MNLTH - Laser 80

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/mnlth-laser-80/626026-01/

Some deliberate Polygon Window action going on?

So, tipping my hat to everyone of you who guessed that Rod Whitters is actually MNLTH. I've been thinking to myself that god, would love a Rod Whitters release and it seems that here it finally is. Ziberterai previously known as earlt tsaps:

Also other familiar moments here and there. Hopefully not a vinyl-only release....or then hopefully will be able to find some good rips.

Ah, that's why that track was so familiar.

That Q-Express fooled me a bit since it's a different mix of one of the Rod Whitters untitled tracks I ripped from the YT account. I thought I already had that MNLTH track in my library until I realized that it was actually an unreleased Whitters piece. AFAIK others seem to be the same versions heard before, apart from the first track which is new to me.

BTW OA mentioned on their facebook page that their releases will get a digital treatment at some point so there's hope. Or then Dave could include this to his bc (plz). Someone with facebook/twitter/tinder/whatever please ask.

This guy has gone release crazy.

  On 10/19/2016 at 11:54 AM, Rubin Farr said:

This guy has gone release crazy.

He really has, but I'm ok with it. Could always use some more acid in my life.

YES! As said, these were all previously released on that Rod Whitters' YouTube account. I contacted Dave on Soundcloud some months ago asking if he was planning on releasing those beautiful tracks, but he never replied. This means way more than that reply I was waiting for! Thank you Dave

Where else can i get this apart from Juno and Redeye?

Loving the B side on this.

Wow, didn't figure those Whitters tracks were actually from a copycat :) those tracks are really good too, good chance I'll pick this up! 

Q express was in the Charity Fundraiser Mix. As was Japan from the Time release among others. Very AFXish.

recognize a lot of these. dunno if more were in there or if they were jsut on his soundcloud. rinsed it too much tbh

     One of the comments of the Rod Whitters "earlt tsaps" is "Clearly, Rod is a twin", and i think it sums up what many of us are trying to achieve musically : understand what makes Aphex music so mesmerizing, and become a "twin". Everytime a new artist who's got this special thing about his music, that remind us instantly of Aphex, we can say "is a twin" as he is a twin in spirit, and it fits perfectly with this constant musical reversed engineering all those electro artists are doing all the time, which is borderline cloning. In this period of near infinite information flow, we can see in real time how musical genres are born an instant, an how they are ridiculed the next, and how those ideas act like microbes, eating, exchanging and blending with each others. We are a stack of complex cells, following a strict programming, and one of the key command is "blend with each others", but a lot of other rules, and most commonly lazy programming (think No Man's Sky kind of lazy) are messing up the whole "humanity" task.

     I like to imagine that Aphex music is a call to people who share the same vision and feelings of music of his, whatever their native language is, because it makes us feeling good to find someone who share the same feelings, because a human being has a reflecting mind by nature (i won't go deeper cause we'd have to debate about God or whatever religious bullshit).

     It's like that for every artist, but i found that when it applies to instrumental music, it's even more fascinating and alien. Even more when you consider the "stack of cells" idea (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_Made_Out_of_Meat )

tl;dr = we are stacks of cells trying to communicate (with difficulty) with each others, and Monolith is an Aphex twin cell

Loving what I'm hearing in these clips!

Even though I'll be the idiot hoping for a digital release somewhere in the not so distant future... :-/

Jesus christ the samples of this sound amazing. Can't wait.

He's captured the early aphex sound in the best possible way :) :)

why not just actually listen to aphex twin ?

  On 10/24/2016 at 12:30 PM, bitroast said:

why not just actually listen to aphex twin ?

get behind me

lolol

  On 10/24/2016 at 12:30 PM, bitroast said:

why not just actually listen to aphex twin ?

Too late, Ive already melted down my copy of surfing on sinewaves to make a coffee table bowl/conversation piece:(

  On 10/24/2016 at 4:08 PM, Amen Warrior said:

 

  On 10/24/2016 at 12:30 PM, bitroast said:

why not just actually listen to aphex twin ?

Too late, Ive already melted down my copy of surfing on sinewaves to make a coffee table bowl/conversation piece:(

 

why would you do that !!! record players can still play bowls, right ?? 

I have absolutely caned the samples of this. On repeat. I cannot wait.

I dunno why monolith is so hit and miss for me, I'm not fussed about Trax at all and wasn't keen on Welcome.

This and all the photodementia stuff is fucking amazing though. Want it now!!

  On 10/28/2016 at 11:45 AM, Amen Warrior said:

I have absolutely caned the samples of this. On repeat. I cannot wait.

I dunno why monolith is so hit and miss for me, I'm not fussed about Trax at all and wasn't keen on Welcome.

This and all the photodementia stuff is fucking amazing though. Want it now!!

Complete opposite for me. I was properly addicted to Welcome, and the Trax samples sound super good (I'll order it eventually, I swear!)

This (and the demo tape) aren't really blowing me away as much as those.

On a similar note, I also prefer Analord/The Tuss to SAW85-92/Polygon Window, so it's nothing against Dave's output, it's just me tastes.

  On 10/19/2016 at 11:16 AM, Grumpy Old Daddy said:

sounds so good, perfect groove

Sick! i like when he goes dark side a bit like on Syphonic Flash,Flektro and Tracks from Photodementia.

oh shit, i never guessed monolith was rod whitters for some reason...