Flim piano cover

Flim for Dawson's Creek fans.

I was thinking about this the other day - apart from Windowlicker is this the only other Aphex Twin track in the public consciousness (mmm perhaps maybe Come To Daddy at a push)

EDIT: Oh and Avril 14th

play it slow, for the ladees

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:31 PM, mcbpete said:

I was thinking about this the other day - apart from Windowlicker is this the only other Aphex Twin track in the public consciousness (mmm perhaps maybe Come To Daddy at a push)

I don't think even Flim's really in the public consciousness. It's a B-side. Come to Daddy and Windowlicker are the two Aphex Twin tracks that are vaguely close to being well known. Both are reasonably catchy, well produced, simple enough to hum at their heart (despite being intricate if you pay attention), and had music videos made with good production values, back when MTV still showed such things occasionally. If Aphex Twin wanted to write popular music, he'd really need to write actual songs with proper lyrics (novelties like Milkman and Beetles don't count). Something people can emotionally resonate with. But I guess he doesn't want to, which is fine.

avril 14th is most well known by now due to marie antoinette soundtrack spot and kanye west smapling it on that album that got 10.0 from pitchfork. it's also a simple, pretty piece. come to daddy and windowlicker are probably more known to people who remember music television. flim seems like most covered, probably because it's really easy to play.

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:31 PM, mcbpete said:

Flim for Dawson's Creek fans.

lol

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:56 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:31 PM, mcbpete said:

I was thinking about this the other day - apart from Windowlicker is this the only other Aphex Twin track in the public consciousness (mmm perhaps maybe Come To Daddy at a push)

 

I don't think even Flim's really in the public consciousness. It's a B-side. Come to Daddy and Windowlicker are the two Aphex Twin tracks that are vaguely close to being well known. Both are reasonably catchy, well produced, simple enough to hum at their heart (despite being intricate if you pay attention), and had music videos made with good production values, back when MTV still showed such things occasionally. If Aphex Twin wanted to write popular music, he'd really need to write actual songs with proper lyrics (novelties like Milkman and Beetles don't count). Something people can emotionally resonate with. But I guess he doesn't want to, which is fine.

Flim, it's on the Come to Daddy ep isn't it?

i'd say that's probably the most well known phexian release of all. or at least it used to be. that and earlier stuff like Donkey Pumpkin.

very well known in fact, at least by people of a certain age.

does anyone younger than, say, 20 really give a shit about people like Aphex, anyway?

it's music for middle aged people. :)

Not in public consciousness? It's Skrillex's favorite track, I mean song!

...music for middle aged people and skrillex

  On 1/8/2013 at 3:14 PM, sirch said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:56 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:31 PM, mcbpete said:

I was thinking about this the other day - apart from Windowlicker is this the only other Aphex Twin track in the public consciousness (mmm perhaps maybe Come To Daddy at a push)

 

I don't think even Flim's really in the public consciousness. It's a B-side. Come to Daddy and Windowlicker are the two Aphex Twin tracks that are vaguely close to being well known.

 

Flim, it's on the Come to Daddy ep isn't it?

i'd say that's probably the most well known phexian release of all.

Flim is on the Come to Daddy EP, yes, but I'm guessing there are a lot more people who watched MTV in the late nineties than people who actually bought that EP.

  On 1/8/2013 at 3:20 PM, mokz said:

Not in public consciousness? It's Skrillex's favorite track, I mean song!

 

That kind of exemplifies the problem with Aphex Twin's branding and philosophy. I'm sure I won't be popular here for even talking about marketing music, but even if, like the Twin, you don't want to do it, it doesn't mean you don't have a brand, it just means you're neglecting to signify what it means. So it defaults to saying that you're a musician who doesn't care about marketing. So the vast majority of people who resonate with his brand are other musicians. Hence Skrillex likes him, but his fans don't. If you want to make music specifically for yourself and/or other musicians, rather than the world at large, then that's fine, but it's a pretty niche demographic.

To me Aphex's brand is that he's a disturbed eccentric genius who does not give a fuck. He used to consciously enforce this with the stories of the tank, the bank vault, composing while lucid dreaming, etc back in the 90s. I think he is a bit more concerned with marketing and branding than people might think from he's public image..

  On 1/8/2013 at 4:01 PM, mokz said:

To me Aphex's brand is that he's a disturbed eccentric genius who does not give a fuck. He used to consciously enforce this with the stories of the tank, the bank vault, composing while lucid dreaming, etc back in the 90s. I think he is a bit more concerned with marketing and branding than people might think from he's public image..

Exactly, he's a quirky musician going off doing his own thing with a disregard for the business side of the music business. And so are a lot, perhaps most, of his fans.

  On 1/8/2013 at 3:14 PM, sirch said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:56 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 2:31 PM, mcbpete said:

I was thinking about this the other day - apart from Windowlicker is this the only other Aphex Twin track in the public consciousness (mmm perhaps maybe Come To Daddy at a push)

 

I don't think even Flim's really in the public consciousness. It's a B-side. Come to Daddy and Windowlicker are the two Aphex Twin tracks that are vaguely close to being well known. Both are reasonably catchy, well produced, simple enough to hum at their heart (despite being intricate if you pay attention), and had music videos made with good production values, back when MTV still showed such things occasionally. If Aphex Twin wanted to write popular music, he'd really need to write actual songs with proper lyrics (novelties like Milkman and Beetles don't count). Something people can emotionally resonate with. But I guess he doesn't want to, which is fine.

 

Flim, it's on the Come to Daddy ep isn't it?

i'd say that's probably the most well known phexian release of all. or at least it used to be. that and earlier stuff like Donkey Pumpkin.

very well known in fact, at least by people of a certain age.

does anyone younger than, say, 20 really give a shit about people like Aphex, anyway?

it's music for middle aged people. :)

"Donkey Pumpkin"? You hand your Aphex Twin Fanclub membership card back right. now.

Now to be fair, in regard to that Skrillex pic up there, every song should have at LEAST one drop.

  On 1/8/2013 at 5:28 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Now to be fair, in regard to that Skrillex pic up there, every song should have at LEAST one drop.

I haven't really listened to any dubstep... is the drop basically the breakdown, like in Brimful of Asha? If so, that's just a type of bridge, and within the context of pop music, I can understand how some people would feel a bit lost without it. :)

  On 1/8/2013 at 6:08 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 5:28 PM, Friendly Foil said:

Now to be fair, in regard to that Skrillex pic up there, every song should have at LEAST one drop.

 

I haven't really listened to any dubstep... is the drop basically the breakdown, like in Brimful of Asha? If so, that's just a type of bridge, and within the context of pop music, I can understand how some people would feel a bit lost without it. :)

The drop puts the dub in the step. Dubstep without a drop is like rock music without a guitar.

  On 1/8/2013 at 4:08 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 4:01 PM, mokz said:

To me Aphex's brand is that he's a disturbed eccentric genius who does not give a fuck. He used to consciously enforce this with the stories of the tank, the bank vault, composing while lucid dreaming, etc back in the 90s. I think he is a bit more concerned with marketing and branding than people might think from he's public image..

 

Exactly, he's a quirky musician going off doing his own thing with a disregard for the business side of the music business. And so are a lot, perhaps most, of his fans.

Erm, I think that you misunderstood me there a bit. I mean his supposed disregard for the music business is at least to some degree a part of a constructed image that he likes to project in order to actually sell more records. It's sort of a niche market now that everybody seems to concerned with being famous but I think it was more marketable in the 90s when being an outcast was seen in more positive light (for example Kurt Cobain comes to mind).

wow that was really horrible. turned it off after 20 seconds or so before it put me off the original.

made me feel a bit sick actually

  On 1/8/2013 at 6:57 PM, mokz said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 4:08 PM, ZoeB said:

  On 1/8/2013 at 4:01 PM, mokz said:

To me Aphex's brand is that he's a disturbed eccentric genius who does not give a fuck. He used to consciously enforce this with the stories of the tank, the bank vault, composing while lucid dreaming, etc back in the 90s. I think he is a bit more concerned with marketing and branding than people might think from he's public image..

 

Exactly, he's a quirky musician going off doing his own thing with a disregard for the business side of the music business. And so are a lot, perhaps most, of his fans.

 

Erm, I think that you misunderstood me there a bit. I mean his supposed disregard for the music business is at least to some degree a part of a constructed image that he likes to project in order to actually sell more records. It's sort of a niche market now that everybody seems to concerned with being famous but I think it was more marketable in the 90s when being an outcast was seen in more positive light (for example Kurt Cobain comes to mind).

Except he really has kept his word about not releasing anything unless he has to... it seems he's content with doing DJ sets and shows as income versus releasing music.

  On 1/8/2013 at 6:57 PM, mokz said:

Erm, I think that you misunderstood me there a bit. I mean his supposed disregard for the music business is at least to some degree a part of a constructed image that he likes to project in order to actually sell more records. It's sort of a niche market now that everybody seems to concerned with being famous but I think it was more marketable in the 90s when being an outcast was seen in more positive light (for example Kurt Cobain comes to mind).

Maybe it was intentional, it's speculation on our part either way. He certainly sounded shy and awkward in radio and TV interviews. I suspect he really was uncomfortable with the whole thing, which is a shame.

  On 1/8/2013 at 7:29 PM, LUDD said:

wow that was really horrible. turned it off after 20 seconds or so before it put me off the original.

 

made me feel a bit sick actually

agreed

The beauty of "Flim" is that its grandeur is very understated.

More and more I find that arrangements and performances are just like acting. Great acting is nuanced and subtle.

This piano cover is neither.

from the comments: "Way to make a soft introvert track a bombastic bombardement of extravert overjoyed piano wankery."

watmm?

  On 1/9/2013 at 9:32 AM, Friendly Foil said:

from the comments: "Way to make a soft introvert track a bombastic bombardement of extravert overjoyed piano wankery."

 

watmm?

I feel bad bashing it because Zoe posted it and Zoe is awesome but yeah that about sums it up.