APHEX TWIN - SYRO

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:46 PM, funkaholic said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:38 PM, panz0r said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:33 PM, A Reggae Lee Bowyer said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:32 PM, panz0r said:

 

heard it three times now and it doesn't work for me. not at all. i think the whole thing is a complete mess. to me it sounds like he was fiddleling around without having the slightest idea where to go with these tracks. i like minipops, the metz-thing (is the live version faster? not sure) and the piano piece. 180db is funny and likeable, it sounds silly, playful and completely idiotic. a good joke, not a good track. papat4 starts off great but destroys itself on the way. syro has its short funky moments, but the rest is so random and messy. i really hope this album was the last part of this anal/tussy phase. i love the guy, but... 4/10

 

Random?

 

yes, random. i don't get your point

 

he did say "It just totally makes me want to not do anything else in that particular style." so you're in luck!

 

oh, he did? glad to hear that

pre-order download date has changed from 22 to 21 now in my bleep acc.

that farty bassline in CIRCLONT14 (Shrymoming Mix) is pretty awesome, it almost sound like the stuttering samples from Squarepusher's Kill Robok

2:39

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:02 PM, BIOXLAT said:

pre-order download date has changed from 22 to 21 now in my bleep acc.

Same here!

For me it's striking a balance between plain groovy fun and all the intricacy and diversity you'd expect from an Aphex Twin record. Great upon first impression and bound to open up further with repeated listens (if minipops is anything to go by), love it already.

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:51 PM, A Reggae Lee Bowyer said:

 

thank you for you attention bye

Lol throw in some mangle 11 and 2 remixes by afx for good measure :p

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:35 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

my biggest 'complaint' and its not really a complaint at all just was expecting a real dark/evil belter like Death Fuck.

You're right, there's no in your face darkness in this album. Man in his forties, millionaire, living with his wife and children, easy-going life. I guess it's his happy album.

Eh, I think there is plenty of darkness in this record. Maybe not in your face, but it's there lurking.

anyone else surprised by the amount of SAWIII style bleeding/slow attack ambient pads appearing all over the album? I don't remember hearing stuff like this even on Drukqs

8:46 in Xmas Evet10 = sounds like a really good parliament funkadelic interlude, those handdrum/cowbell alike sounds are great

i didn't think i would be this amazed, i just wanna play it again

I heard Squarepusher is intensely studying Syro these days to see how he could catch up with his idol.

"Damn, he had me again. Now everyone will know that Ufabulum was influenced by all the tracks he's been sending me these last 8 years. And he said publicly that I got the robot idea from him and that my version of it sucks. I should release my electro-mechanical tracks before he does or else people may start taking notice. He told them about that too? I'm fucked."

the second half (all, really) of piezoluminescence is so good.

i love that little downward bit @ 4:37 :3

Definately a happy bright warm album. Very feelgood.

Currently listening to Syro while a big bastard thunderstorm rumbles angrily overhead.

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:26 PM, 123 said:

Definately a happy bright warm album. Very feelgood.

That's my impresssion as well!

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:58 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:44 PM, SmackSmash said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:31 PM, 123 said:

The way he makes those synths shimmer, just WOW. The sound design is breathtaking and in a lot of the tracks it just sort of slowly creeps up on you and you find yourself just listening in awe. CIRCLONT14 on the Audio Technicas is just amazingly loud but so so crisp. The whole thing is like your first MDMA trip.

 

I feel like he's been incredibly brave using so many raw synth sounds together with so little processing. Most producers would instinctively push things back in the mix with reverb and stuff, but on Syro they're all right at the front jostling for position, and it all works so well!

 

that's what gives me a much stronger analord 1-9, 11 vibe of all these 'raw synth' tracks. It sounds like work-flow wise the setup was closer to Analord than Rushup Edge. Whereas Rushup had a lot of post-processing/mini edits and breakbeats with the synths, this to me sounds like almost all hardware sounds (the noisefloor is even more pronounced on some of these than Analord too)

 

it's just astounding to me how 'off' professional music reviews of 15 years can be about the sounds being used in a particular record. Joe Muggs said every song was 'acid + breakbeats" or something to that effect. it's by far the most purely synth heavy record he's ever put out besides analord.

 

Yeah, a lot of people just really don't know how to describe things I guess. lel. This album doesn't sound anything like Drukqs, or Tuss, or even Analord to me (although I think you're right about the almost all hardware comparison in regards to the latter). Was surprised at how laid back it is, just really relaxed fun tunes all of it. That last half of XMAS_EVET10 tho. Amazon. That track really stood out on first listen. People who were saying things like 'this is Tuss +++', combined with the bpm info on these tracks, combined with things people were saying like 'experimental, gets really crazy towards the end' had me pulling a face like this expecting some insanely dank Death Fuck on steroids insanity or something

But actually despite the fast bpm that second to last track doesn't feel frantic at all, and the transition into Aisatsana isn't jarring like I feared it might have been from people saying they thought it felt 'tacked on'. Absolutely love the last track, so so so good. Cri everytiem. Looking forward to getting to know this album better and really looking forward to getting the wax in the post too

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:30 PM, skibby said:

It was funny to read that bit about Autechre saying everybodys doing the robot drum thing :)

 

In the Pitchfork interview, Master Richard mentions re-amping, the only other recording artists in electronica I've heard doing that quite blatantly (lets just say lately) is The Tuss and Mattias Östling. (especially rolando simmons stuff if i recall)

a lot of people who've figured out how could it can sound probably just keep it a secret.

"Ingrid (?) Why Did I Put Up With You?"

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:35 PM, Joyrex said:

"Ingrid (?) Why Did I Put Up With You?"

There he is :)

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:35 PM, Joyrex said:

"Ingrid (?) Why Did I Put Up With You?"

Ooo i was thinking something something "part with you". 'Why did i put up with you' fits tho, and goes hand in hand with same theme.

As playful and melodic as the album is, it still manages to carry its fair share of emotional baggage.

I love Circlont6A a lot. That's gotta be the same drum machine as the one used in "Taking Control". It sounds the same anyway.

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:33 PM, A Reggae Lee Bowyer said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:32 PM, panz0r said:

 

 

 

heard it three times now and it doesn't work for me. not at all. i think the whole thing is a complete mess. to me it sounds like he was fiddleling around without having the slightest idea where to go with these tracks. i like minipops, the metz-thing (is the live version faster? not sure) and the piano piece. 180db is funny and likeable, it sounds silly, playful and completely idiotic. a good joke, not a good track. papat4 starts off great but destroys itself on the way. syro has its short funky moments, but the rest is so random and messy. i really hope this album was the last part of this anal/tussy phase. i love the guy, but... 4/10

 

Random?

Youll figure it out after a few more listens I reckon

Came out a tad green but still.....

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:57 PM, phudoshin said:

Came out a tad green but still.....

 

Haha, that's fantastic! Great job!

  On 9/18/2014 at 11:32 PM, Timothy Forward said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:58 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:44 PM, SmackSmash said:

 

  On 9/18/2014 at 10:31 PM, 123 said:

The way he makes those synths shimmer, just WOW. The sound design is breathtaking and in a lot of the tracks it just sort of slowly creeps up on you and you find yourself just listening in awe. CIRCLONT14 on the Audio Technicas is just amazingly loud but so so crisp. The whole thing is like your first MDMA trip.

 

I feel like he's been incredibly brave using so many raw synth sounds together with so little processing. Most producers would instinctively push things back in the mix with reverb and stuff, but on Syro they're all right at the front jostling for position, and it all works so well!

 

that's what gives me a much stronger analord 1-9, 11 vibe of all these 'raw synth' tracks. It sounds like work-flow wise the setup was closer to Analord than Rushup Edge. Whereas Rushup had a lot of post-processing/mini edits and breakbeats with the synths, this to me sounds like almost all hardware sounds (the noisefloor is even more pronounced on some of these than Analord too)

 

it's just astounding to me how 'off' professional music reviews of 15 years can be about the sounds being used in a particular record. Joe Muggs said every song was 'acid + breakbeats" or something to that effect. it's by far the most purely synth heavy record he's ever put out besides analord.

 

 

Yeah, a lot of people just really don't know how to describe things I guess. lel. This album doesn't sound anything like Drukqs, or Tuss, or even Analord to me (although I think you're right about the almost all hardware comparison in regards to the latter). Was surprised at how laid back it is, just really relaxed fun tunes all of it. That last half of XMAS_EVET10 tho. Amazon. That track really stood out on first listen. People who were saying things like 'this is Tuss +++', combined with the bpm info on these tracks, combined with things people were saying like 'experimental, gets really crazy towards the end' had me pulling a face like this expecting some insanely dank Death Fuck on steroids insanity or something

 

 

But actually despite the fast bpm that second to last track doesn't feel frantic at all, and the transition into Aisatsana isn't jarring like I feared it might have been from people saying they thought it felt 'tacked on'. Absolutely love the last track, so so so good. Cri everytiem. Looking forward to getting to know this album better and really looking forward to getting the wax in the post too

 

Couldn't agree more with you.

There are some elements of Drukqs specifically how much Earth Portal Mix reminds me of ZiggomaticV17. Otherwise its exactly as you said. More laid back which probably describes Richard's life right now. His music has always reflected his emotions. Dark, frantic, calm peaceful all stuff of his past that he's already conveyed into music excellently. Now he has matured and this albums totally reflects it.

Anyone else find some really jazzy moments in some tracks?