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afx - i'm self employed

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16 жыл бұрын

Analord 06 (Released April 9, 2005)
* Side B
1. "I'm Self Employed" - 4:26
Decided to upload this track after hearing vegeta897s awesome remix.
Enjoy!

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@cesarbravo822 7 жыл бұрын

It's like two happy computers trying to sing

@satans_scrilla4844 5 жыл бұрын

@TECHPUNK2055 me too

@belohnung 5 жыл бұрын

dododododoodododood

@user-cj9cd1qs4e 5 жыл бұрын

The most accurate comment on the afx track i've ever seen

@wiseowlsound 5 жыл бұрын

aw yeh this is the perfect soundtrack to BMO from adventure time :)

@AnewContraption 4 жыл бұрын

Cesar Bravo :::D

@lewisclp9412 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of those tracks that is so good you don't want to listen to it in case you desensitize yourself to it

@vertsk8er419 5 жыл бұрын

wow. yes

@devonmccollister4860 4 жыл бұрын

he has so many of those

@giorgizibzibadze6456 3 жыл бұрын

@@devonmccollister4860 yeah basically his whole discography, though it takes me 1 year brake for his music to sound fresh again.

@EC-fo1ve 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just back from a hiatus

@kaiserdistefano7684 Жыл бұрын

Very well put.. but you’re more likely to hear it from a different angle or different light and get yet more out of it.

@user-gs9wj7yp5p 4 жыл бұрын

richard's spitting absolute facts on this track

@iera1 3 жыл бұрын

No bap

@yawninghyaena 11 ай бұрын

subliminally ? ;)

@erenoz2910 7 жыл бұрын

what is your occupation sir? *doo do do dooo do do doo do do doo do*

@seanwhitty4486 6 жыл бұрын

I'm self employed

@julian.castro18 6 жыл бұрын

wow, you *do* a lot

@vitalemon9970 5 жыл бұрын

@@julian.castro18 you mean, doo do do dooo a lot

@midinerd 5 жыл бұрын

boowap bodeeno deboowap boodeent boowap

@myrenmusic1611 5 жыл бұрын

@@midinerd bro wtf

@gbpooky 3 жыл бұрын

i remember listening to this back in high school, 12 years ago. weird to come back to music, where it hasnt changed, but you have. like im on the other side of a chance meeting with my past self. i remember wondering who that person would be, and now im already them without trying, in the blink of an eye

@Tekknorg 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@undergroundsequence 2 жыл бұрын

I know exactly how you feel, it feels good and bittersweet at the same time when you visit songs you used to listen to and you think about who you used to be and you realize how fast time feels

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol Жыл бұрын

*sigh* you were born the person you were, you don't magically change or become someone else through life. if anything, you are less of what you used to be if you think this way.

@cyrillachery9313 Жыл бұрын

Éternelle

@Karjalol Жыл бұрын

This person surely had an amazing sensitivity to music and still has to this day

@squanchysquanch1840 6 жыл бұрын

I'm unemployed

@santiagohache2302 4 жыл бұрын

No, you are self unemployed

@badegg3210 3 жыл бұрын

You should definitely produce a squelchy masterpiece to encapsulate the experience. Then you'd be rich.

@Anjumthefarawaystar 4 ай бұрын

@@santiagohache2302 yes

@roberth1322 4 жыл бұрын

Hope Richard gets compensated by the UK government, given his self-employed status and possible loss of income in this current pandemic.

@jmdoe5822 4 жыл бұрын

I heard he lives in Russia now, so he's probably fucked

@peek1288 4 жыл бұрын

I thought he was in Scotland

@Herbert2892 4 жыл бұрын

Hes hiding from aliens in camboja

@xelnagazchild 4 жыл бұрын

thoguht he had moved to Encelada ?

@vincevega7919 3 жыл бұрын

I thought he'd disappeared up his own arsehole?

@lsdude4205 8 жыл бұрын

I love how RIchard can just sit and make a fucking legendary tune and not let anything get in the way. The talent and ears he has are unbelievable.

@stevoofd 5 жыл бұрын

I love how this track is layered. It starts with a fun tune and then gradually adds more little tunes and tweaks like a snowball turning into an avalanche

@RobotFilmProductionsTMcom 4 жыл бұрын

Happiest damn avalanche I ever heard

@todshelton 13 жыл бұрын

I like how richard d james just makes good music.

@faktablad 12 жыл бұрын

Richard D. James is truly self-employed. His heart and soul are in this song.

@mitchellsloanmusic9658 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this track, I didn’t understand it, but I knew it sounded like something really unique. The second time I listened, I was driving home after a crazy writing spree. It hit me out of nowhere - I suddenly understood the track completely. I cried the rest of the way home. This track is a special one.

@sebastianconcham 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why this gives me some kind of melancholy as if I knew this song as a child

@retnuHDJ 15 жыл бұрын

One time when I was very, very depressed ( :P ) I cried listening to this song... Just pulled the tears out of me. Was a very strange feeling :D

@explanationmark_ 4 жыл бұрын

retnuHDJ

@naturalbornchiller158 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, were so weird arent we?

@nothugo9207 4 жыл бұрын

@Coby Williams Broooo thas crazy :=D

@THEBYGONE 4 жыл бұрын

oh shit yeah. analord when in a deep depression is verrrrry interesting. soo heavily painful but ya know in the back of your mind it's gonna be ok

@chanpreetsidhu5337 4 жыл бұрын

If we kept ourselves in the company of great Souls all the time, we would never get depressed.

@good_call 2 жыл бұрын

This track feels so personal, like it's a private memory for me.

@ABitOfTheUniverse 9 жыл бұрын

Some much needed music to my ears. No words, just the perfect sounds. Confucius, if he were alive today, would be honored to know that people like Richard exist. People capable of speaking through their instruments as well as, if not better than, we are capable of speaking through our mouths, pens or text.

@TheMotortom 9 жыл бұрын

ABitOfTheUniverse he's not dead man

@THESLEEPYMAN 9 жыл бұрын

Tom Feilner 551-479 BC pretty sure he is

@mkeid6709 9 жыл бұрын

Why do you care about what Confucius thinks?

@ABitOfTheUniverse 9 жыл бұрын

Mkei D A story I've found a lot of musicians have been told at some point or another in their lives, about the way Confucius taught his pupils to speak through their instruments. It has been conveyed to me by teachers, friends and people who I respected for their insight. The common thread each story had was that Confucius taught his students the importance of being able to communicate through their instruments. Whether it be to convey sorrow, to raise spirits or to boost morale; whatever the reason the instrument allows the musician to convey a message to an audience they may not otherwise have had the opportunity to do. To some people that can be a message to yourself. You can make the instrument speak to you and help you unlock thoughts and emotions you may not have been capable of having in any other way. In my early teens I read something similar about Confucius in a book but at the time I didn't understand what was meant by it. Now, as I've aged and been moved by thousands of pieces of music and seen the effect that it has on people besides myself, I have come to appreciate that message, despite the specific reason that Confucius may have had for teaching his pupils to play instruments. See, some people have a very difficult time expressing how they feel in any conventional way, but when it comes to making sounds or mixing them together in such a way that a unique experience can be had by the audience and the artist, well, that is something important. Not just for the artist but for the entire community with whom they share what they have created. For me that captures a very important part of not only what music is but the value of communication between organisms like us and how it can come in many forms. Now, with the internet, you can look into this story and see for yourself how true it was or what or where it started, but back when I heard abut it it was just books and word of mouth and that allowed people to add their own twists to it and I appreciate each of the people and their unique slants on the story, for what they were separately. But, again, the common thread was that it was Confucius who was the one responsible for teaching his students to speak through their instruments and Richard speaks in some of the most unique ways I have ever heard. I hope this answers some part of your question Mkei D I wish I had some list of books or some videos that I could recommend that might better emphasize how important Confucius was to music, not just in China but in the way that his attitude about music spread from there to the Middle East, Europe and the rest of the world, but, all the sources that I learned from (people, books, etc.) are either dead, I've lost touch with them, or they were a few of many books I poured over in libraries during my youth as I sought to learn more about aspects of the world that were at the time unknown to me in my youth. Perhaps you even know more of the truth behind this story than I? Maybe you can share your perspective on it, or, at least, what music means to you?

@mkeid6709 9 жыл бұрын

ABitOfTheUniverse I see. That's very beautiful man. Any sort of creative expression has some emotional meaning behind it in my opinion. Recently music has got me listening in that way, more than it has before. It takes some wisdom to recognize that i guess! Which is where Confucius comes in. I see. Thanks for the info by the way. You seem very knowledgeable!

@tisdrummer 10 жыл бұрын

This is what happiness sound like.

@SimplyHaffar 10 жыл бұрын

You are the reason why I am a happy person, the people who truly get it...

@kittyvalium6517 9 жыл бұрын

I wanna eat mushrooms with you guys

@odysseyofiska 9 жыл бұрын

tisdrummer YUP, i'm self employed and I loooove it

@jerhum7252 8 жыл бұрын

+Fucc_Boi am i the only who find a sort of contrast -hapiness-melancholy in this song i can't say it's just hapiness at all ? reminds me the childhood , the innocence in a nostalgic way personnaly awesome track

@alyssarusso9404 8 жыл бұрын

this entire mini thread is glowing

@lurid_phaesporia 7 жыл бұрын

Gotta be one of his most underrated golden oldies

@skriptico 7 жыл бұрын

the sound of the analord(s) is incredibly vivid, like its playing in your home. super!

@maccrimbo 7 жыл бұрын

pigo & pogo malescy Tactile! :)

@Javkillers 7 жыл бұрын

is like a friend gave you his mixtape that was made just for fun, its so fresh

@GLordPhil 6 жыл бұрын

I sent it to my father...he hasn’t responded:(

@lizardgizzard108 6 жыл бұрын

one of the saddest songs on the afx alias, bring a sense of nostalgia

@shocked8026 5 жыл бұрын

its happy too

@noamlima9402 4 жыл бұрын

@@shocked8026 its the two notes

@calumisdead 8 жыл бұрын

I am absolutely criminal and I deserve prison.

@smashfam1 7 жыл бұрын

me too :)

@danielkinash8715 4 жыл бұрын

me too!!!

@robertdolan2067 4 жыл бұрын

(-_-) me too

@___xyz___ 3 жыл бұрын

#metoo

@BigHotSauceBoss69 3 жыл бұрын

D R U G D E A L

@bloodywanker231 14 жыл бұрын

Listened to this the first time i did shrooms. It was an amazing experience to say the least. AFX ACID!!!!!!

@stunthumb 9 жыл бұрын

Aphex Twin videos are the only ones that work with the autoplay feature on YT, I mean conceptually. If you let it autoplay with Aphex Twin, you end up just listening, just let it keep playing random AT stuff while you work. With other videos it just gets annoying, but with AT I think it's pretty cool to just let it go random. Maybe ambient music is best when we don't even control which tracks are being played, just relinquish control and see where you end up.

@growcactus 9 жыл бұрын

scope and diversity of his art

@lozbozlauren 8 жыл бұрын

true

@grigorescupetru563 7 жыл бұрын

didn't work for me, went from aphex twin to jazz then to latino stuff guess you were lucky

@skriptico 7 жыл бұрын

totally true.

@maskedcaballo9355 7 жыл бұрын

totally agree

@MookVideos 15 жыл бұрын

such an amazing song, definitely one of his best, the Analord series is the greatest series of records ever

@DaiReborn 14 жыл бұрын

I envy Aphex Twin so much. Tons of musical genius, and tons of gear in his house to make music with. I'm slowly building a collection of gear, so maybe I can one day be like him and support myself by making music in my basement. Although he does it in a former bank (in the vault I hear, what a cool place to put a studio! I wonder if he locks the giant vault doors every night with his gorgeous gear inside?). I'll never be like Aphex Twin, but the trying, the journey, it satisfies the soul.

@ElectricSlevin 7 жыл бұрын

David Firth's melodic aphex twin playlist is the real important videos playlist :D

@mazrio128 9 жыл бұрын

"I've been working on the railroad.." This is so badass!!

@midinerd 5 жыл бұрын

how'd you pick that out? I can see it now but that took some work

@digitalblasphemy1100 10 жыл бұрын

for years, a part of the melody in this song reminded me of another tune i know and i just figured it out. the damn brady bunch! :08 through :14 sounds like "here's a story... of a lovely lady... who was bringing up three very lovely girls" just hum the melody in the same key as self employed and it's more or less there!

@kittyvalium6517 9 жыл бұрын

Haha cool catch

@DaiReborn 9 жыл бұрын

Ah shit now I hear it too! Hahahaa

@caparcher2074 7 жыл бұрын

Melody sounds a lot like Johnny Preston - Running Bear too. Good sounds get around

@jakemegabyte896 6 жыл бұрын

This track says it all. The relentlesness of life... the universal struggle...

@engladtur 9 жыл бұрын

it's so joyful

@noamlima9402 4 жыл бұрын

you mean nostalgic

@wedfrest 12 жыл бұрын

God I love the Analord series

@FalloutZombie5555 3 жыл бұрын

2008... thumbs up if you were bumping this then to now

@FalloutZombie5555 3 жыл бұрын

and yes I know this track is obviously older than 08

@intelligenceservices 10 жыл бұрын

i was here when there was only 244,505 views

@midinerd 5 жыл бұрын

More like.. 463,438 views wut wut

@hashtag9124 Жыл бұрын

i wish i could listen to this for the first time again

@jimflamingo8221 14 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to get this one on vinyl, up to analord 4 at the moment! Brilliant series so far! =] I'd fookin love to shake RDJ's hand! Legend!

@t4404 4 жыл бұрын

9 years later.. did you ever get to?

@retnuHDJ 15 жыл бұрын

Flim is a marvelous song :P Always cheers me up when I listen to it, no matter what mood I'm in. Gives me that "Everything is going to be ok" feeling. Love it!!

@soldieroftoughlove7635 5 жыл бұрын

I get nostalgia from this tune.

@gabrielemarcelli4530 6 күн бұрын

"Aphex twin found dead”.... my most feared nightmare

@pandemoniumparadox 10 жыл бұрын

where are u richard

@SungazerDNB 10 жыл бұрын

Living life to the fullest, instead of wasting it to fame! And I love him for it! You go Richard, do what you want!

@yoshy321 10 жыл бұрын

He lives in a bank..

@TroyPassmore 10 жыл бұрын

new album next month called Syro... I'm really hyped

@350125GOW 8 жыл бұрын

...and coming after ya in a tank.

@richardjamesclemo6235 7 жыл бұрын

My middle name is James, will that do?

@gentooboy1337 15 жыл бұрын

Good track. Done with a lot of digital and real love.

@sweepstakes 16 жыл бұрын

this song is so beautiful. the first time I heard it I didn't get it. but man it's totally got the wabi-sabi. I'm trying not to cry at work.

@Analoguebubblebath89 5 ай бұрын

How’s life?

@Kelavmeister 15 жыл бұрын

What a fun song! Celebrating his success! :)

@keggg1234 15 жыл бұрын

i wish i could write a genuine song like this with the same title. man i love the analords.

@SimplyHaffar 12 жыл бұрын

as you can see, i love listening to his stuff on youtube just for people like you bro.

@RustinChole 3 жыл бұрын

That’s it. I’m listening to this insanely long set today. (320 minutes - WAV files from RDJ’s rephlex website (when they were still active). Lots of unreleased and alternate tracks. It’s all so good.

@barnardosantos5292 5 жыл бұрын

aflex tim

@agua9362 4 жыл бұрын

alex kim

@theDragonaut 14 жыл бұрын

one of my favourite AFX songs

@BainsteR 15 жыл бұрын

This track is amazing, not simple at all. And the melody is just beautiful

@goolug 4 жыл бұрын

I have gladly contributed at least two thousand of views to this video.

@socalltd 16 жыл бұрын

yeah , his electribe cover is really smooth 5+ score man!

@klemet2 10 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@SimplyHaffar 7 жыл бұрын

the broccoli has spoken.

@StinkyDoorM4tt 6 ай бұрын

he has such an amazing voice 😍

@iloveshetlandponies 13 жыл бұрын

This is so gorgeous. So many memories.

@MrBellend1 10 жыл бұрын

Heard this on a Nathan Fake mix. It's sheer delight.

@kittyvalium6517 9 жыл бұрын

Youre sheer delight!

@kitsunumber1298 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like a chill song you would hear in a Sega Genesis game.

@Analoguebubblebath89 5 ай бұрын

Heyyy

@ophios 12 жыл бұрын

IMO, this is best song of the whole analord series, it should have been on the chosen lords album

@littleplutomen 2 жыл бұрын

This wasn't on chosen Lords??!?!?! Why!!!!!

@snoweh1 11 жыл бұрын

I can't help but feel that this song could have been so much more. It's like it's stuck in its primitive stages, but it's still so damn good.

@afxlord 10 жыл бұрын

love this with all my heart. it just says be happy & chill (with spliff if poss)

@marcryptic 14 жыл бұрын

a very warm and nostalgic sound. less dark than a lot of his stuff that I've heard. but the dark stuff is good sometimes too.

@rhubarbcabin4903 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome magic sound!

@snakelungs 9 ай бұрын

can't wait till im self employed

@redcommando1 14 жыл бұрын

A nice light bowl of BOC for starters, a manly slice of Autechre for dinner and a sweet portion of this shit for desert.

@qvarcos 12 жыл бұрын

I was born in 96, and Aphex Twin made me a fan in one day. I love his songs. It's something familiar and i can't put on my hands on what.

@sgw8707 3 жыл бұрын

HE NEVER MISS?!

@scorpionicdecline 10 жыл бұрын

that's whats so great about it it doesn't try to be amazing, it just is

@FlipCube 13 жыл бұрын

This pleases me.

@marcryptic 14 жыл бұрын

you can tell this is a song of celebration in the unique style of afx...and from the song title.

@FlickWith Ай бұрын

how it feels to be self employed

@patricksudbury 11 жыл бұрын

Same, this song makes me feel an emotion I have never felt before, same with Halibut Acid, Reunion 2, Libson Acid, VBS.Redlof.D, PWSteal.Ldpinch.D, god the list is endless.

@Themortician123 5 ай бұрын

After selling 26 mixes for cash and not declaring it the tax man has stung Richard. Forcing him to produce this thus declaring his employment status.

@socalltd 16 жыл бұрын

he has different releasses under variuos names gak, q chastic, polygon window, dice man-1 song, caustic window, afx, aphex twin and more limited vinyl 12's and alot of traks on the shelf ooh, remixes too! thanx richard...

@miraslavofficial541 9 жыл бұрын

This is simply awesome.

@micrologusk9778 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of some Black moth super rainbow songs.. 256 colors too especially

@Certainlynotsure 13 жыл бұрын

Might be the best song ever made.

@feddeleparty 9 жыл бұрын

P.L.U.R.

@calebcroche 11 жыл бұрын

such good stuff

@Digilsd 14 жыл бұрын

you are human too, so kick back, relax, and enjoy the tune. no need to worry, it's just a ride.

@sydzeiss Жыл бұрын

Makes me cry so relaxed

@botramduuze7188 6 жыл бұрын

He can make the most distorted sounds sound smooth like butter!

@blblalalbla 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Makes me believe in music again. :)

@beytah Жыл бұрын

One of my favourite songs evar

@mujtabakamran8887 8 жыл бұрын

For some reason one of the instruments sounds like Chewbacca singing.

@jeffgraham2990 7 жыл бұрын

its that weird sine wave hahaha

@kikkirow 7 жыл бұрын

One of his best

@morreteta 13 жыл бұрын

i,m self employed creating my world

@shatterbelt 15 жыл бұрын

gotta love that 303

@freddurst1999 14 жыл бұрын

havent heard this song in years, oh the memories!!!!

@pasemisterioso 9 ай бұрын

incredible

@mOjoTho 15 жыл бұрын

That would be nostalgia; for the lack of a physical manifestation of the music you like as it has been in the pastoooo. Music is great at tying memories to them. Read a book while listening to the same album over and over, wait a month or two, listen to even one song on the CD you'll remember everything. It feels like a 6th sense... memory through the interpretation of music by your brain.

@soveryspecial 14 жыл бұрын

i just stumbled upon this right now. awesome.

@TheBeeeeeni 5 жыл бұрын

healing tune

@yakomuto 15 жыл бұрын

Also known as AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window, DJ Smojphace, GAK, Martin Tressider, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Prichard D. Jams, Q-Chastic, Tahnaiya Russell, The Dice Man, Soit P.P., The Tuss

@loridians Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this momento now i feel like im friend of electrónics

@null140 15 жыл бұрын

if you guys want this analord stuff without having to shell out for the vinyls, just search google for a free 'youtube to mp3 converter' and you can paste any youtube video URL into it and get the audio file in mp3. just copy it to an mp3 player, or burn it do a disc (after using another mp3 to audio cd converter) and there you have it. you can drag the mp3 files straight from your desktop into itunes as well, so it'll work with your ipod.