still more!
http://pitchfork.com/news/56459-aphex-twin-speaks-on-his-new-album-being-sampled-by-kanye-more/
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Alan Lucas <alucas@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 184 lines "...surprise leak of an early unreleased album..."
> "...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:
>
>> teaser interview with aphex
>> http://www.thefader.com/2014/08/25/aphex-twin-syro-interview-excerpts
>>
>>
>> Clint Anderson
>> Systems Engineer
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Jeremy Bible <experimedia@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Dan Esposito <desposito321@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
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>>>> anything... haha...
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>>>>
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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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 -
>>>>
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>>>> --
>>>> Sham Beam
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