that last one has some great bits about him being sampled by kanye :)
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Esa J. Ruoho <esaruoho@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 204 lines Keep em coming Clint
> Keep em coming Clint
>
> Sent from some iDevice. Written by Esa.
>
> On 25 Aug 2014, at 23:02, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
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> still more!
>
>
> http://pitchfork.com/news/56459-aphex-twin-speaks-on-his-new-album-being-sampled-by-kanye-more/
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> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "...surprise leak of an early unreleased album..."
>>
>> Really? Surprise leak? I mean, it was a Kickstarter campaign. That's not
>> exactly under the radar.
>>
>> Or are they just saying that the whole Kickstarter thing in general was
>> surprising?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> teaser interview with aphex
>>> http://www.thefader.com/2014/08/25/aphex-twin-syro-interview-excerpts
>>>
>>>
>>> Clint Anderson
>>> Systems Engineer
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Jeremy Bible <experimedia@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> PSS - Not sure if anyone knew about this or maybe you didnt want to
>>>>> say anything... haha...
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>>>>> set.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> On Friday, August 22, 2014 9:44 AM, Clint Anderson <
>>>>> clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> baseck tweeted something about it being a venetian snares cover album
>>>>> :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Clint Anderson
>>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's pronounced awe-tech-er.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > And more importantly, how do you pronounce it?
>>>>>
>>>>> psy-row?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/22/2014 3:51 PM, Eric Sorenson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> so what does "syro" mean?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And more importantly, how do you pronounce it?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Eric Sorenson - N45.52619 W122.6792 - http://twitter.com/ahpook
>>>>> -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sham Beam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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