. I'm a bitch.

 

 

Now, Ceephax's website tracks, those are something special.

 

Yeah completely agree there, I liked MFM thought but that was in 2000 when I last heard it. I think most people would be disappointed in hearing AFX unreleased works on the whole, I have no doubt that he does release the very best and most polished tracks as opposed to what he says on interviews.

I have a slightly different take, i think this period of Aphex composition was probably his most abrasive/experimental period of his where he's still utilizing very straight forward rythms. If you aren't a fan fo the Ventolin EP i could see not liking this. To me it sounds far less like Melodies from Mars and more in the Ventolin direction.

I like it for what it is, and i would gladly buy something like this if it was mastered in good quality without loads of tape hiss. It sounds like it would be a good album to put on vinyl.

So in the end it makes little sense to me why he would commercially release something like AB4 or HAB2 which to me sound far less 'polished' and much more amateur than MFM or this unreleased EP/LP. It's possible he just wasn't happy with the results, but i don't think it sounds like a rough sketch in comparison to a good number of his physical releases

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:01 AM, Ascdi said:

1 & 6 did not decode in XLD for me, but they worked okay in Max. not Max/MSP, Max the CD ripping software for OS X.

i had the same problem. had to use audacity to export them to wav. i believe it's a problem with the metadata.

Some of these tracks are great (especially the first one), but a bunch are pretty awful.

yeah HAB2 is pretty awesome, imo.

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:47 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:15 AM, Awepittance said:

why he would commercially release something like AB4 or HAB2

 

do you mean the second record perhaps?

yeah, i think the first EP is very strong but the 2nd one i think i only listened to maybe twice all the way through.

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:59 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:47 AM, Mesh Gear Fox said:

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:15 AM, Awepittance said:

why he would commercially release something like AB4 or HAB2

 

do you mean the second record perhaps?

 

yeah, i think the first EP is very strong but the 2nd one i think i only listened to maybe twice all the way through.

whoa, what?

"arched maid via rdj" is my favorite aphex track ever. "every day" is also way up there. you seriously don't like these?

maybe i should give it another chance, i just remember thinking it sounded too Uziqish

the expressiveness on the lead synth in arched maid is incredible, i always wanted to be able to replicate that feeling in my own tracks, it sounds so alive..

i like that track so much, i once played it over my high school's entire hallway PA system at full volume. :D

  On 1/29/2011 at 8:06 PM, soundwave said:

"file not found"

 

Dont worry, lick my balls commonly known as (pm) and ill sort you out.

Yeah, honestly, I can't imagine not loving Arched Maid, but expressive distorted synths are kind of one of my favorite things in electronic music in general. (IE why Vatican Nitez is the only Global Goon album I really enjoy)

Also, MFM is one of my favorite albums of all time.

this thread is totally getting derailed.

If I might, could I request a message that maintains a private level of sorts?

Also, if anyone could shoot me BoC live at ATP for the love of god I would send you like 9 thank yous.

  On 1/30/2011 at 1:15 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 1/29/2011 at 4:56 PM, vasio said:

  On 1/29/2011 at 4:23 PM, jefferoo said:

  On 1/29/2011 at 3:44 PM, vasio said:

this clearly isn't Melodies from Mars that's for sure (which was unreleased too).

 

Of everything her has done that is available online and otherwise, MFM was my least favorite until these.

 

With some artists, demos are a great find. For me, AFX demos just don't cut it.

 

I guess I find all of his proper releases to be so perfect that hearing something that isn't perfect depresses me. I know. I'm a bitch.

 

 

Now, Ceephax's website tracks, those are something special.

 

Yeah completely agree there, I liked MFM thought but that was in 2000 when I last heard it. I think most people would be disappointed in hearing AFX unreleased works on the whole, I have no doubt that he does release the very best and most polished tracks as opposed to what he says on interviews.

 

I have a slightly different take, i think this period of Aphex composition was probably his most abrasive/experimental period of his where he's still utilizing very straight forward rythms. If you aren't a fan fo the Ventolin EP i could see not liking this. To me it sounds far less like Melodies from Mars and more in the Ventolin direction.

 

I like it for what it is, and i would gladly buy something like this if it was mastered in good quality without loads of tape hiss. It sounds like it would be a good album to put on vinyl.

 

So in the end it makes little sense to me why he would commercially release something like AB4 or HAB2 which to me sound far less 'polished' and much more amateur than MFM or this unreleased EP/LP. It's possible he just wasn't happy with the results, but i don't think it sounds like a rough sketch in comparison to a good number of his physical releases

Ventolin is actually one of my favorite AFX releases.

A demo is a demo. A proper release is a proper release.

That's about all there is to it really.

track 6 is still really good, touched up a bit and that could have been on the RDJ album no problem

  On 1/30/2011 at 8:55 AM, jefferoo said:

 

 

Ventolin is actually one of my favorite AFX releases.

A demo is a demo. A proper release is a proper release.

That's about all there is to it really.

i would call that a tad of an oversimplified view. I'm not sure we know these are unfinished tracks, some of them sound pretty final to me. If an artist hasn't properly released something it doesn't automatically make it a demo. Judging by how many unreleased analords came out last year, im sure he's sitting on a lot of finished stuff and if i remember correctly only one of those songs was labeled as a demo.

This is fucking great

I guess there won't be a box set, then?

  On 1/30/2011 at 2:07 PM, psn said:

I guess there won't be a box set, then?

of course there won't be a box set. they just don't want these tracks to come to surface because they're ashamed of them

  On 1/30/2011 at 2:16 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

  On 1/30/2011 at 2:07 PM, psn said:

I guess there won't be a box set, then?

 

of course there won't be a box set. they just don't want these tracks to come to surface because they're ashamed of them

and rightly so

  On 1/30/2011 at 2:16 PM, Brian Tregaskin said:

  On 1/30/2011 at 2:07 PM, psn said:

I guess there won't be a box set, then?

 

of course there won't be a box set. they just don't want these tracks to come to surface because they're ashamed of them

Laconic irony failure.

whoops

Does anyone else's copy of track 1 cut out for 1/3 of a second at 2:58? Very minor annoyance to point out, I know.