quoted 3 lines Some people my think this nothing
>Some people my think this nothing
>compared but admit it, if you buy one Aphex Twin release, you got to
>buy them all!
Or die trying, which is the fate unfortunately for anyone who actually
dares attempt this feat among feats. Purrsonally, I prefer to buy his
better releases, and save the really hard to find stuff which isn't that
good (i.e. ab4, for example), for the needier trainspotters to snap up.
This all boils down to an issue of whether you buy music for music's sake
or for the sake of whose name appears on the record. This recalls the old
archetypal rock star such as Elvis growing fat off his or her name alone,
regardless of the music, and is a trait common in pop. Of course,
underground techno music is not really pop, but at times they can share
common traits. Recall that every rock critic in existence has made a
comment at some point in his or her literary (?) carreer to the effect that
"techno...is faceless...", and to an extent it is, but when one gets to the
stage where you are willing to plunk down $50 on some old recording RDJ did
of himself going to the bathroom on an ant farm in first grade, then things
get a little silly. Case in point, I bought Words for $5 and sold it for
$15. It is the Aphex Twin name, not neccessarily the music, that dictated
this price. Let's just all think about that for a little bit now. RDJ is a
really good artist, but he has his brilliant and not so brilliant stuff,
just like any other artist does. Whereas I play Hangable Auto Bulb every
chance I get, I almost never even think about touching my copy of "Only For
The Headstrong 2" and firing up that Powerpill track, now, do I? I
certainly never ever would ever have listened to "Words and Music" more
than twice, which is why I let it be sold off to someone who really
"needed" it for some reason. Moral: just cause the label says that the 12"
is by so-and-so, does not mean it is going to be so-and-so's best work, and
you have to take that into consideration now and again before deciding to
what lengths to go to get that release. And you certainly don't _need_ to
buy everything by a given artist, only go for the good stuff, that's my
opinion...
quoted 1 line BTW... does any body know what we can expect from RDJ next?
> BTW... does any body know what we can expect from RDJ next?
Who knows? I hope it's good though, I have yet to be disappointed by any of
his recent stuff, exception of D. Rhubarb, of course...
OnTheHeadphonesAsITypeThis: Squarepusher Theme
Now there is an example of what I have just been talking about. Alroy Road
Tracks was pretty good, but not up to this great standard that has somehow
been set for Squarepusher, whilst "Theme" exceeds that same standard. The
music, the content, not the name, has spoken. Well, g'nite...
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