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From:
Clint Anderson
To:
kent williams
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IDM
Date:
Tue, 7 Aug 2018 22:13:09 -0500
Subject:
Re: Aphex Twin "Collapse" Video up
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i enjoyed your properly obsessive review, thanks Clint Anderson Systems Engineer "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 10:09 AM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 49 lines Not to obsess (any more than is seemly on the IDM list) but the thing that> Not to obsess (any more than is seemly on the IDM list) but the thing that > distinguishes his sound between now and the late 90s/early 2000s phase is > his obsessive commitment to physical synths and hardware sequencing. For a > lot of artists, the hardware fetish is just that -- they make music you > could bang out with the factory instruments in Ableton Live, and there's > nothing about its hardware origins that's distinctive. > > This T69 collapse is the opposite of that. It's pretty difficult to do > this on hardware sequencer, and the things that define sound are unique -- > like the old digital drum machine individual sounds run through oddball > vintage gates and compressors. The main kick sound on T69 collapse is an > 80s ROM sample (I think from RX5) that's gated and compressed so it's super > short and punchy. It's the only way it can be programmed so intricately > and still cut through the mix. > > Then in the reprise section (where the 4 bar chord loop comes back) the > kick switches -- it sounds more like a Roland TR707 kick, but filtered to > knock down some of it's harsh attack. > > This is the work of a person who dreams of drum machines when he sleeps. > > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:58 AM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My impression of "T69 Collapse" on a couple of listens -- I'm always >> drawn back to how Aphex Twin is essentially making folk music. The main >> theme of the track is a simple 4 bar loop of major and minor chords. Then >> there's an interlude with microtonal synths (i.e. a bit sour & weird) and a >> reprise of the main chord progression. Throughout there's a lot of >> obsessively programmed drums. >> >> With the exception of a bit of sort-of digital vocoder-ish sound, he's >> still obsessed with using hardware. I definitely hear a lot of Yamaha RX5, >> though I'm sure he sequenced it with his Cirklons. His obsession with >> never repeating a drum pattern is nothing short of autistic. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:45 AM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> If you have epilepsy, don't watch, you can stream it on Bleep.com or >>> Spotify: https://aphextwin.lnk.to/T69-Collapse >>> >>> https://youtu.be/SqayDnQ2wmw >>> >>> Can't believe I'm first to post this here. >>> >>