APHEX TWIN - SYRO

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What does this symbol means?

  On 8/3/2023 at 7:59 AM, logakght said:

What does this symbol means?

 

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its the raw material the vinyl is pressed from

saw this posted on reddit, forgot this about live performance of aisatsana [102]

  On 9/18/2023 at 11:12 AM, diatoms said:

saw this posted on reddit, forgot this about live performance of aisatsana [102]

 

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That show doesn't get talked about much. It was pretty trippy stuff. First half was a bit odd (not so great imo) second half was mind bending (and very much great!)

just saying

http://pietvandongen.github.io/aphex-twin-syro-countdown/

  On 6/25/2023 at 9:34 PM, Pirtek said:

I've just finished listening to Syro on vinyl. So good. Yes, it's end E2 is a brilliant track. It came out while I was on holiday in Italy and I played it so much at that time. Now when I hear it I always think of that holiday.

Great album with or without it.

Hello, I'm Italian, just curious about which area of Italy you were at the time

  On 9/24/2023 at 9:01 PM, Lachesi said:

Hello, I'm Italian, just curious about which area of Italy you were at the time

I was in Fuego

The CIRCLONT tracks and Earth Portal are my favorites at the moment, but I have to admit that XMAS_EVET10 and Minipops aren't there just because I'm too familiar with them. 

Syro and 4 bit the ones still surprise me at every listen.

Produk 29 I understand could sound weird, but man that super dissociating progression in the middle at that slow tempo is massive!!

180db on DEEJAY SELEK agree (but with more intro kicks to make it useful)

  On 9/24/2023 at 9:12 PM, Lachesi said:

CIRCLONT tracks and Earth Portal are my favorites at the moment 

Absolutely agree!

Xmas eve is probably my favorite aphex ever. It’s so mature and soulful it just makes me feel so good every time. I use it when I’m stressed tbh or pissed off. It brings me back.

  On 9/19/2023 at 4:30 PM, phudoshin said:

just saying

http://pietvandongen.github.io/aphex-twin-syro-countdown/

2014 wow thats nearly a decade ago 

btw what is shrymoming 

  On 10/5/2023 at 3:20 PM, o00o said:

btw what is shrymoming 

Taking shrooms in Wyoming?

I had lots of thoughts recently why I discarded aphex recently in favour for Autechre. It’s like aphex went more and more pop with syro and the following releases. The tuss and analord where more jazz like hard to digest while most of the stuff he did since syro was pretty pop and accessible compared to Autechre or his own earlier stuff. He lost me a bit there. It’s still great music but I am not nearly as exited as I am for new Autechre. Maybe also my recent LSD experiences might add to my general thirst for mind bending complex music. Syro is still nice but I think I am just not in sync currently 

  On 11/13/2023 at 9:22 AM, IDEM said:

Taking shrooms in Wyoming?

Lols. I'm from Wyoming.

He did explicitly state in the Syro press interviews that it was his attempt at making a 'pop' album. I think Cheetah, Deejay Selek, Collapse and Black Box were all pretty poppy as well... but conversely CCAIp1, Fuji Tape and Field Day were all fairly user-unfriendly and sour. I suppose theres always been that element to Aphex's music and it's his love of a hooky melody thats quite an important part of why I listen to him.

Autechre really have headed off into the long grass, especially on their live stuff.. but I'd argue that SIGN and PLUS were fairly poppy by their standards too.

10 years since the blimp

https://web.archive.org/web/20151206163307/https://pitchfork.com/news/56339-an-aphex-twin-is-blimp-flying-over-london/

  On 8/16/2024 at 3:53 PM, DavieAddison said:

10 years since the blimp

https://web.archive.org/web/20151206163307/https://pitchfork.com/news/56339-an-aphex-twin-is-blimp-flying-over-london/

The good ol days, now it's 3 months of teasing for a 3 tracks EP (the last track is a remix of the first track)

happy birthday syro! 10 years onward and still incredible. unbelievable.

https://www.stereogum.com/2280584/aphex-twin-syro-turns-10/reviews/the-anniversary/

just spun this for the first time in a good few years.

while it ain't my personal fav afx record, fuck me dead if that production isn't the most immaculate shit you ever heard.

i don't think anything else in his discography comes close to how unbelievably polished it sounds. it's a proper satisfying album to listen to.

May give it an anniversary spin a bit later. See if a Aphex magic spell happens. So far it hasn't. I would actually like a psychologist to tell me why, because it's genuinely intrigues me. Specially as I like/love almost everything else he's ever done, before or since. 

I love the album but I usually skip 180db if I'm doing a full listen. It's cool to hear in his live sets but doesn't really fit the album. Definitely should've replaced it with end E2 and/or MARCHROMT30A and put 180db on orphaned deejay selek.

  On 9/20/2024 at 6:49 PM, DavieAddison said:

I love the album but I usually skip 180db if I'm doing a full listen. It's cool to hear in his live sets but doesn't really fit the album. Definitely should've replaced it with end E2 and/or MARCHROMT30A and put 180db on orphaned deejay selek.

i love 180db but you are correct