On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 suffigus@yahoo.com wrote:
quoted 10 lines wondering what you lot thought of The Aphex Twins'>
> > wondering what you lot thought of The Aphex Twins'
> > latest :: Drugks
> >
> > i thought it reAlly sucked, anyone else?
>
>
> Yeah..Really lazy sounding, like a bunch of unfinshed
> ideas and the sequencing of the LP makes it even more
> like a demo...No focus.
Hmmm... No disrespect, but I completely disagree. It sounds like he
chose tracks from the past several years, as many of them sound like
the old Aphex Twin. But some of them seem more fully realized than
most of his semi-recent output. The quiet interlude tracks immediately
grab me as compositions that are completely outside the current IDM
production methodology -- they're brilliant little music-box pieces.
He also is playing a subtle game of electo-acoustics -- he has sampled
real world and real instrument sounds, and then resequences them in
ways that sound like live recordings. Tracks like Strotha Tyne really
does sound like a simple Satie-esque piece recorded live, but I suspect
there's more going on here than miking up a piano and then passing it
through a flanger.
'Bbydhyonchord' sounds remarkably like Boards of Canada, but raises the
tempo somewhat and works a latin percussion groove that just won't quit.
All it needs is a 909 kick and a few hi hats and its a deep house track...
Let me put it another way, this is perhaps the most listenable record
he's put out since the early 90s. I for one am feeling it. Your mileage
may vary. There's a reason that there are so many different producers
and musical styles out there -- tastes vary. I'd be interested in knowing
who -- if you think DRUQKS sucks so bat -- is making music that you find
more appealing.
And I love the spot where he comes in yelling "Come on you cunt let's have
some Aphex Acid!' it makes you ill. If you order from Warp Mart they're
throwing in Bumper Stickers that say that. It just happens once -- Fatboy
Slim would repeat it until it mades you ill.
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