Aphex Twin

[JACKG]

What do you lot think of the geeza...

And what (If any? ) are your fav tracks

 

[T.C]

his videos are very disturbing!

dont mind some of his stuff tho

 

[JACKG]

his videos are very disturbing!

dont mind some of his stuff tho

Hes defo a bit of a fruitcake

Any faves or you craps with the track names - some of which are bizarre in there own right

 

[Presuming Ed]

Window licker is pure genius imo

 

[sy69]

used to and still do like Digeridoo phones:
have to agree with jack and t.c his vids are disturbing,whats going on his head

 

[blue jammer]

Great artist who's stood the test of time and changed so much since he started out

It's the work of Chris Cunningham who is the twisted mind behind the visual aspect of Mr James' vids though, so hats off to him.

Come To Daddy / Windowlicker are the best vids imo, Donkey Rhubarb as wacky as fuck, On is cracking time/stop in that is superb!

Tracks wise, love loads of his stuff from the serene Rhubarb (Selected Ambient Works Vol II) to the harder stuff on Analord and all the top stuff in between, there's not much of his stuff I didn't like.

Loved his collab as Expert Knob Twiddlers as well

Had to laugh at his interviews too about remixing people, being given a deadline to remix a track, he just gave them a DAT on the day of one of his own tracks and fucked them off, it had nothing of their tune in it but the label paid him for it lol

 

[T.C]

 

[mr sy1975]

proper talented bloke, loved his early stuff, especially analogue bubblebathphones: but do agree that he's a bit of a crusty LOL

Aphex Twin, The* - Digeridoo

 

[SCR101.5]

Selected Ambient Works 1 & 2 (although part 1 is best imho, 2 is great but much darker)
Polygon Window- Quoth
Joyrex- 4,5 & 9 EPs (especially the 1 with 'On a Romance Tip' on it)
Analord, I bought all of them & like them but don't think they're outstanding, but much better than what many artists release.
AFX 2 remixes EP- he does a remix of 808- Flow Coma (???- think it's that)

 

[Davey]

Yeah first heard of this Guy about 8 years ago when I saw the Window Licker video on MTV.

Thought it was as weird as fook but found I couldn't turn it over cos I was fascinated so much by it.

So I kept my eye out for more videos on MTV then one night in the early hours of the morning they did a special Aphex Twin video feature (think it was about 7 years ago) & they showed back 2 back Aphex Twin videos.
They were really out there.. but I thought they where intriguing at the same time lol.

2 tracks I like by him are Window Licker & Come To Daddy especially after hearing it in a club in 2006 sounded like absolute madness cranked up but full of energy, not sommet I'd have the balls to play tbh

 

[dodgymix]

Diceman, The - The Tempest

this is a top tune by Richard James

 

[blue jammer]

Diceman, The - The Tempest

this is a top tune by Richard James

Deffo not one of Aphex Twin's that, it was by Colin James of Meat Beat Manifesto.

 

[||foca||]

A disturbing and unpleasant experience.

Rubber Johnny
YouTube - Rubber Johnny (Aphex Twin Musicvideo)

Rubber Johnny is a 6 minute experimental short film and music video directed by Chris Cunningham in 2005, using music composed by Aphex Twin.
The concept for Rubber Johnny came from Cunningham imagining a raver morphing as he danced. The idea evolved to the present film, in which Johnny (played by Cunningham) is an isolated mutant child with a huge overgrown cranium, strapped into a wheelchair and locked in a basement. Capable of morphing his body, he spends his life trying to amuse himself and his dog, a terrified chihuahua.

Sorry for the post...

 

[Dr Good Groove]

Great artist who's stood the test of time and changed so much since he started out

Have to agree. Can be a bit hit and miss but Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 is a work of genius, there is really nothing else like it within ambient at all. He supposedly heard the melodies whilst lucid dreaming.

 

[SCR101.5]

Have to agree. Can be a bit hit and miss but Selected Ambient Works Volume 2 is a work of genius, there is really nothing else like it within ambient at all. He supposedly heard the melodies whilst lucid dreaming.

Although I agree that vol 2 is wicked, why do people prefer it to the first volume? Maybe cos it's more depressing?

 

[blue jammer]

Although I agree that vol 2 is wicked, why do people prefer it to the first volume? Maybe cos it's more depressing?

Brown vinyl looked really cool ?

Dunno, I wouldn't say I prefered Vol II over Vol I, as Vol I is more accessible with proper tracks, when I first heard Vol II I was like "wtf is this shit?" it was only a few years later when I re-listened to it and thought ahh this is really good that I 'got it'.

 

[SCR101.5]

Brown vinyl looked really cool ?

Dunno, I wouldn't say I prefered Vol II over Vol I, as Vol I is more accessible with proper tracks, when I first heard Vol II I was like "wtf is this shit?" it was only a few years later when I re-listened to it and thought ahh this is really good that I 'got it'.

I think vol 2 has got a beautiful eerie darkness to it, whereas vol 1 is much more happy & is a really uplifting LP, probs my fave of all time.

 

[pauly p]

Xtal

 

[Shooms]

One of the best 'Phex tunes ever In fact one of the best tunes ever. FACT.

Vid directed by a young Jarvis Cocker

YouTube - On by Aphex Twin

Beautiful

 

[swatt]

"Window licker" is my favourite but there are many other tracks...

Look this video Aphex Twin - Rubber Johnny

Awesome!!!!