APHEX TWIN - SYRO

not sure who made this but it always makes me smile. cursed mp3 nonetheless

                                                                           SYRIOUSLY one of my Favorite albums by RDJ:)

I don't know, some of the songs are super different 45rpm +~3 on the pitch slider..

fun and funky and engaging. very happy even. feels more like the chartreuse used for the branding..

for me it's like 2 different ideas.. 33rpm +~6, 45 +~3

I just listened to it twice after attempting multiple times to revisit it with failure but I'm so glad I actually went through it this time because oh my god I forgot how good this album really is I love basically every track on it

I think the moment that sticks out the most to me is the second half of syro u473t8+e. I like the first half quite a bit but when it goes quieter and the melody changes my entire body gets chills. Might be one of my favorite Aphex Twin moments ever actually I don't know exactly.

I still like this album a lot. I wonder if we'll get a new one this year ? Hope what's next will be more fucked up / forward thinking.

Syro u473t8+e is one of his best.

Funnily enough it was my least favorite on the album when it came out. Found it weird and awkward. Now its in my top 10. Never understimate the weird trx.

I hope the next one is more like collapse

Edit: more glitchy

  On 5/26/2021 at 1:12 AM, X4creek said:

I just listened to it twice after attempting multiple times to revisit it with failure but I'm so glad I actually went through it this time because oh my god I forgot how good this album really is I love basically every track on it

 

I think the moment that sticks out the most to me is the second half of syro u473t8+e. I like the first half quite a bit but when it goes quieter and the melody changes my entire body gets chills. Might be one of my favorite Aphex Twin moments ever actually I don't know exactly.

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Yes there's enough great melodies on that track to make an album-- it's like he had another amazing album ready to go and decided to weave it all into this one track

Every time I go back to this album I’m always surprised how much I love it don’t know why I’m surprised maybe it’s because I’m still hearing new things from it - really turning into one of my favourites 

Spun this the other day. Only Mr James, AE, and BOC are the artists in my whole life that year after year force me to keep returning to albums I originally dismissed (Syro, Confield, Headphase being the prize candidates) I have such faith in their art that I presume it must be the listeners fault that they can’t interpret whatever musical pictures they are trying to paint. No doubt Confield has shifted into the top spot (as in my favourite), Campfire Headphase second, and Syro languishing in third. Though there are flourishes of sound in most tracks I like, I can’t connect with Syro. Weird to think tunes like Phonatacid is on an obscure vinyl only release and wouldn’t be put on his first major release in years. But then I guess that’s all part of the Aphexian charm. 
 

I wonder what will come next? And when?

  On 1/22/2021 at 2:06 AM, jchgf said:

  On 1/20/2021 at 10:48 PM, marf said:

I wonder if Aphex scratched his head why Minipops didn't explode more like Windowlicker. 

there was no video for it and Richard was already too controversial and "off the reservations" with his political opinions. Hollywood, the record industry and Madison avenue will never boost his exposure ever again. Modern culture is tightly controlled and vetted, at best going forward Aphex Twin will be a minor figure of 90's nostalgia as long as he keeps his mouth shut.

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and also windowlicker is 10 billion times more interesting and better than anything post and including syro.

edit: for now

  On 10/8/2021 at 4:39 PM, MIXL2 said:

and also windowlicker is 10 billion times more interesting and better than anything post and including syro.

edit: for now

I'll never understand this weird fascination with windowlicker that puts it above more interesting tracks like minipops for so many people. Seems to me like windowlicker is just more pop and accessible and has a wild music video and thats why it gets more popularity. It doesnt come close to stuff like circlont 6A in terms of emotion and how the track evolves. Maybe I've just taken the bait though with this post, but I do know that lots of fans rank it as one of their favourites.

  On 11/12/2021 at 6:01 AM, vkxwz said:

I'll never understand this weird fascination with windowlicker that puts it above more interesting tracks like minipops for so many people. Seems to me like windowlicker is just more pop and accessible and has a wild music video and thats why it gets more popularity. It doesnt come close to stuff like circlont 6A in terms of emotion and how the track evolves. Maybe I've just taken the bait though with this post, but I do know that lots of fans rank it as one of their favourites.

I should clarify, when I say windowlicker is 10 billion times more interesting I mean specifically this track

which it is

edit: honorable mention also

  On 11/12/2021 at 6:01 AM, vkxwz said:

I'll never understand this weird fascination with windowlicker that puts it above more interesting tracks like minipops for so many people. Seems to me like windowlicker is just more pop and accessible and has a wild music video and thats why it gets more popularity. It doesnt come close to stuff like circlont 6A in terms of emotion and how the track evolves. Maybe I've just taken the bait though with this post, but I do know that lots of fans rank it as one of their favourites.

im a huge fan of Pop music but ngl I never exactly got the hype for the title track too

that Formula track rips however

  On 11/12/2021 at 6:01 AM, vkxwz said:

I'll never understand this weird fascination with windowlicker that puts it above more interesting tracks like minipops for so many people. Seems to me like windowlicker is just more pop and accessible and has a wild music video and thats why it gets more popularity. It doesnt come close to stuff like circlont 6A in terms of emotion and how the track evolves. Maybe I've just taken the bait though with this post, but I do know that lots of fans rank it as one of their favourites.

Totally agree!! Even compared with Formula, tracks like circlont6a appear to me as more deeply emotional and complex (composition, mix, groove...) 

I think the Windowlicker title track is extremely special. It manages to be universally likeable electro-influenced dance/pop music while still maintaining the peak of aphex's signature "how the fuck did he do that" sound and still to this day has me in awe all the pieces coming together perfectly.

minipops has some catchy bits but the mastering squashes the dynamics too much, kinda too lofi and analog sounding to be massively popular, and the song structure sort of fizzles out and sounds unfinished. It's a cool track but it was not going to stand out like windowlicker ever did.

let's not ignore how the music video and single art were likely massive factors in wlicker's popularity. AND it dropped fresh off the back of come to daddy, his real breakthrough release.

also, let's not forget windowlicker (acid edit)'s impact on the world!

  On 11/12/2021 at 7:44 AM, MIXL2 said:

I should clarify, when I say windowlicker is 10 billion times more interesting I mean specifically this track

which it is

edit: honorable mention also

 

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Do u think windowlicker is better than drukqs? 

  On 11/18/2021 at 1:45 PM, Himelstein said:

  On 11/12/2021 at 7:44 AM, MIXL2 said:

I should clarify, when I say windowlicker is 10 billion times more interesting I mean specifically this track

which it is

edit: honorable mention also

 

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Do u think windowlicker is better than drukqs? 

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na, its after and including syro when I find his stuff less interesting.. note its not bad, just less interesting, less.. daring? idk

  On 11/18/2021 at 1:54 PM, MIXL2 said:

na, its after and including syro when I find his stuff less interesting.. note its not bad, just less interesting, less.. daring? idk

Gotcha- I read it like “anything post wl, including syro” but now it makes sense. I agree 

The more I listen to the record the more I think:: If he really did sequence the bulk of it on a cirklon and record the stereo out of the mixer - This album is probably the most complex piece of sequenced hardware music ever. Regardless, it really has so much put into it that is so refined that the amount of time spent on the tracks must be mind-boggling. 

Don't forget Go Plastic.

  On 11/23/2021 at 9:26 AM, psn said:

Don't forget Go Plastic.

I’d say Syro takes the cake only because of the sheer amount of equipment being controlled and automated + the modern/expensive ass mixing. 
 

go plastic is neck and neck. Every time I hear that record I’m shocked it was made with no DAW sequencing. Automating and programming eventide shit like Tom does deserves its own tier lol

  On 5/27/2021 at 8:40 PM, thefxbip said:

Syro u473t8+e is one of his best.

Funnily enough it was my least favorite on the album when it came out. Found it weird and awkward. Now its in my top 10. Never understimate the weird trx.

SAME HERE!