Aphex Twin: minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix

the song is 4 min 48

The first minute is insane. The pads, the beat, the vocals, the ambiance. everything is perfect

1min to 2min: first drop happens, melodies intensify. percussion are less to my liking but overall, this is insane.

the minute 2 and 3 is less good imo. definitely special with the vocal bits, the drum work, percussions, but I dont know.

from 3:50 to the end, it gets back to awesomeness

this is a solid 9/10. I'm a bit disappointing by the track somehow

One of my biggest pleasure in life is to read the disappointed reviews on here... while listening to the track and loving it. The same happened with Tomorrow's harvest. So much bitterness, disillusion, desenchantment that it's fun. So much ego too. The music is fantastic, it is classic Aphex Twin, only your ego doesn't let you hear it because you think you know better than Aphex Twin himself what is a great Aphex track. I mean, as an artist, you can't compete with your fans expectations hehe.

  On 9/5/2014 at 3:48 PM, MassfreeKid said:

One of my biggest pleasure in life is to read the disappointed reviews on here... while listening to the track and loving it. The same happened with Tomorrow's harvest. So much bitterness, disillusion, desenchantment that it's fun. So much ego too. The music is fantastic, it is classic Aphex Twin, only your ego doesn't let you hear it because you think you know better than Aphex Twin himself what is a great Aphex track. I mean, as an artist, you can't compete with your fans expectations hehe.

The irony

  On 9/5/2014 at 3:41 PM, funkaholic said:

the beats and the sounds used for them are just lovely, the vocals at the end are a delight, i imagine someone could sample the beat and make a great hip-hop track out of it

In b4 Kanye samples Syro

About the Plaid comparisons... Just my 2 cents...

Plaid were HEAVILY influenced by Aphex sense of melody back in the 90's. Aphex disappears, Plaid keeps releasing music. Aphex comes back years later, people compare it to Plaid.

I can't for the life of me understand how anyone could be dissapointed with this. JUST MY TWO CENTS THO

Well, that's just not true is it. All these artists influence each other. Sure, Plaid have been a little more productive maybe but Scintilli was the first "proper" album since Spokes in what... 2004? (can't think off the top of my head)

Plaid have always been consistent with their melodic output. They were not as pioneering with the microediting and glitchy stuff but they have their place amongst the greats. They just have a crap name and are a bit more accessible than RDJ maybe and god knows that people like to namedrop quirkier music tastes to seem cool and different.

nvm

  On 9/5/2014 at 3:03 PM, Npoess said:

Wait... it's a single?

 

That's not a good sign

It's a single in the sense it's the first released from the album, but not available as an individual track.

I couldn't be happier with this song. It reveals itself more and more with every listen.

I really like it. But I liked it more when I heard the live recordings, the beautiful strange melodies and stuff.

I'm really sad that I've heard the live video so many times, because there weren't many surprises in this track. I really like the vocals towards the end, very Windowlickery.

I hope the rest of syro will amaze me as much as the first time I heard the live video. Can't wait to hear Metz.

  On 9/5/2014 at 3:13 PM, Chesney said:

This is exactly what happened with Reach for the dead. Crackpot diehards went gaga, diehard nostaligiadudes were dissappointed and alot of people were "meh". Turns out it's one of the strongest tracks on the album. Whether that means that the quality of the whole album was low or expectations were way too high, I don't know.

This is the trouble with releasing music in todays climate. People are too greedy and companies drip feed snippets too much. It waters down the whole album experience. If you're going to release a teaser then why not the one earmarked for "Japan bonus track". That way the album is intact and people can judge for themselves what tracks are strongest or not.

there's some truth to this but...nah. A good album will shine through a lot of hype. The Campfire Headphase got a lot of pre-release hype too - and post release, what with trying to sell Dayvan Cowboy as the single and even making the video for it - but in the end it was just a much better album. I do agree that the less marketing saturation the better.

  On 9/5/2014 at 4:15 PM, Chesney said:

Well, that's just not true is it. All these artists influence each other. Sure, Plaid have been a little more productive maybe but Scintilli was the first "proper" album since Spokes in what... 2004? (can't think off the top of my head)

Plaid have always been consistent with their melodic output. They were not as pioneering with the microediting and glitchy stuff but they have their place amongst the greats. They just have a crap name and are a bit more accessible than RDJ maybe and god knows that people like to namedrop quirkier music tastes to seem cool and different.

except for the fact that Plaid have always been rather uneven and were never groundbreaking in the way RDJ has been.

  On 9/5/2014 at 3:43 PM, murphythecat8 said:

this is a solid 9/10. I'm a bit disappointing by the track somehow

I like the track. A solid 1/10.

  On 9/5/2014 at 4:31 PM, lumpenprol said:

 

 

except for the fact that Plaid have always been rather uneven and were never groundbreaking in the way RDJ has been.

 

Of course, i'll dissagree though. I feel RDJ has had his fair share of unevenness. But that's the great thing about music tastes, nobody is wrong.

To all the disappointed people - life doesn't get any better. End it now, you've become too cool and edgy.

This track is amazing, get over yourselves and listen. Watch the textures unfold

  On 9/5/2014 at 5:03 PM, Audioblysk said:

To all the disappointed people - life doesn't get any better. End it now, you've become too cool and edgy.

 

This track is amazing, get over yourselves and listen. Watch the textures unfold

*Rolls eyes*

  On 9/5/2014 at 4:35 AM, xxx said:

If I'm honest, I getting irritated by the nondescript vocoded bits. When you read pamphlets about aging, they always mention confusion and anger that comes from being unable to understand conversations due to hearing loss. Because it's Richard gabbing, you want to know what he's saying but by design, you're never going to know so I wind up shaking my fist like a grandpa at the speaker. I want to relax and enjoy it from a textural standpoint but the WATMM machine always starts its engines on the decoding/interpreting and then autism intensifies on my part.

This is part of why I like the nondescript vocoded bits (and Ae-stylee-vox-mangling, too). My hearing is by all accounts pretty good but for some reason I've always had to concentrate more than should be necessary to process speech-- I dunno, real possibility of there being some brain damage there, I guess. I fucking hate talking on the phone, especially at work, because I have to spend all these extra brain cycles just putting the meaning together. Part of why I was so socially awkward in my teens and early 20s was because people would talk and I'd have no idea what they were saying unless I concentrated on them and not on, eg, some tweeting bird sixteen feet to the left. I mean, it wasn't super hard once I could focus but the act of focusing on speech-meaning was deeply awkward in its own right.

What the fuck is wrong with me? Seems like it's gotten better over the last few years, actually.

Anyway, I like the vox where the meaning is completely, deliberately incomprehensible, because it's sort of a comfortable default state for me.

NB: I have not been diagnosed as actually being on the ol' spectrum

You cannot tell people what they are hearing is wrong. Accept that your God is not the one and only truth.

Fuck off, quffar.

whats a quffar

  On 9/5/2014 at 5:45 PM, StephenG said:

whats a quffar

Someone who does not follow Mr. Ackbar.

track is very good and fun as fuck by the way, wasn't expecting RDJ to reinvent music forever with this album

save the expectations of being ear-fucked for when he releases the "weird" album; this one here looks to be a much-needed, good-natured, clearing of the PR cobwebs. Everyone was dying for studio versions of these live tracks a year ago, ffs.

Thanks, Aphex

Thaphex

I've listened again and I retract myself, track too good.

;)

For the record, I like the track. It's not grounbreaking in any way but it's pleasing.