APHEX TWIN - SYRO

That's bullshit, the last blowjob was 7 years ago so your argument is invalid.

And I kept hearing his music daily so it makes even less sense.

  On 9/29/2014 at 6:23 PM, Allize said:

That's bullshit, the last blowjob was 7 years ago so your argument is invalid.

 

And I kept hearing his music daily so it makes even less sense.

All the time.

it is pure aphex. with that magic aphex dust. in true fashion, a change from everything before. what a talent.
i think if we hadnt heard at least 4 of the tracks on the album for years now it would be a huge release for fans. with non of this remember drukqs guys? wah!
glad i got the Japanese release too.

yisss my copy arrived today, gonna pick it up in a few hours

I think if I hadn't heard the live recordings this album would have made a bigger splash. I remember listen to xmas on loop and feeling a deep emotional response to it. I guess overall I was let down, partially due to my (perhaps unreasonable) expectations. The whole 13 years thing really got my hopes really high. Although not my favorite RDJ release, it's pretty damn good.

Joyrex, you saucy such and such, give us some aphex news, pls.

https://soundcloud.com/noyzelab/aphextwin_fenixfunk_earlymix

http://noyzelab.blogspot.com/2014/09/aphex-twin-fenix-funk-early-mixdown.html

jazz

  On 9/29/2014 at 7:07 PM, marf said:

it is pure aphex. with that magic aphex dust. in true fashion, a change from everything before. what a talent.

i think if we hadnt heard at least 4 of the tracks on the album for years now it would be a huge release for fans. with non of this remember drukqs guys? wah!

glad i got the Japanese release too.

I was thinking the same thing in regards to the 4 known tracks. I wish that was somehow my first time hearing them. Even listening to minipops officially before the album sort of disrupted it for my obsessed self. I look forward to hearing this in a few years where alllll of that has passed and its just another aphex album in the collection.

Joyrex... Maybe you could post the news with a disclaimer in front. Something like "THIS MAY NEVER HAPPEN, IN FACT WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY IS A COMPLETE FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION buuuuut wouldn't it be neat if... (covertly insert huge news here).

rdj studio sightseeing with watmm

US TOUR WITH BOARDS OF CANADA I KNOW IT TO BE TRUE

  On 9/29/2014 at 9:35 PM, Friendly Stranger said:

WORLD TOUR WITH BOARDS OF CANADA I KNOW IT TO BE TRUE

edit: fixt

It's about now that the negative reviewers start getting a creeping feeling of "oh shit, I made a fucking huge mistake".

This is my first Aphex Twin release, felt the need to go all out and purchase the different formats. I received my Japanese copies today, might try and keep that CD sealed ha. God I wish I was around for the Druqks LP!

  On 9/29/2014 at 10:37 PM, dumplings said:

This is my first Aphex Twin release, felt the need to go all out and purchase the different formats. I received my Japanese copies today, might try and keep that CD sealed ha. God I wish I was around for the Druqks LP!

Believe it or not, when Drukqs came out a lot of ppl felt pretty deflated. I remember loving the fast stuff, reallly not liking the slow stuff. (I was young and now eat my words ;) It wasn't treated like it is today, even by huge fans.

  On 9/29/2014 at 10:37 PM, dumplings said:

This is my first Aphex Twin release, felt the need to go all out and purchase the different formats. I received my Japanese copies today, might try and keep that CD sealed ha. God I wish I was around for the Druqks LP!

I'm waiting for a drukqs repress (Warp pretty plz with sugar on top?). I was a fan when drukqs came out, but didn't collect vinyls back then.

I can't believe people are hating on 180db and PAPAT. For me, the first few tracks have a very relaxed vibe (which I love) but then when the kick drum comes fading in for 180db it's like "oh shit, here we go." And that detuned polysynth is like techno for a sports stadium in your nightmares.

And PAPAT? Man every snare hit is like a dream realized. I have to confess, I've been a bit tired of the Amen break the past few years. Just felt like people have done everything that could possibly done with it. But of course Richard injected new life into it like only he can.

There's not a track on this album that I don't like. I still think it might be his best.

There are a couple sampled breaks on Syro, certainly. But no Amen sticks out to my ears. Don't mean to be pedantic, and perhaps I'm wrong... I just want to help the community grow.

That's amen on PAPAT, no?

(love it either way)

Dudn't sound like it to me, but I agree -- nuttin' but love for PAPAT4.

PAPAT4 has the second highest vote ranking in that poll thread, so i wouldn't say it gets much hate :)

Also, there's no amen break on the album! i keep reading in some reviews and comments, the mentioning of amens on Syro, where there are none.

It's a sampled break, right? sounds familiar to me.

I may be exaggerating but I think 180db might be the worst track of his career.

I love PAPAT4 though, so I hope we can still be friends!

180 db is not my favorite, either, but no track of his is guaranteed to get skipped quite as much as this one:

  On 9/30/2014 at 12:18 AM, HokusPoker said:

I may be exaggerating but I think 180db might be the worst track of his career.