Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

Brilliant wake-up call again, 8 new tracks. I'll never get used to it :) currently rocking 24 ems-alias mgroove on repeat before listening to the others, fucking amazing track!

Never thought Phlid would have different versions, seemed like just a fun one-off track. This one's actually better too!

Havent posted on this thread for a while, can't believe the quality of the continued uploads.

We seem to be heading into RDJ album territory with all the strings and whimsy. Seems like a hybrid of ICBYD and MFM

He could have easily put out a fantastic chill-out EP in 96-7 that had Ibiza Spliff, Cornish Spreek, 1974-94, Gear Smudge, Summerfestival, Autumn Travels and maybe the Clissold & LSB, Sekonda or something.

Love that lead synth in Cornish Spreek. It seems to be the same patch used on ssbn + ssba, wonder what it is?

This playlists are a dream come true, imagine last year telling someone we will have playslists created by afx of 100% unreleased material

Thabkyou afx

Whether or not this other account really is RDJ (he *has* replied to one of the comments about the track, to be fair) I'm not fussed, this is a great version of Rhubarb :)

https://soundcloud.com/user0000008673/aphex-twin-rhubarb-orc-1953-rev-scully-mix

If it's come up before, move along, move along...

that's just a reversed+mixed down version of rhubarb orc 19.53 rev, i did the same thing months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KP2aPYc3QM

Fair enough. Still enjoying it tho, because, well, it's *that* tune.

First dump batch I've not really felt. I suppose it had to happen eventually!

  On 5/14/2015 at 9:11 AM, nuane said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 2:26 AM, Icct said:

the old caustic window (now Erik) account?

What? I never used the Caustic Window account and I've never changed the adress of my SC account.

 

Didn't catch any of your stuff before it was removed but really digging the new one you posted yesterday and look forward to hearing more. Cheers

  On 5/14/2015 at 10:56 AM, Herr Jan said:

Brilliant wake-up call again, 8 new tracks. I'll never get used to it :) currently rocking 24 ems-alias mgroove on repeat before listening to the others, fucking amazing track!

 

Never thought Phlid would have different versions, seemed like just a fun one-off track. This one's actually better too!

I thought Phlid 2 sounded the same as the version I had from the original tape. What differences did you notice from the original ?

  On 5/14/2015 at 1:39 PM, afxual healing said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 10:56 AM, Herr Jan said:

Brilliant wake-up call again, 8 new tracks. I'll never get used to it :) currently rocking 24 ems-alias mgroove on repeat before listening to the others, fucking amazing track!

 

Never thought Phlid would have different versions, seemed like just a fun one-off track. This one's actually better too!

I thought Phlid 2 sounded the same as the version I had from the original tape. What differences did you notice from the original ?

 

Yeah, you're right, I stand corrected. Assumed it because of the title (Phlid 2) and because he's been uploading more alternate versions of tracks this week. I also couldn't remember the last part (with the pads) in the original, haven't heard it in years.

asthma scares the shit out of me every time it comes on

  On 5/14/2015 at 1:47 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 1:39 PM, afxual healing said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 10:56 AM, Herr Jan said:

Brilliant wake-up call again, 8 new tracks. I'll never get used to it :) currently rocking 24 ems-alias mgroove on repeat before listening to the others, fucking amazing track!

 

Never thought Phlid would have different versions, seemed like just a fun one-off track. This one's actually better too!

I thought Phlid 2 sounded the same as the version I had from the original tape. What differences did you notice from the original ?

 

Yeah, you're right, I stand corrected. Assumed it because of the title (Phlid 2) and because he's been uploading more alternate versions of tracks this week. I also couldn't remember the last part (with the pads) in the original, haven't heard it in years.

 

Would be nice to have a digital version though like with the Bradley song. Hope he enables downloads at some point.

The AFX Selekta playlist has most all of my favorite tracks in it! Love it. The playlists are going to make digesting all this new music a lot easier.

  On 5/14/2015 at 1:50 PM, xf said:

asthma scares the shit out of me every time it comes on

Does anyone reckon all of this free music is, in part, a reaction to Aphex's music on Spotify/streaming services?

I noticed some drukqs tunes had been removed from YouTube, having been up for ages prior to this year.

  On 5/14/2015 at 8:18 AM, johnoise said:

 

Listen to the 256kbps rip on a good system, and then the CD/flac(better the 24bit) to my ears it's quite obvious the sound is way more full, but maybe most people aren't used to earing what is a good production...

24 bit is a complete waste of time, the bit rate only represents the dynamic range, 16 bit is already far more than is required to handle both quietest sounds the human ear can hear, and the loudest sounds that will actually cause pain and damage your hearing. Vinyl has about half the dynamic range as a 16 bit source for example. High bit rates only make sense in production and mixing, when that extra range can be useful to have in the signal path, but the final mixdown need never be higher than 16 bit.

Higher sampling rates can capture higher frequencies, and that is all, they cannot improve on the reproduction of the lower frequencies that are already being recorded, which is solely dependant on the quality of the AD/DA converters (and the filters they use), and the dithering algorithm being used. 44.1khz samples (which result in handling frequencies up to 22.05khz) should be more than enough for virtually every human ear, we cannot hear above 20khz, and most adults not much above 16-18khz, so there's already plenty of unnecessary data in there, adding more is a waste of time. Again, in terms of music production having extra frequency data might be helpful if you want to play around with it, but a final mixdown will never require it.

That doesn't mean that people can't genuinely tell the difference between so called high def releases (though in most cases they probably can't), but in the cases where there is a genuine difference it's down to the fact that the high def release will have been mastered differently. If you conduct blinded tests between a regular CD release and a HD release you'll be dealing with different masters, the main difference probably being that the HD release will be louder (which is enough to fool a person into thinking the overall quality is better). If however you did the test based off a high def release and a transcode of that release to 44/16 then no-one could tell the difference.

loving string slush (except that weird bar of percussion, outtake?), reminds me of something not AFX but can't quite remember what

  On 5/14/2015 at 2:27 PM, rev85 said:

Does anyone reckon all of this free music is, in part, a reaction to Aphex's music on Spotify/streaming services?

I noticed some drukqs tunes had been removed from YouTube, having been up for ages prior to this year.

Really annoyed those were taken down. All those comments and views are gone forever now. I can say for sure that a good percentage of people would never have become fans of Aphex if they couldn't listen to his tracks on youtube. All it ends up leading to is people pitch shifting and time stretching the songs so they can bypass the copyright filter, which always sound awful.

Can someone do me a favour and share the comment Richard made about the naming of 26MFC by Rob Mitchell? I've searched through his SC comments and this thread and can't find it anywhere. Cheers

He's putting up some really amazing tracks as of late...

*bobs head to Gak Police*

  On 5/14/2015 at 3:56 PM, AliceS said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 2:27 PM, rev85 said:

Does anyone reckon all of this free music is, in part, a reaction to Aphex's music on Spotify/streaming services?

I noticed some drukqs tunes had been removed from YouTube, having been up for ages prior to this year.

 

Really annoyed those were taken down. All those comments and views are gone forever now. I can say for sure that a good percentage of people would never have become fans of Aphex if they couldn't listen to his tracks on youtube. All it ends up leading to is people pitch shifting and time stretching the songs so they can bypass the copyright filter, which always sound awful.

 

nothing official on all warp releases plays on u tube in germany

  On 5/14/2015 at 4:19 PM, Dean Carbin said:

Can someone do me a favour and share the comment Richard made about the naming of 26MFC by Rob Mitchell? I've searched through his SC comments and this thread and can't find it anywhere. Cheers

https://soundcloud.com/richarddjames/comments

on Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]

@morelockd: That is your projection, it was actually named 26 remixes for cash by Rob Mitchell RIP from Warp records because I met all the people from record companies etc in various streets around london and exchanged the DAT's for cash, so they wouldn't know my bank details or address. I've actually recieved more hate as I've become more well known, I didn't get any to start with.

  On 5/14/2015 at 4:25 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 5/14/2015 at 4:19 PM, Dean Carbin said:

Can someone do me a favour and share the comment Richard made about the naming of 26MFC by Rob Mitchell? I've searched through his SC comments and this thread and can't find it anywhere. Cheers

 

https://soundcloud.com/richarddjames/comments

 

on Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]

@morelockd: That is your projection, it was actually named 26 remixes for cash by Rob Mitchell RIP from Warp records because I met all the people from record companies etc in various streets around london and exchanged the DAT's for cash, so they wouldn't know my bank details or address. I've actually recieved more hate as I've become more well known, I didn't get any to start with.

 

Many thanks man!!!

Wasted the last hour trying to fucking find it on the user... account page. ha

9 days ago he said "all these uploads, ive been picking a certain kind of track, i might widen the net, have done a few times already"

Now that the latest track description on 5 7z is "net widen 2 clicks", who knows what craziness could be coming next

  On 5/14/2015 at 5:27 PM, nyr22 said:

9 days ago he said "all these uploads, ive been picking a certain kind of track, i might widen the net, have done a few times already"

 

Now that the latest track description on 5 7z is "net widen 2 clicks", who knows what craziness could be coming next

Good catch!