APHEX TWIN - SYRO

Cheers all, I think thats my time filled up till Syro gets here.

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How about these 'defunct' idmz labels, merck, sublight, now rephlex apparently, open up bandcamp pages? I don't know the financial particularities of them going bust (debt, creditors), but the brands are still strong.

"Me and him, we're from different ancient tribes. Now we're both almost extinct. Sometimes you gotta stick with the ancient ways, the old school ways. I know you understand me."

  On 8/27/2014 at 7:03 PM, gtbean said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 6:46 PM, Fredd-E said:

http://oor.nl/#!/articles/aphex_bonus_beats_1_de_marketing_van_syro/news

 

neat interview!

 

Can't wait to see the rest of it. Dig the Tuss confirmation... and it sounds like he's (re?)warming up to the big label doing the work for him. I've heard from several producers that releasing everything on your own label is a huge pain in the ass.

 

Trust me, it is - after doing the Kickstarter and my own digipak thing, I have experienced a bit of Grant's pain - a lot of people forget that Rephlex really is just Grant behind it all - it really is awesome he practically ran the label by himself for over 20 years...

  On 8/27/2014 at 7:08 PM, goDel said:

No mention of bandcamp in this part of the interview. And he mentions his deal with warp: 50% of the net profit goes to him.

That's been standard WARP payouts for a long time now.

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:26 PM, Djeroek said:

How about these 'defunct' idmz labels, merck, sublight, now rephlex apparently, open up bandcamp pages? I don't know the financial particularities of them going bust (debt, creditors), but the brands are still strong.

That just solves part of the digital distribution/storefront issues - you still deal with royalty payouts, license fees, publisher fees, etc. - and that's the bulk of the work. On top of that, physical distribution - you either pay a company to do fulfillment for you and reduce your already meager profit margins, or you suck it up and do it yourself, spending countless hours packaging, posting, etc.

And then deal with lost parcels, damage, refunds... blergh!

Djeroek WHO IS that woman in your avatar?

Smoking hot!

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:37 PM, Mag said:

 

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How about these 'defunct' idmz labels, merck, sublight, now rephlex apparently, open up bandcamp pages? I don't know the financial particularities of them going bust (debt, creditors), but the brands are still strong.

 

"Me and him, we're from different ancient tribes. Now we're both almost extinct. Sometimes you gotta stick with the ancient ways, the old school ways. I know you understand me."

 

well can't say i'm surprised. but I was getting hopeful because rephlex had a good 2013. go out with a bang I guess!!

SO DOES THIS MEAN NO MORE BOGDAN?????????? boggy i need u

I kind of feel that people are jumping to conclusions about Rephlex being no more:

1) Google translated a dutch word to "defunct". Well many parts of that translation are just gibberish, so I feel it's very possible that the word used was something more like "stasis", "hibernation", or maybe "broken", "confused", "errant" or something like that.

2) Richard doesn't really confirm or deny anything in his answer. He could very well have said something about their future plans, the text is "some outtakes
from our interview".

Although I agree that things have been awfully quiet...

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:51 PM, Parsifal said:

1) Google translated a dutch word to "defunct"

google didn't translate a dutch word for defunct, the original word in the article is defunct

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:51 PM, Parsifal said:

I kind of feel that people are jumping to conclusions about Rephlex being no more:

 

1) Google translated a dutch word to "defunct". Well many parts of that translation are just gibberish, so I feel it's very possible that the word used was something more like "stasis", "hibernation", or maybe "broken", "confused", "errant" or something like that.

 

2) Richard doesn't really confirm or deny anything in his answer. He could very well have said something about their future plans, the text is "some outtakes

from our interview".

 

Although I agree that things have been awfully quiet...

1) Defunct in Dutch means defunct in English. Exactly the same.

2) Richard goes along with the question in his sentence saying that the expensive Analord binders played a part in the now defunct Rephlex label. Translated exactly he said:

"Is that (the expensive binder) the reason for Rephlex now being defunct?"

It didn't help in any case, no, but there was more going on as well.

Also if there is ever a release of a "Making of Windowlicker"-video I would be so glad, that music video is a masterpiece.

nvrmnd

good work jan. again.

*put's on Kanye smile*

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:57 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:51 PM, Parsifal said:

I kind of feel that people are jumping to conclusions about Rephlex being no more:

 

1) Google translated a dutch word to "defunct". Well many parts of that translation are just gibberish, so I feel it's very possible that the word used was something more like "stasis", "hibernation", or maybe "broken", "confused", "errant" or something like that.

 

2) Richard doesn't really confirm or deny anything in his answer. He could very well have said something about their future plans, the text is "some outtakes

from our interview".

 

Although I agree that things have been awfully quiet...

1) Defunct in Dutch means defunct in English. Exactly the same.

2) Richard goes along with the question in his sentence saying that the expensive Analord binders played a part in the now defunct Rephlex label. Translated exactly he said:

 

"Is that (the expensive binder) the reason for Rephlex now being defunct?"

 

It didn't help in any case, no, but there was more going on as well.

 

Aww shit

:braindance:

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:58 PM, Parsifal said:

Also if there is ever a release of a "Making of Windowlicker"-video I would be so glad, that music video is a masterpiece.

I'd rather see the "Making of Windowlicker-track".

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:58 PM, goDel said:

nvrmnd

 

good work jan. again.

 

*put's on Kanye smile*

lol, sorry, imma let you finish next time

  On 8/27/2014 at 2:46 AM, borys said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:44 AM, chim said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 1:33 AM, khawk76 said:

morning all:)

 

very new here; I lurked during the boctransmissions, good to share the excitement about the imminent shit. so how many of the live tracks are established as being n the record? I know the usual suspects: m,mz,St. is there a fourth?

 

I try to update the original post with useful information for as long as it feels relevant to do so. There is no track or performance apart from manchester, metz or singapore that's virtually confirmed, let alone suggested, although some members have baselessly suggested that the Barbican (suspended piano) performance might be aisatsana (track 12).

 

There are two recent interview snippets by fader mag and pitchfork if you check back with the OP.

 

Current news is that we have discovered the typeface on the album cover to be Norm Simple Regular.

 

 

Nah, the font is definitely Decima Mono. Look at Norm Simple's W, it's too wide, The serifs on the I are too narrow. The 'g' is totally different from the one seen in the album artwork. Compare the lowercase fonts..!

 

Here's Decima Mono Light

And regular, which is probably used for the vignette

 

I'm a typography nerd

 

I'm not convinced, is there a high res version of the original artwork to go from?

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:58 PM, Parsifal said:

Also if there is ever a release of a "Making of Windowlicker"-video I would be so glad, that music video is a masterpiece.

There are pictures floating about of Richard on set in Los Angeles where they filmed it playing chess...

  On 8/27/2014 at 9:09 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:58 PM, Parsifal said:

Also if there is ever a release of a "Making of Windowlicker"-video I would be so glad, that music video is a masterpiece.

There are pictures floating about of Richard on set in Los Angeles where they filmed it playing chess...

 

Can't remember that one! I did found these though:

  On 8/27/2014 at 9:00 PM, psn said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 8:58 PM, Parsifal said:

Also if there is ever a release of a "Making of Windowlicker"-video I would be so glad, that music video is a masterpiece.

 

I'd rather see the "Making of Windowlicker-track".

 

It would like to see him sing it live.

"Oooh-oooh... Oooh-uuuh-wo-ooooh..."

Whoah jumping from the amazing happiness of Syro being released to the infinite sadness of Rephlex being dead is quite harsh

Rephlex died?

SSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTEEEEIIIINNNNNNVVVVOOOORRRDDD!

Perhaps Rephlex stopped being a recordlabel and morphed into something else. Eitherway, much respect. One of the dopest labels ever

  On 8/27/2014 at 7:26 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 7:23 PM, Kavinsky said:

is there an explanation why he kills rephlex ?

 

Since he is a beloved father of 3 twins I suppose he does not have enough time to handle a record label.

 

Kids are not like drummachines you just cant switch them on and off.

A part of it is explained in the interview: the money lost on the Analords release (for example). Just the manufacturing of the binder was between 80-90 pounds a piece so they lost on that big time. He notes there are more reasons the label is now defunct, but they aren't mentioned yet.

 

yeah but he sold the analord stuff aswell

*pours out entire 40 for rephlex*

  On 8/27/2014 at 9:30 PM, andihow said:

*pours out entire 40 for rephlex*

LMAO!

  On 8/27/2014 at 9:27 PM, Kavinsky said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 7:26 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 8/27/2014 at 7:23 PM, Kavinsky said:

is there an explanation why he kills rephlex ?

 

Since he is a beloved father of 3 twins I suppose he does not have enough time to handle a record label.

 

Kids are not like drummachines you just cant switch them on and off.

A part of it is explained in the interview: the money lost on the Analords release (for example). Just the manufacturing of the binder was between 80-90 pounds a piece so they lost on that big time. He notes there are more reasons the label is now defunct, but they aren't mentioned yet.

 

yeah but he sold the analord stuff aswell

 

If I remember correctly, the binder was sent out with one record (Analord 10) and was sold for about 40 pounds. I'm not sure on the amount of binders that were sold, but even taking the massive succes of the whole limited Analord series into account, the profits couldn't have been very high.

  On 8/27/2014 at 9:26 PM, Tristan said:

Perhaps Rephlex stopped being a recordlabel and morphed into something else. Eitherway, much respect. One of the dopest labels ever

I've been holding that opinion for a while now because of all the non-facts out there, but this new tidbit doesn't help... Let's hope you're right

And welcome btw!