APHEX TWIN - SYRO

Interesting stuff. Thanks!

  On 2/23/2016 at 11:07 AM, Jez Courtez said:

 

I too can't be doing with 180bd..... nope, not for me.

One of my faves. Whenever it comes on I am compelled to turn up my speakers so my neighbours can have a rave to it, too.

  On 2/16/2016 at 2:04 AM, clarktrent said:

 

In 180db you can hear the synth melody saying "ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DB" if you listen close enough

Where? I've listened to it loads and I can't hear that anywhere.

  On 3/6/2016 at 2:25 AM, nickthefish said:

 

  On 2/16/2016 at 2:04 AM, clarktrent said:

 

In 180db you can hear the synth melody saying "ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DB" if you listen close enough

 

Where? I've listened to it loads and I can't hear that anywhere.

 

I guess I was just too stoned. I was saying that the melody in the track kind of sounds like 180 db. Like a synth talk box.

Ahhh...thankfully, I am now stoned enough to hear what you mean. Like, "One-hundred-eighty-dee-bee bam da ner ner ner ner ner ner ner ner"? Or something...

i wonder how many times she had to listen to 180db

  On 2/22/2016 at 9:36 PM, Jez Courtez said:

 

  On 1/26/2016 at 6:41 AM, doorjamb said:

 

  On 1/24/2016 at 8:11 PM, Audioblysk said:

 

  On 1/23/2016 at 5:43 AM, doorjamb said:

There is some silly stuff on this album. Some of it is even borderline embarrassing.

 

Do tell?

 

Philistine though I doubtless be, I would point to the ~4m breakdown bit of Piezoluminescence and honestly all but the last 30 seconds of Circlont6a. Still crisp and lush in terms of production, but disappointing and, as I say, silly insofar as tone and melody.

 

¢2.

 

 

 

 

WAAAAT?

Piezoluminiscence is a masterpiece from begining to end, and flies throught specially glorious, unmatched terriories from 3:55 to the end...

And circlon 6, well, thats a nice track.

180dB is the only embarrasing one and kind of out of place

I think 180db would have gotten more appreciation if it would have been on deejay selek instead (i know the track is pre '06).

It would also fit considering many of the tracks on that release are repetitive as well so it wouldn't have to be the black sheep of Syro.

Although it is a pretty nice breath of fresh air from all the jittery rhythms and constantly evolving tracks on the album.

I had the pleasure of hearing this track live in 2011, which i think is the best way to listen to it (same goes for a lot of tracks but you know what i mean).

That kick drum just tears the roof off.

  On 3/6/2016 at 5:58 PM, Chalybs said:

It would also fit considering many of the tracks on that release are repetitive as well so it wouldn't have to be the black sheep of Syro.

I agree with you about the similarities between 180dB and the Orphaned material, yet to me 180dB is not the only repetitive track on Syro. Aisatsana is quite minimalistic and repetitive as well imo - and I feel that it belongs less to Syro than 180dB does !

  On 3/6/2016 at 6:05 PM, StocKo said:

 

  On 3/6/2016 at 5:58 PM, Chalybs said:

It would also fit considering many of the tracks on that release are repetitive as well so it wouldn't have to be the black sheep of Syro.

 

I agree with you about the similarities between 180dB and the Orphaned material, yet to me 180dB is not the only repetitive track on Syro. Aisatsana is quite minimalistic and repetitive as well imo - and I feel that it belongs less to Syro than 180dB does !

 

Yeah, ur right about that. Didn't consider it because i have gotten so used to it being there. I guess that one could have gone onto CCAI instead, i guess?.

  On 3/6/2016 at 6:15 PM, Chalybs said:

 

  On 3/6/2016 at 6:05 PM, StocKo said:

 

  On 3/6/2016 at 5:58 PM, Chalybs said:

It would also fit considering many of the tracks on that release are repetitive as well so it wouldn't have to be the black sheep of Syro.

 

I agree with you about the similarities between 180dB and the Orphaned material, yet to me 180dB is not the only repetitive track on Syro. Aisatsana is quite minimalistic and repetitive as well imo - and I feel that it belongs less to Syro than 180dB does !

 

Yeah, ur right about that. Didn't consider it because i have gotten so used to it being there. I guess that one could have gone onto CCAI instead, i guess?.

 

Yeah that's what I thought as well ! Of course it works well as an album closer, but still it's quite unusual, especially given the sound palette of Syro and the sense of texture Richard had with those tracks (like Jez said !)

The 180dB hate is weird.

It acts as a perfect palate cleanser at the midway point.

Aisatsana has always been the penultimate track to me as I've always listened with Marchrom on the end, which is the best way to listen imo

  On 3/6/2016 at 10:57 PM, hello spiral said:

The 180dB hate is weird.

 

It acts as a perfect palate cleanser at the midway point.

 

Yes! I have always thought of it as a palate cleanser, and a pretty satisfying one at that. Only track I could do without is that aisatsana one everyone's in love with. Like, Cmaj7 is great chord and all, but does it really need an entire track devoted to it? It also doesn't fit with the rest at all. Would've made more sense on CCAI.

  On 3/7/2016 at 2:09 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

  On 3/6/2016 at 10:57 PM, hello spiral said:

The 180dB hate is weird.

 

It acts as a perfect palate cleanser at the midway point.

 

 

 

Yes! I have always thought of it as a palate cleanser, and a pretty satisfying one at that. Only track I could do without is that aisatsana one everyone's in love with. Like, Cmaj7 is great chord and all, but does it really need an entire track devoted to it? It also doesn't fit with the rest at all. Would've made more sense on CCAI.

 

Palate cleanser? On a record? You posh cunts!

IMHO the reason 180db works is because it's a dancefloor banger that fits perfectly on the album, when listened to as a complete body of work. Those who readily dismiss it should probably broaden their taste or something.

The last piano track is a classic album closer. I can't imagine it working anywhere else on the album (within the arc of the album) other than as the last track. As an album closer it fits perfectly. Can't see it working on CCAI2 whatsoever.

  On 3/7/2016 at 2:14 AM, nickthefish said:

 

  On 3/7/2016 at 2:09 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

  On 3/6/2016 at 10:57 PM, hello spiral said:

The 180dB hate is weird.

 

It acts as a perfect palate cleanser at the midway point.

 

 

 

Yes! I have always thought of it as a palate cleanser, and a pretty satisfying one at that. Only track I could do without is that aisatsana one everyone's in love with. Like, Cmaj7 is great chord and all, but does it really need an entire track devoted to it? It also doesn't fit with the rest at all. Would've made more sense on CCAI.

 

 

Palate cleanser? On a record? You posh cunts!

 

Pffft, philistine...

  On 3/7/2016 at 3:19 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

 

 

Pffft, philistine...

Nah, I'm just drunk...as is apparent by my barely coherent post above.

Noone says XEve or produk are out of place, but a lot of us feels that 180dB and aisatsana are. That 2wo tracks are non coherent with the rest of the material... however I prefer them to be there that them not to be at all.

I want syro II, Analordos two and The Puss third iteration to see the light.... Im kind of addicted

Im an anonym aphexcolic. You too bitches

180db is definitely a dancefloor banger, I'll give you that. Trouble is, I never listen to this album on the dancefloor ;) I don't hate it, I just don't like it enough to listen to it that often. Kinda like most of the stuff on 'classics'...great at the time but rarely gets an airing now. Although that's just reminded me of Polynomial-C and I have that soundtracking this post now. Tune!

Aisatsana is the most obviously out of place track but gets a free pass as the album closer. It reminds me a tad of the way that Next Heap With closes ICBYD. That one's a bit less of a departure for that album compared to Aisatsana for Syro, but stands apart from the rest of the album while ushering us out perfectly. Really grown to love that track.

I'm starting to shuffle Syro into the canon now and compare it to its cousins. ICBYD has always been the benchmark for me. I adore Syro, but strings are such a shorthand for emotional depth, maybe falsely so, that it's the one thing I notice an absence of on Syro. It's endlessly interesting, textured, gets me smiling and nodding, but only XMAS_EVE10 and Aisatsana get the emotions brewing. Just me? Maybe I'm brainwashed. I remember describing some later Autechre albums (despite liking them) as po-faced to a friend, who then said they found them emotionally engaging. Each to their own ;)

  On 3/8/2016 at 12:33 AM, Jez Courtez said:

180db is definitely a dancefloor banger, I'll give you that. Trouble is, I never listen to this album on the dancefloor ;) I don't hate it, I just don't like it enough to listen to it that often. Kinda like most of the stuff on 'classics'...great at the time but rarely gets an airing now. Although that's just reminded me of Polynomial-C and I have that soundtracking this post now. Tune!

 

Aisatsana is the most obviously out of place track but gets a free pass as the album closer. It reminds me a tad of the way that Next Heap With closes ICBYD. That one's a bit less of a departure for that album compared to Aisatsana for Syro, but stands apart from the rest of the album while ushering us out perfectly. Really grown to love that track.

 

I'm starting to shuffle Syro into the canon now and compare it to its cousins. ICBYD has always been the benchmark for me. I adore Syro, but strings are such a shorthand for emotional depth, maybe falsely so, that it's the one thing I notice an absence of on Syro. It's endlessly interesting, textured, gets me smiling and nodding, but only XMAS_EVE10 and Aisatsana get the emotions brewing. Just me? Maybe I'm brainwashed. I remember describing some later Autechre albums (despite liking them) as po-faced to a friend, who then said they found them emotionally engaging. Each to their own ;)

I'll give you that it lacks emotion compared to works like ICBYD and RDJ, but it sure makes up for it in terms of textures, interesting melodies, amazing subtle details and sound design. On most days the massive synths in produk, the booming kick drums in Minipops and the hyperactive saw waves in Circlont + u473t8 are much more inviting to listen to than his other stuff, but yeah that other stuff does use those pads and strings to hit you in the feels more-often. However, I think you missed out another great moment of emotion: 3:00 onwards on 4 bit. Damn that is standout, very simple but very hitting.

start to finish SYRO is an great album, but then i have not heard anything by rich that i don't like.

the tunes on this album will last till i die and still be as good as the first play.

  On 3/8/2016 at 1:33 AM, slate said:

 

...I think you missed out another great moment of emotion: 3:00 onwards on 4 bit. Damn that is standout, very simple but very hitting.

 

Agreed :)

Add to that 4:27 - 4:55 of syro u743t8+e, 3:20-4.15 of minipops, 3:08-3:34 of CIRCLONT6A, and the joyous nostalgia of 3:35-4:15 of earthportal. It definitely has its moments, just not a whole track of awe, except maybe XMAS_EVE. Aphex did call it his pop album so fair enough! And produk29 is sexy as hell!

your standards are crazy. what's a man have to do to impress you?

Me, nah, I LOVE this album, seriously. Listen to tracks off it almost daily! Just comparing it to his other albums and picking apart why I get so much pleasure from it despite not feeling emotionally attached to it. Maybe I'm just maturing as a listener ;) Didn't mean to come off as critical!

  On 3/8/2016 at 9:00 PM, Jez Courtez said:

I LOVE this album ... despite not feeling emotionally attached to it.

Well now, that sounds a bit silly... Maybe I mean I love listening to it despite not feeling emotionally attached to it. This is a moment of clarity... I'm addicted to listening to syro without having a strong emotional connection with it.

  On 3/7/2016 at 3:41 PM, HexagonSun said:

 

 

Im an anonym aphexcolic. You too bitches

You called it.

Nobody figured out what SYRO meant...

  On 3/8/2016 at 9:47 PM, Joyrex said:

Nobody figured out what SYRO meant...

the tuss stuff was released in 2007 and syro came out in 2014 so it obviously means, Seven Years, Record Out