At 10:33 PM 3/26/2001 -0500, M Mercer wrote:
quoted 16 lines This is interesting to me if for no other reason than you can tell how>This is interesting to me if for no other reason than you can tell how
>first impressions affect how you perceive other work by an artist....
>Polygon Window was the first RDJ release I ever heard, alongside the rest
>of the Wax Trax distribution of B12, Black Dog, Autechre, etc.... In my
>ignorance at the time I didn't even know who Aphex Twin was. I really like
>the Polygon Window CD, I think primarily because it introduced me to a
>whole new sound. It has a slightly more, I don't know, alien quality than
>the other Aphex material of the same time (although that material was
>unbeknownst to me at the time). "Quoth" remains one of my favorite alltime
>Warp tracks.
>
>Although obviously the RDJ album and all that's followed since have been
>way more original.... and definitely not "senseless noise" :-) it will be
>interesting to hear new aphex tracks, if we ever do.
>
>just my .02
I think the Polygon Window album is one of Richard James' more cohesive
works, which probably explains why some like it and some don't. Some like
Richard's work because he's "all over the place" (err, was), and others
like his works that sound like a complete idea (aka SAW 2).
I think that most of Richard's work is compilation oriented, which is why
there are a lot of releases where he emphasizes the large time gaps between
songs. I think it originally worked as a publicity stunt (wow, he did all
this, he must have more!), but to me, it's just shown how he really does
pick out the "best" things and plops them together. I think his "side
project" as Polygon Window didn't fit this scheme - it sounds like an album
created from one or two main ideas. Of course, I could be wrong too.
Not to make this an "ooh aphex twin", I'm pretty sure the "compilation"
idea is pretty widespread among electronic musicians in this genre, since
there usually isn't a rush to create albums and since there's more control
over the editing and production than many other forms of music production.
I'm sure we can look forward to the US version of "...i care because you
do" in about a year, with two or three more tracks.
Any guesses as to whether this re-release was the "aphex twin album for 2001" ?
cheers,
/derek
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