Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

All things must pass.

I really hope it's not a permanent stop either, i think the anecdotes/comments add something and I know for me it's also causing me to go back and listen more thoroughly to releases etc.

I really hope that something(s) didn't happen to further discourage him or make him change his outlook on it. It is a little surprising that more people haven't voted yet considering it's dynamic, but I know for me these are not cheapened because they're free, especially the longer this has been going on/sweeter over time.

Cheers Jefferoo for the explanation.....

I wanted to chime in to say I also hope it's not an end to the archives, but again it's been so special just want to give a big

T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I feel like sometimes what is past is past and it's tricky to reconjure it, though this has really been a great way to do it. I'm looking forward to whats on the horizon, what's been brewing in the studio lately in addition to any old projects that hopefully get to see a release in the future. Always ready for some Aphex Twin.

:')

" H E A T "

It can't be heat. I don't believe it. Richard is pulling your legs. They come out at niiight, forever and for all time.

I am willing to make peace with the idea that whoever sung it at that time had a spontaneous, once in a lifetime, very very short episode of aphasia. And it's actually gibberish that means whatever you want it to mean.

*has peace of mind*

I hope that the soundcloud philosophy doesn't stop, because even though I love(d) and continue to love the classic sound I am greedy and having 100s of hours of drukqs/analord/tuss/syro/beyond era AFX is what I really want. That is the real next level crack for my 701s. Which I should mod if I ever sober up, thanks for the advice.

For me a folder full of that would not cheapen or dilute the material it would actually soften the blow of over hearing songs (right now Syro and Tuss are in stasis for me so I don't overplay them).

Would seriously meet his mates in the street and handover suitcases full of drukqs in exchange for untapped new aphex twins.

H E A T Master race signing in.

Are all the Night weirdos American?

  On 6/24/2015 at 10:07 AM, hello spiral said:

H E A T Master race signing in.

 

Are all the Night weirdos American?

I'm Canadian, and I've been a long time "heat" person.

Never heard it as anything BUT heat, I mean, beetles don't come out at night, they deffo come out when it warms up, I should know, I lived in Cornwall for two years and then Devon for another two

superhappy with everything we got but goddamnit, shit just got real on those last 2 batches

thank god we can be pretty sure he will release more music or maybe even upload more in the future, thank you afx bro

i thought it was a thoughtful beatles reference, and the lyrics were 'they come out and they beat' as in beat on pots and pans and whatnot. sort of a quirky homage to the music group the beatles.

  On 6/24/2015 at 2:53 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

superhappy with everything we got but goddamnit, shit just got real on those last 2 batches

 

thank god we can be pretty sure he will release more music or maybe even upload more in the future, thank you afx bro

That

thanks afx dude

thanks afx guy

  On 6/24/2015 at 10:07 AM, hello spiral said:

H E A T Master race signing in.

 

Are all the Night weirdos American?

Not at all man.

I have always thought it was Heat. Was surprised there was even a debate.

Ban anybody who ever said it was something other than heat

Ban'em all

  On 6/24/2015 at 4:30 PM, Salem1976 said:

 

  On 6/24/2015 at 10:07 AM, hello spiral said:

H E A T Master race signing in.

 

Are all the Night weirdos American?

 

Not at all man.

 

I have always thought it was Heat. Was surprised there was even a debate.

 

Nobody could believe there was a debate, that's why it got so heated

he put a pretty funny chris morris video in his profile

lol

Im always hopeful. Maybe the "wound it back" was in reference to the onslaught of the last dump. winding it back before springing it forward again? I agree 228 is a lot (all at once), but with the bursts of 20-30 at a time it was perfect. I don't necessarily want tracks every day, or week or month... but it's harsh thinking the gates have closed. As everyone else has mentioned tho - I am still amazed that these are even out there to listen to at all. They have filled me with such strange nostalgia and gratitude. Afx has been about 80% of the music i listen to in 2015 (which hasnt happened since 2001/2002!! So crazy!). Also- as obsessive as i have been with them, I still find moments i didnt notice and then its like all new for me. I am beyond thankful. (which feels even more dick like: "Im beyond thankful but do you have anymore plz?")

daamn when that sub kicks in on rough beat tune

  On 6/24/2015 at 8:23 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

daamn when that sub kicks in on rough beat tune

Rough beat tune needs more appreciation for sure

i'm a bit surprised by the avalanche of tracks, i heard AFX has load of tunes in his vaults/HD but hearing like 228 new tunes, is a bit like digging in the farmersmanual archive set (quite different type of music tho) or the colundi tracks, there are so many tunes that i sometimes get lost. cant say if its a good thing or not, like SAW85-92 is a masterpiece because of the "selected" part (best AFX bits of the times), there are obviously many weird tunes and not that great tracks but mostly this AFX vault is a treasure for electronic music fan. those hours & hours of unreleased music sounds truly 2015, i mean, its a bit like discovering new artists on youtube, whole records are uploaded, you dont have the time to listen to it all, but hey it's free and sometimes totally brillant, so i guess its a new way of listening to music.