APHEX TWIN - SYRO

So Syro is mentioned in Grazia, a glossy fashion magazine from the UK apparently (tweeted by Mira Calix)

How old is that photo of him ?!

  On 9/22/2014 at 1:03 PM, BCM said:

 

  On 9/22/2014 at 12:15 PM, Chesney said:

I didn't see anyone be really negative. A few people said they didn't like it, so what?

Stop being so precious. Your post makes you look a dick not the people saying they didn't like it.

there's been loads of really negative comments, what thread you been reading? it's fine not to like something but a lot of people seem to be almost taking the fact that they don't like it personally, like Aphex has deliberately tried to insult them or something. i think it's because the album is too funky, these people can't dance for toffee and an upbeat album heavily reliant I groove scares them. you can't really sit in your darkened room with the curtains shut and get all moody and depressingly introspective to this album, which is what i imagine the majority of the naysayers like to do most of the time.

 

also, don't test me new person or I'll fuckin ave yer!

 

You don't see anything insulting in slaping together a bunch of old binned tracks (has anyone realised that those sound 1:1 exactly the same as on the youtube recordings?) with huge amounts of hiss and overmaximized mastering because the original multitracks have been long lost as insulting? Didn't he say he is a "sucker for sounds?". Why has it been released as "Aphex Twin" and not as "The Tuss" although all tracks are basically from the latter era?

I understand that the haters don't really have a lot of senseful and objective arguments. But what i do not understand, are all those comments saying "he did it for the fans" or that this release means that there will be more releases or whatever. Please explain to me, why this particular person deserves SO MUCH love when he clearly doesn't give a single fuck about anyone of you people?

Was it the supposedly lost mp3 player?

Was it the lovely recorded sound of a commodore 64 tape that you preordered?

Was it him insisting that he has dozens of albums ready JUST to be released?

Was it those remixes pressed to CD from mp3 format?

Was it the Caustic Window Compilation stunt?

Maybe him insisting for years that he is not The Tuss?

Or was it all the cynical, vague bullshit answers in this interviews over all those years?

Syro is 100 % Aphex. It's a very fun album. It's excelently crafted. And that is pretty much it.

  On 9/22/2014 at 1:46 PM, matrigs said:

 

  On 9/22/2014 at 1:03 PM, BCM said:

 

  On 9/22/2014 at 12:15 PM, Chesney said:

I didn't see anyone be really negative. A few people said they didn't like it, so what?

Stop being so precious. Your post makes you look a dick not the people saying they didn't like it.

there's been loads of really negative comments, what thread you been reading? it's fine not to like something but a lot of people seem to be almost taking the fact that they don't like it personally, like Aphex has deliberately tried to insult them or something. i think it's because the album is too funky, these people can't dance for toffee and an upbeat album heavily reliant I groove scares them. you can't really sit in your darkened room with the curtains shut and get all moody and depressingly introspective to this album, which is what i imagine the majority of the naysayers like to do most of the time.

 

also, don't test me new person or I'll fuckin ave yer!

 

 

You don't see anything insulting in slaping together a bunch of old binned tracks (has anyone realised that those sound 1:1 exactly the same as on the youtube recordings?) with huge amounts of hiss and overmaximized mastering because the original multitracks have been long lost as insulting? Didn't he say he is a "sucker for sounds?". Why has it been released as "Aphex Twin" and not as "The Tuss" although all tracks are basically from the latter era?

 

 

not insulting at all.

It's not like it was forced on to your ipod or you were forced to pay for it.

I finally understand why Richard decided to release an Aphex Twin album after so many years. He wanted to destroy WATMM.

It's revenge for Joyrex calling drukqs "quite good"

Arguments everywhere, everyone is holding syro up to his other albums, which is their biggest mistake, and I suspect it's why james didn't want to release anything before.

Syro is a damn good album.

  On 9/22/2014 at 11:57 AM, Herr Jan said:

I hope I have the discipline to not preorder through Bleep ever again (not the first time I'm deciding this), when some shops in the Netherlands (RH, Clone) already sold it on friday, what is in it for the people that pre-ordered from the first minute that still don't have it?

Yeah, I'm not sure why I bother anymore. The last four Autechre releases have hit stores many days before I even received my copy, as did Syro. That said, every time I haven't pre-ordered and got the "LP-T" instead (ie. Scintilli, Ufabulum), I never saw vinyl copies in any stores.

  On 9/22/2014 at 1:46 PM, matrigs said:

 

  On 9/22/2014 at 1:03 PM, BCM said:

 

  On 9/22/2014 at 12:15 PM, Chesney said:

I didn't see anyone be really negative. A few people said they didn't like it, so what?

Stop being so precious. Your post makes you look a dick not the people saying they didn't like it.

there's been loads of really negative comments, what thread you been reading? it's fine not to like something but a lot of people seem to be almost taking the fact that they don't like it personally, like Aphex has deliberately tried to insult them or something. i think it's because the album is too funky, these people can't dance for toffee and an upbeat album heavily reliant I groove scares them. you can't really sit in your darkened room with the curtains shut and get all moody and depressingly introspective to this album, which is what i imagine the majority of the naysayers like to do most of the time.

 

also, don't test me new person or I'll fuckin ave yer!

You don't see anything insulting in slaping together a bunch of old binned tracks (has anyone realised that those sound 1:1 exactly the same as on the youtube recordings?) with huge amounts of hiss and overmaximized mastering because the original multitracks have been long lost as insulting? Didn't he say he is a "sucker for sounds?". Why has it been released as "Aphex Twin" and not as "The Tuss" although all tracks are basically from the latter era?

 

I understand that the haters don't really have a lot of senseful and objective arguments. But what i do not understand, are all those comments saying "he did it for the fans" or that this release means that there will be more releases or whatever. Please explain to me, why this particular person deserves SO MUCH love when he clearly doesn't give a single fuck about anyone of you people?

 

Was it the supposedly lost mp3 player?

Was it the lovely recorded sound of a commodore 64 tape that you preordered?

Was it him insisting that he has dozens of albums ready JUST to be released?

Was it those remixes pressed to CD from mp3 format?

Was it the Caustic Window Compilation stunt?

Maybe him insisting for years that he is not The Tuss?

Or was it all the cynical, vague bullshit answers in this interviews over all those years?

 

Syro is 100 % Aphex. It's a very fun album. It's excelently crafted. And that is pretty much it.

my work here is done

Damn, everyone is so heated. It's not even fun trolling anymore.

Now the album is out, i'll slink back off and make music. The Hype of a new album brings out people like me but now it's time to carry on with life nd leave you crazy forumers to it.

See ya next time there is hype dudes.

  On 9/22/2014 at 11:28 AM, phudoshin said:

 

  On 9/22/2014 at 6:36 AM, apriorion said:

What I want to know now is where are the Chartreuse Aphex Logo T-Shirts?! Let's get on this, Bleep!

Homemade Poly-T

 

 

Nice! I like the cost breakdown, too.

CD and LP just dropped in. Hyped! ha.

laters.

yeah bye

Matrigs words sound harsh but he has a point. Somewhat. I salute him for the courage.

  On 9/22/2014 at 2:35 PM, trananhhung said:

Matrigs words sound harsh but he has a point. Somewhat. I salute him for the courage.

And what point is that exactly?

All the fans were asking non stop for the live tracks to be released. So he released them. That's nice of him.

i also remember people begging for more analords of xltronic (probably here too), and in some cozy christmas we've actually received them =)

edit: and disinformation is part of braindance culture, it's ok to lie in intervies

Syro is not the album I wanted. But, it's the album I needed.

I love this album...so much frequencies. Watching my kids confused dancing and mimicking the sound of synths is lovely.

Aisatsana is

http://www.discogs.com/artist/4006664-Anastasia-Rybina

i think his wife...

I wonder why the mastering duties were split between the first track ( Beau Thomas) and the rest of them ( Mandy Parnell)

  On 9/22/2014 at 3:47 PM, mcbpete said:

I wonder why the mastering duties were split between the first track ( Beau Thomas) and the rest of them ( Mandy Parnell)

It is strange actually. I kind of prefer the mastering on the 1st track. Some of the tracks (syro, circlont6) sound too hot to me.

Listened to it again just to make sure.

Again, nope.

The only track which exhibits the true Aphex vastness is the last one, aisatsana. The rest are sub-par, and you know it.

Remember that this is the same guy who brought you Hangable Auto Bulb, for fucks sake. There is nothing even approaching the enormity of that on here, let alone Helisphan, Stone In Focus, Come On You Slags, etc.

Go back and listen to this,

then put on Syro, and tell me which is better (and fuck off with even attempting any of that, 'meh it is all subjective man, this is good'. It isn't. It is not as good as his other stuff.)

syro is so good. I don't know what to say. I wonder how many of the tracks already been public prior release... I did not catch up with all the unreleased stuff
afaik it is 1-5 and the last track is that correct?

  On 9/22/2014 at 4:02 PM, LemanRuss said:

Go back and listen to this,

 

Weird, that's like a semi-tone slower than what I'm used to. My version sounds like this:

  On 9/22/2014 at 4:02 PM, LemanRuss said:

Listened to it again just to make sure.

 

Again, nope.

 

The only track which exhibits the true Aphex vastness is the last one, aisatsana. The rest are sub-par, and you know it.

 

Remember that this is the same guy who brought you Hangable Auto Bulb, for fucks sake. There is nothing even approaching the enormity of that on here, let alone Helisphan, Stone In Focus, Come On You Slags, etc.

 

Go back and listen to this,

 

 

then put on Syro, and tell me which is better (and fuck off with even attempting any of that, 'meh it is all subjective man, this is good'. It isn't. It is not as good as his other stuff.)

i havent heard syro yet, but listening to this extremely dated sounding old and derrivative (spell correct that pls) track, i can guarantee that syro will sound by far more mature and original.

derivative??! derivative of what?! 1993 mate. this was and is a complete original.

syro is weak.

  On 9/22/2014 at 4:02 PM, LemanRuss said:

Listened to it again just to make sure.

 

Again, nope.

 

The only track which exhibits the true Aphex vastness is the last one, aisatsana. The rest are sub-par, and you know it.

 

Remember that this is the same guy who brought you Hangable Auto Bulb, for fucks sake. There is nothing even approaching the enormity of that on here, let alone Helisphan, Stone In Focus, Come On You Slags, etc.

 

Go back and listen to this,

 

 

then put on Syro, and tell me which is better (and fuck off with even attempting any of that, 'meh it is all subjective man, this is good'. It isn't. It is not as good as his other stuff.)

I'm not sure what you want to point out with what you are saying right there,

what about track 4, track 8 track 11?

the sound is not exactly the same, but for me even between saw and saw II is a huge difference and they even have the same nam, most poeple would say SaW II is the far greater masterpiece, for me that is not true! Of course it is alot of personal opinion. it is some kind of new aphex twin I agree!

sometimes I think syro is a collabo album if some little parts here and there would not be made by him but then I think it is just a little more relaxed and fluent - in return it is not "as powerful", it's still one of his best albums. and please relax a little bit. If you take just ventolin and alberto balsam from "I care because you do" then you can "destroy" every album that exists right now.

Overall it's a fun listen and works very good as album. (you can still not compare it to drukqs because drukqs is huuuge with about 30 tracks/skits)