The Official "I've Never even heard of Aphex Twin" thread

[sbessiso]

i'm feeling really singled out here, surely I'm not the only one?

i fully plan on researching them, until then, I need support

[CalmerThanYou]

i'm feeling really singled out here, surely I'm not the only one?

i fully plan on researching them, until then, I need support

Everyone hates you.

Edit: Man, so many nice people on this board.

[sbessiso]

so i hear

[nationocean]

i don't hate sbessiso.

it's okay that you don't know him. he is great to learn about.. just look him up and listen and discover his crazy ass world.

[JClemy]

I had only heard a little bit. He is pretty bad ass

[nationocean]

not that great but the is always wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin)

[gratytrainridesagain]

Go on youtube one word WINDOWLICKER

funniest and creepiest video ever

[sbessiso]

no research tonight, i'm about to pop in some depeche mode, phex can wait 'till tomorrow

[nationocean]

oh and my favorite tidbit is that radiohead LOVE aphex twin and have always asked him to work with them or tour with them and he has stated many times that he dislikes them and their music.. i love it!

[Cancersticks1]

Just watch the videos for "Come To Daddy" and "Windowlicker" and you will be a fan.

[flowbee]

yRkLYvWYIlw

Do you not have robot ears?

[nationocean]

Go on youtube one word WINDOWLICKER

funniest and creepiest video ever

i already posted it in the other aphex twin thread... and stuff...

[gratytrainridesagain]

no research tonight, i'm about to pop in some depeche mode, phex can wait 'till tomorrow

Once you discover Aphex you'll regret putting him off if only for a day hell even an hour

[sbessiso]

ok ok, if theres a video right in front of me I can do it

i don't hate sbessiso.



you rule

[nationocean]

ok ok, if theres a video right in front of me I can do it



you rule

1P3Wc-37pC4

you can never have enough windowlicker.. sigh.. i must have listened to this song and that album about a bizillon times back in the day..

[amyzzz]

oh and my favorite tidbit is that radiohead LOVE aphex twin and have always asked him to work with them or tour with them and he has stated many times that he dislikes them and their music.. i love it!
That's hilarious. What an asshole.

I admit I have to listen to more, but I have heard Windowlicker and a couple other songs that will remain nameless because I don't remember their names. :)

[gratytrainridesagain]

Yeah he is an asshole, but that's what makes him so fuckin awesome cause if any other artist said that I would be mad, but he's Rick James bitch

[Pixiessp]

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[Pixiessp]

oops.....trying to post a video and look what happened.
damn!!!!! well it's Rubber Johnny.check it out on youtube.

[MarkO]

I heard him on the radio 12 or 13yrs ago and listened based on the attn he had been getting even then. I wasn't impressed and haven't paid him a thought until his name came up here.

[BeHereNOW]

you can never have enough windowlicker.. sigh..

so very true

[woogie846]

Come To Daddy has the craziest music video ever. Chris Cunningham is an absolute genius.

[M Sparks]

Just to confuse you some more, he's got a bunch of other names as well. Most notably AFX and Polygon Window. But, when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. Didn't he call himself "The Dice Man" for a while?

Oddly, looking through my CDs, I've got AFX AND Polygon Window, but no actual Aphex Twin albums.

This is my favorite..."Quoth" by Polygon Window. Hopefully this is why he was supposedly looking for drummers.
9neHCT16Ll4

[betao]

Watch the video for "Come to Daddy".

Your life will never be the same again.

[Bud Luster]

i'm feeling really singled out here, surely I'm not the only one?

i fully plan on researching them, until then, I need support

bless your soul young man, bless your soul.

oh and my favorite tidbit is that radiohead LOVE aphex twin and have always asked him to work with them or tour with them and he has stated many times that he dislikes them and their music.. i love it!

That's hilarious. What an asshole.

how does this make him an asshole? He is an asshole for many other reasons, but not because he doesnt like RH and wont work them. many many people dislike radiohead. Dont be mad because he is more pretentious than Radiohead, and is half as dreary.

Yeah he is an asshole, but that's what makes him so fuckin awesome cause if any other artist said that I would be mad, but he's Rick James bitch

literally, his IS Rick fucking James.

[NiceArthur32]

they do that tetris techno song...

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT SONG!!!!

[sbessiso]

maybe?

[Pixiessp]

Come to Daddy is a great video but Rubber Johnny is just plain wicked.

[gaypalmsprings]

What happened to the other twin?

[sbessiso]

that, my friend, is an excellent question

[superfiction]

What happened to the other twin?

wasnt aphexed

[gratytrainridesagain]

What happened to the other twin?

his twin brother actually died at or before birth and the aphex came from equipment he liked

[Sonicifyouwantit]

Go on youtube one word WINDOWLICKER

funniest and creepiest video ever

no, creepiest video by him is come to daddy

any news on his latest tour?
...visually and all

[orbit]

rumors say he'll set some random winamp playlist while he plays tetris in his laptop.

[menikmati]

did any full recording of his latest ATP set ever surface?

[amyzzz]

how does this make him an asshole? He is an asshole for many other reasons, but not because he doesnt like RH and wont work them. many many people dislike radiohead. Dont be mad because he is more pretentious than Radiohead, and is half as dreary.

It makes him an asshole because I love Radiohead, plain and simple. Dreariness is a virtue.

[orbit]

did any full recording of his latest ATP set ever surface?

I haven't seen any full recording yet. Only incomplete stuff.

[denies the day]

did any full recording of his latest ATP set ever surface?

I've been waiting for any live Aphex Twin set for years. Maybe something will resurface soon with all the new discussions.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think he'd get added to the lineup. This performance will be on par with Kraftwerk, Matmos, and Cornelius. For me anyway.

And Windowlicker is a CLASSIC tune and will always take me to that "special place".

It's on.

[woogie846]

Although I'm a fan, I've never seen Aphex Twin live, and I cannot flipping wait.

[jtovar21]

u-KMFxzA_Lk


Go to 5:27 of the clip! He actually made a self portrait of himself for the spectral analysis of the song "Equation" off of WINDOWLICKER!!!

[betao]

yeah, the "face hidden in the track".

cool stuff.

A few other artists have done similar stuff.

This one is also by Aphex... a spiral at the end of the first track on Windowlicker

http://www.bastwood.com/projects/aphex_face/aphex_spiral.png


this one is by Plaid, in their song 3 Recurring

http://www.bastwood.com/projects/aphex_face/plaid.png


this one is from Venetian Snares, from their song "Look" from the album "Songs about my Cats"

http://www.bastwood.com/projects/aphex_face/venetian_snares_look.png

[Aphxtwinin]

sbessiso you have never heard of aphex? well then you got a little more than a month to learn the epicness that is RDJ.

[bmack86]

I've been waiting for any live Aphex Twin set for years. Maybe something will resurface soon with all the new discussions.

Never in my wildest dreams did I think he'd get added to the lineup. This performance will be on par with Kraftwerk, Matmos, and Cornelius. For me anyway.

And Windowlicker is a CLASSIC tune and will always take me to that "special place".

It's on.

Google Aphex Twin Live Rapidshare and you'll find some zipped live sets from all different eras of his career. I just downloaded one from 93.

[rage patton]

I have seen all those Aphex Twin song graphs... and I believe them all. Except that fucking cat one by Venetian Snares. There is no fucking way that cat on far right is made strictly from the spectral graph. It is waaaaaay to detailed.

[bmack86]

Have you seen the one of his face? It's pretty detailed, and my roommate pulled up the spectral with a program, so I've seen it form. I buy it. My roommate also has a program where you can turn images into spectral information.

[betao]

Yeah, I forgot the names of them, but there are programs out there that can insert images into sound spectrums. I'm pretty sure thats what Venetian Snares with the cat one.

But if Aphex didnt use that program to make the face, then, damn. Thats talented.

[orbit]

I have seen all those Aphex Twin song graphs... and I believe them all. Except that fucking cat one by Venetian Snares. There is no fucking way that cat on far right is made strictly from the spectral graph. It is waaaaaay to detailed.


That's the point. to be detailed. you just have to insert the digital image as the spectrogram in the software and it will convert it to digital sound.

[betao]

aphex face:

http://www.bastwood.com/projects/aphex_face/aphex.png

[lostsoul86]

yaaaa...................uhhhhh ......im not sold . i just cant get into this guys music ... sorry i like lyrics in my music im not much of a dance guy ..that window licker was funny tho. hope u guys enjoy him at coachella .ill catch something else

[rage patton]

That's the point. to be detailed. you just have to insert the digital image as the spectrogram in the software and it will convert it to digital sound.

So wait... you can put images into these spectral programs... and digital sound comes out? And then you can use that sound, and turn it into music? But when you add layers onto it... wouldn't it distort the original image?

[bmack86]

These are usually quiet notes during the fade out

[Pixiessp]

no, creepiest video by him is come to daddy

any news on his latest tour?
...visually and all

you're all wrong!!!! creepiest one is Rubber Johnny.

[denies the day]

Google Aphex Twin Live Rapidshare and you'll find some zipped live sets from all different eras of his career. I just downloaded one from 93.

Bmack, you're an animal!

DLing the live @ ATP on Radio1 4.18.2003 right now. All this AND the new Man Man is almost too much.

[nbvwes]

you're all wrong!!!! creepiest one is Rubber Johnny.

he's right...

windowlicker is one of my fav vids, and come to daddy is one of my fav songs, but rubber johnny is fuckin creepy...

and the Dillenger Escape Plan live cover of Come To Daddy was pretty impressive... considering...

p.s. it's a him, not a them...

[sbessiso]

aphex face:

http://www.bastwood.com/projects/aphex_face/aphex.png

O.O

what the fuck??

[MeowMixer]

you're all wrong!!!! creepiest one is Rubber Johnny.

AGREED.

[fatbastard]

i'm feeling really singled out here, surely I'm not the only one?

i fully plan on researching them, until then, I need support

Step 1. He no longer has a twin.

[MarkO]

What happened to the other twin?


Died at birth.

[sbessiso]

Step 1. He no longer has a twin.

i was able to gather that much

[marooko]

you're not allowed to go.

[faxman75]

2 pages and not one album recommendation, simply you tube and single song suggestions. come on people.

download "I care because you do" and "come to daddy" the EP.

[sbessiso]

chiapet gave me some album recommendation on the solo campers thread

[nbvwes]

2 pages and not one album recommendation, simply you tube and single song suggestions. come on people.

download "I care because you do" and "come to daddy" the EP.

(sigh)...

Drukqs
Richard D. James
Selected Ambiant Works vol. I & II (if you're into that sorta thing)
Come To Daddy EP (my personal fav)


p.s. does anyone have any info about his newest alter-identity side-project, The Tuss? does anyone also know if he's actually the one responsible for the tetris & speed racer remixes he's often credited for?

[SFChrissy]

1P3Wc-37pC4

you can never have enough windowlicker.. sigh.. i must have listened to this song and that album about a bizillon times back in the day..

that was a sweeeet transformation!!!

And yes, sbessio you are not alone...I have no idea who aphex twin is either...myspaced it yesterday and came with nathan, checked the board today and viola!!!

Thanks nation and others!!!

[SFChrissy]

I've listen windowlicker, come to daddy, rubber johny and now donkey rhubarb...

Windowlicker I liked...the others are to tweeky techno for me. Any other suggestions???

[betao]

Selected Ambient Works vol 1 is one of the most beautiful albums ever.

Go buy or download it now.

[jigglypuflvr@mac.com]

I've listen windowlicker, come to daddy, rubber johny and now donkey rhubarb...

Windowlicker I liked...the others are to tweeky techno for me. Any other suggestions???

despite being one of my favorite artists to listen to, i never listen to aphex twin sober, nor could i ever begin to forgive myself if i'm not completely narc'ed out for this show.

just saying, if you don't like this music, and you want this music to instantly turn absolutely insane and profound, pop those few peanuts man. if you don't FEEL rdj by the end of his set, AND love him, i will refund your entire coachella fare.

[SFChrissy]

Selected Ambient Works vol 1 is one of the most beautiful albums ever.

Go buy or download it now.I'm gonna check it, thanks!!!

despite being one of my favorite artists to listen to, i never listen to aphex twin sober, nor could i ever begin to forgive myself if i'm not completely narc'ed out for this show.

just saying, if you don't like this music, and you want this music to instantly turn absolutely insane and profound, pop those few peanuts man. if you don't FEEL rdj by the end of his set, AND love him, i will refund your entire coachella fare.Yeah right!!! If I dig it sober...guess what it's only better when and if I'm high...

[boredofcanada]

Just to confuse you some more, he's got a bunch of other names as well. Most notably AFX and Polygon Window. But, when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. Didn't he call himself "The Dice Man" for a while?




9neHCT16Ll4

his latest name change was THE TUSS....no one heard it but it's dope as hell....find it.
e

[NiceArthur32]

http://www.bastwood.com/projects/aphex_face/aphex.png

if thats aphex's face then i found the other twin!

http://www.lacoctelera.com/myfiles/cinefagos/v-darkman.jpg

[Cancersticks1]

too soon.

[PotVsKtl]

It's not techno. It's not dance music. There are other types of electronic music.

[PotVsKtl]

And I Care Because You Do is a piss poor first album recommendation. RDJ Album.

[bmack86]

I'm listening to Classics right now. Don't get that first, because it's not his style that he's most well known for, but it's got some awesome tracks on it. especially Digiridoo. that's a fuckin' killer.

[JSam67]

I had only heard of Aphex Twin from the occasional mention on the msg board. So you're not alone, sbessiso.

[msklvr]

If there could be a genre to pigeonhole Aphex Twin, I think it would be Post-Industrial. Aphex Twin writes the kind of music that Classical-era composers would have written if they had technology.

[frozen pilgrim]

my recommendation is a MINIMUM 320KB/s copy of the richard d james album.
if anyone's hopelessley lost finding that high quality of a copy, let me know and I'll yousendit or something

[PotVsKtl]

If there could be a genre to pigeonhole Aphex Twin, I think it would be Post-Industrial.

IDM. This is not up for debate.

[msklvr]

IDM. This is not up for debate.

Anything is up for debate. Try dancing to Next Heap With or Ventolin or any of the piano tracks off Drukqs. Aphex Twin is so much more than any genre. Intelligent, yes they are. Dance, sometimes, yes. Music, yes. But still a big fat gaping hole in the IDM pigeonhole.

I think that's the beauty of true artists though. It's hard to pin them down to being one genre or another.

[Cdubby]

im looking for a higher quality 51/13 singles collection, im stuck with a crappy 128 :/

[betao]

IDM. This is not up for debate.

Though Pot is right, Richard apparently hates it when people try to classify his music at IDM. He said something like "so its intelligent dance music? does that make all the other music other non-intelligent?"

[msklvr]

Yeah, hear that? Richard D James HATES PotVsKtl!

[boredofcanada]

just downloaded his 2003 atp set.....if it's anything like that, were in for one hell of an amazing music journey....awesome set if you can find it :)
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[bmack86]

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One of the best pieces of music ever created. You won't believe your ears are hearing it.

[bballarl]

I'm more excited to see Aphex Twin because of the fact he never plays shows rather than because I love his music. I mean, I like him, quite a bit. But if he toured all the time I don't think I would go out of my way to see him.

[bmack86]

If he played stuff from his albums and he toured all the time, I don't know how interested I'd be, but the fact that he does something other than his recordings live sounds really interesting to me.

[orbit]

his latest name change was THE TUSS....no one heard it but it's dope as hell....find it.
e

How do you know the tregaskin are IN FACT richard? It's like saying kode9 is burial.

rumors and speculations.

i like the tuss a lot, and while I believe that might be a new rdj moniker, i dont have enough official proof.

[Cancersticks1]

From Allmusic.com:

One wants to believe in Brian and Karen Tregaskin, because who wouldn't be charmed by the heartwarming tale of two Cornish musicians who find themselves at the center of a bidding war won by the Aphex Twin's label? A star is born, and all that. But forget romance: denials abounding to the contrary, the Tuss is Aphex. Richard D. James has returned and after an initial EP, Confederation Trough, which got the conspiracy theories going, Rushup Edge finds the frenetic hypergenius still cackling his way around life and having fun with his international cult as he goes. Having reinvented a slew of perceptions of what electronic music could do as much as kicking against the worship of new clichés he ended up establishing, James' side-step into guerrilla releases and stone-faced responses makes perfect sense: he's been using similar obfuscations right from the start. But Rushup Edge is, dare it be said, the most straightforwardly warm sounding thing he's done since the early '90s. If it's hardly straight-up, four-to-the-floor house or something similar, the swooping melody bursts and the frenetic but not crushing basslines of the opening "Synthacon 9," for example, counterbalance the sudden jerks in rhythm and the mind-dances-faster-than-the-feet feeling as a whole. A short album -- six tracks at 32 minutes total -- Rushup Edge might best be heard with that debut EP, but on its own it is a classic "hit it quick and be done with it" effort, with each song containing delights that sometimes put a smile on one's face just for being so immediate. "Shiz Ko E" could just about be something from Chicago 1988 (after being put through a wringer) while the rising vocal squelches and serene electronic sighs on "Last Rushup 10" are no less entrancing. It's not a revisiting of the past, but a return to some of its spirit that turns out very well. And it has a song titled "Death Fuck," which somehow says it all.

[PotVsKtl]

Anything is up for debate. Try dancing to Next Heap With or Ventolin or any of the piano tracks off Drukqs.

Only confused people assume IDM implies danceable music.

[orbit]

From Allmusic.com:

One wants to believe in Brian and Karen Tregaskin, because who wouldn't be charmed by the heartwarming tale of two Cornish musicians who find themselves at the center of a bidding war won by the Aphex Twin's label? A star is born, and all that. But forget romance: denials abounding to the contrary, the Tuss is Aphex. Richard D. James has returned and after an initial EP, Confederation Trough, which got the conspiracy theories going, Rushup Edge finds the frenetic hypergenius still cackling his way around life and having fun with his international cult as he goes. Having reinvented a slew of perceptions of what electronic music could do as much as kicking against the worship of new clichés he ended up establishing, James' side-step into guerrilla releases and stone-faced responses makes perfect sense: he's been using similar obfuscations right from the start. But Rushup Edge is, dare it be said, the most straightforwardly warm sounding thing he's done since the early '90s. If it's hardly straight-up, four-to-the-floor house or something similar, the swooping melody bursts and the frenetic but not crushing basslines of the opening "Synthacon 9," for example, counterbalance the sudden jerks in rhythm and the mind-dances-faster-than-the-feet feeling as a whole. A short album -- six tracks at 32 minutes total -- Rushup Edge might best be heard with that debut EP, but on its own it is a classic "hit it quick and be done with it" effort, with each song containing delights that sometimes put a smile on one's face just for being so immediate. "Shiz Ko E" could just about be something from Chicago 1988 (after being put through a wringer) while the rising vocal squelches and serene electronic sighs on "Last Rushup 10" are no less entrancing. It's not a revisiting of the past, but a return to some of its spirit that turns out very well. And it has a song titled "Death Fuck," which somehow says it all.


umm yeah, because allmusic.com said so. the tuss said they are not rdj, and that doesnt prove anything either.

my only evidence is that he has played a lot of unreleased Tuss tracks in his shows since a couple of years ago, and like the article said both of them have a lot of similarities in their productions. some tuss tracks sound like an analord ep, which is why I think that if they aren't the tregaskin, it might be luke and richard playing around, and why not tom taking part on it. just for fun. but everything at this point is pure speculation.

[Gyrus]

i'm feeling really singled out here, surely I'm not the only one?

i fully plan on researching them, until then, I need support

I'm with you, heard OF them, never heard them/him. Everyone's blowing a fuckin gasket you'd think it's jesus christ reincarnated and put in a seminal electronic act.

[NiceArthur32]

this is my favorite lyric "ding do do ding do do dung, dung dung do do ding dung dung ding ding dung dung....."

from the tetris song....

[M Sparks]

Everyone's blowing a fuckin gasket you'd think it's jesus christ reincarnated and put in a seminal electronic act.

"Jesus Christ"...no

"seminal electronic act"...absolutely

GOOGLE SEARCH- "seminal electronic", Aphex (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22seminal+electronic%22+Aphex&btnG=Search)

Congratulations...your ignorance is hit #3!

EDIT- GOOGLE SEARCH seminal Aphex = 30,300 hits (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=seminal+Aphex&btnG=Search)

[nbvwes]

I'm with you, heard OF them, never heard them/him. Everyone's blowing a fuckin gasket you'd think it's jesus christ reincarnated and put in a seminal electronic act.

it's a him, not a them...

Anything is up for debate. Try dancing to Next Heap With or Ventolin or any of the piano tracks off Drukqs. Aphex Twin is so much more than any genre. Intelligent, yes they are. Dance, sometimes, yes. Music, yes. But still a big fat gaping hole in the IDM pigeonhole.

I think that's the beauty of true artists though. It's hard to pin them down to being one genre or another.

and alot of his stuff is pure Ambient, you can't possibly classify it as anything else...

[HunterGather]

I've known of Richard for years now, but I kinda have no idea what to expect for his live set.
I mean, I've seen a few youtube videos, but still...
While I know of like his whole discography, am I asking too much that he mixes in "Windowlicker" and some point in his set?
Not to say thats his best work ever, but I feel that I MUST dance to that shit in the Sahara!

[nbvwes]

that 2003 fest he did had a chunk of Windowlicker in it... i was kinda surprised when i listened to it last night... but not the 'good' part hehe

[chiapet]

I've known of Richard for years now, but I kinda have no idea what to expect for his live set.

I've never seen him, but some of my british friends who've had the opportunity to see him a few times have said the sets can vary in mood, but be prepared to have your face melted and your eardrums torn.

[HunterGather]

As long as he doesnt conflict with Portishead...or M.I.A......I'm there!!

[nbvwes]

yeah... Friday would be best...

[HunterGather]

He would be PERFECT for sunday. Before or after Justice (as I kinda don't have any interest in seeing Roger Waters...)....

Sunday (for me) pretty much belongs to Justice and The Streets (unless Goldfrapp or Aphex is on that day...).

[nbvwes]

He would be PERFECT for sunday. Before or after Justice (as I kinda don't have any interest in seeing Roger Waters...)....

yeah, but for the other 50,000 that DO want to see Roger Waters, that would suck ass... and i don't think GV is that fuckin retarded...

with Aphex being billed as high as he is, he isn't likely to go on before Justice or Digweed, so Friday is the only day that makes sense... (Aphex fans and JJ fans are just not the same people, and Aphex won't go on during Portishead or Kraftwerk... i guarantee it...)

[Blinken]

"Jesus Christ"...no

"seminal electronic act"...absolutely

GOOGLE SEARCH- "seminal electronic", Aphex (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%22seminal+electronic%22+Aphex&btnG=Search)

Congratulations...your ignorance is hit #3!

EDIT- GOOGLE SEARCH seminal Aphex = 30,300 hits (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=seminal+Aphex&btnG=Search)

You telling him his ignorance hit #3 is #1. Congrats you won google

[M Sparks]

You telling him his ignorance hit #3 is #1. Congrats you won google

Google is fuckin' freaky. They've got some kind of supercomputer that could cure cancer in an afternoon, and they're using it to track snarky comments.

[msklvr]

Only confused people assume IDM implies danceable music.

Huh? :confused:

[PotVsKtl]

Exactly.

[msklvr]

Joke.

[mindcq]

I'm going to TRY to explain why the hype.

Aphex Twin much like prodigy, orbital, portishead, underworld, and massive attack are electronic music icons. His label is warp records who produces most of largely known "glitch" artists of today. (ie squarepusher). Hes sort of like a renegade scientist of sound. Wiki him. im sure youll get some stuff.

[Norwalkguy]

In terms of recommended Aphex twin tracks...Im suprised no one has recomended "ON" which i think is THE Aphex Twin track...Ive put this on my many of mixes. Its espically perfect for late night drives in the desert...

[Debbie Downer]

Aphex Twim = The Verve of The Sahara


......only people who know will be there.

[nbvwes]

except EVERYONE knows 'bittersweet symphony' and there will be a TON of people at the main for them... and if Aphex goes on during JJ then they'll be a TON of people in the sahara for him by default...

[andnonewasthewiser]

I'd never really heard of Aphex Twin before the announcement that'd he be at this year's Coachella. After watching his videos I'm afraid he'll steal my soul if I watch him. =(

[suprefan]

i'm feeling really singled out here, surely I'm not the only one?

i fully plan on researching them, until then, I need support

Its ''him'' not ''them''


Im sure you figured it out by now.

[nbvwes]

"i would like some milk, from the milkman's wife's tits..."

[superfiction]

Aphex Twim = The Verve of The Sahara


......only people who know will be there.

uhhh that makes no sense. everyone knows bittersweet symphony. windowlicker isnt eactly on the same level

[avonhun]

Some interesting tidbits about Aphex Twin:

1) He used to (and may still) own a tank.

2) He at one point said his favorite drink was coffee refiltered through coffee grinds 10-12 times until it became a thick sludge.

3) At a show he put sandpaper on a turntable and mixed with it.

4) He was asked to do a remix for the Lemonheads. One day a messenger came to his house to pick up the remix but he completely forgot to do it. He picked up the first cassette he found laying around his house and gave it to them. A couple days later he got a call from the Lemonheads saying how much they loved the remix.

5) All or none of these things may be true because James is completely full of shit and likes to throw people and the media for a loop. I read about all of these things like 10 years ago from legit sources when I used to be a big Aphex fan.

If you want to understand why he is so good listen to Xtal off the first Selected Ambient Works album and then immediately put on Come to Daddy of the Come to Daddy EP. The contrast in styles and the fact that he was so influential in many different styles of electronic music is why many people consider him the godfather of modern techno.

For good measure listen to 4 of the Richard D. James album. That is my favorite song of his.

Here is to praying he plays SATURDAY!!!!

[betao]

continued...

6) He apparently owns a russian submarine as well

7) He also claims to only sleep 3-4 hours a night

8) He received a national diploma in engineering, but according to his teachers, all he did in class was listen to his own mixes on headphones.

9) Richard claims to have produced sound on a Sinclair ZX81 (a machine with no sound hardware) at the age of 11:

"When I was 11, I won 50 pounds in a competition for writing this program that made sound on a ZX81. You couldn't make sound on a ZX81, but I played around with machine code and found some codes that retuned the TV signal so that it made this really weird noise when you turned the volume up" (this is from wiki, a source came with it)



again, take everything with a grain of salt.

[paulb]

lol...Aphex Twin.

[CalmerThanYou]

This is definitely going in a Chuck Norris direction...

[M Sparks]

(this is from wiki, a source came with it)

Interesting article actually...
http://xltronic.com/nostalgia/aphextwin.nu/v4/learn/100771194880071.shtml


Oh and from the same article...

It's not a tank. It's a Daimler Ferret Mark 3 Armoured Scout Car

[Sonicifyouwantit]

Is this really the official thread? I want qualifications

[sbessiso]

of course its official sonic, I started it

[nicolelmt]

Aphex Twin rocks because of the range of sounds he produces. He loves his hard core techno but also has some reeeeeeealllly chill music too. Variety is the spice of life.

[nationocean]

This is definitely going in a Chuck Norris direction...

It's going in a Bill Brasky direction actually..

[nationocean]

"Richard D. James is a son of a bitch!"

"Richard D. James is the father of every kid in this town!"

"Richard D. James once showed me a video of him making love to my wife, and it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw!"

"One time I was with Richard in the back of a pickup truck, along with a live deer. Richard goes up to the deer and says, 'I'm Richard D. James! SAY IT!' Then he manipulates the deer's lips in such a way as to make it say, 'RichJames' ... It wasn't exactly like it, but it was pretty good for a deer!'"

"He'd eat a homeless person if you dared him!"

"His poop is used as currency in Argentina."

"He sweats Gatorade"

"He once breast-fed a flamingo back to health."

"He hated Mexicans! And he was half Mexican! .......And he hated irony!"

"I once saw him scissor kick Angela Landsbury."

"He sheds his skin once a year."

"He makes brooms somewhere in Georgia."

"He did 3 tours in 'Nam...... I was in Corpus Christi on business a month ago. I had this eight foot tall Asian waiter, which made me curious. I asked him his name. Sure enough it's Ho Tran James!"

"I once saw him eat a whole live chicken."

"His favorite movie is 'One on One' with Robby Benson."

"He sleeps eight hours a night! ........ well, he was pretty normal when it came to that."

"Richard D. James was a two ton man-mountain who could palm a medicine ball!"

"Did I ever tell you about the time Richard took me out to go get a drink with him? We go off looking for a bar and we can't find one. Finally Richard takes me to a vacant lot and says, 'Here we are.' We sat there for a year and a half and sure enough someone constructs a bar around us. The day they opened we ordered a shot, drank it, and then burned the place to the ground. Richard yelled over the roar of the flames, 'Always leave things the way you found em!'"

"Richard D. James had a four day heart attack...a day for each chamber. At the autopsy, they said his heart looked like a basketball filled with riccotta cheese."

"He once punched a hole in a cow just to see who was coming up the road."

"He taught me how to make love to a woman, and how to scold a child."

"They found $60 in change in his stomach."

"He did all the makeup on the 'Planet of the Apes' movie."

"He grew a 3rd arm and kept it in a vault."

"Richard D. James drank a full glass of liquid LSD with his eggs. Then he slept for 8 months straight. When he woke he rubbed his eyes and said, 'All in all, I prefer gin.'"

"They say Gene Roddenbery got the idea for Star Trek from listening to Richard D. James talk in his sleep."

"He date raped David Bowie."

"He once inhaled a seagull."

"The Pope told him it was ok to have a mistress."

"It was the sight of Richard's naked body that drove Brian Wilson insane."

"He once had sex with a cigarette machine."

"He killed Wolfman Jack with a trident."

"He uses the Shroud of Turin as a golf towel."

"He once ate the Bible while water skiing."

"He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls."

"He sired a baseball team.. an orchestra if you count the bastards!"

"You know, he would shoot whiskey into his neck with a syringe!"

"He has dandruff the size of mice!"

"He jogged with a fridge on his back!"

"Richard D. James was a 10 foot monster who slept with all our wives! And punched us all in the face! And we loved him for it!"

"His first name is Richard! ....... I'm drunk."

"He's a ten foot tall beastman who showers in vodka and feeds his baby shrimp scampi."

"He orchestrated the merger between Unicef and Smith & Wessen."

"He went public with his own buttocks and made $7 million."

"Did I ever tell you about the time Richard went hunting? Richard decides he's going to hunt down all four of the Banana Splits. He stalks and kills every one of them with a machette. They all begged for their lives...except Fleagle."

"We once had a bachelor party for Richard. He ate the entire cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it."

"Richard D. James once hosted the Grammys and gave every award to Corey Hart."

"He has a toenail on the end of his penis."

"Richard D. James once got his wife pregnant and gave birth to a delicious 16 ounce steak. The after birth was sauteed mushrooms."

"Richard's family crest is a picture of a baracudda eating Neil Armstrong."

"Richard D. James ranked 18th in the AP College Football Pool."

"Did I ever tell you about the time Richard D. James was in a production of, 'The King & I?' On opening night, Richard chloroforms the entire cast and slowly eats them in front of the audience for two hours. The production got pretty good reviews."

"He breastfeeds John Madden."

"Richard D. James named the group Sha-Na-Na. They did NOT want to be called that."

"If you drop a phonograph needle on Richard's nipple, it plays the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds.'"

"They use Richard's foreskin as a tarp when it rains at Yankee stadium."

"Richard D. James directed that commercial where the women play basketball in high heels."

"All the 'Yes' album covers are Richard D. James family photos." "He wears a live rattlesnake as a condom."

"Did I ever tell you about the time he taught his son how to drive? He did it by entering him in the Indy 500. The kid wrecked and died. Richard said it would've happened sometime."

"Richard's semen can form into a liquid human - like the guy from 'Terminator 2'"

"Richard still believes in Santa Claus, and he wants to put him in porno films."

"He thinks Iron Man is gay."

"He framed Roger Rabbit."

"The character of Johnny Appleseed was based on Brasky - except for the apple tree planting and not raping men."

"He gave a handjob to a manta ray."

[nationocean]

omg, that was exhuasting..

[paulb]

u got that right... I like the poop currency in Argentina line.

[nationocean]

I love the Angela Landsbury one. When Will Ferrell first said that on SNL I couldn't stop laughing. So funny.

[whynotsmile99]

why did this thread get a star?

[Geno_guerrero]

COME TO DADDY!