so i was at a festival this weekend and at about 4 am this band Future Rock comes onstage and tells the crowd they're going to perform the music of aphex twin. pretty ambitious if you ask me... but an admirable undertaking.



take a listen:

http://www.archive.o...-25.aphex.flacf

yeah pretty good covers. I wanted to hear the It Doesn't matter beat in PWSteal.??.D but it seems it's played by classic drums :(

ha, yea i know. i thought the same thing when they played it. i guess a live band can only so far doing aphex covers. they were smart to stick with the mostly old school stuff. can you imagine them trying to cover anything off drukqs?



i really dig the pulsewidth and the alberto balsalm.

Downloading.



I got a video from a rock band making a cover of Come to Daddy.



That song has the same drums as It Doesn't Matter, but that's it.





I don't think I just would go to see Aphex Twin live once, I've seen some live videos, and I don't like it at all.

He's really mad, and beign so, I like some of his stuff, and hate some of his stuff.

stash and I saw Aphex Twin in 1994. It was a giant rave held in downtown Los Angeles where a few city blocks were closed off to film a New Year's 2000 scene for the film Strange Days (too bad the film was stinker to put it nicely).



Anyway, I won't lie - I don't remember much of Aphex Twin sadly... but I do remember Lady Miss Keir from Deeelite. That was a good night, especially for my first rave and yes, I was a late bloomer in that regard!!



I have to say that while I have tons of respect for Richard D. James and feel he's a brave musical genius in his own right, I just cannot get into his music. Ambient Works and earlier material aside, there is something about his format, his style and his nearly discorant approach that I find far too demanding and a downright assault on the senses. Not that those qualities are a bad thing in the proper context because there are times when I think he's wicked - but the delivery of it all is overwhelming and it's not something I can listen to all the time. I have to be in the mood I guess. No disrespect intended, like I said the guy is a genius and much to his credit he pushes the envelope - but I suppose it's not my thing.

I just gave it a listen, and I don't like it.

I like all the songs that they've selected, I mean the original versions.





I really like I Care Because You Do, Richard D James, and Selected Ambient Works.



I had to gave up listening Aphex Twin for a while because I associated his music with two people, one that's dead for me, and the other one that's dead.

http://www.popmatter...acoustica.shtml

aphex = emperors new clothes imo.



some of his melodic early stuff was wicked (selected ambient works etc) but the brainwarp/glitch doesnt do it for me at all im afraid.



i think what he does is he takes music away from the spirit and puts it into the mind - and i know theres always a piece for cerebral music, and without it loads of new trends/sounds/styles would never have caught on, but i just wouldnt listen to it for pleasure.

Skylined Escribi�:

I just gave it a listen, and I don't like it.

I like all the songs that they've selected, I mean the original versions.





I really like I Care Because You Do, Richard D James, and Selected Ambient Works.



I had to gave up listening Aphex Twin for a while because I associated his music with two people, one that's dead for me, and the other one that's dead.

i hear what you're saying. r.d. james is no doubt a musical genius in his own right, but i rarely find myself in the mood to listen to his music.



if i was having a party with a bunch of people and i put drukqs on the stereo, it would probably clear out the place. that being said, i love i care because you do, and it's probably the only aphex album i find myself coming back to nowadays. timeless work.



hmm... i guess i kind of went back on my opinion there.

I dont think he is a genius and people say he is just too sound cool (most of the time), he have good tracks but sometimes it seems he only smash his keyboards.

mX. Escribi�:

I dont think he is a genius and people say he is just to sound cool (most of the time), he have good tracks but sometimes it seems he only smash his keyboards.

Like me



I hope the Admin is having a painful dead wherever he is.

Here it isn't my case, if you listen to Aphex Twin you're mad.

I love the guy. An engineering major who builds his own synthesizers -- some sick shit right there. Not too many people have made an entire beat by sticking mics in the corner of a room and bouncing rubber balls around for hours on end. He puts a lot of effort into his work.