APHEX TWIN - SYRO

Singapore track isn't that lush, IMHO

ha that was fast. they owe us a ref :)

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:00 PM, logakght said:

this must be in http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/08/preview-two-songs-from-aphex-twins-new-album/

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:23 PM, jasondonervan said:

Bit gif happy today, decided to resurrect an old effort tucked away in the vaults from last year for boc...

 

 

One of Joyrex's faves, if I remember rightly

YUSSSSS!

it amazes me that some people are annoyed these live tracks are on there because they have already heard them, even if the tracks havent changed much they are still going sound so much better in proper quality and all of them are as lush as fuck!

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:35 PM, Joyrex said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:23 PM, jasondonervan said:

Bit gif happy today, decided to resurrect an old effort tucked away in the vaults from last year for boc...

 

 

One of Joyrex's faves, if I remember rightly

YUSSSSS!

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:29 PM, logakght said:

logakght, on 25 Aug 2014 - 10:29 AM, said:

 

Singapore track isn't that lush, IMHO

your honest opinion ain't that lush IMHO brah

u wot m8 ¿

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:42 PM, kirm said:

it amazes me that some people are annoyed these live tracks are on there because they have already heard them, even if the tracks havent changed much they are still going sound so much better in proper quality and all of them are as lush as fuck!

I'm not annoyed that these tracks are on the new release. I just don't want them to be the best tracks on it seeing as I've listened to them forever & thus will lack any major surprise. I wanted 100% surprise for purely selfish reasons. I would agree that the mixes are probably different to some degree & will undoubtedly sound a million times better. I'm hoping Joyrex's foreshadowing implies he's heard Syro somehow & the tracks we haven't heard are beyond the tracks already discussed. But, seeing as Rich has played those tracks in the past to an audience, I would venture to think those are the ones he feels are "best" & what is on the album may be less than.

In any case, we have 2 more albums to look forward to after Syro.

yeah it's the atp/minehead and it's track 4. i condensed that to at/m then just atm in my head without telling anyone. heh / doh.

  On 8/25/2014 at 5:48 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 5:45 PM, funkaholic said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 5:10 PM, webby said:

jasondonervan - did you get a youtube message for the ATP/minehead track or did you not try that one?

he did try meinhend (jason called it the atm track) and he did get a copyright notice, track 10 i think.

 

 

Not me - coolandfrank caught that one, and it was track 4.

 

i've never listened to any of the metz, manchester or singapore tracks. ever. something about my ocd and them not being "official" (whatever that means) that I just don't care.

it will sound fresh to me!! I'm so excited.

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:54 PM, olo said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:42 PM, kirm said:

it amazes me that some people are annoyed these live tracks are on there because they have already heard them, even if the tracks havent changed much they are still going sound so much better in proper quality and all of them are as lush as fuck!

 

I'm not annoyed that these tracks are on the new release. I just don't want them to be the best tracks on it seeing as I've listened to them forever & thus will lack any major surprise. I wanted 100% surprise for purely selfish reasons. I would agree that the mixes are probably different to some degree & will undoubtedly sound a million times better. I'm hoping Joyrex's foreshadowing implies he's heard Syro somehow & the tracks we haven't heard are beyond the tracks already discussed. But, seeing as Rich has played those tracks in the past to an audience, I would venture to think those are the ones he feels are "best" & what is on the album may be less than.

 

In any case, we have 2 more albums to look forward to after Syro.

 

If you were a true fanboy you would never question the quality of an afx record. You're cured, go forth and enjoy all other musics there upon you....

naaaah sorry just kidding, it's gona be top notch plus those dj tracks, richie wont let you down

  On 8/25/2014 at 4:33 PM, noise said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 4:31 PM, whylessness said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 4:11 PM, Bertolt Brechtakt said:

I knew I could count on appropriate replies at Watmm :)

 

Thing is, so far Aphex has always changed with every release. If he is now - after 13 years of Aphex Twin hiatus - is coming with the same stuff he has released a few years ago, it's pretty lame to me. E.g. I wouldn't want another ICBYD today. I wanted it in 1995, yes and still love it, yes. But not having a follow-up of it.

 

there is a quote from thelonious monk, i'm paraphrasing here: who gives a fuck if the sound is new—is it good?

 

metz track is one of the most beautiful sounds i've ever heard. sorry, but if you're obsessing about innovation, and being this dejected/pouty before you've heard the album, you can fuck off.

 

honestly one of the best/most sensible things said on here ever, bravo

 

Seconded.

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:32 PM, coolandfrank said:

 

ha that was fast. they owe us a ref :)

 

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 6:00 PM, logakght said:

this must be in http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/08/preview-two-songs-from-aphex-twins-new-album/

 

FACT just scrounged it* direct from CoS as well. I guess they thought we'd all be too busy sniffing glue to notice them not citing WATMM a source properly... almost as if there were... some anonymity there...

Also lel at them giving it the 'Aphex Twin allegedly performed these tracks live' (don't commit yourself too much, eh?), mention a copyright claim from WARP, but go no further than linking to an imgur repost of my original screenshot.

Keep up the good jerb, FACT!

*Not dignifying them with a link to their article

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:03 PM, dr lopez said:

i've never listened to any of the metz, manchester or singapore tracks. ever. something about my ocd and them not being "official" (whatever that means) that I just don't care.

 

it will sound fresh to me!! I'm so excited.

You're in for a chartreuse auralgasmic injection dr.

Allow me to play devils advocate for a sec, I'm just curious as to why minipops was the only one labeled as "Manchester Track" on the Warp site.

You think if Metz or Singapore were on the release too, they might've been labelled as well. I don't know

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:10 PM, olo said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:03 PM, dr lopez said:

i've never listened to any of the metz, manchester or singapore tracks. ever. something about my ocd and them not being "official" (whatever that means) that I just don't care.

 

it will sound fresh to me!! I'm so excited.

 

You're in for a chartreuse auralgasmic injection dr.

 

All aboard the Chartruese Moose!

(Don't forget the jars of urine.)

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:11 PM, YELLOW said:

Allow me to play devils advocate for a sec, I'm just curious as to why minipops was the only one labeled as "Manchester Track" on the Warp site.

 

You think if Metz or Singapore were on the release too, they might've been labelled as well. I don't know

Did you not see jasondonervan's amazing work earlier? You should catch up on the thread.

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:11 PM, YELLOW said:

Allow me to play devils advocate for a sec, I'm just curious as to why minipops was the only one labeled as "Manchester Track" on the Warp site.

 

You think if Metz or Singapore were on the release too, they might've been labelled as well. I don't know

Playing, um, Jesus's advocate in response, they may have just thought that was enough information to create excitement without making it seem like "Pritchard Ut00b Greatest Hits for Ca$h" (even if most of us would be fine with that). Although I agree that, based on popularity/youtube views/etc., it would have made more sense to also identify Metz, but not necessarily Singapore or ATP.

It also could be that some of them have changed significantly enough that it wouldn't really feel accurate to continue to identify them that way, although the copyright notice cuts against that idea, to me at least.

But I like Singapore

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:11 PM, YELLOW said:

Allow me to play devils advocate for a sec, I'm just curious as to why minipops was the only one labeled as "Manchester Track" on the Warp site.

 

You think if Metz or Singapore were on the release too, they might've been labelled as well. I don't know

A badger/chartreusse connection...http://www.honeybadgerco.com/9452/selected-ambient-words-life-with-aphex-twin-92-96/

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:17 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:10 PM, olo said:

 

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:03 PM, dr lopez said:

 

i've never listened to any of the metz, manchester or singapore tracks. ever. something about my ocd and them not being "official" (whatever that means) that I just don't care.

 

it will sound fresh to me!! I'm so excited.

You're in for a chartreuse auralgasmic injection dr.

All aboard the Chartruese Moose!

 

(Don't forget the jars of urine.)

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:11 PM, YELLOW said:

Allow me to play devils advocate for a sec, I'm just curious as to why minipops was the only one labeled as "Manchester Track" on the Warp site.

 

You think if Metz or Singapore were on the release too, they might've been labelled as well. I don't know

Did you not see jasondonervan's amazing work earlier? You should catch up on the thread.

I'm completely caught up on the thread, why else would I pose my question? I tend to agree that maybe they have changed so much since those original shows that they shouldn't be identified as such

  On 8/25/2014 at 12:38 PM, jasondonervan said:

 

 

Just to further cement the logic of Manchester track being minipops, I was hit with a copyright ding dong from [Merlin] Warp Records for 20 seconds into the video. It's the kind that you can wave through and agree to and the video will stay up, but look at what it matched...

 

 

 

That is just fantastic, Jason!

Funny how the tracks' fingerprints, a mechanism for copyright management, in essence have helped to "leak" or "spoiler" the content of the album.

Immensely looking forward to hifi versions of Wobbly Chords and Metz. And even more looking forward to all the unheard material! Can barely wait.

  On 8/25/2014 at 7:05 PM, apriorion said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 4:33 PM, noise said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 4:31 PM, whylessness said:

 

  On 8/25/2014 at 4:11 PM, Bertolt Brechtakt said:

I knew I could count on appropriate replies at Watmm :)

 

Thing is, so far Aphex has always changed with every release. If he is now - after 13 years of Aphex Twin hiatus - is coming with the same stuff he has released a few years ago, it's pretty lame to me. E.g. I wouldn't want another ICBYD today. I wanted it in 1995, yes and still love it, yes. But not having a follow-up of it.

 

there is a quote from thelonious monk, i'm paraphrasing here: who gives a fuck if the sound is new—is it good?

 

metz track is one of the most beautiful sounds i've ever heard. sorry, but if you're obsessing about innovation, and being this dejected/pouty before you've heard the album, you can fuck off.

 

honestly one of the best/most sensible things said on here ever, bravo

 

 

Seconded.

 

It's funny how they didn't even get it all right either. They've all been issued copyright claims, and all been performed live...

  Quote

 

1. First off, Aphex Twin is really nice; he was polite, he laughed at bad jokes, and he called back when the line cut out.

2. The oldest track on Syro was recorded six or seven years ago, but there are a lot of newer compositions on there, too. "I’d stockpiled up so much stuff and you can kind of have to draw a line under it somewhere," he said. "By banging something out it, it’s like the end of the chapter. It properly draws a line under it and allows you to move on."

3. He buys a shedload of new music everyday, mainly from the UK-based online music store Juno. "I buy ridiculous amounts of files," he told us. "I always go to that thing, 'Listen to the last eight weeks of whatever.' And it’s all those billions of genres, like Scouse house. There’s actually better music now than ever, that’s ever existed before in my life. It’s all kind of good listening stuff—stuff to play in the car—[but] not so much kicking stuff out there."

4. Music takes up all of his spare time, too: “I’m a serial killer for sounds,” he said with an audible Cheshire cat grin. “I collect sounds from other records so I have to know where they come from and how they’re made. I bought every old sampler in existence and bought all the sample libraries. Like a serial killer, basically. I’ve gone through all of the sounds and worked out where everyone got all their sounds from.”

5. And finally, he confirmed Syro wouldn't be a one-off—it's got him "kicked into gear" for a new period of output.

has this already been posted from fader?

http://www.thefader.com/2014/08/25/aphex-twin-syro-interview-excerpts