Aphex Twin Waveform Series - Aphex Twin, Warp, and rave posters

They look pretty nice, but translating songs into posters could give way more interesting results.

I have to agree. You have a serious eye for making data look beautiful, but you need to complement that aesthetic with some more serious data. This appears to be volume over time, which is OK and all, but doesn't really show anything particularly interesting about the music.

Incidentally, do you consider this work of yours to be influenced by Michael Deal at all? You seem to have a similar thing going on. It's nice to see this idea applied to artists I like more, who are far more niche than the Beatles.

Thank you both for your comments.

  On 6/20/2013 at 12:12 PM, ZoeB said:

I have to agree. You have a serious eye for making data look beautiful, but you need to complement that aesthetic with some more serious data. This appears to be volume over time, which is OK and all, but doesn't really show anything particularly interesting about the music.

 

Incidentally, do you consider this work of yours to be influenced by Michael Deal at all? You seem to have a similar thing going on. It's nice to see this idea applied to artists I like more, who are far more niche than the Beatles.

I haven't heard of Michael directly, but I recognise his work for Billboard magazine from Creative Review - maybe Design Observer. I do think our styles are very different but I'll take the comparison as a compliment!

I saw this on tamblr

Cool stuff! If I hadn't had a lot of prints (expensively) framed recently, I'd buy one. Frankly the walls are getting a bit clogged up here! Case in point, most recent additions:

Where did you get the Blade Runner one?

that Blade Runner one is fucking gorgeous.

when i saw the first one i immediately knew it's AFX

So what's the scale on those things - is it from start to end of the track or just a little snippet ? Would be good if there was a spectral coloured mapping on each node/prong showing frequency distribution too

  On 6/20/2013 at 1:40 PM, mcglockers said:

Where did you get the Blade Runner one?

http://www.bottleneckgallery.com/products/justin-van-genderen-tears-in-the-rain

  On 6/20/2013 at 1:48 PM, oscillik said:

that Blade Runner one is fucking gorgeous.

Cheers. It glows in the dark too (although nowhere near as green as the sample image in the link above)

  On 6/20/2013 at 2:14 PM, mcbpete said:

So what's the scale on those things - is it from start to end of the track or just a little snippet ? Would be good if there was a spectral coloured mapping on each node/prong showing frequency distribution too

The waveform covers the whole track, and the finished posters are A2 (42 x 59.4cm).

I do think the converging lines will look very nice when printed properly. Screens always ruin those.

They remind me of something Richard Devine or detund would use for an album cover or promotional work. That very careful, neat, spacey/ robotic aesthetic doesn't sit well with me, it often feels uninspired. I'd consider buying these from a fanboys point of view but I don't think they stand on their own artistic merit.

They sell these at the fucking mall now. The 3D poster trend of the 90s, reborn!

I've just launched another set of Waveform prints on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/szabohaslam/waveform-dance-music-silkscreen-prints-second-wave

Once this set is finished, I'm going to crack on with an update for the Rephlex book - promise!

http://www.truthstudio.co.uk/Rephlex-Records-discography