"...surprise leak of an early unreleased album..."
Really? Surprise leak? I mean, it was a Kickstarter campaign. That's not
exactly under the radar.
Or are they just saying that the whole Kickstarter thing in general was
surprising?
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
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> teaser interview with aphex
> http://www.thefader.com/2014/08/25/aphex-twin-syro-interview-excerpts
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> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
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> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Jeremy Bible <experimedia@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Looking forward to it for sure.
>> Up for preorder state side: http://experimedia.net/aphextwinsyro
>> Listening party on the 20th:
>> http://experimediamag.net/post/95561710369/aphex-twin-syro-officially-unofficeall-listeninn
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>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Dan Esposito <desposito321@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> Thanks CC
>>> Just speaking from the heart brother. The promo was a heads up for the
>>> people who are interested. BTW just to be clear, I have no affiliation
>>> nor vestment with Aphex or Warp so there's no way im gonna pass up this
>>> opportunity for a limited edition box set.
>>>
>>> DEspo
>>> On Saturday, August 23, 2014 1:09 AM, Caleb Cobell <
>>> calebcobell@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting words Dan. Pretty good summing up.
>>>
>>> "Due to the labour-intensive hand-crafted print process, this edition is
>>> strictly limited to 200 copies. In the interest of fairness, the chance to
>>> purchase the item will only be available via a ballot."
>>> Not strictly winning anything here, thanks for the heads up but I think
>>> I'll pass :)
>>> Sent from my iThing
>>>
>>> On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:09 PM, "Dan Esposito" <desposito321@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> First I have to say Im a big fan of Aphex Twin, Sir Richard James. His
>>> style and albums along with FSOL, Autechre, Tetsu, BDog and the Orb just to
>>> name a few, were game changers for me back in the early 90's. All these
>>> acts are the godfathers of ambient and are a direct result and reason(much
>>> to his disdain) for the creation of IDM. Not to discredit the other groups
>>> but I think his sound in particular was the most unique and influential. He
>>> basically planted the seeds, watered the garden and then just went on a
>>> long vacation?!? Some haters may say he just pissed on dirt but they are
>>> probably pushing up daisies 3ft under right now lol. But I say he
>>> cultivated some pretty tasty buds. There were some amazing hybrid species
>>> of flowers that spawned from his inspiration (ie: Tech House, Ambient, D&B,
>>> Photek, NIN, Rephlex Rec., etc..) and unfortunately some really gnarly copy
>>> cat weeds grew between the cracks of the sidewalk that even Weed-B-Gon
>>> couldnt get rid of.
>>> Whether you love him or hate him, he always expressed himself with a
>>> take it or leave it attitude with no boundaries or limitations. You have to
>>> respect the man that can spread musical miracle grow in such a passionate
>>> and creative way. I will say its pretty crazy that someone with that much
>>> talent hasnt done a full LP in over a decade!! Its like he lost his
>>> passport when he was on his vaca and couldnt get back home to water his
>>> plants or maybe he didnt want to go back lol...whatever the reason...he is
>>> back!! That being said I'm excited that he is. I think there are high
>>> expectations from some old school peeps about his homecoming, but I always
>>> tell people to be careful when they first listen to an Aphex album or any
>>> artist that transcends music or threads the needle of several genre lines.
>>> (Its like watching a ridiculously over the top funny movie...the jokes come
>>> so fast and furious that you need to watch it again to understand the jokes
>>> you missed and then laugh some more.) As for the real fans, I say listen
>>> cautiously, listen with an open mind without distractions and of course
>>> listen to it a few times before you voice your opinion.
>>> This advise couldnt be more true now than ever before, especially to all
>>> the new jack hustle critics out there who think they know everything there
>>> is about music because of the trickle down effect of the recent popularity
>>> and monetary success by some other less than talented so called "music
>>> makers?!?"(different topic for a different day).
>>> At this point in my life, Ive heard just about everything in electronic
>>> music so I doubt Aphex is going to sprinkle holy water over his garden and
>>> perform another game changing jack and the bean stalk type miracle.
>>> Regardless I'm excited to hear the snap, crackle, crunchy, pop, distorted
>>> piano sounds with perhaps a little didgeridoo too :| Now that Sir James is
>>> back from his hiatus, maybe its time he gets back to work to watch his
>>> garden grow and hopefully show a few other as well. C'mon RJ put the gloves
>>> on, start up the weed wacker and clear a path through the brush and
>>> overgrowth and plant some magic beans next to your other monster stalks.
>>> Its time to join the party again. Welcome back APHEX TWIN!!
>>> ... I care because you do...
>>>
>>> PS - Someone asked what the album cover meant? Its an itemized billing
>>> list of his promo obligations to do some previous albums.
>>>
>>> PSS - Not sure if anyone knew about this or maybe you didnt want to say
>>> anything... haha...
>>> but check out Bleep for a chance top win the limited edition Syro box
>>> set.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Friday, August 22, 2014 9:44 AM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> baseck tweeted something about it being a venetian snares cover album :)
>>>
>>>
>>> Clint Anderson
>>> Systems Engineer
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it's pronounced awe-tech-er.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > And more importantly, how do you pronounce it?
>>>
>>> psy-row?
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/22/2014 3:51 PM, Eric Sorenson wrote:
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>>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 5:42 PM, Sham Beam <sham.beam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> so what does "syro" mean?
>>>
>>>
>>> And more importantly, how do you pronounce it?
>>>
>>> - Eric Sorenson - N45.52619 W122.6792 - http://twitter.com/ahpook -
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sham Beam
>>>
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