Aphex Twin: Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 EP

Nothing in the post today.

Nice one Bleep, you useless cunts.

you're robots are cool, too, sp!

listened to the tracks at 33. Parts of diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13, piano un10 it happened, hat5c 0001 rec-4 are probably the standouts at this point. It's all fine stuff really, but would love Rich to push these robots further. Which he may have done already & it sounds like shit.

I go back to that high school band that covered Alberto Balsam. That composition would have worked perfectly with Rich's robots. And sorry to say, would have been better than anything on the EP.

  On 1/23/2015 at 2:56 PM, borys said:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17289-aphex-twin-diskhat-all-prepared1mixed-snr2mix/

 

In other news:

ah that makes sense

  On 1/23/2015 at 3:11 PM, FLUXLINKAGES said:

 

you're robots are cool, too, sp!

haha. Gracious SP.

i think i understand the name bleep now

piano un10 is so good. he should do more of that.

I like a lot Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed

but his other piano work, not for me. I see too much of a resemblance between aphex piano work and john cage and I much prefer cage.

Cage- in a landscape. all day for me

great EP!

The EP is great.

Only on WATMM would anyone seriously suggest limited abilities of acoustic instruments, that they're somehow inferior to electronics. Just utter ignorance.

But at the same time I'm getting some 'wow amazing the sound of a piano. revolutionary!' vibes from some. What a strange, strange place this is . . .

Wasn't going to say, but aye - completely agreed !

I like it a lot, fave track is hat 2b 2012b.

imma give it a listen at higher speed when i get home, see how it sounds.

  On 1/23/2015 at 3:11 PM, valleyinaire said:

Nothing in the post today.

 

Nice one Bleep, you useless cunts.

I actually got mine! cept the postman "didn't have access to the letterbox". Fuck that I don't live in Detroit, just leave it on the letterbox shelves.

Think I'll just crack open a beer and listen to the MP3s on my system when I get home tonight, and pick up the record from the depot tomorrow, cest la vie

Also looking round various sites and forums and reviews, this EP is pretty divisive. Interesting reactions.

I'm in love with it! Maybe somebody will upload the 45 version to YouTube...

I adore this EP. "piano un1 arpej" completely blows my mind, i would love to hear more fleshed out piano compositions in this vein that push JUST past the realm of human possibility, but aren't so far-fetched as to sound alien. i have been listening to that track on loop just dreaming of where it would go if it progressed into something longer and bigger. There is so much emotion in this collection of songs, makes me feel this supernatural excitement i haven't felt since 'SAW II' really "clicked" for me the first time.

I really hope we are lucky enough to get a full LP in this style. I almost feel like the last track "hat5c 0001 rec-4" could be a tease as to where this material is progressing to.

  On 1/23/2015 at 4:18 PM, WeAreOceans said:

 

  On 1/23/2015 at 3:11 PM, valleyinaire said:

Nothing in the post today.

 

Nice one Bleep, you useless cunts.

 

I actually got mine! cept the postman "didn't have access to the letterbox". Fuck that I don't live in Detroit, just leave it on the letterbox shelves.

 

Haha, Royal Mail can sure be fucking lazy at times.

I wasn't planning on listening to this EP until I had my physical copy, but it looks like I'm gonna have to settle for the MP3s. Fuck sake. I may as well have grabbed the leak.

  On 1/23/2015 at 3:11 PM, FLUXLINKAGES said:

 

you're robots are cool, too, sp!

fucking lool, just checked out that soundcloud (it's not the offical Squarepusher one) https://soundcloud.com/squarepusher-1

that "live soundboard" thing is the worst squarepusher ripoff ever

  On 1/23/2015 at 4:19 PM, atypic said:

I'm in love with it! Maybe somebody will upload the 45 version to YouTube...

There's this, but I don't know if it is actually 45 RPM. Can someone make it clear?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZK_oxja1A

zoundz kul

Now we need someone to mix the parts that sound better at 33 with the parts that are better at 45. We all know which those are.

+1 for DISKPREPT4 @ 45

Anyone play this at 78 RPM yet?

Anybody else remember when record players had a 16rpm option?

Wish I had one today.

  On 1/23/2015 at 4:10 PM, auxien said:

The EP is great.

 

Only on WATMM would anyone seriously suggest limited abilities of acoustic instruments, that they're somehow inferior to electronics. Just utter ignorance.

I might be remembering wrong but didn't sean from autechre say in the AAA, something along the lines of they didn't work with acoustic instruments that much, as they found them too limiting, in that you couldn't manipulate the sound enough...

I dunno why everyone is getting so upset about people calling acoustic instruments limited. Isn't that kind of a fact? I'm not bashing the EP here but the snare sounds sound like a snare being hit with a stick...like they do on every track with a raw acoustic snare sound. Whereas with the use of computers that same sound can be so wildly manipulated it could sound like absolutely anything.

  On 1/23/2015 at 4:59 PM, LUDD said:

Anybody else remember when record players had a 16rpm option?

 

Wish I had one today.

  On 1/23/2015 at 5:01 PM, misc said:

 

  On 1/23/2015 at 4:10 PM, auxien said:

The EP is great.

 

Only on WATMM would anyone seriously suggest limited abilities of acoustic instruments, that they're somehow inferior to electronics. Just utter ignorance.

 

I might be remembering wrong but didn't sean from autechre say in the AAA, something along the lines of they didn't work with acoustic instruments that much, as they found them too limiting, in that you couldn't manipulate the sound enough...

 

I dunno why everyone is getting so upset about people calling acoustic instruments limited. Isn't that kind of a fact? I'm not bashing the EP here but the snare sounds sound like a snare being hit with a stick...like they do on every track with a raw acoustic snare sound. Whereas with the use of computers that same sound can be so wildly manipulated it could sound like absolutely anything.

 

ha that's so funny to read, like if you hit any snare with a stick it will always sound the same, regardless of

what kind of snare drum it is,

velocity,damping,

tuning,

where on the snare drum you hit it,

what the space is like,

type of mic,

micpre, eq, desk, ADC etc..

literally infinite more variation/options at your disposal than every record ever made and every sample ever created, THEN combine the recording with all the same tools that you could use on any other sample, electronic or otherwise..and you call that limiting?

That was a really incorrect/closed minded thing for Sean to say, he's just scared that's all anyhow, ha, coz it's a realm they don't know much about, bless.

  On 1/23/2015 at 5:28 PM, chops727 said:

 

  On 1/23/2015 at 5:01 PM, misc said:

 

  On 1/23/2015 at 4:10 PM, auxien said:

The EP is great.

 

Only on WATMM would anyone seriously suggest limited abilities of acoustic instruments, that they're somehow inferior to electronics. Just utter ignorance.

 

I might be remembering wrong but didn't sean from autechre say in the AAA, something along the lines of they didn't work with acoustic instruments that much, as they found them too limiting, in that you couldn't manipulate the sound enough...

 

I dunno why everyone is getting so upset about people calling acoustic instruments limited. Isn't that kind of a fact? I'm not bashing the EP here but the snare sounds sound like a snare being hit with a stick...like they do on every track with a raw acoustic snare sound. Whereas with the use of computers that same sound can be so wildly manipulated it could sound like absolutely anything.

 

ha that's so funny to read, like if you hit any snare with a stick it will always sound the same, regardless of

what kind of snare drum it is,

velocity,damping,

tuning,

where on the snare drum you hit it,

what the space is like,

type of mic,

micpre, eq, desk, ADC etc..

literally infinite more variation/options at your disposal than every record ever made and every sample ever created, THEN combine the recording with all the same tools that you could use on any other sample, electronic or otherwise..and you call that limiting?

That was a really incorrect/closed minded thing for Sean to say, he's just scared that's all anyhow, ha, coz it's a realm they don't know much about, bless.

 

Hi Richard