APHEX TWIN - SYRO

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:19 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

If Chris Cunningham wasn't in that room with the badger filming RDJ's robot orchestra I'll smoke jenkum

Cunningham said he's done doing music videos tho

Afx needs to live forever so he can make music forever, and needs to make a philosophers stone to do so. We get the once in a lifetime chance to enter into a 400 person ballot in the hopes we'll be chosen as a sacrifice. He will forever tell interviewers that he was touched that his fans sacrificed themselves for the chance.

Ok.. still hyped. Sweet jesus.

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:31 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:19 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

If Chris Cunningham wasn't in that room with the badger filming RDJ's robot orchestra I'll smoke jenkum

Cunningham said he's done doing music videos tho

 

Not to derail the thread, but what has Cunningham done recently? Anything?

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:33 PM, Brisbot said:

Afx needs to live forever so he can make music forever, and needs to make a philosophers stone to do so. We get the once in a lifetime chance to enter into a 400 person ballot in the hopes we'll be chosen as a sacrifice. He will forever tell interviewers that he was touched that his fans sacrificed themselves for the chance.

if i dont live forever whats the point

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:31 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:19 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

If Chris Cunningham wasn't in that room with the badger filming RDJ's robot orchestra I'll smoke jenkum

Cunningham said he's done doing music videos tho

 

what ever happened to that little girl getting vivisected by aliens video? was that just a short film then?

last major project I saw from Cunningham was that installation/robot arm thing. With all this talk about robot drummers I kept forgetting that Cunningham originally started his career doing animatronics and robotic effects for films. Would make a lot of sense for them to collaborate in this capacity. I mean holy shit, can you imagine Cunningham style edits on RDJ's robot drum solos? It could be like a real-life Monkey drummer but even better

  On 9/25/2014 at 10:46 PM, bopslayer said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 9:53 PM, Allize said:

Just fucked my headphones because I raised the volume to its maximum on the minipops drop. Nice..

lol, that sucks

what kind of cans?

 

too bad to mention

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:31 PM, xy_politics said:

nice one !

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:35 PM, Deer said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:33 PM, Brisbot said:

Afx needs to live forever so he can make music forever, and needs to make a philosophers stone to do so. We get the once in a lifetime chance to enter into a 400 person ballot in the hopes we'll be chosen as a sacrifice. He will forever tell interviewers that he was touched that his fans sacrificed themselves for the chance.

 

if i dont live forever whats the point

 

You're a deer. What do you care? You voluntarily run into headlights.

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last major project I saw from Cunningham was that installation/robot arm thing. With all this talk about robot drummers I kept forgetting that Cunningham originally started his career doing animatronics and robotic effects for films. Would make a lot of sense for them to collaborate in this capacity. I mean holy shit, can you imagine Cunningham style edits on RDJ's robot drum solos? It could be like a real-life Monkey drummer but even better

Yeah , i've been having this recurring dream where an animatronic badger plays midi programmed breakbeats live for me in my face.

If not new music, maybe it can still be old music.

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:35 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:31 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:19 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

If Chris Cunningham wasn't in that room with the badger filming RDJ's robot orchestra I'll smoke jenkum

Cunningham said he's done doing music videos tho

 

Not to derail the thread, but what has Cunningham done recently? Anything?

 

I think he also made the cover for the album.

maybe chris cunningham is gonna release the ugly boy video

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:53 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

maybe chris cunningham is gonna release the ugly boy video

Nooooooooo

ya i think the warpaint thing was the last i heard of Chris Cunningham and this from 2009:

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I think his gf is from warpaint, it must be it.

That means she is the yoko ono in this relationship

Off the speculation train for a sec to share a personal story (still very much to do with Syro of course)

So I've been headphones in, full on obsession mode since the album was announced. Either listening to the live recordings, revisiting old releases, then when Syro came out, obviously wearing that out big time. The whole time, the GF wondering what EXACTLY have I been so crazy about. I would sort of pass it off with " oh its this crazy guy that makes really weird techno that I have loved for like 15 years, he is releasing a new album. I've been waiting for this FOREVER etc." The whole time thinking she would basically hate this music.

And even as "welcoming" Syro is I still though, well, it can't be THAT welcoming for someone that thinks if there is no singing and guitar it is immediately shit. So the LP came in yesterday and she is like "I'm listening to this, I've never seen you this way." I was actually weirdly nervous. So to make a long story short she listened to XMas Eve and LOVED it. And even the Circlon stuff which I basically warned her about, she would listen to it and just keep laughing.. and said it was really fun and entertaining. And with Aisatsana she got a little teary.. especially after I told her he made it for his wife. Now this morning she texted me saying "ahhh I just want to listen to more aphex twin, I can't get it out of my head, I see why you love it."

I guess part of the reason I'm sharing this is I thought it was pretty amazing this album has the ability to attract someone not into electonic music whatsoever. Its sort of a testament to how truly good Aphex is, despite it being "weird". No wonder so many of us got so damn into it back in the day. It is powerful music actually. This is his "fun light album" but if its the first time you have ever heard anything like this, it can open you up to this "world" just like RDJ album did for many of us or SAW1 did for the real old timers <- ;)

Ok I'm done now.

http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/160224?ev=rb

My mind hurts at JRs teasing. Excited to see what 2014 has in store next!

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:35 PM, Deer said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:33 PM, Brisbot said:

Afx needs to live forever so he can make music forever, and needs to make a philosophers stone to do so. We get the once in a lifetime chance to enter into a 400 person ballot in the hopes we'll be chosen as a sacrifice. He will forever tell interviewers that he was touched that his fans sacrificed themselves for the chance.

 

if i dont live forever whats the point

 

you live forever as a part of afx, like liquid snake

odds are that the next secret in store is music related.

  On 9/25/2014 at 11:36 PM, Allize said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 10:46 PM, bopslayer said:

 

  On 9/25/2014 at 9:53 PM, Allize said:

Just fucked my headphones because I raised the volume to its maximum on the minipops drop. Nice..

lol, that sucks

what kind of cans?

 

 

too bad to mention

 

found your problem

I listen to his other stuff countless times on the same gear...