this is richard's brain when he's trying to buy a beer

I can’t even imagine the creative process behind this.

Everybody a gangsta till the mountains turn into aphex smile texture

His ability to make the most manic and calm sounding music at the same time is simply incredible.

Imagine someone from the 19th century seeing this

"yo why didn't you say hi to me at the party?" what I saw at the party:

This video isn't CG. It's actual footage from the planet Aphex Twin originates from.

I attempted to decipher the text at the beginning of the video and this is how far I got, there’s some mistakes here and there since I couldn’t figure out some stuff but point them out and let me know if you can. this track is called “collapse” by the way cos when the bass kicks in and the tempo starts slowing down It’s like a collapse of sorts :) I’m gathering visual references at the moment is there any other point cloud or any other references you’d like I should look nope dont think so.. I still love ascii visuals also. surprised it never got used more but maybe it has, I dont get out much. sure, I’ll look into doing 3d ascii point-cloud crossover maybe when you get up close to the point yeah I see your point with midi.. but you would just edit tight to the beat anyhow can’t you? yeah I could, but with your kinda music it would take forever with midi files it would be instant and tight as fuck what places to include would be relevant in London? deffo the silver box be relevant and the Lantle? that I’ll be one of the focal points in the video, a bit like the monolith in 2011 collaged with the Cornish stuff nah, all crap how about sun on cafe next to clissold park, ha collage stuff, top yeah.. and how quickly they add that woods stuff in that Star Wars thing… crazy realistic Maybe we should do something with political slant in this video, you know how media can manipulate things to make you think Oh been getting well into simulation theory of late.. didn’t realise a lot of prominent science are now saying the chance we are living in a base reality is about 1 billion to one! love it.. simulations in simulations in simulations for ever probably.. god is just an ai I don’t wanna accept it though, although I agree it’s feasible. I’d rather think that all these normal people who watch shit like "Britain's got talent" and such their proof of it's not a simulation (cos why would you bother simulating) or it's proof that we are living in a failed simulation lmao I can’t see why it would be a problem accepting, I quite like the idea.. ha I think thats what I hate the most about it,, is that it opens the gate for creationism interpretation… yeah well science is not much better, can't explain how life started, what was before big bang and loads of other stuff, just evolution and even that has gaping holes so was just chomping on a peanut butter toastie with swedish jam... thinking the idea that code i.e. us can imagine something is pretty wild code rewriting itself and investigating the future rewrites of itself This obviously applies to any act of imagination: imagining a future version of itself or imagining what effects the rewrite ing to have on you and then adjusting the imagination to give desired effects mhm, and what kind of jam was that? Sounds like it was fermented or something to give this inspirations and that tip, i've been well into into Almond butter and manuka honey lately anyway, was thinking if was all a sim,, the technology would be so advanced, it’s probably even beyond code, like many levels steps further analogue-d like some semi organic technology, like in Exitenz..

This video seems trippy at first glance but this is just an insightful look at what its like for richard to go get a pint of milk from the corner shop.

Send this to the aliens without context. 💯

This man is a straight-up musical genius.

The last half of this song is what I absolutely adore about Aphex Twin

I know you're watching this over and over Thom Yorke

when you download an acid trip from your dealer and the .rar is corrupt

Richard is the Willy Wonka of synthesizers. The guy is beyond genius. I remember when I was first introduced to him back in 1997 and here it is 25 years later and he still is making perplexing and beautiful songs. So many machines.

This happened to my buddy Eric

Your brain when an attractive person asks you basic questions about yourself

There should be a 360 version of this

Best IDM music video. This has influenced how I see songs in my head and how I see the world a bit. All warping, flowing, moving parts of natural objects all scatterplaced on top of each other. Absolutely awesome.

All I can imagine is a constant back and forth between creative and client, do this, change that, not that, more that, before the final delivery to Richard and him replying "fuck yeah".

I was born in the right generation

I love how this still sounds like Aphex Twin, which also sounds like it was made 50 years from now.

this video is actually just perfect. weirdcore and rdj are both geniuses, stunning talent, like so much so that it motivates me to get out of bed every morning. knowing this is possible, that 2 human beings were able to muster up the willpower and raw creative genius to make something like this is enough to get me going. i found aphex at the ideal time during my life, and he's been like a guiding star ever since. i honestly don't wanna do anything else with my life other than trying to provide a fraction of the value and meaning this guy has brought into the world. it's so amazing it starts to become like a religious thing to me almost, this guy from an isolated part of britain becoming one of the greatest electronic musicians to ever live practically from his bedroom. it's the antidote to everything bad about modernity, everything he does is a celebration of human progress, empathy and creativity. i don't think i can think of anyone else who has really drastically changed my life in this way. not even in my nearest circle of friends and family. all through being an absolute god at music production and a profoundly caring and understanding human being, and expressing that directly through abstract sounds. pure emotion transferred between minds, if you don't believe in magic this is probably the closest it's gonna get.

I'M HERE TO SIMP

He didn’t need to make the ending that fucking good, but He did.

"What kind of effects do you want for the video?" "All of them. Every single one."

i feel so lucky to discover aphex twin since few years ago

This has got to be one of the maddest music videos. It’s absolutely ace

It's damn amazing how far we've come with computer aesthetics, no matter whether music or video production. In 2019, this is a pleasant thing to watch. I swear, if I had seen and heard something like this somewhere in the 80s, I would have died. I mean, really died. My brain just couldn't have been able to process this back then.

Instructions unclear, I turned into a 5 dimensionnal being, help

Still waiting for a massive Aphex logo crop circle to show up. If Greys drop acid, you know this is their jam.

I’ve been going through various phases of which Aphex songs I love the most ever since I discovered him. This might be my new favourite right now. The video along with it is an incredible visual trip.

I like how this track evolves through three stages: starts as dance music, then falls apart 1:53, and finally becomes stable 3:13.

this video is brilliant not just because of its technical detail, but how accurately it puts into visuals the concepts of the conversation transcribed at the start. ascii and midi, analog vs digital, simulation theory, the "collapse" and reorigination of the universe into the existence of microorganisms, eventually settling into a peaceful, abstract and brilliant enlightenment. it's all there, done in a very spectacular way. I am highly envious of their talent

👽

The video feels like digital tourism.

WHAT A JOURNEY

Oh my lord this is incredible

The ending quite literally helps me with extreme depressive thoughts, hopelessness, lack of will to carry on, disconnectedness from myself.... this absolutely TRIUMPHANT synthesis of sound and vision, this exploding, unapologetic assault of light and beauty.... fuck. Thank you everyone involved in this is all I can say.

the last 2 minutes of this song are absolutely magical

*L O N G L I V E A P H E X T W I N*

Alien: You have 5 minutes and 19 seconds to convince me that humans are an intelligent species Me:

my spotify autoplayed one of aphex twin's song named qkthr and i found it beautiful, checked his other works, now I've gone deep into the rabbit hole.

physics Teacher: "I am worried about you kids, your quiz scores didn't go well." the quiz: 1:45

Universe.exe has stopped working

Graphic Artist: How many effects do you want? Aphex Twin: Yes

You're welcome epileptics.

As someone who loves AT, graphics, game development, tech demos and technical art - this is basically the coolest video I've ever seen in my life - its like my eyes are drinking it. YT should do that, let us set our very favorite video so the creator can see that and know how much we appreciate their efforts.

Rdj & Warp still pushing the boundaries of audiovisual art since 1990. Nothing compares

This must be what debugging in VR looks like.

This is a Sonic as well as aesthetic digital masterpiece I have no idea how the human mind comes up with something like this it's beyond my understanding

Musical Genius, In 100 years time this will be like classical music....

* HOOF IT *

I don't have the faintest idea how you would create any of this video. Absolutely insane.

This is what happens when you train a neural network with unlimited access to information in your subconscious mind.

We get it, you own a subscription to Adobe suite. Stop bragging already.

The definitive Aphex Twin music video.

The track, the visuals, the raw skill and talent in this video! i'm at a collapse for words.

hackers when they drink energy drink

This how our parents describe their way to school

"What are you thinking about?" "Yes."

I feel like this is the perfect work-out for your visual cortex, my optic nerves are still flexing, minutes after..! What a masterpiece...

i'm from the future, aphex twin came back with a new album in 2027

Rip to anyone watching this high

Words cant describe how technical Aphex Twin is.

This is basically what I've always seen in my head when I listen to aphex twin

This is absolutely fascinating. It starts off looking like a quirky contemporary C64 demo, then goes through various levels of demoscenes from 1990s to today, and ends up somehow today, unaffected from the demoscene.

3:51 when you get altitude sickness in Machu Picchu

4:01 Basicaly this is a 2b2t spawn

I used to have abstract nightmares as a kid. The part at 3:30 looks fucking exactly like these nightmares. I didn't even know how to describe that shit or why it was scary but imagine seeing that while feeling it too. It was a kind of turbulence and stretching but not to my body but to the mind. What the fuck Aphex Twin

Anyone who's worked in 3D will be able to tell you this, but this video is incredible! I can't fathom the number of hours that went into this. Brilliant stuff

I have Epilepsy and i enjoyed this challenge

RDJ just dropped one of his best tracks and we’re around to see it.

Are ya coding son?

it's like he's showing us every possible sound for use in electronic music. i like how beats are used in place of snare, it's interesting stuff. 2 mins in we get a taster of all the hardcore beats and tempos that exist, and then, that final act is the track he decides to make and it's fucking beautiful, everything he knows laid out, if tracks tend to be 2 minutes these days, then there's his modern smasher, sitting at the end of a masterclass in how to make a beat

I found it genuinely disconcerting when Richard's face began appearing in the amorphous landscape, but isn't that always the case when that happens?

This video is an exact visual representation of what's happening inside my brain when solving problems: 0:00 question everything 1:04 absorb all possible data 1:55 ideas start to form 2:38 all original ideas go down the drain 3:15 a new more elegant and streamlined solution is found

I love how the style of zx spectrum games is folded in with the wild, weird, and warping 3d google street view type stuffs. It’s incredibly visually pleasant.

I love how the first thing in the description is "WARNING: CONTAINS STROBING" while the first thing in the video before anything else is a bunch of strobing xD

I love how he keeps his stuff always so identifiably RDJ, you can always tell its him. But he always finds some new ways to surprise you.

3 seconds in and I know that I'll buy that record.

I like to imagine that this is what ancient shamans saw in their visions whilst using psychedelic plants several thousand years ago

this video is single-handedly the coolest thing i’ve ever seen

Salvador Dali: - I don't do drugs, I am drugs ! Aphex Twin: - That's cute !

This cured my cancer

Absolutely astonishing stuff. When I heard this track recently, without any knowledge of this guy, I just couldn't resist it and checked some more material out then bought all the CDs I could find of his. It's such a privilege to hear such astonishing work. I'm sure I'm not the first one to do this or to have my synapse ignited, like sparks flying around my head. I feel like an adolescent again, I feel a decade younger. So glad I found this guy.

This is the most visionary thing I have ever seen.

Just think about the rendering time. Probably took longer than making this song. 😂

I liked when all the buildings started dancing and turned into meat.

I've been a fan since the 90s and always amazed at the sounds he makes and the moods he sets. Distinct style and still relevant as ever these days. Enjoying this track for the first time and my house is shaking with delight!

I swear I can loop this for an hour an it don't get old

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Incredible.

I’ve been brought right back into my dissociative days with this track. Fantastic atmosphere and I’ve never seen such complex and strikingly beautiful visuals

I didn't expect the singularity would come about through the Windows 98 labyrinth screensaver spontaneously achieving self-awareness and undergoing an intelligence explosion, but who am I to argue with the evidence

Aesthetically and technologically speaking, this is one of the most impressive music videos ever made

When the shrooms kick in

This is the Winamp Visualizer on a heroic dose.

Even his oldest late 80's material still sounds to me like future music. Especially this❤

Imagine this video in VR ...