APHEX TWIN - SYRO

I'm still having a pretty difficult time telling apart some of Syro from Monolith's work. Even the little riffs in Vigton 3 Stun and 4 bit 9d api+e+6 [12626] sound pretty similar to me. As do their names, for that matter.

  On 9/24/2014 at 7:46 PM, ZoeB said:

I'm still having a pretty difficult time telling apart some of Syro from Monolith's work. Even the little riffs in Vigton 3 Stun and 4 bit 9d api+e+6 [12626] sound pretty similar to me. As do their names, for that matter.

I can't hear the resemblance. If I could, I might like Monolith's work!

Edited September 24, 2014 by StephenG

  On 9/24/2014 at 5:05 PM, very honest said:

here's why fanboys are annoyed with the the shit talkers here: richard reads this. you're being rude, and maybe discouraging him from further releases. and why? its not the album you wanted? find an album you like. better yet, make the album you hoped for. noone is obligated to make the album you imagined. that's insane. you're wrong to defend your right to be rude here.

if he was reading this thread, don't you think it could be construed as partially insulting that Richard would 'maybe' stop releasing music because of a handful of random internet message board people who didn't like Syro? I guess that suggestion almost seems equally as rude to me.

 

In Syro the music brims with swagger and confidence with no desire to 'prove' anything to the aphex fan boy. Its fun, emotional and complex electronic music. He's going to be just fine and release music if he wishes regardless of what angry/disappointed fans (who are in the minority) think

Edited September 24, 2014 by John Ehrlichman

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 10:44 AM, LemanRuss said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 7:24 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 6:16 AM, LemanRuss said:

The utterly devastating release, which would have made Drukqs look like the in-game music of Ape Escape, just didn't happen. In fact, that is what Syro reminds me of a fair bit; the ingame music of a slightly Indie turn of the century PS1 game.

Video games could only hope to have as good of music as this album in them. It is only a sign of the lack of development of your ears that you think it sounds like video game music.

Who do you think you are talking to mate?

 

 

Some guy who thinks Syro sounds like video game music. You might be right if you were to choose the game that Aphex Twin's music was actually used in. But really who the are you?

  On 9/24/2014 at 7:30 PM, ferro4prez said:

It's hilarious that in pretty much every review of Drukqs from 2001, people saw it as being "more of the same" (which it wasn't!) and hoping RDJ would "break new ground" (which he did!), and now it's being used as a reference point for the "freshness" that Syro failed to achieve.

 

I know, right? Hard to listen to things subjectively these days.

 

 

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 7:55 PM, StephenG said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 7:46 PM, ZoeB said:

I'm still having a pretty difficult time telling apart some of Syro from Monolith's work. Even the little riffs in Vigton 3 Stun and 4 bit 9d api+e+6 [12626] sound pretty similar to me. As do their names, for that matter.

I can't hear the resemblance. If I could, I might like Monolith's work!

 

 

How can you love the acid-y goodness of syro and analords and not like monolith? Monolith just writes amazingly crunchy and funky riffs.

People were asking about freshness. What is fresh sounding? The amazing opening two tracks of this album! (I hadn't heard the live versions.)

 

What doesn't sound fresh at all? (As in, sounds a bit boring, for various reasons)... Most of the rest of the tracks, what with their retro-fetishism and kitschy melodies and sounds. Everyone is going down this sound route and I've heard those old drum machines and acid squiggles too many times, and done better. All the tracks except the first three pale in comparison to The Tuss, which shares some characteristics but seems far deeper.

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:09 PM, Lianne said:

People were asking about freshness. What is fresh sounding? The amazing opening two tracks of this album! (I hadn't heard the live versions.)

 

What doesn't sound fresh at all? (As in, sounds a bit boring, for various reasons)... Most of the rest of the tracks, what with their retro-fetishism and kitschy melodies and sounds. Everyone is going down this sound route and I've heard those old drum machines and acid squiggles too many times, and done better. All the tracks except the first three pale in comparison to The Tuss, which shares some characteristics but seems far deeper.

 

I'm sure I remember in the Exai thread you were talking about Exai not being as deep as the likes of Confield and Draft, and I disagreed with you? I'm going to say the same here, I definitely think that tracks like the CIRCLONTs, Syro and Earth Portal are lot deeper (as in more layered, more going on, more subtelty, more complex) than anything by The Tuss.

 

Maybe I'm easier to please with new releases. I always seem to think these guys keep improving :)

Never change, watmm.

Extremely conflicted opinions is a sure sign this album is pretty good.

I haven't listened to the album for 3 days, and it's only my 3rd listen, but I'm totally re-discovering the tracks (and I'm only at the Metz track, never noticed it was SO deep). Hope i'll have the same feeling for all the tracks

At this point, I wake up in the morning with a moment from this album in my head

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:18 PM, Roksen Creek said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:09 PM, Lianne said:

 

People were asking about freshness. What is fresh sounding? The amazing opening two tracks of this album! (I hadn't heard the live versions.)

 

What doesn't sound fresh at all? (As in, sounds a bit boring, for various reasons)... Most of the rest of the tracks, what with their retro-fetishism and kitschy melodies and sounds. Everyone is going down this sound route and I've heard those old drum machines and acid squiggles too many times, and done better. All the tracks except the first three pale in comparison to The Tuss, which shares some characteristics but seems far deeper.

I'm sure I remember in the Exai thread you were talking about Exai not being as deep as the likes of Confield and Draft, and I disagreed with you? I'm going to say the same here, I definitely think that tracks like the CIRCLONTs, Syro and Earth Portal are lot deeper (as in more layered, more going on, more subtelty, more complex) than anything by The Tuss.

 

Maybe I'm easier to please with new releases. I always seem to think these guys keep improving :)

I think that was 'Oversteps' - unless I'm remembering wrong! But I admit I was very wrong on that count.

 

I guess my tastes just don't gel so well with those old vintage drum machine sounds and blatantly synthy-synth lines. I should just enjoy what I can enjoy about the album and move on. I do hope this bent towards nostalgia and analog noodling lessens soon, but even if it doesn't I understand artists are free to do wha they want, and there's still plenty of amazing music to enjoy. :)

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:34 PM, soma said:

At this point, I wake up in the morning with a moment from this album in my head

 

 

yeah this is happening to me, and during the day I find some passages just appear and then I realise I'm humming them, the vocal peice in minipops especially but others too

 

I'm having a few days rest though, always careful of the overkill factor.....

I'm finally listening to other things again. I binged so much on this album these last few days. I look forward to coming back to it in a couple weeks or so with a somewhat fresh pair of ears. weeee.

 

edit: ok I might sneak in earth portal here and there when I need a jungle fix (I need those often)

Edited September 24, 2014 by Vaaler9

I had a glass of Johnnie Walker Red on my desk. After pumping XMAS directly to the base of the glass via non-Sennheiser earbuds the whisky transmogrified into Lagavulin 12 at around 6 minutes or so. A small purple cocktail umbrella rotated slowly in the glass with a chartreuse olive speared on each spoke. I bit one open and the word 'LUSH' appeared in the flesh. Tasted a bit tinny though so binned it. So yeah I guess it works on the molecular level or whatever

i'v been leaning on that syrop 2 times a day since the leak

on 16bit wav that is, the 24's don't seem to be working on my system

oh well it sounds amazing!!

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:46 PM, beerwolf said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:34 PM, soma said:

 

At this point, I wake up in the morning with a moment from this album in my head

 

yeah this is happening to me, and during the day I find some passages just appear and then I realise I'm humming them, the vocal peice in minipops especially but others too

 

I'm having a few days rest though, always careful of the overkill factor.....

The thought of me burning out this album terrifies me. I'm so into it right now. Especially the 1st 3 tracks, "180db_" and the last 3 tracks... And all of the others :)

 

I know lots of people saying they aren't stoked that there aren't any really "groundbreaking crazy mental insane mind warping brain exploding" moments on it like in 54 Cymru Beats or whatever, but I'm cool with that. I think it could add to the albums freshness and shelf life. Every album he puts out blows my mind in its own way, and this one is no exception.

It's just more restrained.

 

I've been playing the fuck out of it tho.

Edited September 24, 2014 by J3FF3R00

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:46 PM, beerwolf said:

 

 

yeah this is happening to me, and during the day I find some passages just appear and then I realise I'm humming them, the vocal peice in minipops especially but others too

 

 

Same here, it's been probably a little hard for my co-workers not to hit me in the face but, hey,

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:45 PM, Lianne said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:18 PM, Roksen Creek said:

 

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:09 PM, Lianne said:

People were asking about freshness. What is fresh sounding? The amazing opening two tracks of this album! (I hadn't heard the live versions.)

 

What doesn't sound fresh at all? (As in, sounds a bit boring, for various reasons)... Most of the rest of the tracks, what with their retro-fetishism and kitschy melodies and sounds. Everyone is going down this sound route and I've heard those old drum machines and acid squiggles too many times, and done better. All the tracks except the first three pale in comparison to The Tuss, which shares some characteristics but seems far deeper.

I'm sure I remember in the Exai thread you were talking about Exai not being as deep as the likes of Confield and Draft, and I disagreed with you? I'm going to say the same here, I definitely think that tracks like the CIRCLONTs, Syro and Earth Portal are lot deeper (as in more layered, more going on, more subtelty, more complex) than anything by The Tuss.

 

Maybe I'm easier to please with new releases. I always seem to think these guys keep improving :)

I think that was 'Oversteps' - unless I'm remembering wrong! But I admit I was very wrong on that count.

 

I guess my tastes just don't gel so well with those old vintage drum machine sounds and blatantly synthy-synth lines. I should just enjoy what I can enjoy about the album and move on. I do hope this bent towards nostalgia and analog noodling lessens soon, but even if it doesn't I understand artists are free to do wha they want, and there's still plenty of amazing music to enjoy. :)

 

 

It was definitely Exai as I wasn't around for Oversteps and my memory doesn't stretch that far back

 

I do kind of get your point about the retro sounds. I think that's what might be throwing a lot of the more disappointed fans off? They want more alien sounds without a point of reference? In that sense I guess I'm lucky because I don't listen to all that much music throughout the year and so how used the sounds are don't bother me all that much. I just try to concentrate on what is there and take it for what it is. Even I must admit though, I do get a bit of an 80s feel listening to it at times (in a good way). I know reviewers got panned by WATMMers for saying that, but I can't help it

Per Richard's interviews, maybe with a bit of reading between the lines, this is basically the non-masterpiece but warm hug/unrealesed live favorites collection of an album people were actively asking for. Warp went out of their way to make sure you knew we were starting off with the Manchester Track. I think they managed expectations very well, considering some expectations for this thing were going to be impossible to fulfill regardless of content.

 

I think the album is perfect for what it is. I'd love some tricky, difficult aphex, and soon, but Syro fills a space that needed filling, and it does it well. I didn't mean to make that sound sexual, sorry. I haven't spent much time with Syro yet but I'm definitely getting more out of subsequent listens, and having a lot of fun with it. It's not shallow music but it's really fun.

Anyway, on XMAS_EVET10, that warm, vaguely MFM/RDJA melody that comes in between the 4-5 minute mark almost made me get a nostalgic lump in my throat; hi Richard, it's very good to have you back, even if you never really left. I don't imagine that moment would be there had this been a new Tuss album, it's so goddamn Aphex Twin.

 

Don't begrudge anyone's opinion, negative or otherwise, but I did put some shit in my ears IRL, and it actually made the album sound significantly worse, so I think we can X-out that particular hypothesis, and please send me antibiotics

just chiming in to say i purchased the vinyl and cd (from two different local record stores!) last nite (us release) and thoroughly enjoyed it. metz hifi is awesome syrobonkus is bonkers and piezoluminescence is lucious

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:34 PM, soma said:

At this point, I wake up in the morning with a moment from this album in my head

yeah

 

altho i've been having awful nightmares lately

wow its been almost 300 pages. i remember the start and no syro. time fucking goes by, boys. time fucking goes by

  On 9/24/2014 at 9:45 PM, Lianne said:

 

I guess my tastes just don't gel so well with those old vintage drum machine sounds and blatantly synthy-synth lines.

lmfao