APHEX TWIN - SYRO

  On 10/3/2014 at 9:35 AM, peace 7 said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 12:00 AM, Mag said:

first time full album on acid. wheres that stepheng traead about suff he asid. focking epic. the music of gods no less

Sweeet~ I've been listening to Syro on acid as well; but sulfuric acid. Just lightly brushed on my anus with a watercolor filbert brush. You wouldn't believe it, but when you listen to Syro like this, you get this sensation that your asshole is on fire and melting with sparks. Only recommended for the "surryus Syros peeps out 'dur".

 

When my ring of lava was melting through my 80's metal leather pants, this woman came up to me on the street all sassy: "Iz dem dat Surro? You kno, dat Aaaayfax Twanz, and what like- uh!- and what like- uh!, uuuuun hm, is that dem dat Surrrro durr yu got durr n' yo hand raht dur?!" Then I said, "Bitch, you best getchyo hands off mah Syro, fo I reck yo car wiv mah keeeyz.", and then I realized that the sulfuric acid has LSD in it, which caused the bum to burn with a rainbow iridescence. I was in fact just doing freestyle rap with a Japanese woman visiting a temple. Gotta admit- the flow was pretty tight, though. Like da butt. Like da SURRR'o obu da ARFAX TWAAAANZ.

 

yeeeessss!)

I wouldn’t usually listen to Aphex Twin, of course there are some tracks that unless you have heard them your life is incomplete, but overall it’s not for me. I like Syro, decent solid piece of work, super slick, no gimmicks, no killers, no fillers & very accommodating of tourists... but please don’t let this be the trend from now on, I love gimmicks, bells & whistles ‘n’ tangents too much!! Bring on the ‘techre!!

Uhhg. When you google 'aphex twin' the first thing that comes up are these asinine articles about his comments on the Illuminati and 9-11. I feel almost defensive about this and makes my fanboyism flare up. They are painting him as an idiot for click-bait. At the end of the day I think Aphex is pretty sensitive actually (reading between the lines). I don't want him getting pissed and saying fuck the public again (= music drought). /end paranoia

I don't think he gives a shit quite honestly, doubt it will have any impact on his music output

 

eznzea imminent.

  On 10/3/2014 at 4:14 PM, olo said:

eznzea imminent.

 

2nded, who cares what some plebs in the media say. They probably have never heard aphex anyway, and their ire only spreads the reach of his musical gospel, converting more minds into accepting the light of his truth. heeh. ;-]

 

or some such dribble, /goes to bed after mega long day omg.

about skipping tracks on syro... I end up skippping minipops and listen to the rest of the album in a row. probably I listened to much to it when it came out and in some ways, it doesn't seems to fit with the rest of the tracks.

I love aisatsana at the end

  On 10/3/2014 at 3:00 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 2:59 AM, B1000 said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 12:43 AM, Mag said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 12:02 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 12:00 AM, Mag said:

first time full album on acid. wheres that stepheng traead about suff he asid. focking epic. the music of gods no less

 

u wot m8?

 

 

i luv yeeeee ^^

 

its so mindblowing fuck me

 

we got a poser

 

we got a dickhead

 

edit: srry m8 I meant to add

 

 

don't let me interrupt ur drug scene m8. tis all good

I'm only playin' of course

 

I am currently eating a baked potato and am listening to Syro and it's quite nice. In a moment I mught take a sip of water and report back on how that makes me feel.

  On 10/3/2014 at 9:18 PM, The Wumbo Man said:

I am currently eating a baked potato and am listening to Syro and it's quite nice. In a moment I mught take a sip of water and report back on how that makes me feel.

 

eagerly awaiting any updates

  On 10/3/2014 at 3:40 PM, Vaaler9 said:

Uhhg. When you google 'aphex twin' the first thing that comes up are these asinine articles about his comments on the Illuminati and 9-11. I feel almost defensive about this and makes my fanboyism flare up. They are painting him as an idiot for click-bait. At the end of the day I think Aphex is pretty sensitive actually (reading between the lines). I don't want him getting pissed and saying fuck the public again (= music drought). /end paranoia

hopefully a few Tabloidly assholes dont ruin the fun. Fact Mag has always been a hacky and shitty excuse for journalism type of outlet. NME is.. well NME not really much to say there. Anyone ever remember reading anything remotely newsworthy or even a hair interesting on NME? nope not me either. Payola driven shit shacks who somehow think that by ridiculing richard they'll get clicks. they can all get royally fucked

Edited October 3, 2014 by John Ehrlichman

In Hollywood ...

 

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 9:18 PM, The Wumbo Man said:

I am currently eating a baked potato and am listening to Syro and it's quite nice. In a moment I mught take a sip of water and report back on how that makes me feel.

I hope it has lots of yummy toppings on it - chives, sour cream, shredded cheese, butter, salt, pepper, fresh ground bacon bits...

 

Damn, now I want a baked potato!

  On 10/3/2014 at 7:40 AM, cult fiction said:

I love the songwriting on Syro but the production has increasingly sounded off to me. When I listen to the album at anything less than really loud it comes off really 'pumpy'. I know everybody's been talking about how compressed it is, but upon comparing it to Rushup Edge it seems like the mastering is pretty rough

 

 

Just about every song on Rushup Edge is louder than similar songs on Syro from a pure a-weighted db perspective but they sound better. I keep thinking if Syro was mixed & mastered like Rushup Edge it would best it.

 

I have the vinyl sitting here but my turntable is out of commission due to baby right now. Does anybody have a nice rip they could share, I will happily provide photographic proof of my ownership.

 

I've no expertise in this area, but I've been having similar thoughts myself. To hear it satisfactorily, I need to turn it up loud (at least in the car), but it feels pretty close to too loud at that point.

  On 10/3/2014 at 9:34 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 3:40 PM, Vaaler9 said:

Uhhg. When you google 'aphex twin' the first thing that comes up are these asinine articles about his comments on the Illuminati and 9-11. I feel almost defensive about this and makes my fanboyism flare up. They are painting him as an idiot for click-bait. At the end of the day I think Aphex is pretty sensitive actually (reading between the lines). I don't want him getting pissed and saying fuck the public again (= music drought). /end paranoia

hopefully a few Tabloidly assholes dont ruin the fun. Fact Mag has always been a hacky and shitty excuse for journalism type of outlet. NME is.. well NME not really much to say there. Anyone ever remember reading anything remotely newsworthy or even a hair interesting on NME? nope not me either. Payola driven shit shacks who somehow think that by ridiculing richard they'll get clicks. they can all get royally fucked

 

 

Am I reading articles from an alternate universe? I've read literally nothing disparaging (from the two articles I just read anyway - NME and Independent)? Why are you getting so worked up and protective?

 

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"When you follow stuff on the internet about Illuminati, New World Order, aliens, even if none of it's true, it's just a thousand times better than any science fiction film that's ever been written,"

 

^can't really argue with that can you? Ancient Aliens is one of the most entertaining things I've ever seen. The quote about mental illness and celebrity made me chuckle too

there's alot more going on in syro, in many parts it's really amazing how much is going on at once, like a bunch of different base lines weaving around each other, simultaneous with with pads/percussion/what-have-you. i think maybe the boosted compression/loudness is to bring out the detail and texture so the different parts of the busier moments don't run together

Edited October 4, 2014 by very honest

this is the only album i can listen to at the moment and when I'm not listening to it during the day snippets of tracks are constantly stuck in my mind, but yeah, amazing album, just what I was hoping for, even though it took a few listens to truly appreciate it, also glad I never really paid my attention to metz on youtube, maybe played it once, that track is pure heaven!

  On 10/4/2014 at 12:40 AM, Timothy Forward said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 9:34 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 3:40 PM, Vaaler9 said:

Uhhg. When you google 'aphex twin' the first thing that comes up are these asinine articles about his comments on the Illuminati and 9-11. I feel almost defensive about this and makes my fanboyism flare up. They are painting him as an idiot for click-bait. At the end of the day I think Aphex is pretty sensitive actually (reading between the lines). I don't want him getting pissed and saying fuck the public again (= music drought). /end paranoia

hopefully a few Tabloidly assholes dont ruin the fun. Fact Mag has always been a hacky and shitty excuse for journalism type of outlet. NME is.. well NME not really much to say there. Anyone ever remember reading anything remotely newsworthy or even a hair interesting on NME? nope not me either. Payola driven shit shacks who somehow think that by ridiculing richard they'll get clicks. they can all get royally fucked

 

 

Am I reading articles from an alternate universe? I've read literally nothing disparaging (from the two articles I just read anyway - NME and Independent)? Why are you getting so worked up and protective?

 

I just like to get worked up. I'm protective of anybody, especially one of my favorite musicians on the planet who decided to say such a risky thing (but thing I also adamantly believe about 9/11) to press. Fact Mag especially just thinks he's bullshitting, look at their story about it. All that aside, it's just a very exciting experience for this to happen (as evident by me being killed in my own boner in the other thread)

Edited October 4, 2014 by John Ehrlichman

  On 10/4/2014 at 12:19 AM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 10/3/2014 at 9:18 PM, The Wumbo Man said:

 

I am currently eating a baked potato and am listening to Syro and it's quite nice. In a moment I mught take a sip of water and report back on how that makes me feel.

I hope it has lots of yummy toppings on it - chives, sour cream, shredded cheese, butter, salt, pepper, fresh ground bacon bits...

 

Damn, now I want a baked potato!

Can you make me one too and serve it to me on a tray, cause too lazy to get out of bed. Thaanks

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After nearly a 13-year wait, Aphex Twin returns with its first full-length album since 2001, Syro. The album debuts at No. 1 on Dance/Electronic Albums and No. 11 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

 

It's the best sales week ever for the act, and by far its best chart position on the Billboard 200, surpassing the No. 154 peak of Drukqs in 2001 (its last full-length studio set). (In between, Aphex Twin, aka, Richard David James, reached No. 3 on Dance/Electronic Albums with 26 Mixes for Cash in 2003.)

 

The new album performed particularly well on vinyl, as 22 percent of its first-week sales were on LP. That 5,000-unit figure also lands Syro the No. 1 spot on the Vinyl Albums chart -- and the largest sales week in 2014 for a dance/electronic album on vinyl.

 

 

From Billboard, this is data from sales in the US alone I think. Dunno quite how it works.

 

I like how they refer to Aphex Twin as 'it' though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  On 10/4/2014 at 2:05 AM, very honest said:

there's alot more going on in syro

Than in Rushup Edge? No way.

Finally listened to Syro, yesterday and today. Not quite sure what to make of it. But I only listened to it once, and a bit late at that.
Mostly uniform, steady jams as far as I can tell - nothing super edgy like he's done in the 1997-2001 time period. Overall, I didn't find it spectacular, but not atrocious either. Pretty much middle of the road.

Also how the hell did I miss your sulfuric acid post Peace7, that was fuckin' gold.

  On 10/4/2014 at 5:13 AM, Cheladrix said:

 

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After nearly a 13-year wait, Aphex Twin returns with its first full-length album since 2001, Syro. The album debuts at No. 1 on Dance/Electronic Albums and No. 11 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

 

It's the best sales week ever for the act, and by far its best chart position on the Billboard 200, surpassing the No. 154 peak of Drukqs in 2001 (its last full-length studio set). (In between, Aphex Twin, aka, Richard David James, reached No. 3 on Dance/Electronic Albums with 26 Mixes for Cash in 2003.)

 

The new album performed particularly well on vinyl, as 22 percent of its first-week sales were on LP. That 5,000-unit figure also lands Syro the No. 1 spot on the Vinyl Albums chart -- and the largest sales week in 2014 for a dance/electronic album on vinyl.

 

From Billboard, this is data from sales in the US alone I think. Dunno quite how it works.

 

I like how they refer to Aphex Twin as 'it' though.

Could be interesting to see whether there is a prallel between syro sales and kickstarter donors. The first week of the kickstarter was spectacular as well.

 

But besides, i do think syro deserves a larger audience than drukqs. It's easier to digest and it does remarkably well on repeat. Compared to drukqs, Listening to the entirety of drukqs is just too much for the average listener.

Btw, I'm still waiting for the music video for minipops (or syro). Would be a hell of a stunt to try to redefine pop music, like in the nineties. And this time it could be even more successful. Because there's an entire album worth of music coming along with a videoclip, instead of an ep.

Edited October 4, 2014 by goDel

  On 10/4/2014 at 6:35 AM, psn said:

 

  On 10/4/2014 at 2:05 AM, very honest said:

there's alot more going on in syro

Than in Rushup Edge? No way.

I felt so. I recently went back and listened to the Tuss EP & LP and I really like SYRO a lot more. I think it's more melodic and layered, but that's just, like, my opinion, man.

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I felt so. I recently went back and listened to the Tuss EP & LP and I really like SYRO a lot more. I think it's more melodic and layered, but that's just, like, my opinion, man.

Whatever you say Anthony Fantano