On 15 Dec 96 at 12:59, Hess Masten Hodge wrote:
quoted 1 line On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, WeeZ wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, WeeZ wrote:quoted 2 lines Today I heard Aphex Twin's "Milkman" (From the new RDJ CD) and I'm
> > Today I heard Aphex Twin's "Milkman" (From the new RDJ CD) and I'm
> > veru sorry to say this but it sucked...
I agree with you there.
quoted 2 lines *WHY* did it suck? What about it didn't you like? Was it the
> *WHY* did it suck? What about it didn't you like? Was it the
> voice, was it the lyrics? Do you like the rest of the EP?
I can appreciate its novelty value, but I'm afraid the track's just
indicative of the Twin's declining standards these days. Play his
full-length albums back-to-back. Can you honestly say that the likes
of 'I Care' and 'RDJ' are better albums than 'SAW 85-92' and 'Surfing
on Sine Waves'? I certainly couldn't. As much as 'I Care' and 'RDJ'
have some excellent tracks, the chaff to wheat ratio is just too high
for my liking.
As far as I'm concerned, the last decent Aphex Twin track was 'On'.
Since then it's been a case of Emperor Aphex's New Clothes -- the
techno equivalent of Terry Pratchett, churning out endless, dull
rehashes of former glories, in full knowledge that the devoted fans
are going to lap it up regardless.
I don't really want to be seen as an AFX-basher. Like I said, I love
'SAW 85-92', 'Polygon Window', 'SAW II' plus the 'Quoth' and 'On'
singles. There's some good tracks on 'Expert Knob Twiddlers', 'RDJ'
and 'I Care...', but for the most part his recent output has been
extremely mediocre.
Still, if he loves doing it and the fans continue to buy it, then
who am I to argue? I'll still listen out for him, in the hope that
there's some improvement, but until then I'll just settle back and
listen to Autechre/Gescom and Seefeel/Disjecta, each of whom
surpassed RDJ some time ago.
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