What kills me is that these fantastic "new" tracks are fucking
shite... And I thought the original was somewhere between peachy-keen
and groovy as fuck!
quoted 18 lines On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 damek@earthling.net wrote:>On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 damek@earthling.net wrote:
>
> > Polygon Window:Surfing on Sine Waves (US reissue)
>> I never thought this album was that great to begin with, having
>> myself first been exposed to Aphex with "Richard D James Album," which I
>> still think is great. I only got it because I've long been infected
> > with the completism virus,...
>
>Same thing sort of applies to me though I first got into Aphex through the
>Ventolin EP. I never picked up the PW album until this reissue and at the
>risk of being struck down by the AI gods for blasphemy I'd have to say
>it's the least compelling AFX full length I've heard. I'd take
>"Classics" or "SAW I", as far as early AFX, if I had to pick. The last
>track is pretty good though. The Quoth EP, which I've had for years, is
>more consistent (and generally harder edged) than the full length imo.
>
>Man, it kills me when people say Aphex used to make good music and now he
>just makes senseless noise.
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