Aphex Twin: Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP

jbrace1970 did a very faithful description of the record. as a long AFX fan myself, i'd say : thinks drukqs prepared piano pieces with ("acoustic") beats, a bit like pierre bastien adding breaks (funkydrumming?) or beats to his tracks, but its way closer to drukqs piano trax than pierre bastien. its a great record, quite moody, a bit strange sure, and it reminds me of john cage piano pieces also. i think you can hear strange voices in the background at times. it's not really pop or catchy, bit weird, a bit like some haunted dyfunctional gamelan ensemble playing in the middle of the night.

sounds good! is this track on it?

i'm shocked this hasn't leaked yet with all the people apparently hearing it. i mean, i don't want it to leak. i already bought it twice. please don't ban me.

Thanks for the description both of you lucky enough to already obtain it! Sounds like it is exactly what I was hoping for :)

It definitely makes sense to separate these two, although combining it could give an album a lot more depth I guess. It gave Drukqs more personality than Syro has imo. Taking that into consideration, Drukqs was critized for just that and his approach for Syro seemed to make it as accessible as possible, so in that way his choice for this makes sense.

sort of underwhelmed by that live track, feels very straightforward, rhythm-wise. was hoping for some more sort of dense, abstract fuckery, not relaxed jazzy shit.

the early part of the beat recalls vitamin c by can

  On 1/18/2015 at 6:24 PM, k h o v said:

jbrace1970 did a very faithful description of the record. as a long AFX fan myself, i'd say : thinks drukqs prepared piano pieces with ("acoustic") beats, a bit like pierre bastien adding breaks (funkydrumming?) or beats to his tracks, but its way closer to drukqs piano trax than pierre bastien. its a great record, quite moody, a bit strange sure, and it reminds me of john cage piano pieces also. i think you can hear strange voices in the background at times. it's not really pop or catchy, bit weird, a bit like some haunted dyfunctional gamelan ensemble playing in the middle of the night.

the gamelan description is spot on,i didn't know what gamelan was,but after watching the vid someone put on here I'm converted,yes think gamelan and a very good funky drummer and some ghostly aphex sounds,its kind of like a puzzle and I'm trying to figure out what order to mix the tracks in and its driving my mrs nuts

  On 1/18/2015 at 8:30 PM, Jbrace1970 said:

 

  On 1/18/2015 at 6:24 PM, k h o v said:

jbrace1970 did a very faithful description of the record. as a long AFX fan myself, i'd say : thinks drukqs prepared piano pieces with ("acoustic") beats, a bit like pierre bastien adding breaks (funkydrumming?) or beats to his tracks, but its way closer to drukqs piano trax than pierre bastien. its a great record, quite moody, a bit strange sure, and it reminds me of john cage piano pieces also. i think you can hear strange voices in the background at times. it's not really pop or catchy, bit weird, a bit like some haunted dyfunctional gamelan ensemble playing in the middle of the night.

the gamelan description is spot on,i didn't know what gamelan was,but after watching the vid someone put on here I'm converted,yes think gamelan and a very good funky drummer and some ghostly aphex sounds,its kind of like a puzzle and I'm trying to figure out what order to mix the tracks in and its driving my mrs nuts

Nice to read some of the descriptions on here, cheers

Defo not listening to any previews, I feel like I kinda ruined Syro a bit listening to metz et al on youtube for ages.

Keep em coming Rich :)

i wonder what aphex does this time. anticipating

Someone should grab two copies of the record and play one at 33 and one at 45 simultaneously

I'll use a variable playing speed from 480 to 210 rpm.

  On 1/19/2015 at 11:19 AM, psn said:

I'll use a variable playing speed from 480 to 210 rpm.

This just reminded me of how much I enjoyed the 180db beats. Just sounded so fresh and natural.

come on, leak you bastard!!

ban plz

  On 1/19/2015 at 2:54 PM, Consul said:

 

"Delivery Method: International Mail (7-28 Days)"

28 FUCKING DAYS?!?!?!?

I think they forgot I was actually CHARGED EXTRA for shipping. Wtf.

Syro/Bleep flashbacks, all over. That was 3 weeks late.

Just went to watmm.com and the splash page was the EP cover. Anyone else had this? (sorry if old news).

From people's descriptions, this sounds like it's going to be good. Love his haunting piano stuff and if there's tidy beats then even better

i don't want to piss u all off by rubbing it in but this record is very fucking good.the last piano track definatly rivals avril and disk hat 1 makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

jbrace pls

  On 1/19/2015 at 7:16 PM, Jbrace1970 said:

i don't want to piss u all off by rubbing it in but this record is very fucking good.the last piano track definatly rivals avril and disk hat 1 makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

so are any of the live tracks that people have already posted in this thread on the release?

  On 1/19/2015 at 7:16 PM, Jbrace1970 said:

i don't want to piss u all off by rubbing it in but this record is very fucking good.the last piano track definatly rivals avril and disk hat 1 makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

Not to worry. This post only makes me extra hyped.. and a tiny bit relieved. Friday can't get here soon enough.

So this is the electro-mechanical stuff - check.

  On 1/17/2015 at 10:21 PM, Willybumbum said:

I want to pick up the 12" in the post after work on Friday and stick it on without any interruptions, is that too much to ask, 2015?

surprisingly, no dipshit has (yet) shared the files.. pretty unusual. i wonder if it'll hold out for the remaining few days.