Unreleased AFX flacs

  On 2/2/2011 at 9:26 AM, Xyrofen said:

So here's what I've gathered:

Track 7 is a different version of Ventolin [Praze An Beeble Mix]

Track 8 and 9 are just spin-offs of Track 7

Track 13 is a thrown out Analogue Bubble Bath track. It has many elements that bear resemblance to tracks from ANB 5 and ANB vol.3.

Track 12 is very much like Track 1 from Melodies from Mars and a little of Track 8 from MFM.

A - - All these tracks come from a DAT tape.

B - - they all date from the first half of the 90s.

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why would he put several tracks that don't belong to the same 'project' on the same tape ?

i recognize the drum noises from caustic window... those harsh little blips

  On 2/2/2011 at 9:26 AM, Xyrofen said:

So here's what I've gathered:

Track 7 is a different version of Ventolin [Praze An Beeble Mix]

Track 8 and 9 are just spin-offs of Track 7

Track 13 is a thrown out Analogue Bubble Bath track. It has many elements that bear resemblance to tracks from ANB 5 and ANB vol.3.

Track 12 is very much like Track 1 from Melodies from Mars and a little of Track 8 from MFM.

It is just a DAT with a bunch of home recordings on it.

One of them he thought was good enough to release... and I agree with him.

  On 2/1/2011 at 6:50 PM, Joyrex said:

OK, as long as there's no links to the tracks, etc. and just discussion (which, there already was a thread ages ago about this where I provided sample clips of each track and where it came from, etc.), then it's OK.

then why was i suspended, lol

is track 1 the CAT 023 track? or it 4? i think that first one is beautiful.

any thoughts on what era that last track is from? i was thinking maybe MFM, but it seemed too different

  On 2/2/2011 at 5:47 PM, Willemjan said:

Why is it a CW track (how do you know)

Why not an unreleased track by Richard James, Caustic, Tressider or Polygon, who cares since it isn't released?!

I think it's pretty inspiring to hear these raw old pieces of music. It reminds us that great things can come out of simple beginnings.

  On 2/1/2011 at 11:58 PM, ilt17 said:

  On 2/1/2011 at 8:07 PM, Joyrex said:

I lurk for hours. That's the secret.

Or Chance sometimes helps, found the whole 14 in 1 minute lol

Well, it's not "super secret stuff" anymore, so don't feel too special.

I've really enjoyed this. My cat has also.

I can't say I have memorable favorite tracks, because I like listening to it through, and when I do that, I don't usually pay attention. That being said, I'll try:

Track 1 and 2 are great; especially track 2.

Tracks 3 4 and 5 sound a lot like preliminary/alternate versions of Track 2, to me. I don't like them as much.

I also dig Track 12 a lot.

Track 10 is silly. And I'd lump Track 14 in the silly category too. It just doesn't sound like what I think of as Aphex Twin.

Listening to this has got me thinking about my listening interests right now. They've definitely changed. A year or two ago I was all about Drukqs and other gnarly stuff, but now I really like the Analogue Bubblebaths.

Whos AFX and I think you misspell slacks.

  On 2/3/2011 at 6:05 AM, Dr of Quantization said:

Whos AFX and I think you misspell slacks.

This is the only post I needed to read. Why wasnt it made sooner.

  On 2/3/2011 at 5:03 AM, Bubba69 said:

Well, it's not "super secret stuff" anymore, so don't feel too special.

Oh it's not worth feeling too special so I don't ;) Maybe 3 tracks are fine, rest is dump

  On 2/3/2011 at 12:42 PM, ilt17 said:

Maybe 3 tracks are fine, rest is dump

lol.

L.O.L. AFX got PWND111!!!1111!!

track 13 reminds me about "Troy FM" from Ideal tv series.

Track One is quality, I wonder why this never surfaced elsewise. I actually like this more than a few songs from Caustic Window's released discog. The way this song ended was awesome.

  On 2/2/2011 at 6:51 PM, jefferoo said:

  On 2/2/2011 at 9:26 AM, Xyrofen said:

So here's what I've gathered:

Track 7 is a different version of Ventolin [Praze An Beeble Mix]

Track 8 and 9 are just spin-offs of Track 7

Track 13 is a thrown out Analogue Bubble Bath track. It has many elements that bear resemblance to tracks from ANB 5 and ANB vol.3.

Track 12 is very much like Track 1 from Melodies from Mars and a little of Track 8 from MFM.

 

It is just a DAT with a bunch of home recordings on it.

One of them he thought was good enough to release... and I agree with him.

I was just trying to compile a list for those interested. ^^

Thanks for the list!

thanks for the leak, very interesting hearing his tracks mid-production.

Interesting listen, nothing awfully fantastic I'd say. We're all just horny for fresh material from Richard, so everything being passed on as new/unheard/unreleased is suddenly pretty good.

^^ yeah. i'm only really into the first track tbh. not overly keen on the rest.

track 11 grows on you. its good

  On 2/1/2011 at 4:01 PM, hahathhat said:

this is the most exciting aphex-thing to happen in months. it's absurd to not want to pick it apart. what else is there, another thread about whether aphex is the tuss?

 

i think he's just scared of the download links showing up again!! i'm happy to respect that and not put up a link... but closing the threads is just asking for drama.

 

to get back on topic, what's everyone's favorite eq combo for cleaning this up???

i used CoolEdit to normalize, then dehiss. results were pretty good, as good as it's gonna get from 10th gen FLACs.