APHEX TWIN - SYRO

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:08 PM, Brian Dance said:

syrobonkus

Thank you again for releasing the album :)

Where are you guys seeing the tracking number from bleep? Must have missed it.

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:41 PM, Vaaler9 said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:08 PM, Brian Dance said:

syrobonkus

Thank you again for releasing the album :)

 

brian is not the anal chosen one

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:43 PM, Gravity said:

Where are you guys seeing the tracking number from bleep? Must have missed it.

Nevermind, package just arrived. :]

https://bleep.com/release/9618-aphex-twin-richard-d-james-album

Vinyl for RDJ Album is up for pre-order for those who don't know.

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:08 AM, Brisbot said:

 

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spring reverb?

Yeah, that's the name of pikachus double jump in brawl.

 

lol

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:46 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:41 PM, Vaaler9 said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:08 PM, Brian Dance said:

syrobonkus

Thank you again for releasing the album :)

 

brian is not the anal chosen one

 

He said soooomething earlier that made me wonder. But you are probably right.

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:54 PM, Consul said:

https://bleep.com/release/9618-aphex-twin-richard-d-james-album

 

Vinyl is up for pre-order for those who don't know.

I was going to ask: anyone know anything about this pressing? There's a ton of the "1972" versions floating around in the States right now, but those are basically just CD versions pressed to vinyl, right?

By the way, I'm also still waiting for my vinyl I ordered from Bleep when in Germany, it was released on the 19th… Don't really care though, I don't think I'd be able to tell a difference between vinyl and my MP3s. Still it doesn't feel right, and I'd like to finally put my dirty fingers on that white perfection.

One question regarding those [XYZ mix] we see on this and many other albums: does that mean that he actually creates truly different mixes of his tracks and chooses one of them when he releases an album? Or is it just a nice way to add some more funky words to a track title? I know there's the Ventolin EP with six mixes of the original Ventolin, but these are clearly unrelated to oneanother, so he probably doesn't take that too seriously.

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:40 PM, The Wumbo Man said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 8:34 PM, baph said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 7:11 PM, olo said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 7:09 PM, baph said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 7:40 AM, J3FF3R00 said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 5:31 AM, Jobe said:

got my blerp vinylz today (Monday) in flyover nowheresville midwest usa

DAMN!!!

 

I'm not pre-ordering from Bleep again. I live in LOS FUCKING ANGELES and my package tracking says

• "Expected Delivery Day: Thursday, September 25, 2014"

That's what I get for pre-ordering the instant it goes live.

If it doesn't come with crazy swag, I'm gonna raise hell.

I pre-ordered about 10 hours after you, I live in LA, and mine is supposedly out for delivery today. It's being shipped via UPS Ground and the tracking originated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. I dunno wtf

ypsi, Mi. that's an interesting spot for shipment origination. Lotta drugs up in that town, so maybe makes sense.

Update: I just got two, count 'em, two, new dispatch notices from Bleep saying my order of Syro Vinyl has just been dispatched today, even though it's currently on the UPS truck for delivery, and I got the shipment notification for today's delivery last week.

 

Dunno if I'm getting three vinyl Syros now or what, but uh....

 

Bleep pls

You can use the spares as frisbees.

 

I had a similar thing happen, I got two different dispatch emails saying it had been shipped on two different days.

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:00 PM, baph said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:54 PM, Consul said:

https://bleep.com/release/9618-aphex-twin-richard-d-james-album

 

Vinyl is up for pre-order for those who don't know.

 

I was going to ask: anyone know anything about this pressing? There's a ton of the "1972" versions floating around in the States right now, but those are basically just CD versions pressed to vinyl, right?

 

See Warp's original announcement of those represses: http://warp.net/records/aphex-twin/new-vinyl-represses

"'...I Care Because You Do' will be recut from the original vinyl production master tape. 'Richard D James Album' will be re-cut for vinyl from the CD master by Kevin Metcalfe, the original mastering engineer on '…I Care Because You Do'."

So, presuming the Bleep preorder is for another pressing of the above-mentioned reissue, the release is cut for vinyl from the CD master by someone who knows what he's doing, rather than some shit reissue label that acquired the US rights and the CD master.

Even if the 1972 and Warp reissues were sonically the same in every respect, the Warp reissue is 180g.

I have both the 1972 and Warp 2012 reissues of ...ICBYD, and the Warp reissue is just better in every possible way. Even the quality of the card stock used for the sleeve is better on the Warp reissue.

On a different vinyl note, does anyone know if there ended up being different contents inside of 3xLP copies sold by indie record stores as opposed to Bleep or other stores' copies?

just got mine today from bleep, several sticker things and bag, it came in a plastic clear case thinh with his face engraved on it.

surely a mistake, its not what i ordered, ah well, gotta love bleep for happy mistakes.

So far...

- Still waiting for my Bleep LP (hoping it has goodies)

- Got my cd from amoeba yesterday. It came with a dropcard. I took the dropcard in to the store today. No dice. All of the extras were given away at the pre-release listening party (2 days prior to official release) that only people who followed the STORE ... not RDJ, Warp or Bleep ... in social media. Kinda lame.

- Picked up my other LP pre-order at another indie record shop in LA (Origami... I was the first one to do so when they opened... They'd been sitting on these LPs for 3 days. I know because I saw them behind the counter). Zero goodies.

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:14 PM, zupiclone said:

just got mine today from bleep, several sticker things and bag, it came in a plastic clear case thinh with his face engraved on it.

surely a mistake, its not what i ordered, ah well, gotta love bleep for happy mistakes.

. art thou earnest?

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:13 PM, bopslayer said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:00 PM, baph said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 9:54 PM, Consul said:

https://bleep.com/release/9618-aphex-twin-richard-d-james-album

 

Vinyl is up for pre-order for those who don't know.

 

I was going to ask: anyone know anything about this pressing? There's a ton of the "1972" versions floating around in the States right now, but those are basically just CD versions pressed to vinyl, right?

 

 

See Warp's original announcement of those represses: http://warp.net/records/aphex-twin/new-vinyl-represses

 

"'...I Care Because You Do' will be recut from the original vinyl production master tape. 'Richard D James Album' will be re-cut for vinyl from the CD master by Kevin Metcalfe, the original mastering engineer on '…I Care Because You Do'."

 

So, presuming the Bleep preorder is for another pressing of the above-mentioned reissue, the release is cut for vinyl from the CD master by someone who knows what he's doing, rather than some shit reissue label that acquired the US rights and the CD master.

 

Even if the 1972 and Warp reissues were sonically the same in every respect, the Warp reissue is 180g.

 

I have both the 1972 and Warp 2012 reissues of ...ICBYD, and the Warp reissue is just better in every possible way. Even the quality of the card stock used for the sleeve is better on the Warp reissue.

 

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

I keep getting momentarily excited when I see SAWII pop up in Amoeba Records, but I've been able to come to my senses upon seeing 1972 on the back.

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:14 PM, zupiclone said:

just got mine today from bleep, several sticker things and bag, it came in a plastic clear case thinh with his face engraved on it.

surely a mistake, its not what i ordered, ah well, gotta love bleep for happy mistakes.

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:30 PM, J3FF3R00 said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:14 PM, zupiclone said:

just got mine today from bleep, several sticker things and bag, it came in a plastic clear case thinh with his face engraved on it.

surely a mistake, its not what i ordered, ah well, gotta love bleep for happy mistakes.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Dibs on unwanted stickers!

*from a comic book fan friend of mine* The writer for many batman comics tweeted the following: 'drafting the the 'insert batman comicbook name here' while listing to Syro. Love it. Don't be surprised if Gotham gets a little more 4 bit 9d api+e+6

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:14 PM, zupiclone said:

just got mine today from bleep, several sticker things and bag, it came in a plastic clear case thinh with his face engraved on it.

surely a mistake, its not what i ordered, ah well, gotta love bleep for happy mistakes.

I highly doubt they would accidentally send out a limited to 200 special edition that you had to win the opportunity to even buy.

viral marketing for new aphex

So I've listened through the album about 10 times now or so, my only complaints are that Metz is a little less bombastic than what I was thinking it could sound like. I kinda wish it was sped up a hair and that it may have been mastered a bit different.

Second complaint is that Singapore (PAPAT) has some fuzzy tapping background noise during the wobbly chord parts which I can't un-hear. I initially thought it was only the leak I downloaded but it's still present in my Blerp downloads

Other than that, this album is a solid 10/10 for me. Piezoluminescence is my favorite track for sure. I'm also very happy the bonus track isn't a pisstake but one of my favorites, especially the ending

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:02 PM, HokusPoker said:

 

One question regarding those [XYZ mix] we see on this and many other albums: does that mean that he actually creates truly different mixes of his tracks and chooses one of them when he releases an album? Or is it just a nice way to add some more funky words to a track title? I know there's the Ventolin EP with six mixes of the original Ventolin, but these are clearly unrelated to oneanother, so he probably doesn't take that too seriously.

on that note, as "Radiator" from SAWII was later released on 26 mixes with beats and called "original mix" did maybe more of SAWII originally get created with full on beats, that he stripped away for the Ambientness... is there perhaps a "Not so Ambient works II" somewhere in Richard's files?

got my 2 vinyls (edit: at kakapo's request I have changed this abomination of a word to the following....) RECORDS today. =)

2 vinyls RECORDS for $105CAD and what do I get as a bonus?

1 sticker.

thanks blerpwarp

ah well, at least I got something

  On 9/23/2014 at 11:31 PM, YELLOW said:

YELLOW, on 23 Sept 2014 - 2:31 PM, said:

Second complaint is that Singapore (PAPAT) has some fuzzy tapping background noise during the wobbly chord parts which I can't un-hear. I initially thought it was only the leak I downloaded but it's still present in my Blerp downloads

quite raw

  On 9/23/2014 at 11:36 PM, hayhook said:

 

  On 9/23/2014 at 10:02 PM, HokusPoker said:

 

One question regarding those [XYZ mix] we see on this and many other albums: does that mean that he actually creates truly different mixes of his tracks and chooses one of them when he releases an album? Or is it just a nice way to add some more funky words to a track title? I know there's the Ventolin EP with six mixes of the original Ventolin, but these are clearly unrelated to oneanother, so he probably doesn't take that too seriously.

on that note, as "Radiator" from SAWII was later released on 26 mixes with beats and called "original mix" did maybe more of SAWII originally get created with full on beats, that he stripped away for the Ambientness... is there perhaps a "Not so Ambient works II" somewhere in Richard's files?

 

If you look through his catalogue of released material, he's had "mixes" or "edits" or "remixes" of tracks since the beginning. The MFM leak and the unreleased track tape (aka the "Joyrex" tape, urgh) have similar versions of released tracks, so I reckon he keeps track of his variations by calling them as such.