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

  On 12/27/2013 at 5:56 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

The part about listening to the tracks in the order you feel like I made it up, but I guess it's implied:

 

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Q: So the only real reason why you are putting an album out now is because you wanted to officially release as many tracks as possible before they get around unofficially?

A: Yeah, pretty much. It’s kind of like an mp3 album really. I don’t reckon that many people will do it, but the way I listen to music now is that I buy a CD, put it on the computer and just take the tracks I want anyway. I’d hope that people would to the same with this CD.

http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/afx_interview_by_heiko.pdf

 

I'm a bit suspicious of this - DrukQs wasn't rushed out due to the (false) rumour that he had lost an MP3 player full of tracks on a flight - I think he's just saying people could do what he does and just listen to the tracks they like (isn't that what everyone does?). I don't think that was his intention when composing DrukQs.

It is true there were early versions of the album floating around (I had gotten two CRrs from someone about 2-3 months before it came out - tracknames were a bit different, but for the most part the songs were the same) - it was that CDr that fostered the "quite good" incident with Richard. Considering how strongly he felt about it, and the fact he put a lot of time and thought into the imagery/theme (all the macro shots of his Yamaha player piano), and worked with Manuel Sepulveda on the album design, I hardly think he meant it to be a "pick your favourites and chuck the rest" album.

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Q: So the only real reason why you are putting an album out now is because you wanted to officially release as many tracks as possible before they get around unofficially?

A: Yeah, pretty much. It’s kind of like an mp3 album really. I don’t reckon that many people will do it, but the way I listen to music now is that I buy a CD, put it on the computer and just take the tracks I want anyway. I’d hope that people would to the same with this CD.

http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/afx_interview_by_heiko.pdf

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I believe most RDJ fans (myself included) are fans, first and foremost, of his MUSIC over his production techniques.

I think, at the end of the day, he has consistently showed he can make a tune that can hook listeners, regardless of how he does it.

His techniques/sound has been ripped off by other artists since the early 90's. That will continue to happen.

At the end of the day, he is the only person that can write his MUSIC. As long as he is crafting tunes, regardless of his techniques, I know I'll likely enjoy them.

  On 12/27/2013 at 6:25 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

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Q: So the only real reason why you are putting an album out now is because you wanted to officially release as many tracks as possible before they get around unofficially?

A: Yeah, pretty much. It’s kind of like an mp3 album really. I don’t reckon that many people will do it, but the way I listen to music now is that I buy a CD, put it on the computer and just take the tracks I want anyway. I’d hope that people would to the same with this CD.

http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/afx_interview_by_heiko.pdf

fucking lel does anyone seriously believe this, drukqs is his masterpiece

 

I like the individual tracks, but as an album... it is a clusterfuck, not cohesive at all. I don't think this album was meant to be listened front to back (just my opinion). Also, if the track order were really important, it wouldn't be different in the vinyl version, would it?

I always took drukqs as some sort of compilation rather than an album that's meant to be listened on a single sitting. But that's just me. If that was Richards' intention then, well... I don't think he did a good job.

  On 12/27/2013 at 6:40 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 12/27/2013 at 6:25 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

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Q: So the only real reason why you are putting an album out now is because you wanted to officially release as many tracks as possible before they get around unofficially?

A: Yeah, pretty much. It’s kind of like an mp3 album really. I don’t reckon that many people will do it, but the way I listen to music now is that I buy a CD, put it on the computer and just take the tracks I want anyway. I’d hope that people would to the same with this CD.

http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/afx_interview_by_heiko.pdf

fucking lel does anyone seriously believe this, drukqs is his masterpiece

 

 

I like the individual tracks, but as an album... it is a clusterfuck, not cohesive at all. I don't think this album was meant to be listened front to back (just my opinion). Also, if the track order were really important, it wouldn't be different in the vinyl version, would it?

 

I always took drukqs as some sort of compilation rather than an album that's meant to be listened on a single sitting. But that's just me. If that was Richards' intention then, well... I don't think he did a good job.

 

*posts thatspanishguy a bag of shrooms*

  On 12/27/2013 at 6:40 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 12/27/2013 at 6:25 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

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Q: So the only real reason why you are putting an album out now is because you wanted to officially release as many tracks as possible before they get around unofficially?

A: Yeah, pretty much. It’s kind of like an mp3 album really. I don’t reckon that many people will do it, but the way I listen to music now is that I buy a CD, put it on the computer and just take the tracks I want anyway. I’d hope that people would to the same with this CD.

http://www.aphextwin.nu/images/interviewsarticles/afx_interview_by_heiko.pdf

fucking lel does anyone seriously believe this, drukqs is his masterpiece

 

 

I like the individual tracks, but as an album... it is a clusterfuck, not cohesive at all. I don't think this album was meant to be listened front to back (just my opinion). Also, if the track order were really important, it wouldn't be different in the vinyl version, would it?

 

I always took drukqs as some sort of compilation rather than an album that's meant to be listened on a single sitting. But that's just me. If that was Richards' intention then, well... I don't think he did a good job.

 

I'm not saying the track order is important - few albums are meant to be listened to in the order the tracks are listed (that depend heavily on the order), and the track order was different on the vinyl probably due to track lengths and the limitations of the format.

I cherry pick depending on my mood. Doesn't everyone? It's a pretty diverse album.

i know everyone has been waiting for me to weigh in on this topic with my opinion, so here it is-

We coronate a new aphex twin.

the world needs an aphex twin. we need an aphex twin. and who better to crown the next aphex twin than watmm?

so my proposal is that we hold something like open auditions, or some kind of epic contest, with several rounds, and lots of epicness, and after which, the winner is forevermore declared as the new Aphex Twin. until they retire, after which, another is found to replace them. and so on.

I left it on a plane

Yeah riiiiiight, of course you did Richard. hahah

  On 12/27/2013 at 8:11 PM, MisterE said:

i know everyone has been waiting for me to weigh in on this topic with my opinion, so here it is-

 

We coronate a new aphex twin.

 

the world needs an aphex twin. we need an aphex twin. and who better to crown the next aphex twin than watmm?

so my proposal is that we hold something like open auditions, or some kind of epic contest, with several rounds, and lots of epicness, and after which, the winner is forevermore declared as the new Aphex Twin. until they retire, after which, another is found to replace them. and so on.

correct

  On 12/27/2013 at 8:11 PM, MisterE said:

i know everyone has been waiting for me to weigh in on this topic with my opinion, so here it is-

 

We coronate a new aphex twin.

 

the world needs an aphex twin. we need an aphex twin. and who better to crown the next aphex twin than watmm?

so my proposal is that we hold something like open auditions, or some kind of epic contest, with several rounds, and lots of epicness, and after which, the winner is forevermore declared as the new Aphex Twin. until they retire, after which, another is found to replace them. and so on.

I agree with this fock.

Acid funk finalists, LUDD wins first round.

You might aswell try and find another Morrissey. Ain't gonna happen. Just deal with it and move on. Simple.

  On 12/28/2013 at 12:42 AM, MadameChaos said:

You might aswell try and find another Morrissey. Ain't gonna happen. Just deal with it and move on. Simple.

You dropped that hope thing pretty quick, obama.

  On 12/28/2013 at 12:44 AM, goDel said:

 

  On 12/28/2013 at 12:42 AM, MadameChaos said:

You might aswell try and find another Morrissey. Ain't gonna happen. Just deal with it and move on. Simple.

You dropped that hope thing pretty quick, obama.

Lol just don't try and replace the irreplaceable. He's gonna do whatever's right for him at the end of the day and if that involves another album great, if not there's still loads of great artists out there creating new music. Don't imitate innovate etc.

Just chill out and wait.

Stop trolling our thread MC. The lord will rise again.

no lets find a new one

Hmm... I've never looked at aphex as only appreciated for his novelty. Glitch drum sounds and whatnot (it's not like he invented much in the way of this either). I mean, look at his ambient stuff. That's a genre that has been around well before his time and he didn't add anything very new, 60s 70s 80s had very similar sounds already. But it's still really good.

I would really like to hear his unreleased tracks. Those are really cool, I don't think he would be irrelevant to release them. I think people would like them a lot.

Why would he want to be relevant? That's so mainstream.

Richard pls

It was all a gimmick, 90's emo electronica with harsh industrial drums.

Do we really buy the story that DruqkS was released because he left an MP3 player on a first class flight? That was 2001, what was the average player capacity back then?

I would agree with Joyrex's theory about retirement except for 2 things, first is the weird labeless period we've entered with Rephlex, I'm sorry but there is some financial reasoning in there somewhere, along with whatever artistic divaness is going on. Second, I still believe Richard is using YouTube to anonymously release tracks to the public. His personality type (and I'm only speculating here) is too sociopathic not to want to fuck with people. He enjoys it too much, Richard seemed like a master manipulator, pranking his fans, journalists, even Rob & Steve had no idea when he would drop shit in their lap.

I'm not insulting this man by any means with my theories, I'm sure being him is not easy, a full plate professionally and apparently personal drama to boot.

We all came back to the BOC fold after a longer hiatus (well most of us anyway) so give Rich a few more years before you write him off. I could see more unreleased digital tracks ala the Analord Xmas 2009 surprise. The line between official tracks / and unreleased for him is almost negligible, not like other acts that mine their worst shit years later for a royalty check.

I still believe in bees.

(wow that dated me)

.mp3 player story is silly. The odds of someone picking it up and actually knowing who Aphex is and appreciating his music is next to nothing. It would have gone something like this:
"Sweet! An .mp3 player!"
"WTF is this godawful racket!?"
*Formats .mp3 player*
*Transfers Rick Astley playlist to it*

I'm pretty sure the mp3 player story was in regards to 26 mixes for cash, wasn't it? That's why he named it 26 mixes for cash, he quickly released it in case someone decided to leak it...

=/