On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:18:02 +0000, David Sim <pmxds@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
quoted 21 lines yeah, aphex twin is mostly riding off what he used to be. his last cd sucked. "i care> > > yeah, aphex twin is mostly riding off what he used to be. his last cd sucked. "i care
> > > because you do" sucked except for one or two tracks. Until he met Tom Jenkinson
> > > his music was really loopy and not very good. After he met Tom he couldn't make a
> > > song for more than 3 minutes for he wasn't capable of making a 7 minute drum
> > > solo. His music is very good and very innovative (if you call ripping of Squarepusher
> > > innovative) but he just doesn't have it in him anymore.
> >
> > > ugh, what was polygon window?
> >
> > I just can't agree with that. RDJ Album was classic. ICBYD was
> > classic. Come to Daddy was great stuff. Hello? SAW II? Polygon Window?
> > You didn't like that stuff? Really? Wow.
>
> SAW I even? And how long has 'loopy' been a criticism of electronic music?
>
> > I have never thought of Aphex as ripping off Sqpr. I mean, the thought
> > had never even occurred to me. Musically, they've always seemed like
> > completely different entities to me.
>
> You've not heard Aphex's nine minute slap bass odyssey then...
>
I musta missed that one...
quoted 4 lines But hey, you know. Opinions, etc... It's all good.> > But hey, you know. Opinions, etc... It's all good.
>
> Each to his own opinion, but it's quite interesting to see people going anti-Aphex on what was originally an Aphex fan list, and which is devoted to styles of music of which Aphex was a major progenitor. Kids today, eh?
>
I think they're all hopped up on goofballs. I'm so incredibly eagerly
anticipating my Analords.
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