Is it even possible to produce a new Aphex Twin album?

Is that a challenge?

TAKE IT!

  On 1/15/2014 at 10:02 PM, LUDD said:

13 years later, Drukqs is still far more complex and futuristic than any electronic music released since.

Maybe if other producers could get even near that level then the Aphex twins might feel like putting something new out.

Word. Totally agree with you.

I hate it when i read in articles that other musicians have 'caught up' to everything richard has done... far from the truth. I wouldn't be surprised if drukqs was never surpassed by anyone (except maybe richard himself) given the amount of time and effort he put in to it. True masterpiece

  On 1/15/2014 at 10:02 PM, LUDD said:

13 years later, Drukqs is still far more complex and futuristic than any electronic music released since.

Maybe if other producers could get even near that level then the Aphex twins might feel like putting something new out.

Drukqs happened at the cusp of the home studio technological quantum leap zeitgeist,

and furthermore, it broke out of the scene at a 90 degree angle.

A lot of producers are breaking away from scenes, but it doesn't always sound or feel good.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect

Odds are, we'll get a new monkey who will even shame James, the only thing we can do is to make enough things go 90 degrees.

grr accidental double post

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

Makes me wanna......

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:32 AM, pyramidpanes said:

 

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

 

Makes me wanna......

 

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

Beethoven was alright, Mozart was unequivocally the best and brightest composer ever though. James is head and shoulders above the masses of musicians who use electronic synthesizers. beautiful recordings. RDJ accesses the fecking perfection and leads the way like the sun, so cockadoodle doo mothafuckaz, and as far as "who knows" i think it's clear that he raised the bar, and gave us all the golden ticket invitation to be the music makers, and either we're gonna be good eggs or bad eggs, so lets give a feck and step up and do the right thing.

  On 1/15/2014 at 9:45 PM, Terpentintollwut said:

You know how you sometimes hear certain tracks differently after not listening to them for a good while? Like, your musical perception evolves, so to speak, or you pay more attention to different things in the music than you used to? That's happened for me and Drukqs about a week ago.

 

Drukqs had been filed under "the mandatory milestone thing" in my brain for such a long time, I A) took its existence for granted and B) stopped paying proper attention to the tracks when listening to them. I'd only go "Well sweet, this is Drukqs, it's cool" in my head but didn't "question" the structure of the tracks at all at that point.

Only now after a several year break from the album, I feel like I'm discovering the whole other half of the tracks, the one I never fully grasped because I was already thoroughly satisfied with the bits that I "processed", so to speak, and because it's such a detailed, crammed beast. And even though the point where I'd still jump the hype-train for a new Aphex-release is long gone, I come to the conclusion that, compared to pretty much all other electronic artists, this guy is and has always been immensely talented, way ahead of his time and fully aware of what he was doing.

 

So yeah. A new release should happen. Just for the sake of finding out where he's at today.

Have you tried listening to both discs at the same time? It really is bloody interesting, it'll exhaust your brain.

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:40 AM, pyramidpanes said:

 

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:32 AM, pyramidpanes said:

 

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

 

Makes me wanna......

 

 

i'm with you on that mate

The Chosen One.

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

look, i love richard's music and i consider him extraordinarily gifted and awesome, but there is a lot of really excellent music out there. richard has developed his skills in areas that allow him to kind of dominate in certain styles, but there are plenty of things that you can put in a mix with afx that will hold their own.

check out all the stuff recommended by autechre in the aaa thread, they talked about a lot of really amazing music.

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:54 PM, very honest said:

 

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

 

look, i love richard's music and i consider him extraordinarily gifted and awesome, but there is a lot of really excellent music out there. richard has developed his skills in areas that allow him to kind of dominate in certain styles, but there are plenty of things that you can put in a mix with afx that will hold their own.

 

check out all the stuff recommended by autechre in the aaa thread, they talked about a lot of really amazing music.

 

+1

I love afx, but the idea of a single person owning the keys to unlock all the perfect pieces of music ever to be created is too religious to consider possible and negates the osmosis of music creation. But yeah, I'll also pop a boner when new afx gets released.

  On 1/16/2014 at 3:22 AM, catchpazuzu said:

I don't think people truly understand the importance of Richard, and I know many people share the same opinion. He's the "chosen one" — nobody will ever come close. Has anyone surpassed what Beethoven did hundreds of years ago? No. Why? Because you can't. He was the guy. Very few people have that. The right dude, doing the right thing at the right time. That's why so many people are frustrated at Richard, because they can't listen to the greatest modern composer who has ever lived. Maybe he's totally aware of that, and doesn't feel like releasing anything because of it. Maybe he's not aware of that, and thinks he's just some guy nobody cares about. Maybe all he wants is to be challenged, instead of being the one who challenges. Maybe he wants to be dethroned. Maybe he didn't even want to be known in the first place. Who knows.

More like Richard (sux)D. James amirite? hohoho

I think (for me) where Richard scores above all the others is his knack for making loopy, psychotic, playful, (etc etc fucking etc ) sounds, which come zipping in and out from any direction.

Thinking about it, the new BOC album is lacking in that sense (as was TCH).

Richard always has that sense of eccentric madness, and I suppose thats really why I love his music. Looney Tunes

He knows how to use dischord to give his musics some bite while maintaining lushness. It's a skill like swordfighting, logrolling, juggling chainsaws, breakdancing, or painting like Salvador Dali met Bob Ross in the middle of a desert on mescaline on xmas eve before either of them were even fuckin born. In space. tbqh imho

Aphex Twin Is a unique snow flake. There's nothing like him, some can make their own thing on the same level, but the universe has reserved a perimeter for him, and one that is bigger than that of most people for that matter (from my fan perspective). So he surely still has alot of creative space to explore in that perimeter, a space that is only accessible to him, because nobody else IS him. What is to come, may not be mind blowing to you, but will certainly be at the same level than of his past releases, because it will be a part of him like the others.
Now there are some reasons you possibly wouldn't like it as much, it's possible that this hypothetical new revealed part of Richard wouldn't be of your preference, or that you even suffer from antecipation and high expectations that would affect your judgement, it might even be that your taste has changed since the first time you heard his works, but even in these situations I think you would be able to at least appreciate it for what it is.

RAED > Aphex

Mods, please move this thread to the boc subforum...

;D

The Chosen One could definitely learn a thing or two from The Mates, when it comes to releasing stuff. The Brothers are not exactly good role models when it comes to this imho tbh

What if we gave the twins a gift?

A sacrifice?

Like a sheep? Or a firstborn virgin?

apparently anything is possible, ANYTHING!