1994 originally uploaded at soundcloud by Richard D. James a.k.a. user48736353001 a.k.a. 8♣user48736353001 a.k.a. 8user48736353001 a.k.a. user18081971 a.k.a. .....hopefully to be continued.
I just avoided going to a rave and taking very bad substances (I have a substance problem). My girlfriend talked me out of it. Falling sleep and listening to this now. Reading peoples’ comments to beatiful tunes. I love doing that, you seem to be genuine, amazing people. Felt like sharing this here.
@@anoojanoojanooj Some tracks. I'm talking about a whole new album like Boards of Canada. I don't know, this just sounds nice and dreamy and ambient. Not trying too hard to break barriers. Just doing music nice. SAW and Analord give me nice ambient vibes but variants of this style track would be nice. To me it doesn't quite sound like a "typical" Aphex track. Not that there is such a thing as a typical Aphex Twin track.
Yeah I don't get the comparison to boc everyone seems to be pulling in the comments. I just don't hear it. 12 year boc listener here, too... this track stands on it's own and sounds like APHEX TWIN
I miss my ex partner a lot. He loves aphex, I'm doing as well as I can right now and living life but I don't want advice from people or people telling me to look up and it gets better. I know everything is going to get better and Im working on it, but I want to live in the sadness when it comes. I get sad, I wish we could be family, and I wonder how we could have developed if the distance wasnt so big. Curiosity eats me and sometimes I really enjoy the way it does. Im not ready for what I had which is why it had to end, and sometimes growing is scary because what if you grow into someone who doesn't love them anymore, or someone they don't love. And thats irrational because you shouldn't stop growing for the sake of others, but I can't lie and say it isn't a genuine fear of mine. It creates hesitation in this much needed journey that I know I need to overcome. I dont want to be uplifted or given a solution, but just want to know people feel what I feel. Sometimes knowing you're not alone is all the uplifting you need.
Such a subtle touch. This song is so intimate The ebb and flow of the drum pad's volume, the pitch wheel's delicate manipulation, the reverse synth into sharp drum snap. I've never heard anyone paint such lush atmospheres so effortlessly. These soundcloud songs are like having a conversation with a long lost friend. It's good to hear from you, Richard. We missed you, buddy.
And with such wispy, cloud-strung tendrils of his own brand of sonic sorcery, our old friend Richard lets us know he hasn't forgotten us. You are loved. So, so loved.
The Drukqs track Orban EQ trx4 was random, unfinished and feels like just that - 1 minute played from “track 4” of something. This is the complete masterpiece. I love Richards straightforward stuff, it gives room to immediately focus on amazing details - effects, volume shifts, sounds etc.
well he did say he only releases drukqs because he left his iPod with a bunch of unreleased material on a plane or train and feared that it would get all leaked anyways..
it reminds me of my childhood for some reason... like when you're a kid and you're discovering a lot of things in life, everything is kinda magical and all
@@dezmanturner4591 Damn I thought for a second there was another Aphex Twin fan within 100 miles of me lol Here in South Dakota there isnt many it seems.
@@eleven9286 if I ever make it out there I'll be sure to try and connect. You should do the same if you ever make it to the Bay area. We are a dying breed
When you [drive to][walk into] an unfamiliar and interesting [portion of a city][part of the forest], and take some time to admire [the architecture, infrastructure, demographic of pedestrians, the store fronts][the different trees, the way the sun shines through foliage, the smells, the bird calls]... this is the song.
***** naw, it's definitely deleted. the watmm user that paid for the account has gotten a notification about it. I think he'll be uploading more via some other way. patience and FAITH indeed!
***** Well mate you must also consider the other factors such that Richard went a very long time without releasing anything new, 13 years i believe. This 13 year cut off gave much of his fans withdrawal, you see we are so used to consuming his frequencies now that we just want more.. Richard could release thousands more tracks and still we would want more for our listening pleasure.Of course we appreciate every track that he gives us, I searched and searched for a zip file the day his account went missing, finally found one with every track. Now that I am all caught up I can get them individually again.. Thos things being said it is important for Rich to reveal more of his sounds, it is significant to him and his fans, I thnk its pretty easy to see that now. In some aspects I agree tho, we do need to appreciate this gift more and its endless implications on the future of our lives. Enough rant for now, suppose (:
This one is a truly masterful treasure. Richard is such an inspirational genius. I'm glad he exists. I always want there to be an untouchable. I can feel what he felt when he smoked that spliff.
1:46 that lovely little melody sounds like it's being looped and then Aphex twin is twiddling a delay knob. I've heard a very similar effect when playing with delay myself. Btw it's a pretty good song.
If you pronounce Ibiza as 'I-Be-Tha/e', the above track title practically reads 'I Be the Spliff'. Maybe Rich was spliffing it up and thought he was the spliff and not his body.
Ibiza is an island off the coast of spain, so he was probably just gigging there. But the Spanish do pronounce their "s" as a "th" (unvoiced), so who knows.
I'm sure they've tried to get him, he just never responds or trolls them or somethin cause he's not interested in Hollywood tainting his music when he can just release it on his own and allow you the listener to make your own movie to it in your head. He's a humble and humorous soul...
IIRC he did say in an interview that if he was to be offered a gig like that, being forced to follow a director's instructions would severly incapacitate his creative flow, so he would never accept. As you said, he'd basically have to be FORCED for that to happen, and what would come out of that would most likely be utter shite, either intentionally or not.
Saw him live in Dallas several years ago. Total and absolute emperor's clothing. 500 mile round trip was a waste. I could have stayed home and played his records.
he actually stopped doing these kinda tracks because of them. as many people say of him, he constantly changes because of this sole reason. he deleted most of his tracks, but as far as i remember he said that he has nothing against them, and he loves a lot of their music.
@@io3207 wow yeah, it actually sounds very similar to orban ex trx 4. but what I meant in my comment is that the vibe Ibiza spliff gives off is very similar to alberto balsalm, as well as some instruments being alike.
After confronting that who was very important to me many years ago and that who was the love of my life until now, really makes me think of all the choices that led me up to this moment in my life, that is what Aphex Twin is for
