|OK most of the recent Aphex works aren't so good.
|Which of his works /tracks are the best then? I would be interested to
|hear peoples opinion about this. I have "Surfin on sinewaves", "Analog
|bubblebath" (from TVT records) "SAW2" and some collections (I like "Cunt" :-)
|What else shoudh I get?
|
|/Oskar
|
Despite our list's tendency to quickly slag with little to no
provocation, I personally still think RDJ has a good bit of creative
spark in 'im. I mean, anyone who is prolific is going to release
non-stellar material. There's a certain value in the shear variety of
the material. He's taken us from the beatless serenity of "Stone In
Focus" (SAWII) to the manic joyride of ".55278037732581" (ABIII) to the
skull crushing assault of "Quoth" and back to the demented nursery rhyme
of "My Teapot" (Art. Intell. 2), all within the period of a year or
so. It's highly unlikely that anyone will "click" with the full range
of AFX (sweet vs. caustic, classic vs. shite), but there's something
to be said for breadth. I still vote for SAW85-92 and AB3 for standout
originality and overall quality. As always , your mileage WILL vary.
1995 prediction: RDJ will use AB5 to make us relook at the way we think
about IDM. "AFX vs. u-Ziq" will make us look at our shoes sheepishly and
say "sheeeeeesh".
peeeece,
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