Aphex responding to comments on Soundcloud

A lesson in disarming jerky behavior:

Up like a bear...

  On 1/24/2015 at 2:52 PM, vincentvc said:

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 2:42 PM, Deer said:

98 percent of fans love this album, why does he have to listen and respond to the minority??

mebbe he wants to rid the world of ignorance. seems like a nice endeavor

no need to respond to the people who alr get it

  On 1/26/2015 at 10:24 AM, Haste said:

A lesson in disarming jerky behavior:

 

u c, curing ignorance one at a time. thanks rdj

  On 1/25/2015 at 2:06 PM, zazen said:

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 2:42 PM, Deer said:

98 percent of fans love this album, why does he have to listen and respond to the minority??

Because there's nothing very interesting to say if people like your stuff, other than 'thanks'. Besides he said in plenty of interviews that he found the watmm/ab/kickstarter thing quite touching.

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 3:05 PM, o00o said:

so he prefers talking to random people on soundcloud to giving some sort of AMA at WATMM?

He's never going to comment here, it would be way too icky. Its just bad taste to sign up and post in a fan forum thats dedicated to you, don't you think? He definitely reads this forum from time to time though; in the Pitchfork Syro interview he mentions the 'what does syro stand for' thread.

 

Soundcloud makes much more sense as a place for RDJ to interact online - its a genuine community of musicmakers, and he's far from the only big name on there. I think its fucking great that he's on Soundcloud.

 

autechre did and it was the best happing here in years

I guess its just about how much you like to be in touch with your fans

• Tellur1c says at 2:21:

  Hope you read this Rich, it was an absolute honor to come runner up in the Luke Vibert remix competition with you, so funny. You'll forever remain my favourite musician and one of the sole reasons I continue to experiment and create; truely inspiring

   

First time I hear the 'runner-up' for this :) nice

  On 1/26/2015 at 11:32 AM, o00o said:

 

  On 1/25/2015 at 2:06 PM, zazen said:

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 2:42 PM, Deer said:

98 percent of fans love this album, why does he have to listen and respond to the minority??

Because there's nothing very interesting to say if people like your stuff, other than 'thanks'. Besides he said in plenty of interviews that he found the watmm/ab/kickstarter thing quite touching.

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 3:05 PM, o00o said:

so he prefers talking to random people on soundcloud to giving some sort of AMA at WATMM?

He's never going to comment here, it would be way too icky. Its just bad taste to sign up and post in a fan forum thats dedicated to you, don't you think? He definitely reads this forum from time to time though; in the Pitchfork Syro interview he mentions the 'what does syro stand for' thread.

 

Soundcloud makes much more sense as a place for RDJ to interact online - its a genuine community of musicmakers, and he's far from the only big name on there. I think its fucking great that he's on Soundcloud.

 

 

autechre did and it was the best happing here in years

I guess its just about how much you like to be in touch with your fans

 

Yeah I was thinking about Autechre, they came here and made it work. But I don't think it would ever work with Aphex. Autechre are definitely famous but they don't pretend to be anything other than two nice chaps who make really good music, whereas Aphex has this whole trickster-genius-savant-legend reputation that he has cultivated. I can't see him coming here to chat.

Like, this site started as an Aphex fan site decades ago, its named after one of his tracks, the admin is named after another track, whereas Autechre are a 'featured artist'. If Aphex came here it would be like that Alan Partridge episode where Alan gets trapped in a house with his stalker.

Vague good wishes from a safe distance are the best we can ever hope for. And maybe some trolling if we're lucky.

The comments about people's autistic children enjoying RDJ's music make me LOL.

  On 1/26/2015 at 12:36 PM, zazen said:

 

  On 1/26/2015 at 11:32 AM, o00o said:

 

  On 1/25/2015 at 2:06 PM, zazen said:

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 2:42 PM, Deer said:

98 percent of fans love this album, why does he have to listen and respond to the minority??

Because there's nothing very interesting to say if people like your stuff, other than 'thanks'. Besides he said in plenty of interviews that he found the watmm/ab/kickstarter thing quite touching.

 

  On 1/24/2015 at 3:05 PM, o00o said:

so he prefers talking to random people on soundcloud to giving some sort of AMA at WATMM?

He's never going to comment here, it would be way too icky. Its just bad taste to sign up and post in a fan forum thats dedicated to you, don't you think? He definitely reads this forum from time to time though; in the Pitchfork Syro interview he mentions the 'what does syro stand for' thread.

 

Soundcloud makes much more sense as a place for RDJ to interact online - its a genuine community of musicmakers, and he's far from the only big name on there. I think its fucking great that he's on Soundcloud.

 

 

autechre did and it was the best happing here in years

I guess its just about how much you like to be in touch with your fans

 

 

whereas Aphex has this whole trickster-genius-savant-legend reputation that he has cultivated. I can't see him coming here to chat.

I am pretty sure he hates all that stuff around him, because he hates being kind of famous. I think he wants his music to be out there to be listened but not his persona.

Giving a lengthy AMA like Autechre is pretty much of people who dont give a fuck about being famous and always be far away from not famous people because of it.

Bullet-time stereo panning of an audio event most IDM 2015?

  On 1/26/2015 at 11:36 AM, Herr Jan said:

 

• Tellur1c says at 2:21:

  Hope you read this Rich, it was an absolute honor to come runner up in the Luke Vibert remix competition with you, so funny. You'll forever remain my favourite musician and one of the sole reasons I continue to experiment and create; truely inspiring

   

 

First time I hear the 'runner-up' for this :) nice

 

It's a good remix for sure.

  On 1/26/2015 at 2:00 PM, Timothy Forward said:

Bullet-time stereo panning of an audio event most IDM 2015?

Check out 'wavefield synthesis', theory been around for a while; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_field_synthesis

You need a shitload of speakers though, only a few places where you can hear pieces especially made for it.

In Delft;

& Berlin;

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Janet Cardiff created this spatialized adaptation of a sixteenth-century, sacred motet by recording each member of a choir individually and piping each voice into its own speaker.

http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/348

  On 1/26/2015 at 2:39 PM, psn said:

 

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Janet Cardiff created this spatialized adaptation of a sixteenth-century, sacred motet by recording each member of a choir individually and piping each voice into its own speaker.

 

http://momaps1.org/exhibitions/view/348

 

 

wow this sounds really impressive!

Yeah, I saw it at PS1 a few years back, it was very special!

he is not answering my "what is your favorite soft-synth for leads" question

Asking a guy with every synth ever what his favorite is seems like a silly question to me?

  On 1/25/2015 at 11:35 PM, StocKo said:

Aphex Twin commenting tracks on Soundcloud is like the fucking pope curing ill people in a hospital.

omlol that's beautiful

BRB going to go flame RDJ on soundcloud so I can have a conversation with him.

  On 1/25/2015 at 11:17 PM, kaini said:

 

  On 1/25/2015 at 11:12 PM, zazen said:

In the other thread they're fairly convinced that Soundcloud user487363530 is an aphex sockpuppet

recordings are too clean, he's not making that sorta shit any more.

 

I'm pretty sure its him. Look:

  On 1/26/2015 at 5:38 PM, indulin said:

 

22 pearls. it's him ;-)

compare from around 0:09 in the video with around 0:50 in this:

https://soundcloud.com/user487363530/22-pearls

So .... looks pretty definite that Aphex has a sockpuppet account on Soundcloud and he's uploading unreleased stuff. See other thread for full details/audit trail/other reasons people think its him/collaborative pant wetting : )

  On 1/26/2015 at 6:11 PM, zazen said:

 

  On 1/25/2015 at 11:17 PM, kaini said:

 

  On 1/25/2015 at 11:12 PM, zazen said:

In the other thread they're fairly convinced that Soundcloud user487363530 is an aphex sockpuppet

recordings are too clean, he's not making that sorta shit any more.

 

I'm pretty sure its him. Look:

 

  On 1/26/2015 at 5:38 PM, indulin said:

 

22 pearls. it's him ;-)

compare from around 0:09 in the video with around 0:50 in this:

https://soundcloud.com/user487363530/22-pearls

 

So .... looks pretty definite that Aphex has a sockpuppet account on Soundcloud and he's uploading unreleased stuff. See other thread for full details/audit trail/other reasons people think its him/collaborative pant wetting : )

 

It's a TRICK!

  On 1/26/2015 at 2:20 PM, Djeroek said:

 

  On 1/26/2015 at 2:00 PM, Timothy Forward said:

Bullet-time stereo panning of an audio event most IDM 2015?

 

Check out 'wavefield synthesis', theory been around for a while; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_field_synthesis

 

You need a shitload of speakers though, only a few places where you can hear pieces especially made for it.

 

In Delft;

 

 

 

& Berlin;

 

 

Impressive - next level here:

  On 1/26/2015 at 9:34 PM, skytree said:

 

  On 1/26/2015 at 2:20 PM, Djeroek said:

 

  On 1/26/2015 at 2:00 PM, Timothy Forward said:

Bullet-time stereo panning of an audio event most IDM 2015?

 

Check out 'wavefield synthesis', theory been around for a while; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_field_synthesis

 

You need a shitload of speakers though, only a few places where you can hear pieces especially made for it.

 

In Delft;

 

 

 

& Berlin;

 

 

Impressive - next level here:

 

 

This is awesome

Yeah holy shit.