Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

  On 2/1/2015 at 8:12 AM, gorfman666 said:

 

 

Decided to Split it up into 8 albums/14 tracks each. Named it "The Ravers Friend Vol. 1-8" and it plays in the order it was released. made some art too. This will be a little easier for me to dive into.

Holy shit dude these are perfect thanks!

13 High Hats Tune Tamclap is one of those tracks that is going to stick with me forever. That melody.

  On 2/1/2015 at 1:09 PM, beerwolf said:

Just played Square Dance and usually I take no notice of the soundcloud comments 'cause I just find them a bit stupid and annoying but I laughed though when somebody wrote So You Sampled a Spacehopper

I do advise you, and everyone else here, to at least read Ivan Ooze's comments

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:14 PM, triachus said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 1:09 PM, beerwolf said:

Just played Square Dance and usually I take no notice of the soundcloud comments 'cause I just find them a bit stupid and annoying but I laughed though when somebody wrote So You Sampled a Spacehopper

 

I do advise you, and everyone else here, to at least read Ivan Ooze's comments

 

 

heh

on luke vibert spiral staircase [future music competition] [afx remix]

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:19 PM, xf said:

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

you are our watmm king man, i hope rdj gives you a nice present for the gopro you donated him

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:19 PM, xf said:

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

I laugh.

  On 2/1/2015 at 8:08 AM, BIOXLAT said:

i really like the sentiment of the 'fly away babies, good luck!' endearing attachment to his tracks. don't fret aphex, i'll look after your babies well

I think that we are the babies, and he is saying goodbye.

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:19 PM, xf said:

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

Probably because of the thousands of fakes that pop up every time he's in the spotlight. It's amazing some people believe those bandcamps are real, and that he's steinvord, yet some don't believe this soundcloud is real.

I kinda want to organise a gig just so I can play Fresher and Cleaner out now! I experienced a few backlash like comments on FB, by people who barely listened to the tracks, complaining about all the drooling fanboys getting carried away over this. Haters gonna hate I suppose.

19 slow early morning clissold is one of the most beautiful tracks he has ever written

that ending is incredibly lush

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:43 PM, Damo said:

I kinda want to organise a gig just so I can play Fresher and Cleaner out now! I experienced a few backlash like comments on FB, by people who barely listened to the tracks, complaining about all the drooling fanboys getting carried away over this. Haters gonna hate I suppose.

proud drooling fanboy here

  On 2/1/2015 at 1:39 PM, John Ehrlichman said:

yeah thanks for that piece of info. After pouring over most of the tracks for the past few days, all I've been thinking about is Richard's production process and just how many times he changed up his own sound palette but ended up always perfecting it in some sense. Listening to the Ab6 tracks for example, some of it is only a few layers repeating but i'm fascinated by how his ability to tweak a synth is what makes the songs interesting. The bass drums in the Ab6 tracks for example, have a certain 'zap' pitch envelope that maybe could be a modular, part of me thinks EMS synth. We need to have a dissection thread of RDj's different production methods during different eras. I feel like just in terms of the Soundcloud dump it was just the start of what will be a massively brain melting language lesson. I dont even think we've really begun to feel the full impact of how this changes things.

disecting subforum now!

so watmm ... ;D

  On 2/1/2015 at 8:44 AM, Allize said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 8:34 AM, Das Gespenst said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 8:12 AM, gorfman666 said:

 

Decided to Split it up into 8 albums/14 tracks each. Named it "The Ravers Friend Vol. 1-8" and it plays in the order it was released. made some art too. This will be a little easier for me to dive into.

Do you mind sharing these beautiful artwork in high resolution? Thx man, oh what a week!

 

fucking beautiful. don't like the fact that he gave them an invented name but that can change.

 

Richard David IS Ravers Friend

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:26 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:19 PM, xf said:

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

you are our watmm king man, i hope rdj gives you a nice present for the gopro you donated him

 

haha, as i've said to others, i'm not convinced my actions caused richard to do anything outside of what he was already intending on doing. i assume part of the allure for him to do this anonymously was to see whether fans really do recognise his work, hence it being a free account initially, and he was intending on either upgrading the account or spreading the music over several free accounts.

i just hope an internet random doing it before he did was interpreted as a gesture that deeply communicates that we, the fans, really do appreciate the shit out of this. i remember reading in an interview that he was really touched about the response to the caustic window kickstarter from watmm, which certainly helped me make the odd decision to do it. it was also one of you guys who pointed out that one can gift soundcloud accounts, i had honestly assumed i wasn't the only one who did it (i was probably going to gift the account to modey/pselodux if rdj didn't accept it... i'm still floored that he did, i had no expectations he would actually read the message).

seperately; i'm going through one of the most challenging periods of my life at the moment, and this experience has completely flipped my outlook on life around. it's pretty incredible and this couldn't come at a better time. very oddly, the last time i was going through a very tough period was slightly before when ae came on here and did their QA thing, and that also helped incredibly. it's strange... as cliche as it sounds, as a teenager i often said and felt that music genuinely helped me through dealing with challenges... it's strange to be in my 30's and the same phrase applying - hell, even the same artists - but now in an entirely different way.

It's kind of funny that we get 112 tracks, almost 9 hours, of new music, and so many people are pointing out the "Japan" track that was released over 20 years ago as a highlight lel

I mean, what are you doing listening to 9 hours of leftovers when you haven't even listened to the official releases

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:15 PM, Allize said:

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

http://www.discogs.com/Soft-Ballet-Twist-And-Turn/release/181858

Yep never grabbed that one, brb cutting my wrists..

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:15 PM, Allize said:

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

Check this out

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFqZngDOQvgdF9VUDdablNwMDRaQVJTMmN1N3VybEE&authkey=CMfYxLgG&hl=en&authkey=CMfYxLgG#gid=0

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:03 PM, xf said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:26 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 2:19 PM, xf said:

i'm talking to people outside of WATMM about this and some are still skeptical this is actually rdj. srsly!?

you are our watmm king man, i hope rdj gives you a nice present for the gopro you donated him

 

 

haha, as i've said to others, i'm not convinced my actions caused richard to do anything outside of what he was already intending on doing. i assume part of the allure for him to do this anonymously was to see whether fans really do recognise his work, hence it being a free account initially, and he was intending on either upgrading the account or spreading the music over several free accounts.

 

i just hope an internet random doing it before he did was interpreted as a gesture that deeply communicates that we, the fans, really do appreciate the shit out of this. i remember reading in an interview that he was really touched about the response to the caustic window kickstarter from watmm, which certainly helped me make the odd decision to do it. it was also one of you guys who pointed out that one can gift soundcloud accounts, i had honestly assumed i wasn't the only one who did it (i was probably going to gift the account to modey/pselodux if rdj didn't accept it... i'm still floored that he did, i had no expectations he would actually read the message).

 

seperately; i'm going through one of the most challenging periods of my life at the moment, and this experience has completely flipped my outlook on life around. it's pretty incredible and this couldn't come at a better time. very oddly, the last time i was going through a very tough period was slightly before when ae came on here and did their QA thing, and that also helped incredibly. it's strange... as cliche as it sounds, as a teenager i often said and felt that music genuinely helped me through dealing with challenges... it's strange to be in my 30's and the same phrase applying - hell, even the same artists - but now in an entirely different way.

 

well said. music is our life and it helps us through the vibe.

in all fairness, afx obviously forgot he had released it, hence uploading it? (and i recall at least one other track that was uploaded that he commented he forgot he released?)

if the man himself can't remember, what bloody chance do we have? ;)

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:20 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:15 PM, Allize said:

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

 

Check this out

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFqZngDOQvgdF9VUDdablNwMDRaQVJTMmN1N3VybEE&authkey=CMfYxLgG&hl=en&authkey=CMfYxLgG#gid=0

 

 

ta, good list

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:20 PM, ThatSpanishGuy said:

 

  On 2/1/2015 at 3:15 PM, Allize said:

Well, I thought I had listened to everything officially released, but I never came across 35 Japan. Could you tell me where you get it from?

 

Check this out

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgFqZngDOQvgdF9VUDdablNwMDRaQVJTMmN1N3VybEE&authkey=CMfYxLgG&hl=en&authkey=CMfYxLgG#gid=0

 

 

Woa, cool list. Never heard some, gotta check richards hairpiece, perc 6 and shotkeya

Enjoying AB6 sooooooooo much, i know most of it was in the Joyrex Tape but wow listening to this album in high quality is a 10000x better experience!!!