quoted 5 lines I think this guff about Mr James "making his own instruments" is a bit of> I think this guff about Mr James "making his own instruments" is a bit of
> a laff really. There are lots of other capable musicians doing exactly
> that. On this IDM list, there's Todd Sines, Rob Williams, and muself who
> do exactly this sort of thing, but we don't brag about it to the Press
> (unless some journos happen to be reading IDM....damn! :^P )
Yes, I agree with this. I've been building my own instruments since
about 6th grade... it's not that hard to do, kids. He isn't inventing
synthesizers or anything. He's experimenting. I do think it's good
he's doing that, but he's not god.
As long as we're all Aphex-bashing, I'll have to admit I don't think
he's a big deal. I have some of his tracks, and I think they're ok.
Certain tracks are very good, but I'd say about 80% of his published
stuff doesn't impress me.
Tom
(808-less)