Looking forward to it for sure.
Up for preorder state side:
http://experimedia.net/aphextwinsyro
Listening party on the 20th:
http://experimediamag.net/post/95561710369/aphex-twin-syro-officially-unofficeall-listeninn
On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Dan Esposito <desposito321@yahoo.com>
wrote:
quoted 148 lines Thanks CC
> Thanks CC
> Just speaking from the heart brother. The promo was a heads up for the
> people who are interested. BTW just to be clear, I have no affiliation
> nor vestment with Aphex or Warp so there's no way im gonna pass up this opportunity
> for a limited edition box set.
>
> DEspo
> On Saturday, August 23, 2014 1:09 AM, Caleb Cobell <
> calebcobell@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Interesting words Dan. Pretty good summing up.
>
> "Due to the labour-intensive hand-crafted print process, this edition is
> strictly limited to 200 copies. In the interest of fairness, the chance to
> purchase the item will only be available via a ballot."
> Not strictly winning anything here, thanks for the heads up but I think
> I'll pass :)
> Sent from my iThing
>
> On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:09 PM, "Dan Esposito" <desposito321@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> First I have to say Im a big fan of Aphex Twin, Sir Richard James. His
> style and albums along with FSOL, Autechre, Tetsu, BDog and the Orb just to
> name a few, were game changers for me back in the early 90's. All these
> acts are the godfathers of ambient and are a direct result and reason(much
> to his disdain) for the creation of IDM. Not to discredit the other groups
> but I think his sound in particular was the most unique and influential. He
> basically planted the seeds, watered the garden and then just went on a
> long vacation?!? Some haters may say he just pissed on dirt but they are
> probably pushing up daisies 3ft under right now lol. But I say he
> cultivated some pretty tasty buds. There were some amazing hybrid species
> of flowers that spawned from his inspiration (ie: Tech House, Ambient, D&B,
> Photek, NIN, Rephlex Rec., etc..) and unfortunately some really gnarly copy
> cat weeds grew between the cracks of the sidewalk that even Weed-B-Gon
> couldnt get rid of.
> Whether you love him or hate him, he always expressed himself with a take
> it or leave it attitude with no boundaries or limitations. You have to
> respect the man that can spread musical miracle grow in such a passionate
> and creative way. I will say its pretty crazy that someone with that much
> talent hasnt done a full LP in over a decade!! Its like he lost his
> passport when he was on his vaca and couldnt get back home to water his
> plants or maybe he didnt want to go back lol...whatever the reason...he is
> back!! That being said I'm excited that he is. I think there are high
> expectations from some old school peeps about his homecoming, but I always
> tell people to be careful when they first listen to an Aphex album or any
> artist that transcends music or threads the needle of several genre lines.
> (Its like watching a ridiculously over the top funny movie...the jokes come
> so fast and furious that you need to watch it again to understand the jokes
> you missed and then laugh some more.) As for the real fans, I say listen
> cautiously, listen with an open mind without distractions and of course
> listen to it a few times before you voice your opinion.
> This advise couldnt be more true now than ever before, especially to all
> the new jack hustle critics out there who think they know everything there
> is about music because of the trickle down effect of the recent popularity
> and monetary success by some other less than talented so called "music
> makers?!?"(different topic for a different day).
> At this point in my life, Ive heard just about everything in electronic
> music so I doubt Aphex is going to sprinkle holy water over his garden and
> perform another game changing jack and the bean stalk type miracle.
> Regardless I'm excited to hear the snap, crackle, crunchy, pop, distorted
> piano sounds with perhaps a little didgeridoo too :| Now that Sir James is
> back from his hiatus, maybe its time he gets back to work to watch his
> garden grow and hopefully show a few other as well. C'mon RJ put the gloves
> on, start up the weed wacker and clear a path through the brush and
> overgrowth and plant some magic beans next to your other monster stalks.
> Its time to join the party again. Welcome back APHEX TWIN!!
> ... I care because you do...
>
> PS - Someone asked what the album cover meant? Its an itemized billing
> list of his promo obligations to do some previous albums.
>
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> On Friday, August 22, 2014 9:44 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> baseck tweeted something about it being a venetian snares cover album :)
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> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
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> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I think it's pronounced awe-tech-er.
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> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > And more importantly, how do you pronounce it?
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> psy-row?
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> On 8/22/2014 3:51 PM, Eric Sorenson wrote:
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> On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote:
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> so what does "syro" mean?
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> And more importantly, how do you pronounce it?
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> - Eric Sorenson - N45.52619 W122.6792 - http://twitter.com/ahpook -
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> Sham Beam
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