Any Aphex Twin fans?

I've been a fan of ambient / electronic stuff for years, mostly Eno, Schulze, Kitaro, etc.

Looking forward to exploring...
 
Well then Mark....you need to check out some Shpongle...
 
laatsch55 said:
Well then Mark....you need to check out some Shpongle...
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I do take some cues from what I read here. Shpongle was a bit too goa / eastern mysticism / new age for my liking. Otherwise not bad.
 
laatsch55 said:
Which album??
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DL'd a torrent:

  • 1998 Are You Shpongled
  • 2000 Divine Moments Of Truth
  • 2001 Tales Of The Inexpressible
  • 2005 Nothing Lasts...But Nothing Is Lost
  • 2013 Museum Of Consciousness

My assessment of the music was more of an overall impression of what I heard, there was some chanting here and there that put me on edge, some of it apparently in Arabic (Farsi?) that rubbed me the wrong way.

Musically it's fine, love the instrumentation and the sounds, it's just the "flavor" in certain places that I didn't like.
 
That's a pretty good selection. Did you listen to Museum all the way through??
 
laatsch55 said:
That's a pretty good selection. Did you listen to Museum all the way through??
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Yeah- that was the one! Too many digitized, juxtaposed, vocal fragments in the first three tracks. Disturbing- there's just something about it that hits my ears the wrong way. In a strange counterpoint, glossolalia as done by Cocteau Twins doesn't have the same effect- perhaps because of the lack of digitization, and sounds more natural. THAT'S IT! It sounds too unnatural to me!

Musically I'd say that it's (Shpongle) great music, but the fragmented vocal effects ruin it for me.

APHEX TWIN: The torrent yielded 4.97GB of files, randomly sampled some of it, haven't deep-listened to anything yet.
Directory tree:
as AFX:
Analogue Bubblebath
Analord
Other:​
1995 - Hangable Auto Bulb
2001 - 2 Remixes by AFX
2003 - Smojphace EP
2005 - 4 Track EP (with LFO)
2006 - Chosen Lords​
as Aphex Twin:

  • Albums:
1993 - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
1994 - Selected Ambient Works, Volume II
1995 - ...I Care Because You Do
1996 - Richard D. James Album
2001 - Drukqs
2014 - Syro​

  • EPs:
1992 - Digeridoo
1992 - Xylem Tube
1993 - On
1993 - On Remixes
1995 - Donkey Rhubarb
1995 - Ventolin
1996 - Girl-Boy EP
1997 - Come to Daddy
1999 - Windowlicker​
as Bradley Strider:
1991 - Bradley's Beat
1993 - Bradley's Robot​
as Caustic Window:
1992 - Joyrex J4 EP
1992 - Joyrex J5 EP
1993 - Joyrex J9 EP
1998 - Compilation​
as GAK:
1994 - GAK​
as Mike & Rich:
1996 - Expert Knob Twiddlers (with µ-Ziq)​
as Polygon Window:
1992 - Surfing on Sine Waves
1993 - Quoth​
as Power-Pill:
1992 - Pac-Man​
as The Tuss:
2007 - Confederation Trough EP
2007 - Rushup Edge​
as Universal Indicator (with Mike Dred):
1992 - Universal Indicator Blue
1993 - Universal Indicator Red
1993 - Universal Indicator Yellow
1995 - Universal Indicator Green
2001 - Innovation in the Dynamics of Acid​
Bonus:
2008 - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Remastered)
2011 - Quex-RD - Skin Up You're Already Dead (with Autechre)​
 
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I used to watch Come To Daddy on You Tube...blatantly fun for the initial shock value.
 
Forget it. You Tube has measles/
 
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