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  On 8/31/2023 at 5:20 PM, diatoms said:

to celebrate the end of summer aphex tour

what are your stories/memories/influences/favorite songs/favorite afx shows/wisdom of aphex twin

write your piece about aphex as something fun for rdj to read and see how much he's really made a difference in our lives

thanks rdj!!!

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I wasn't sure what I was going to do with my life before I heard aphex for the first time two decades ago. Today I make my own oscillators in Reaktor.

had the most amazing weekend lisbon and bristol had incredible sound, raved my ass off. i'm gonna go over the bristol show and find that chest shaking bass track that was the heaviest i've ever experienced, shook the flim loose, ha:)

met up with @cruising for burgers and raved and talked before and after. gave me a car ride to the airport and put on blackbox ep for the journey, magic:)

@Mattthegoone the LEGEND!! got me a tape at bristol (THANKS!) cause i didn't show up until 19:40 with gates closing at 20:00. didn't catch up with him until the aphex afters with vibert. that was a fun night:)

i remember luke vibert also playing synthacon 9, got real excited hearing it twice within a couple of hours. i don't know if he would've known aphex only just played it at forwards. they know each other so well maybe they were on the same frequency

best summer of me life

just noticed the center writing is back since i stopped writing in the middle but i'll not use it except in special occasions, ha:)

  On 9/1/2023 at 1:19 AM, Bubba69 said:

once.. up - on - a - time... there - were .. 3 - bears... mum - my - bear... dad - dy - bear ...

once.. up - on - a - time... there - were .. 3 - bears... mum - my - bear... dad - dy - bear ...

dadddyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyw9ubuasbdousadbf -- daddy - b - b -buuuuuuuuuuu - bay -bee - bearrrrrrrr .... eaeaaeae

EDIT: jinx

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@Bubba69 in the lead with a week left to go,    7  e moji

the more you moji others they may return the love

i'm putting one on all the posts to be neutrally positive:)

  On 9/5/2023 at 12:31 PM, diatoms said:

had the most amazing weekend lisbon and bristol had incredible sound, raved my ass off. i'm gonna go over the bristol show and find that chest shaking bass track that was the heaviest i've ever experienced, shook the flim loose, ha:)

 

met up with @cruising for burgers and raved and talked before and after. gave me a car ride to the airport and put on blackbox ep for the journey, magic:)

 

@Mattthegoone the LEGEND!! got me a tape at bristol (THANKS!) cause i didn't show up until 19:40 with gates closing at 20:00. didn't catch up with him until the aphex afters with vibert. that was a fun night:)

 

i remember luke vibert also playing synthacon 9, got real excited hearing it twice within a couple of hours. i don't know if he would've known aphex only just played it at forwards. they know each other so well maybe they were on the same frequency

 

best summer of me life

 

just noticed the center writing is back since i stopped writing in the middle but i'll not use it except in special occasions, ha:)

 

 

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Great to see you again man, very good night, I hope you got those posters home safely 

are you guys in the wrong thread?

  On 9/5/2023 at 1:21 PM, colunga said:

are you guys in the wrong thread?

Diatoms is giving away a free card for the fieldday vinyl to someone who gets the most emoji under their post. Check the previous page. There will be a winner on 12 september

So come on you slags, write a post about why you love afx and win that cardcode 

  On 9/5/2023 at 1:14 PM, Mattthegoone said:

Great to see you again man, very good night, I hope you got those posters home safely

haha, they're still in my afx hoodie pocket:)

I can't show people electronic music. It's not real music to them. I feel alone sometimes in that way. Not that it's the only genre I like, but I keep it to myself for the most part. 

my afx journey started when i was 4, i first heard i care because you do from my dad. i remember hearing the beginning of acrid avid in his car super vividly. we continued listening to that drukqs, come to daddy and windowlicker. we used to watch the rubber johnny video every night because i loved the track and the creepy video as a little kid ( i still do lol). about 4 years ago i went in super deep getting into richards discog. i started to discover caustic window and all the alia’s. i had already been a musician but richard made me want to make electronic music, so i started doing it. i went through some tough stuff and richard has been there for me through all of it. he practically saved + changed my life forever. now 4 years later i have loads of gear and have made 1,700 songs and released 11 or so records. i also have 2 record labels with coming up on 100 releases. i’m only 17 years old and seems like i have an eternity in front of me. hopefully my story didn’t get to deep, richard is just a huge hand in my life. ‘PS i’m not gonna pay 250 fucking P for this record but i love the songs so i might if i don’t get this one lolol’

i make electronic music under the name ‘Reservior…’ available on all streaming services

Welcome to watmm 

  On 9/5/2023 at 12:44 PM, diatoms said:

@Bubba69 in the lead with a week left to go,    7  e moji

 

the more you moji others they may return the love

 

i'm putting one on all the posts to be neutrally positive:)

 

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I don't think mine should count as it was just a response to the 3 little bears observation

  On 9/5/2023 at 7:07 PM, Bubba69 said:

I don't think mine should count as it was just a response to the 3 little bears observation

give us your favorite afx story:)

(you're tied with yourself at 7 with your reaktor quote as well, ha)

  On 9/3/2023 at 10:08 PM, Bubba69 said:

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with my life before I heard aphex for the first time two decades ago. Today I make my own oscillators in Reaktor.

  On 9/5/2023 at 6:43 PM, matureraver said:

my afx journey started when i was 4, i first heard i care because you do from my dad. i remember hearing the beginning of acrid avid in his car super vividly. we continued listening to that drukqs, come to daddy and windowlicker. we used to watch the rubber johnny video every night because i loved the track and the creepy video as a little kid ( i still do lol). about 4 years ago i went in super deep getting into richards discog. i started to discover caustic window and all the alia’s. i had already been a musician but richard made me want to make electronic music, so i started doing it. i went through some tough stuff and richard has been there for me through all of it. he practically saved + changed my life forever. now 4 years later i have loads of gear and have made 1,700 songs and released 11 or so records. i also have 2 record labels with coming up on 100 releases. i’m only 17 years old and seems like i have an eternity in front of me. hopefully my story didn’t get to deep, richard is just a huge hand in my life. ‘PS i’m not gonna pay 250 fucking P for this record but i love the songs so i might if i don’t get this one lolol’

i make electronic music under the name ‘Reservior…’ available on all streaming services

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Just wondering - did you mean to misspell 'Reservoir' or is it really 'Reservior'?

  On 9/5/2023 at 7:56 PM, gafjunkis said:

Just wondering - did you mean to misspell 'Reservoir' or is it really 'Reservior'?

it’s spelled Reservior… with the dots and such. i misspelled it on purpose when making the name

  On 9/1/2023 at 6:46 PM, cern said:

Did anyone saved Aphex son's tracks he uploaded to Soundcloud? 

what are those called?! need to hear those

  On 9/5/2023 at 8:15 PM, matureraver said:

it’s spelled Reservior… with the dots and such. i misspelled it on purpose when making the name

what are those called?! need to hear those

I recall this happening but can't recall the track name(s) but here is an article.

https://www.complex.com/music/a/khrisd/aphex-twin-son-soundcloud

  On 8/31/2023 at 6:47 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

Me and a bunch of friends were gonna do shrooms at a friends house who was gonna try it for the first time, so i went to the record store to buy an electronic album to chill to on the shroomies and i blindly bought drukqs. 

lol

  On 9/5/2023 at 11:40 PM, IDEM said:

lol

After drukqs we played suspended animation by fantomas.

Wildest night ever 

  On 9/5/2023 at 6:43 PM, matureraver said:

my afx journey started when i was 4, i first heard i care because you do from my dad. i remember hearing the beginning of acrid avid in his car super vividly. we continued listening to that drukqs, come to daddy and windowlicker. we used to watch the rubber johnny video every night because i loved the track and the creepy video as a little kid ( i still do lol). about 4 years ago i went in super deep getting into richards discog. i started to discover caustic window and all the alia’s. i had already been a musician but richard made me want to make electronic music, so i started doing it. i went through some tough stuff and richard has been there for me through all of it. he practically saved + changed my life forever. now 4 years later i have loads of gear and have made 1,700 songs and released 11 or so records. i also have 2 record labels with coming up on 100 releases. i’m only 17 years old and seems like i have an eternity in front of me. hopefully my story didn’t get to deep, richard is just a huge hand in my life. ‘PS i’m not gonna pay 250 fucking P for this record but i love the songs so i might if i don’t get this one lolol’

i make electronic music under the name ‘Reservior…’ available on all streaming services

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please i need this recorddddddddddd!!!(im never selling it clearly) i love all you guys and thanks for the streams on my music keep playing it!!!

  On 9/5/2023 at 1:27 PM, Ivan Ooze said:

Diatoms is giving away a free card for the fieldday vinyl to someone who gets the most emoji under their post. Check the previous page. There will be a winner on 12 september

Alco rn

I'm not meant to have this, thanks though

My aphex story:

At the Dublin show back around 2003, donning a blond wig to go with my ginger beard so I looked a little aphexian - some ravers told me "shouldnt you be getting on stage?!"

Anyway was at the front at some stage with my little wind-up camera and I spotted RDJ crouching below the stage so started taking some pics. Next thing, RDJ starts to take some back so for a few minutes we had a camera flash battle.

I lost the camera that night but.. I imagine RDJ has my pic somewhere.. maybe on a fridge... a fan grinning back at him in a blond wig

As in 89 when I sensed that I must explore pastures new (from New York Hip Hop) and found new (but old) sounds with Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and then OMG thrash metal (Slaaaaaayer!!! Megadeth!!!! Metalllica!!! Hail Satan!!!!)  lol, my snout was getting a little itchy and a little twitchy and I just knew in my blood I had to again expand my horizons. But I didn't know exactly what it would be. I wasn't really a fan of rave music as it seemed a bit silly and indeed I was guilty of saying 'that's not proper music mate, it's just a bloke on drugs pressing play on a machine' but then one evening I heard John Peel play Girl/Boy and that was it chief, I emptied my piggy bank pronto and quick marched my way down to HMV faster than an Exocet missile. 26 Years Of Making Cash Out Of Mr Beerwolf.

  On 9/5/2023 at 6:43 PM, matureraver said:

my afx journey started when i was 4, i first heard i care because you do from my dad. i remember hearing the beginning of acrid avid in his car super vividly. we continued listening to that drukqs, come to daddy and windowlicker. we used to watch the rubber johnny video every night because i loved the track and the creepy video as a little kid ( i still do lol). about 4 years ago i went in super deep getting into richards discog. i started to discover caustic window and all the alia’s. i had already been a musician but richard made me want to make electronic music, so i started doing it. i went through some tough stuff and richard has been there for me through all of it. he practically saved + changed my life forever. now 4 years later i have loads of gear and have made 1,700 songs and released 11 or so records. i also have 2 record labels with coming up on 100 releases. i’m only 17 years old and seems like i have an eternity in front of me. hopefully my story didn’t get to deep, richard is just a huge hand in my life. ‘PS i’m not gonna pay 250 fucking P for this record but i love the songs so i might if i don’t get this one lolol’

i make electronic music under the name ‘Reservior…’ available on all streaming services

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We needs some more posts like this so bubba69 i'm sorry but i removed my like.

You can get it back with a good afx story tough

  On 8/31/2023 at 5:20 PM, diatoms said:

so the end of the summer afx tour is here and can't believe how quick its gone by. 9 shows   in less than three months, has he ever done this many in such a short time?

but just wanted to say thanks to ya rdj who you've helped me in my own life, multiple times:)

in the syrobonkers! you said 'autistic trait' about how you used to feel and i realized i was on the autism spectrum, which i officially confirmed last year and that has been a big relief for me. i now understand but i wasn't too happy at the time wondering how could i not know or those around me not know? thanks rdj!!!

that same year in 2014 you said in an interview that you tell those with a baby or toddler that all the noise will pass and it will get better:) it did and i constantly reminded myself of that to deal with the noise and constant looking after. (i was the oldest of six kids and helped take care and raise my siblings. at 12 years my mom had twins so i constantly heard crying and noise throughout growing up, and that all came flooding back when i had a kid of my own. because of that only had one kid) what you said made such a big difference in how i dealt with the memories coming back from experiencing it again. thank you rdj:)

the music you have created has helped me through so many different times in my life it's alive is the best way to describe how i feel listening to any of your music. thanks aphex!

the people i've met this summer have so much excitement and joy when raving at your shows. really really nice fans you have:)

in another interview you were talking about how we're possibly living in a simulation and the other links you put on soundclown that opened my mind to take in other aspects of this reality. made me do tons of research and still do because of that. (what if  i  told you)

i wanted to say thank you for releasing all the tracks on sc and continue today giving away music others only dream about creating. you started uploading tracks to sc the day after my dad was buried and it helped me immensely throughout the following years.

there's more but i'll write some when i get back from the double rave this weekend.

amazing times will be had

 

 

to celebrate the end of summer aphex tour

what are your stories/memories/influences/favorite songs/favorite afx shows/wisdom of aphex twin

write your piece about aphex as something fun for rdj to read and see how much he's really made a difference in our lives

thanks rdj!!!

 

all emotion/reactions left on all posts from the bottom pulldown (love, happy, sad, confused, big brain, thanks, burger, farnsworth and pitcard facepalm) from now til tuesday september 12 @ 16:20 irish time will be added up and one london 19.08.23 card will be gifted to the aphex fan that gets the highest:)

 

                                                                                           thanks for all the acid 

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As you know Richard played Bristol this last weekend, I was unable to attend due to going away for a friends birthday. Whilst away my daughter called me up really excited to tell me that RDJ was staying at the hotel she works at. I have been a fan since hearing Analogue bubble bath in the 90's, the fact that my daughter has seen and Come to daddy and Windowlicker so many times its not a face she will easily forget! Not only did she get to meet RDJ (totally lovely down to earth geez, as to be expected!), his wife and child, he even chatted to my daughter for some time, think she told him about the time I was in nyc at Philip glass studio shortly after his visit, being the amazing daughter she is, she then surprised me, she had taken my donkey rhubarb bear in to work to get it signed Oh and to make the whole weekend even weirder, at my friends birthday someone had brought masks of the birthday boy for us all to wear so the whole weekend was on an Aphex tip (parallel universe?) even though I was unable to get to the gig it was an amazing weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

love that!