Deckard wrote:
quoted 4 lines Heh... when's the last time you were really wow'ed by an Aphex>
> Heh... when's the last time you were really wow'ed by an Aphex
> Twin record anyway? :) I would have to say that Surfing On Sinewaves is
> the answer for me...
Really? I'd go a little later and say "On." It's one of my 10 favorite
songs recorded in the last 5 years, easily. It's beautiful, harsh,
danceable and intricate all at once, a brilliant piece of work. The mu-ziq
remix of it was excellent as well. His Caustic Window track from Trans
Europe Express 3 really floored me, too, a real stormer.
quoted 1 line Yeah, I Care Because... sounded like a bunch of belches to me.> Yeah, I Care Because... sounded like a bunch of belches to me.
Surely you don't mean "Icct Hedral," "Alberto Balsalm" and "Start As You
Mean To Go On," do you? :-)
Seriously, I'll admit that even I think that "Ventolin" was a bit of a
pisstake, but a lot of the "remixes" were pretty decent. I still think he's
putting out a lot of great tunes. And I can only think of two or three
tracks on all of SAWII that aren't topnotch, in that soothing, ambient way.
Not everything that he puts out is brilliant, agreed, but the level of
sophistication (both from a rhythmic and timbral perspective) is quite high,
and, let's face it, nobody's belches sound quite like the Twin's. :-)
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