I got the ON EP the other day. I didn't surprise me at all. My reaction when
listening to new Aphex stuff used to be like "how come *I* never thought of
making a track like that!". However, I've been listening to Polygon
Window, SAW etc and now when I listened to the ON EP I just thought "hey, that
sounds just like Aphex usually do". This is my point:
A person/artist/producer doesn't seem godly to me if he can't alter his style
enough to surprise me even a little. Ok, Mr James is quite original, but how do
I know that he is a *brilliant* artist/producer? What if he is not able to do
anything different from what he is doing? I mean, I've got friends, not very
compatible with the concept of rhythm dare I say, who have made music that is
absolutely stunning, just because they are not *able* to do anything else no
matter how hard they would try. If Mr James would put out an ingenious
hard-trance 12" he would certainly impress me, because then he would prove
that he's not limited in his musical imagination at all and that he can do
whatever music he likes to do...
Btw, I liked track one and four on the EP even if I wasn't surprised with them.
And I want to be amazed when I listen to new idm...
Fredrik / RND