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Just bought the new APhex and FSOL singles. People may not be aware that FSL had a new single out, well speaking for myself actually! It is pretty groovy, i am sure i have heard it somewhere else, or maybe it was in a dream. When the pan pipes came in I thought, tis is going to be crap but with serious bass noises and a "tune" that takes some time to get to know i think it is pretty damn good. Cost 2 quid and 30 mins long as well. Not too sure about this new Aphex Boy/Girl business. I think it is genuinely quite disturbing. When somebody said about milk from the milkman's wifes tits i thought it might be funny, but I am not so sure now. Its a bit like misogyny on acid? The best tracks are the short ones and could do with being longer. For all of that i cant get the milkman song out of my head :) r

quoted 1 line Just bought the new APhex and FSOL singles. Cost 2 quid...

> Just bought the new APhex and FSOL singles. Cost 2 quid...

Same here, but didn't cost two fucking quid. Damn. Singles really are a bargain in the UK. Paid $9.99 each...

quoted 1 line Not too sure about this new Aphex Boy/Girl business.

> Not too sure about this new Aphex Boy/Girl business.

I think it's wicked. A mini review is in order here: 1. Girl/Boy Song (NLS Mix) (4:50) Starts out with some delicately plucked violins and a wandering oboe. Next a rolling line of cellos comes in and before you know it, it's off on a wild ride. Seems rdj is using an uncharacteristic sampled break on this track as opposed to one generated by the afx machines. Quite nice. Like Squarepusher having a go at the last track of I Care... 2. Milkman (4:08) Starts out with some utterly distorted speech like words proccessed from the Words & Music promo. A bit of silence, then Aphex starts in with his singing. His voice isn't half bad either, quite precious and delicately sung, and man does it fucking get stuck in your head. Nobody else seems to have mentioned this but it seems like the "I would like some milk from the milkman's wife's tits" lyric is punctuated with the sound of someone biting into an apple. The underlying beat & music is pure HAB 1. Pop it's not, but a your not likely to hear anything as catchy on the charts. 3. INKEY (1:22) What if Caustic Window did an jungle remix of an Autechre track? Might sound a bit like this. Straight up fucking hard ass superfreaking IDM breakbeats over darker than midnite basslines. Seems to be everyones favorite track so far. Now if only it was a bit longer... 4. Girl/Boy (L18 Snare Rush Mix)(1:55) Starts out with more words proccessed distorted speech about "watching the birds" and then launches into a bluesy rastafarian rhythm with some nice jungle breaks with the 303 getting a a bit of a workout on some funky basslines. The tamest track on the album really. 5. Beetles Under My Carpet (1:27) The closest to a lullaby Aphex is likely to come. RDJ's singing voice has another workout on this track, like a kid shyly singing at a school recital. Not exactly the sort of thing you'd want your kids to hear before they go to sleep however. The music is spritely but dark, with tinkling synth melodies. Unlike anything he's done before. 6. Girl/Boy Song (Redruth Mix) (1:40) More 303 basslines used as a counterpoint to some marching jungle breaks with delicate melodies hiding just underneath some tinkling bells. Finishes off with more distorted speech this time about "throwing up vegtables with cheese." If Hangable Auto Bulb was a reaction to the first two Plug EP's, this is without a doubt a reaction to the things Squarepusher has been doing recently. The beats have become more complicated since the HAB ep's and things are definetly moving along much faster since Tom Jenkinson has landed upon the scene. I hope this isn't the last we'll hear of RDJ's singing voice, which despite the protests from the list is very intimate and melodic and better than most of the geezers about. With only two songs longer than 2 minutes however, I wonder if the short length of these songs is something that's here to stay. At any rate, what they lack in length they make up for in variety and experimentation. IDM indeed. Peace out, _____ / ,-,_) /,_) (/ RESH Live & Direct from the G-Spot, Orange County, California, USA

On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Gonzi (Fresh) wrote:

quoted 3 lines and melodic and better than most of the geezers about. With only two

> and melodic and better than most of the geezers about. With only two > songs longer than 2 minutes however, I wonder if the short length of > these songs is something that's here to stay. At any rate, what they

apparently _Richard D. James_ is only around a half an hour long. mB

On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Gonzi (Fresh) wrote:

quoted 4 lines 3. INKEY (1:22)

> 3. INKEY (1:22) > 4. Girl/Boy (L18 Snare Rush Mix)(1:55) > 5. Beetles Under My Carpet (1:27) > 6. Girl/Boy Song (Redruth Mix) (1:40)

are these really the song lengths? if so he seems to be getting into a hardcore punk state of mind when it comes to brevity... [grievous] [sloth code: S++] [http://onramp.uscom.com/~grievous] ["my revelation causes revolution... ] [ ...while my sound system brings noise pollution"]

ROWLAND ATKINSON blithely proclaimed:

quoted 4 lines Not too sure about this new Aphex Boy/Girl business. I think it is

>Not too sure about this new Aphex Boy/Girl business. I think it is >genuinely quite disturbing. When somebody said about milk from the >milkman's wifes tits i thought it might be funny, but I am not so >sure now. Its a bit like misogyny on acid? The best tracks are the

I understand how the line could be interpreted as "disturbing," or even "sick," but misogynistic? It's too strange and avant-garde. It's more like the tune begins as something that might be heard in the commercial breaks between saturday morning cartoons, but then an element is introduced that *a priori* could not be there. To put it another way, capitalism and sexual repression go hand-in-hand. Milkman exposes this fact to the listener by provoking in him a reaction, often, "This is obscene." If said listener considers why this reaction occurs in him, he finds that it is due to social conditioning and shame. In confronting this reality, one can overcome it. Ed -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQBNAzJFEm8AAAECAOAyKeRb/5s3zQfUP2/VtGCEVvoeAuw1MPORA1AdIkglwUNe lLgM1WCmYh2AVGl1Rgn9jTQE6naXM5Nr5W9eos0ABRG0IkVkd2FyZCBBLiBOaWxn ZXMgPHVuZmVydGhAbWNzLm5ldD4= =MJ9i -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----