maxi

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richard d james: "Have to reccount likkle proud story here, around 1995ish, I was at a reclaim the streets party in London, i usually went to them on my bike and I was in the city of london with about 10,000 people shuffling about around all the banks & office blocks, quite peacefully & casually, a dreadgirl came up 2 me had a bit of a go at me for having a flash bike[ it was pretty dope have to admit, still got it] which got my feathers rustled a bit B U T then this truck which had been sitting innocently at the side of the road, right in the middle of the crowd rolled up the back to reveal large sound system and immediately proceeded to blast out caustic window 'garden of linmiri' !!!!

The whole fucking road just went totally insane! it was such an unbelievable moment for me can you imagine? probably best moment of my life actually, sweet as a nut.
its total riot music and people understood it.
...oh and then 1 hour later after the police came and said truck got abandoned my then french girlfriend nannou got in the truck and drove it off! without a word to me and then got chased through london by a load of police cars, i kid you not, she is a really good driver as well i have to say!"

 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy

Probably nothing that'll be news to aphex fans here but a nice capsule summary of his career and (a bit of the) context in which he's worked.
 

qwerty south

no use for a witticism
and my brother's too.

the head fucking drone of digeridoo, the wide-eyed utopia of selected ambient works I, the vast inner planes of selected ambient works II. a soundtrack to a life of intense love, thought, exploration, escapism, the glimpse of possibilities that in hindsight were a mirage. an aural william blake or rimbaud inflicted on impressionable young minds, utter madness!

today this music means nothing but at the time it blew our heads wide open.
digeridoo is great, the rest not so imo .

overrated like dj shadow etc
 

wektor

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Do you actually understand what they do? I'm just moving sliders at random
not really but I have a vague idea about some.
thing is there are sliders which are way more important than others, novelty and stickiness make it a bit less schizo, I will have a proper look at it sometime and maybe write a short manual soon, if you're interested
 

shakahislop

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in a tunnel way uptown in inwood, came across it recently while doing an inwood to battery park walk on a day off.

there's a prominently displayed richard d james album face on someones window on like east 6th as well

one of the few to maintain a feeling of integrity or at least mystique
 

version

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one of the few to maintain a feeling of integrity or at least mystique

The way he teased the new EP was pretty fun.

" ... a new augmented reality app prompted fans to speculate that the UK artist will be releasing his next EP on Warp Records sometime this summer. The app, “YXBoZXh0d2lu," linked to Aphex Twin, began emerging via QR codes from recent performances and posters internationally."
 
kind of bland, we'll see what the rest of the EP is like

It’s classic aphex with nothing new. Gorgeous melodies, drums are phenomenal. His harmonic hums walking the line between bored, angelic and taking this piss - what’s not to love
 
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