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on a more sour note - afx ain't gonna be releasing any more music...ever. thats it. finito. well, thats wot someone told me anyway #) ----- Original Message ----- From: Giles Bowkett <giles@bowkett.com> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 8:33 PM Subject: [idm] afx

quoted 30 lines This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once

> >This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once > >again, his music was good, but it was his image that made him so > >popular. People who know nothing about IDM tell me that he owns a tank, > >lives in a bank vault and only sleeps one hour a week. There are whole > >webpages devoted to his idiosyncracies. > > that's not what I heard at all. I heard he builds his own samplers out of > HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from > neighboring farms. and he lives in a treehouse in Yorkshire and guards his > property with a shotgun. and when he was 12 he took acid for the first > time, and when he was 15 he proved Fermat's Theorem, and he has a robot, > and he built the robot, and the robot's really smart, and the robot got > into Harvard, and now it's going to Harvard, and then it's gonna graduate, > and then it's gonna do graduate work and get a job and give all the money > back to Aphex Twin. > > that's what I heard. > > > g > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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quoted 5 lines This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once

>This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once >again, his music was good, but it was his image that made him so >popular. People who know nothing about IDM tell me that he owns a tank, >lives in a bank vault and only sleeps one hour a week. There are whole >webpages devoted to his idiosyncracies.

that's not what I heard at all. I heard he builds his own samplers out of HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from neighboring farms. and he lives in a treehouse in Yorkshire and guards his property with a shotgun. and when he was 12 he took acid for the first time, and when he was 15 he proved Fermat's Theorem, and he has a robot, and he built the robot, and the robot's really smart, and the robot got into Harvard, and now it's going to Harvard, and then it's gonna graduate, and then it's gonna do graduate work and get a job and give all the money back to Aphex Twin. that's what I heard. g --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 12:33:38PM -0700, Giles Bowkett wrote:

quoted 10 lines HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from

> HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from > neighboring farms. and he lives in a treehouse in Yorkshire and guards his > property with a shotgun. and when he was 12 he took acid for the first > time, and when he was 15 he proved Fermat's Theorem, and he has a robot, > and he built the robot, and the robot's really smart, and the robot got > into Harvard, and now it's going to Harvard, and then it's gonna graduate, > and then it's gonna do graduate work and get a job and give all the money > back to Aphex Twin. > > that's what I heard.

Wow. Really? I should buy his record. -- :: atomly :: atomly@atomly.com | atomly@atdot.org | atomly@curiousnetworks.com http://www.atomly.com | http://www.mp3.com/atomly --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

that's such bullshit. the robot is going to cambridge. -- String Theory : Digital Music for Humans http://www.enteract.com/~yoshi/index.cgi On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Giles Bowkett wrote:

quoted 31 lines This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once

> >This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once > >again, his music was good, but it was his image that made him so > >popular. People who know nothing about IDM tell me that he owns a tank, > >lives in a bank vault and only sleeps one hour a week. There are whole > >webpages devoted to his idiosyncracies. > > that's not what I heard at all. I heard he builds his own samplers out of > HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from > neighboring farms. and he lives in a treehouse in Yorkshire and guards his > property with a shotgun. and when he was 12 he took acid for the first > time, and when he was 15 he proved Fermat's Theorem, and he has a robot, > and he built the robot, and the robot's really smart, and the robot got > into Harvard, and now it's going to Harvard, and then it's gonna graduate, > and then it's gonna do graduate work and get a job and give all the money > back to Aphex Twin. > > that's what I heard. > > > g > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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all of you are wrong. the robot is Lance. Chris

quoted 47 lines that's such bullshit.

>that's such bullshit. > >the robot is going to cambridge. > >-- >String Theory : Digital Music for Humans >http://www.enteract.com/~yoshi/index.cgi > > >On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Giles Bowkett wrote: > >> >This is why Aphex was the poster boy of IDM for so long. Sure, once >> >again, his music was good, but it was his image that made him so >> >popular. People who know nothing about IDM tell me that he owns a tank, >> >lives in a bank vault and only sleeps one hour a week. There are whole >> >webpages devoted to his idiosyncracies. >> >> that's not what I heard at all. I heard he builds his own samplers out of >> HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from >> neighboring farms. and he lives in a treehouse in Yorkshire and guards his >> property with a shotgun. and when he was 12 he took acid for the first >> time, and when he was 15 he proved Fermat's Theorem, and he has a robot, >> and he built the robot, and the robot's really smart, and the robot got >> into Harvard, and now it's going to Harvard, and then it's gonna graduate, >> and then it's gonna do graduate work and get a job and give all the money >> back to Aphex Twin. >> >> that's what I heard. >> >> >> g >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Giles Bowkett wrote:

quoted 9 lines that's not what I heard at all. I heard he builds his own samplers out of

> that's not what I heard at all. I heard he builds his own samplers out of > HP scientific calculators and bits of string. and chicken wire stolen from > neighboring farms. and he lives in a treehouse in Yorkshire and guards his > property with a shotgun. and when he was 12 he took acid for the first > time, and when he was 15 he proved Fermat's Theorem, and he has a robot, > and he built the robot, and the robot's really smart, and the robot got > into Harvard, and now it's going to Harvard, and then it's gonna graduate, > and then it's gonna do graduate work and get a job and give all the money > back to Aphex Twin.

I believe it's all true. I've actually seen the robot a few times while walking through Harvard Square here in Cambridge. He resembles Pimpbot. Andrei --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

actually, the soundtrack to flex is not entirely new music. it appears to be a mix of saw2ish songs/sounds. you can now listen to it at joyrex.com. "hankie" is heard very noticably in the last 3 minutes... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Anderson" <655321@telus.net> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:46 PM Subject: [idm] Flex score (was RE: afx)

quoted 1 line Who says he's not going to release more music? A soundtrack is music,

> Who says he's not going to release more music? A soundtrack is music,

right?

quoted 1 line He just did 17 minutes more audio, which is an improvement on the 16

> He just did 17 minutes more audio, which is an improvement on the 16

minutes

quoted 6 lines and 9 second windowlicker single... by a whopping 51 seconds!

> and 9 second windowlicker single... by a whopping 51 seconds! > > When is someone going to bootleg the audio from the chris cunningham short > film, "flex"? > > I will be seeing it in person in october, but I can't wait! HEY! someone

in

quoted 8 lines London, drop what you're doing, get a MD recorder, walk into the show,

> London, drop what you're doing, get a MD recorder, walk into the show, > record it, and put it online! You'll be everyone's hero! > > BTW, has anyone seen 'flex' yet? It looks fucking incredible (no pun > intended)... > > -Matt- >

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