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From:
Eylon Israeli
To:
Anika Agebjoern ,
Date:
Fri, 09 Feb 1996 02:29:53 +0200
Subject:
Re: (idm) videos (Aphex Twin)
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<199602090038.CAA03265@actcom.co.il>
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At 11:21 PM 2/8/96 +0100, Anika Agebjoern wrote:
quoted 13 lines oh, Did anyone caught the donkey rhubarb video ? saw it couple of weeks ago on>>oh, Did anyone caught the donkey rhubarb video ? saw it couple of weeks ago on >>the party zone and it was realy great! > >Well compared to the other Aphex Twin videos I've seen ("On", "Ventolin"), >"Donkey Rhubarb" is IMO not very artistic. > >The "Ventolin" video is my favourite because there's a lot of symbolism in >it. The filmed underground pipes symbolise the windpipes of an asthma-sick >person and the claustrophobia of the woman trapped in the lift is on the >analogy of the feeling an asthma patient probably gets without Ventolin. >The squeeking sound throughout the song is the sound of an asthma-sick >person breathing... >
I know it is realy boring to say how great aphex is but what describes best his videos is the phrase - 'what the fuck?!'.... kinda punkish I think. oh, and if I brought guitars in - The 'archid via james 2' track on HABII reminds me great deal of prog rock with this long analog solo. snow snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand