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@whollenbeck8 Жыл бұрын
Re: the piano tracks - Richard (Aphex Twin) put cutlery between the piano strings to make that specific ting sound and his piano was midi-controlled. This album is such a treat showing extreme sides of the aural spectrum.
@terrencebucker Жыл бұрын
Someone might have mentioned-RD James is from Cornwall, a lot of the weird track names are Cornish.
@Metathronos Жыл бұрын
maybe watch "rubber johnny" the video for Afx237 V.7 if you get the time. FPr some reason the song makes a lot more sense in that context
@gerryfearon7905 Жыл бұрын
Loved this break down of this classic album. Made me go back and listen again since I haven't listened to it in maybe 10 years. Now I notice a lot of what you described in this video. Im wondering, would you maybe think of doing the same for one if Boards of Canada's albums in the future? Maybe 'Music has the Right to Children' or 'Geogaddi' ? Love to get your thoughts on their work.
@grunskm1 Жыл бұрын
Other RDJ releases that deserve a listen (if not a review): The Tuss - Rushup Edge AFX - Analord 1-11
@joshbutts3143 Жыл бұрын
aphex twin's music is so varied that 2 fans could both like aphex twin but not have any liked songs in common. some ppl just like the ambient stuff, some ppl only like the piano, some only like the drum breaks.
@KNURKonesur Жыл бұрын
@@gartgreenside3657 what about Popcorn? ;)
@tsumeristudio639 Жыл бұрын
And some like all of it!
@djgray1200 Жыл бұрын
I actually really also like Power Pill
@JiggyGnorrus Жыл бұрын
Could be true like come to daddy and flim , total nutbag
@Maravone Жыл бұрын
What about the Milk Man?
@user-io7kl7io6j5 ай бұрын
Aphex Twin is from Cornwall and many of the titles are in the Cornish language or referencing Cornwall. St. Michael's Mount is an island in Cornwall. Jynweythek Ylow roughly translates to "Electronic Music Machine" Vordhosbn is "Noisy Boat" Strotha Tynhe is "Tight Squeeze" Gwely Mernans is "Death Bed" Avril 14th is referencing the Kernow (Cornish for Cornwall) festival which is on April 14th. Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow is something like "she's the one who spills the shit" or something Lornaderek are also his parents "Lorna & Derek" so this album can be seen as a homage to his childhood and formative years in Cornwall.
@nonesuchone9 күн бұрын
If “Eureka!” was a comment 🙌 thank you
@dorbid Жыл бұрын
Album is 21 years old and still sounds like the future. Great channel btw just stumbled across it ❤
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
ha totally!
@tsumeristudio639 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making me feel old!
@dorbid Жыл бұрын
@@tsumeristudio639 join the club buddy lol
@russianvoodoo Жыл бұрын
Cheezus. I always thought it was release around 2011.
@antonyedgar3453 Жыл бұрын
21! Just had to check when come to daddy came out. That was such an awesome vid. Remember watching it on mtv followed by windowlicker. He was so surreal with his face on all the people and the music was just so intense. Some good memories
@HoShIfox19 Жыл бұрын
Björk included this album in her top 10 albums of all time.
@randomhunter85938 ай бұрын
I need to know the link of that!!!
@azteciandrumset71408 ай бұрын
Thanks to you I discovered The Black Dog, whom were also on the list.
@iamtheaudiophile7 ай бұрын
cause its literally the best electronic album of all time
@Djdjipe7 ай бұрын
okay? or what you want as a reaction
@PaulBenjaminJenkins6 ай бұрын
High praise from one of the best popular avant garde artists of all time.
@Widderic Жыл бұрын
The ending to Saint Michaels Mount is insane, sends chills down my spine every listen. He cuts off gates in 16ths then 32nds, then 64ths. I like your analogy of the car window being open as cars drive pass when a synth pad with long decay is playing. He definitely takes you on a ride with that track, you have no choice but to keep up with the BPM and it is DRAINING.
@gorgeousrantsofwrestling5158 Жыл бұрын
That's a God tier track, I love it so much.
@7p7m7 Жыл бұрын
i love that window feeling so much
@hawk2million Жыл бұрын
Yup, it's absolutely nuts with a good pair of headphones. Enough to make you see double!
@sanfordcurtis8242 Жыл бұрын
The ending sounds like when you open the windows driving on a motorway.
@metalfacemartinez Жыл бұрын
Sounds good slightly slowed too kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsmPbLun18DSdac.html
@ugonnacryguy9571 Жыл бұрын
this channel is such a hidden gem
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
😊
@ugonnacryguy95718 ай бұрын
@@iximusic damn that was a year ago?! i enjoy coming back to this video every few months
@theblueoddity Жыл бұрын
Vordhosbn Is my fav track, it does weird things to me emotionally and i love it.
@TinWhisker Жыл бұрын
A panic attack interpreted as music.
@alanwheeldon2789 Жыл бұрын
slow version of Vordhosbn is right nice too, brings out all the detail kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrCYl6p1p57WhWg.html
@molochz6 ай бұрын
@@TinWhisker It's not though. It's pure relaxation. You're listening to it wrong.
@TinWhisker6 ай бұрын
@@molochzInterpretation of art is a personal view and probably a matter of taste too. Therefore I'm comfortable listening to it "wrong". (Plus there's hundreds of relaxing tracks of his to vibe to) :3
@paranoidcomet6 ай бұрын
Vordhosbn got me into Aphex Twin, such a great track.
@jmdoe5822 Жыл бұрын
The comment about Nannou 2 - "two people saying goodbye" - is spot on. Nannou was his French / French Canadian girlfriend, who appeared on the Windowlicker EP as both a vocalist and a muse, but I think they must have split up around the DrukQs time period. It's interesting to compare this track to Aisatsana on Syro, which is named after his current Russian wife. That piece has a similar spacing to it. He has performed it live using a prep piano suspended on wires. As the instrument plays, it swings back and forth creating a Doppler effect, which I imagine is part of the reason for the gaps - to let the sound resonate between swings. It maybe that Nannou 2 was also intended to be performed this way.
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
that sounds so cool.
@chopperdave3868 Жыл бұрын
Nannou 2 and Aisatsana are painfully beautiful tracks.
@nemogfr7029 Жыл бұрын
My favorite album from Aphex Twin, those prepared piano pieces are so magical, he's such a great composer and artist
@te9591 Жыл бұрын
Ikr
@SlyHikari03 Жыл бұрын
Fr
@kryptichands968 Жыл бұрын
They really are some of my favorite piano compositions
@k.7214 Жыл бұрын
"If Jynweythek hasn't been in a film, I'd be surprised." It was used in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, along with the relatively ubiquitous Avril 14th. Great to spend time with that last track. The ending gives me goosebumps everytime.
@danielfeatherstone674 Жыл бұрын
Goosebumps yes!. Those chords speak to me somehow. So visceral
@XoeMancha5 ай бұрын
Jynweythek was in my headphones while I walked through Versaille, and when I later saw the film Marie Antoinette had used the track in a similar way I was just terribly delighted
@michaelkayser4194 Жыл бұрын
Vordhosbn is I think an example of Aphex Twin attempting to make a "girl/boy song" -- of course he has one of those that's actually called that. The backstory as I understand it is that Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) once told Aphex Twin that all songs are either "girl songs" or "boy songs," and Aphex Twin took it as a challenge to make songs that could count as both, featuring both tender beauty and... pummeling chaos? Anyways Vordhosbn here has some lovely glissandos and skittery percussion but it also builds up to this gorgeous, frightening, insane whirlwind of discordant sirens and granular beats, that then ducks away to leave a kind of moody coda in its wake. Both lovely and chaotic. Nice combination.
@ozarkecologies Жыл бұрын
St. Michaels Mount is the same way!
@MM-vs2et Жыл бұрын
@@ozarkecologies In fact all of them are. Ziggomatic, Cymru Beats, Taking Control. They're all just chaotic percussion, and melodic synths blended together.
@Demention94 Жыл бұрын
That weird dissociative nostalgic feeling you expressed is what he does so well with his music. Like walking though another lifetime...
@damianroberts4330 Жыл бұрын
Yes, bits like Flim and Vordhosben and Xtal certainly have that nostalgia the first time I heard them.
@retnuHDJ Жыл бұрын
The best way I've heard that described is feeling homesick of a home you never had.
@jon1979roma Жыл бұрын
When I went to Italy in the summer of 93 I bought Selected Ambient Works 85-92, from that moment on, my musical life changed. I brought it back home to Chicago, all of my friends freaked out. That album was on repeat for like the next 3 years.
@FerryFalco Жыл бұрын
"...and we are the dreamers of dreams"
@chopperdave3868 Жыл бұрын
Richard D. James changed my life with music, too.
@gapenisbruzas Жыл бұрын
Hi Jon! I loved 2 mixes I had by Chicago DJs. Dj 3D and Snuggles. Did you listen to them back in Chicago in the 90s?
@poiewhfopiewhf Жыл бұрын
i'm sorry you went to italy
@gapenisbruzas Жыл бұрын
@@poiewhfopiewhf I'm sorry you went to Italy? What does that mean? What a bizarre response.
@NotIfICU1st_ Жыл бұрын
Love that someone dares to risk releasing music like this in the world. It gives me faith that there might be others that would appreciate my weirdest ideas that I thought I made only for myself.
@bsbx Жыл бұрын
richard didn't intend to release this music in the first place though.
@KNURKonesur Жыл бұрын
He was contractually obligated to release a set amout of albums I think?
@bsbx Жыл бұрын
@KNUR Konesur prior to the release of drukqs, he left his iPod containing a bunch of unreleased music, including those on the album. being afraid of it getting "leaked", he decided to get the quick move and release the album as soon as possible. at that time, richard was "done" with releasing new music, iirc
@meowmyr Жыл бұрын
@@bsbx im pretty sure that was one of richards interview trolls
@SlyHikari03 Жыл бұрын
Same
@Dakcha Жыл бұрын
Aphex Twin is my favorite artist for many reasons but mainly because he covers the widest scope of music and emotions of anyone I know. From the ambient to the chaotic, he’s the one artist I can come back to year after year and still fall in love with music all over again.
@natalieshark Жыл бұрын
Back around the time this album came out, I was delivering pizzas. This and Björk’s Vespertine became my wintery driving music. This album will forever remind me of the snow falling on my windscreen and dark evenings with streetlights above. It’s as close to a comfort album as you can get. One of the things I liked about your review is how you picked up on the way in which Aphex Twin will surprise you with his changes, and how often they come just as you start to desire them. I’ve noticed time and time again that there will be moments where I zone out on a more repetitive section and the moment I notice or my attention starts to drift, he does something different. It was really cool to watch someone else discover this album for the first time. It certainly left an impression on me. There are few albums that have challenged me or broadened my imagination more than this one.
@1sheep23 Жыл бұрын
Yeah it kinda sounds wintery
@AllCloudsAreBunnies Жыл бұрын
Vespertine always reminds me of the cold, too. It’s such a melancholic beautiful album
@RustinChole Жыл бұрын
Mt Saint Michel is one of the best compositions of any artist over the last 23 years. It still sounds like the future today. That end sequence - sounds like sunshine breaking through a slated fence as you drive along side it Thanks for giving attention to this masterpiece. I don’t think it often gets the praise it deserves. Critics PANNED it when it came out, I remember reading mouth agape “if it had been cut back to a 6 song EP it could be great.”😳🤷🏻♂️
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
love that visual, albeit the most violent sunshine breaking through a slated fence you could ever experience 😆
@emrebaskocak Жыл бұрын
First time I heard that song I was walking. When it got to the end I had to find a place to sit down because I got lightheaded and I was about to throw up. Not saying I don't like it, I LOVE it, but I just can't listen to it without getting a claustrophobic "get me out of here" feeling. It's the first time music has done that to me. I can't listen to it a lot because of how I physically feel and it kinda makes me nervous about getting a seizure or something
@RustinChole Жыл бұрын
@@iximusic I don’t get the violent vibes. Not at the end, the synth pads may be my favorite ever, they’re lush, and resonate JUST right, and really that, his sped up voice singing “hello,” (incidentally the only track that features him singing unlike come to daddy and Windowlicker which featured vocals from James prominently) and what are pretty soft, bouncy drum pads are all you’re hearing, he’s just chopping them into snippets that get shorter and shorter. So, not violent. But fast. Bright. A speed you recognize as fast and intense but you accept without fear. Leaving out the production, which there could be a whole video done about, the composition is truly as great as any great track from any genre or era. It’s so depressing to me that he intentionally left this kind of composition and “future beat” work behind, because and I quote, “wrestling with the editing software it takes to make those fine details is just too long a process, and too frustrating.” I mean. I get it. But dude, suck it up you’re a genius. Burn a candle late into the night. His post Drukqs stuff is pretty elementary in song composition comparison. Tho I still enjoy it. But back in that era from the RDJ album through to Drukqs, he was like Mozart or Beethoven or something, every musician and music nerd was at once absolutely excited about each release, while only expecting not to have any idea what to expect. Miss that version of Aphex Twin. When every album it was like he invented a new genre of music.
@FelixvonMontfort4 ай бұрын
My favorite song on this album. It's like everything disolves at the end.
@SMc-in5bc6 күн бұрын
100% agree
@Kaosad69 Жыл бұрын
Vorhosbn is still the best piece of electronic music ever made.
@thomasdecorail8825 Жыл бұрын
That's not true. It's another track of his, "XMAS_EVET10" ;)
@Hasuo2001 Жыл бұрын
Ziggomatic 17,Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount, Cock/ver 10 are better.
@pyramidpusher3388 Жыл бұрын
@@Hasuo2001 TRUE
@adamsmith307 Жыл бұрын
Er, no
@malvitt Жыл бұрын
What about Meltphace 6
@boterhammetpindakaashagelslag Жыл бұрын
Have been an Aphex Twin fan for 25 years now. I love it when people are able to put the complexity of his music into words. Very well done and nice video overall. You got yourself a new subsciber. Keep it up.
@Cyrax89721 Жыл бұрын
Calling aspects of his music a "Brain Scratch" is a new favorite of mine.
@dittagecoeco27385 ай бұрын
Same here.
@jamolotl Жыл бұрын
I remember hearing this on good headphones when I was about 16 in the early 2000s. It utterly blew my mind and started an obsession with ambient and experimental electronica. I really think it's one of the most incredible albums ever made.
@Edward-cp5ri Жыл бұрын
I personally don’t believe RDJ’s story about Druqks’ creation, lol. He never tells the truth and Druqks comes across as his most personal, purposeful album. The aesthetical shifts on the album may seem nonsensical back in the era of Kid A but in the age of A.G. Cook and Oneohtrix Point Never you can see the logic of the album: Dense, aggressive, and incredible pieces of drill and bass surrounded by oases of prepared piano, ambient pieces, and found sound. The feeling of listening to the album is like stepping into his personal space, and he’s showing you that “Yes, I may have made Windowlicker and Come to Daddy, but this is what I care about. This is what I’m proud of most. Now listen to Mt St Michel + St Micheals Mount and try not to die from it.”
@user-io7kl7io6j5 ай бұрын
Well if you dig into the titles of the tracks its obvious it's a a very personal album. The titles are mostly in Cornish and/or referencing things in Cornwall, where he was born and raised. Lornaderek are also his parents names Lorna & Derek so I see this album as being about his childhood and formative years in Cornwall and memories thereof and possibly about his identity as a Cornish man. Maybe he just did it for the sake of it, who knows. Avril 14th is the date of the Kernow festival in Cornwall though so something must of happened at the festival to inspire such a beautiful piece of music, maybe a first kiss?
@cyrilruegАй бұрын
What is the story?
@paullooney36504 күн бұрын
So glad to see someone say this, I don't believe him for a second lmao. Whether intended or not, this album has such an intensely personal energy to it
@stefanpanea5236 Жыл бұрын
being obsessed with Aphex Twin for more than 2 decades, this video made me feel very good and i put on the vinyl once again for a deeper listening
@partsmob8663 Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the way you've edited this, highlighting moments that caught your attention. It's super fun seeing what different people engage with in each track, as there's so much going on. And thank you for including Nanou2 in its entirety :)
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
@tweeleaf Жыл бұрын
it’s even crazier that RDJ made this entire album with tracker software, which is a type of DAW from the late 80’s, but somehow sounds like the future.
@rzezniqq Жыл бұрын
Funny how my friend and I were discussing how it was made thinking that no computer could run it as a session with a bunch of VST instruments. There was simply no processing power to run something this complex with stand alone instruments. It turned out to be a sound module for a tracker which in a nutshell is a sample triggering sequence. My mind was blown.
@gapenisbruzas Жыл бұрын
Venetian Snares aka Aaron Funk has been known to use Renoise which is a very sophisticated tracker. I started composing with a tracker in the early 90s on the Amiga ❤
@bharatmehra20610 ай бұрын
@@rzezniqq what is the module called? is the tracker PlayerPro?
@valithrian7 ай бұрын
yes aphex uses playerpro, there's an video of vordhosbn on it@@bharatmehra206
@Agostoic4 ай бұрын
The 80's are the future ;)
@jermaineconcern153911 ай бұрын
“Very complex drum and bass but it had like a tonal element” - an accurate description of 2000s IDM
@TinWhisker Жыл бұрын
You probably had this mentioned a few dozen times, so apologies. But for anyone else who cares: the track naming is a mix between Welsh, Cornish and English. I.e. Gwely Mernans is "Death Bed" - Gwely being Welsh for 'bed' and Mernans being Cornish for 'death'. Kesson Dalef is "Hold it Consistent" - Kesson is Cornish for 'Consistent' and Dale'f is Welsh for 'Hold it'. Richard in my opinion, has a way of designing many tracks in a way that deliberately feels inaccessible/misplaced in the first part - yet once you get through, that same beginning suddenly makes sense.
@TinWhisker Жыл бұрын
As a complete aside, Richard stated 'DrukQs' isn't related to 'drugs'. 'Druk' is Welsh for 'print' - given its computer controlled, maybe the albums 'English' title was 'Print Queues' all along!
@mistakenot...4012 Жыл бұрын
And on that note ‘cymru’ is Welsh for wales and pronounced cumree.
@mistakenot...4012 Жыл бұрын
But druk being Welsh for print? Not sure where you get that from when there’s no k in Welsh.
@xbenci Жыл бұрын
this is the most intricate, dense and unnecessarily complex album I've ever heard. and I love every single second of it. one of the best electronic albums of all time for sure
@ronpudding9598 Жыл бұрын
This album was my introduction to the music of Richard D. James, and the first time I listened to it I didn’t even know what to think because I had never heard anything like it before. It sounded so surreal and otherworldly. It’s my favorite record of his. It’s a very divisive one, some critics really panned it. It will be interesting to hear your thoughts!
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
I read some criticism on it, but it was all in comparison to his earlier work which I haven't heard.
@321gillespie Жыл бұрын
@@iximusic Richard D. James Album next please! :-D
@night_speed Жыл бұрын
I love this album but it's definitely an intense one to start with. Most people start with either The Richard D James Album or Selected Ambient Works 85-92. I don't think I would have liked Drukqs as much if it was my introduction to Aphex Twin. It was the first album of his i had actually anticipated coming out. I'm definitely glad I was familiar with his body of work up until this came out. I also think that if it weren't for this album I would never have gotten into Venetian Snares. On a side note I've been a fan of Aphex Twin and RDJs music for about 25 years, in fact ever since I heard the track At the Heart of it All on Nine Inch Nails Further Down the Spiral in 1995. Somewhere in that time I developed a pretty serious heroin addiction and after 12 years finally got clean and sober. A few months after I got out of rehab for the second time I went to my first sober concert and it happened to be Aphex Twin in Brooklyn, NY. I never thought I'd ever have the opportunity to see him live and i never thought I'd be so happy to be clean and sober except for Nine Inch Nails on The Fragility 2.0 tour it's the best show I've ever been to hands down. I'd been to so many shows and literally couldn't tell you if they were any good or not because I was nodding off most of the time. I stood in the front row of Meat Beat Manifesto and missed 90% of the show because I was high and drooling on myself so it was a big deal for me to finally get to see Aphex Twin and actually experience it. And that show proved to me that I can still go out and have an amazing time without having to flood my brain with opiates and dopamine. I will be 5 years clean on the 28th of this month.
@JiggyGnorrus Жыл бұрын
What about the Richard d James album? My favorite, but I love em all
@Bobbias Жыл бұрын
@@night_speed damn man, congrats on getting and staying clean!
@selwyn-lloydmcpherson2814 Жыл бұрын
I really appreciated the amount of care and consideration you put into this, it's one of my favorite albums and you did it absolute justice!
@tim_brooks Жыл бұрын
what a great record. and an insanely huge catalog he has to dive into!
@educostanzo Жыл бұрын
I once had a job where I was allowed to hear music all the time, it didn't interfere with the tasks. This was my go to album when I knew it would be a rough day (it helps that it's 1:40 hour long). The chilling out vs amping up aspect of this album is the perfect combination, the sense of organized chaos it's so effective and beautiful to me. The textures, the timbres, the hidden melodies, gosh, I might be crazy, but I really think the music in this album has an inherent, organic beauty to it. It tickles my brain in the best possible way.
@bobthepoppop Жыл бұрын
1:19:08 You played it for me by request during one of your livestreams (right before you went to the NIN show). One of my all-time favs. I felt badly because in the stream I said it'd probably be too easy for you/boring, but then you said it was played in some kind of off-key or something, and it was more challenging than I realized. It was fun to watch you play with it though. Glad you got to experience this album because that's exactly what it is. I've always viewed it as a chaotic drug trip and then Nanou2 being the morning after when everything is said and done and life is peaceful again.
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
ah I think I remember now!
@coasterking9536 Жыл бұрын
Wait, Bobs here!? Love your videos!
@johnnytacos5529 Жыл бұрын
This is so great, but I gotta ask. What musical path takes you to Venetian Snares without ever driving past Aphex Twin's house? It's blowing my mind. It's like being really into tiki bar rock but not knowing Jimmy Buffet. I'm fascinated!
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
I was recommended Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol II and I wasn't feeling it so I never explored further. glad I finally did!
@xn4pl Жыл бұрын
I was introduced to this type of music through Xanopticon and Igorrr, only looking for similar stuff later I found about Aphex Twin and Venetian Snares. So there's definitely a lot of ways to get into this stuff.
@KNURKonesur Жыл бұрын
Don't think we can talk about parking in Venetian Snares' and Aphex Twin's garages without stopping by for tea at Squarepusher's along the way?
@kohhna Жыл бұрын
@@xn4pl Hard Core! I like it.
@josef2012 Жыл бұрын
Great question.
@dillberrystew6205 Жыл бұрын
Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount is the most insane piece of electronic music ever produced in my opinion.
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
yes that one will require so many more listens but I loved it!
@aiexhibit Жыл бұрын
@@iximusic You will want to check out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pJaditB5qsy6dH0.html produced by Chris Cunningham. In fact check out all the videos Chris produced with Richard they are all amazing.
@toximan2008 Жыл бұрын
and for 2001, no less... knowing aphex, he probably had that track done for years before it came out on drukqs.
@def0rm0 Жыл бұрын
Used to listen to this album all the time in highschool. During study hall, on the bus, lunch.. I have ADHD and his music oddly kept me calm. Like all my thoughts faded because my mind wanted to concentrate on all the sounds, tempos, changes, etc...
@DrDeepstack Жыл бұрын
Interesting
@archaelia Жыл бұрын
Yo I know this is a bit late to reply to but, I have ADHD and coveted this album growing up for the same reasons!! He helped me to discover the power of music on the mindbody+soul thing. Special place in my heart and brain for Richard's works here. Everyone seems to have such a storied past with this album. I love it
@vagataria Жыл бұрын
same here! It helped me focus, emptied my head and relaxed me in someway
@poiewhfopiewhf Жыл бұрын
same
@plunderclat221 Жыл бұрын
Who'd have thought that watching people listening to aphex twin would become one of my favourite things to do besides listening to aphex twin! I think that Richard's music regardless of what it sounds like, excites our pattern-loving regions of the brain. Its like he knows how to communicate to that exact part of our brain...
@iwouldprefernotto4381 Жыл бұрын
Perfectly put. Amid all the experimentation and sonic jokes, there's some truly sublime melodies in Aphex Twin's work - but even the more chaotic or intense sequences make a very particularly part of your brain fizz and twinkle.
@carlkellner1310 Жыл бұрын
I really love seeing your appreciation of this album. It's one of those desert island records for me - listening to this record for the first time 15 years ago unlocked something in me, some weird kind of freedom/fearlessness/melancholy/cruelty/tenderness that I still haven't quite recovered from.
@alb_reuel Жыл бұрын
great video. i was always overwhelmed by the density of this album and your video was an incredible overview of it. thank you.
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
overwhelming is a good word for it 😅
@brianm2210 ай бұрын
Hearing you speak, makes me realize how little I know about electronic music and just music in general. I’ve been listening to Aphex twin for 20 years, and never realized some of this music could be put to words. Thank you for sharing some of your knowledge.
@the_trevoir4 ай бұрын
Your level of musical knowledge combined with your childlike pure response to it is loveable.
@kdiggedydawg Жыл бұрын
Now THIS I am interested to hear! Richard's music is always either or: you don't understand it or find it to just be noise, or it just clicks and is amazing, mind bending and beautiful. Very excited to hear your thoughts on it!
@tbablue Жыл бұрын
Loved your intelligent reaction. Subbed.
@arasharfa7 ай бұрын
I love your outlook on music and your way of describing his music is capturing everything i love to think about when i hear it.
@lorenzosala9289 Жыл бұрын
I listened to this album for the first time when I was 16. It totally changed my views on electronic music.
@n.b.lovespencer8589 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reviewing this. I’ve been waiting so long for someone to find such appreciation in this album with such great insight. This has been my top album of all time since I heard it in 2004
@dillipphunbar7924 Жыл бұрын
Strotha Tynhe - To Squeeze To Tighten. Gwely Mernans - Deathbed. Gwarek - Arch. Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow - She Shed A Flood Of Tears. Kesson Dalef - Harmonious Voice (lef means voice but dalef has no meaning, so this is only a rough translation)
@multiz0rak Жыл бұрын
i was sure tynhe is tiny 🤭
@te9591 Жыл бұрын
Is it Scottish?
@Floam27 Жыл бұрын
@@te9591 cornish
@te9591 Жыл бұрын
@@Floam27 yeah, i can hear the gaelic breath wotk when i try to pronounce the words.
@simonjenkins2744 Жыл бұрын
@@te9591 No Gaelic in Cornish. Cornish is a Brythonic language.
@catlvr-kg9ol Жыл бұрын
Love hearing a pianist analyze Richard’s work! ❤
@fanculo6197 ай бұрын
Richard is my lord and savior
@ronaldfarber589 Жыл бұрын
So refreshing to see someone unpretentiously breakdown why the aphex twin is so good, great to see a music lover discover and enjoy this for the first time! 😊 P.S. you might enjoy "Squarepusher -Hello Everything" if you loved this!
@321gillespie Жыл бұрын
As a long time Aphex fan, it's fascinating to get another's reactions to this one. Thanks, ixi. Great critique! :-) If it's helpful, RDJ often uses/samples audio from self made field recordings.
@explodingmonad4535 Жыл бұрын
Some songs is like going through a gallery and you meet an evolving sound sculpture. A premise and a developing punchline.
@rektyrektingson4668 Жыл бұрын
well said!!
@PowerStreak Жыл бұрын
I bought this album on release when I was 17 and it was truly mindblowing. It's up there with Chu Ishikawa's scores for the Tetsuo movies in terms of redefining what music could be for me.
@Gibusnipu11 күн бұрын
Feeling the same, especially a big fan of the first tetsuo film and it's soundtrack
@C-Llama4 ай бұрын
I've watched a lot of other music reactions and it's really refreshing to see someone who's both a musician that can appreciate what they're listening to musically, and someone who actually has interesting things to say about the feeling of each track other than "woah that's crazy" or "hah I like this one."
@q3dqopb Жыл бұрын
This video is so entertaining! This is one of my favorite albums of Aphex Twin. Seeing a professional musician, a professional pianist react to it is so much fun, whether she likes a particular track or not. I like how sincere she is describing her perception of the tracks, and I like watching her facial expressions during the key moments that I remember by heart. Such a great idea, and such a great implementation!
@arasharfa7 ай бұрын
I can't live without this album. it's the soundtrack of my life.
@batatereluelimusic Жыл бұрын
Love your energy and the introspection you bring to these tracks
@ianchandler2359 Жыл бұрын
I think you nailed Aphex twins entire catalogue in one phrase “organised chaos"
@yutaka_too_much4 ай бұрын
Last time my mom took me to Japan to see family, back in 2001, I listened to this album over and over and over again, everyday. My mom's family is in rural middle of nowhere with not much to do, so this album really kept me company. This album changed my entire view and approach on music and art in general. My entire perspective on reality. This is my first time tuning into your channel, and I'm already a huge fan!! Subscribed
@gelsol16 күн бұрын
Mt Saint Michel is the ultimate banger for me on this record. That panning effect on the drums makes my eyes want to roll back in my head. The only other band that has caused that sensation is me is French Zeuhl band Magma, which is a hard sci-fi prog band started in the late 60s. Please consider checking them out!
@Fabian_drop0211 ай бұрын
My very favorite album of all time. I bought it the day it was released. I listened to both disks back to back and on repeat that whole weekend while tripping face🤯.....it changed the way I understand music. 👍😎👍
@majormajormajortom Жыл бұрын
YES. Aphex Twin content is surprisingly lacking on this website, and it's about time that is rectified.
@friendprices4511 Жыл бұрын
I got this album the day it came out, and still never get tired of it. It's a perfect album. Your reactions are priceless, keep em coming.
@silaseaton89666 ай бұрын
Wonderful content! It is also worth noting that some of these tracks work together in an intricate and challenging DJ puzzle.
@vincentrose911411 ай бұрын
Some of the piano pieces on this record make me tear up. The answering machine message from his parents also gets me feeling misty. This is a wonderfully strange and beautiful album.
@HominidInterneticus Жыл бұрын
I haven't listened to aphex in a very long time. It's going to be fun rediscovering it through your ears. Looking forward to this
@zombockerman10 ай бұрын
lmao ur face during Gwarek
@rickrukkus Жыл бұрын
Fav album of all time. Glad to see you enjoying this classic. love these reaction vids going into depth about the music subbed!🤘🏻
@grunskm1 Жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic video and I love your style of review. There are a couple places in the album where I find the resonance between tracks really moving. The transition between Lornaderek, and QKThr, for example, puts a lump in my throat every time. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on the chordal relationships (or lack thereof) between tracks like these.
@bababuoy5247 Жыл бұрын
The transition between Lornaderek and QKThr is always so tough to listen to when I’m going through the album. It is probably up there as one of the most touching, emotional pieces of music I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. It produces a deep nostalgic sadness that I just can’t describe, I’m glad someone else noticed this part in the album it is really intriguing to me.
@fiish8996 Жыл бұрын
I totally agree I think the transitions are super important. Honestly most albums I listen to start to finish like a movie, it just a different experience imo
@markelder589327 күн бұрын
your reaction to mt saint michel makes me laugh so much. that's exactly how i feel every time i hear it too.
@shakimbush8827 Жыл бұрын
This was an awesome review/reaction. A lot of people will listen to the music of electronic artists and go on and on about how far afoul it falls of standard musical conventions and composition. You’re a friend from far away as far as I’m concerned if you can enjoy stuff like this with such an open heart.
@erroristic Жыл бұрын
I love seeing people hearing druqs for the first time, that album was and is mindblowing. And yes, he does a lot of thinking about tonalities, especialy those of micro variety. He is a master of musical dissonace reaching far beyond western harmonies.
@pedromonkeypedro Жыл бұрын
Great overview as always. I recommend doing Squarepusher next. =)
@grandaddy0807 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. Been a massive Aphex fan for 20 years. Cool to see a professional reaction/breakdown. Cool channel
@Esrom_music15 күн бұрын
his whole musical journey began with prepared piano, so it was wonderful to hear him really embrace it on this record
@jonathanchavez9009 Жыл бұрын
If this is the type of aphex twin you’re into, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on Syro. Love that one
@blakewakan7489 Жыл бұрын
Syro is so underrated! XMAS_EVE10 goes crazy I never realize 12 minutes have gone by once it’s over
@gridnik Жыл бұрын
Very true my dude
@allanpage Жыл бұрын
I love seeing people listen to aphex for the first time. Thank you for this. Just craziness. He's amazing.
@nicolehafner861620 күн бұрын
This is one of my favorite videos on youtube. Great job thank you. 💓 Aphex Twin has been one of my absolute favorites since I was at least eleven. I’m twentysix now, saw him live in my hometown last summer. He has this mark, not only on our hearts 😄 but on his sound. He can be very very different, from himself, all over the place but yet, the most concistent; music, person, and feeeling. Big up ✌️
@youngwillstopher4113 Жыл бұрын
This video brought such a huge smile to my face. I love this album and it was so great to somehow re-experience that first time listening feeling again, through you. Thanks so much!
@devonmccollister1470 Жыл бұрын
QK THR is a harmonium.."plenty harmonium" is the alternate title.u can really hear the inner workings of the instrument on the track which gives it a very solitary feeling...I've always pictured an old widowed man alone in a church playing that peice and closing it up and sitting it in the silence..
@colinmackay1516 Жыл бұрын
I think the cover of the album is a harmonium with the words on the keys.
@pariah206 Жыл бұрын
I am loving this reaction. It's so bittersweet that you've never heard this album before but I love seeing your initial reactions and totally vibing to how you digest it. Love love love it. Truly transcendental music though. Sounds like a literal trip though hahaha probably why it's titled drukQs
@kelpkelp5252 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for spending the time with this album. Have loved it since release.
@yeeoo5772 Жыл бұрын
RICHARD D JAMES WOMAN COUNTERPART!!! Very lovely and the descriptions of each song was PERFECT! So happy
@CaseyB Жыл бұрын
It’s awesome to hear you articulate these songs in ways I’ve only thought of since it was released but could never put into words. I don’t know if anyone else has commented this, but you need to watch “Rubber Johnny.” It’s the exceedingly disturbing official video for Afx237 v.7.
@calskuthorpe7406 Жыл бұрын
Finally, after much scrolling I've found someone mentioning it! 😄👍
@damianroberts4330 Жыл бұрын
Your commentary and descriptions are poetically accurate of Mr. James' entire discography!
@BadSoviet11 ай бұрын
Listening to you describe these songs is so insightful and beautiful. I really enjoyed this.
@icywhiterocks Жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this album for 15 years, the roller coaster ride he takes you on is what keeps it so entertaining. His very fast pace songs are my favorite, just glad he brings you back down with some soft calming sounds before dropping you off a cliff again. Great review, good take on Richard D James.
@Penguin8Penguin8 Жыл бұрын
Love your analysis of his album! My favorite (more recent) album of his is Syro
@IntegrityVA Жыл бұрын
Incredibly engaging analysis, loved this. Leaving a comment here as a means of saying thanks and to help poke the YT algorithm :D
@williambryan83413 ай бұрын
Wow....this was a treat! Your musical mind is open in the best of ways. I've been an Aphex Twin fan for so long that I've fallen in and out of love with many of his pieces over the years. I do consistently come back to his style because I find something reassuring inside of his controlled chaos style of artistry. He's known for his reclusiveness but I got to see him headline the 'Day for Night' festival in 2017 on my 40th birthday and that was a memory I'll never forget.
@r3p3ntiv3 Жыл бұрын
At the heart of it all from furthur down the spiral is so mesmerizing and moving. I'm sure you've heard it. I love the sound of Trent and Richard's style combined. Thanks for the awesome video! You have an instant subscribe from me. Your taste in music is gnarly. Rock on!
@Widderic Жыл бұрын
What I wouldn't give to listen to that album again for the first time. I'm gonna put this on our Aphex Twin Fan Page which you should join if you haven't. Awesome break down.
@iximusic Жыл бұрын
I'll never forget it! Sure, where's the group?
@bromstead3 ай бұрын
this album was one of my first ventures into experimental music back when i was a teenager, im so glad someone with a background in music covered the project in its entirety and picked it apart :D i love how you approached the material and the observations you made, you certainly influenced how i analyze music now
@enol_a_guy12 күн бұрын
Thank you, I enjoyed this 😊
@darkalman Жыл бұрын
Been listing to this album all evening now... THANKS! >.>
@keeperofthecheese11 ай бұрын
This album has so many beautiful moments in it. Some of its also chaotic, and some if it transforms you to another realm. I think the inclusion of his parents on the album (in LornaDerek) is what makes this album relatable. You suddenly connect the artist to their art. This isn't just a machine, someone with a family sat down and worked hard on this. Every light and dark moment came from the heart. Thats why this album has such status.
@HaZiqGD11 ай бұрын
And the fact that Richard's parents.. you know
@tomelliott73 Жыл бұрын
Masterpiece and it was really fun watching you experience it for the first time
@ichidome16 күн бұрын
bought this on vinyl when it came out originally and still don’t know where to put the stupidly big box, but i love it lol
@clemensbecker1708 Жыл бұрын
hi there! many thanks for this video, been looking forward to something like this, somebody listening to an aphextwin album for the first time. its nice to see someone be so positive about their experience! regarding aphex twin "covers": you should most definetly check out "alarm will sound performs aphex twin". many songs from dukqs are on it. it's a blast! all the best and keep it up!
@tannermilliken1370 Жыл бұрын
This has always been one of my favorite albums of his! And it is truly unique even for Aphex Twin!❤