Aphex Twin/RDJ ....
 

Tell me there are some Aphex Fans out there. If so, whats your favorite songs? I would have to say Ventolin, because it got me started into RDJ's work. Second would be window licker.

my favourite so far is Ageis Polis

I've liked what I've heard of his work up until now so I'm gonna start buying his albums soon. Any suggestions of which I should purchase first?

my personal fav. of aphex twin is a song called radiator. it's a great mix. and as for a first cd to buy I have no idea. since I've never bought one as welll.

I'm a fan of Window Licker myself, its so trippy and cool sounding.

God there's so many good ones...

First one that jumps to mind is On. also love Icct Hedral and Quoth.

Oh and Girl/Boy song and Windowlicker and flim and the entire Selected Ambient Works 85-92 album and....

Come to Daddy or the Richard D James album would be what i'd get first.

There is so much good stuff though.

The best would be "Come to Daddy". Once you have absorbed it and like all the tracks, the rest are far game. Now, personally, I would stay away from "Drukqs" and "26 Mixes for Cash" because they are both his newest works and they have changed sound from his previous albums. A good friend of mine loved Drukqs and didn't believe what I was saying about the difference in his new music from old, until I broke out my entire collection. She was amazed when I played them. I'm trying to find one of my cds right now. Maybe someone here can help me. The cd was completely blank on both sides and done under the Aphex Twin or analogue bubble bath names. I don't recall the songs on the cd or how many. All I know is there was a couple I REALLY liked and now the cd has vanished. Thanks for any help! Also, I have both of his produced tapes. The Window Licker video is so cool and I absolutely love the last 30-45 seconds of the song.

Try falling asleep to Radiator, put on replay. Holly Sh*t did I have some interesting dreams that night.

mt st michel + saint michael's mount

come to daddy (every 'mix')

bucephalus bouncing ball

milkman

omgyjya switch 3

vordhosbn

cock/ver 10

AFX237 V7

jynweythek ylow

54 cymru beats

...and many more...

One of my all-time favs, Selected Ambient Works 85-92.
Tha, Pulsewidth, Green Calyx.

Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2
Every song on both discs for work or sleep.

Stone in Focus. 'nuff said.

Polynomial-C off the Classics, no one likes that, I'm shocked!

Poly-C is a sweeeet song. I love it. I don't list all of my fav. because I like to many. I went out of my way to get that song.

"On" is my favourite song.

--jaded

aphex twin sounds like elevator music to me
the only album i can stand is the richard d james one, and even then thats iffy...

I'm thinking of "Come To Daddy" and wondering what sort of elevators you ride in...

Muhahahaha! :lol:

If I ever own an office block or some tall building of some kind......

BEST IDEA EVER

haha! ;)
that songs boring, though, at least to me..

How in the world is that song boring? Have u seen the vid?

:D

its not original, its by-the-numbers "spooky" electro music
just like all his music, predicatable, cliched schlock

no i havent seen the video
i think that would make my opinion on the music MORE valid, because i aint distracted by purdy pitchers... eh? :)

"purdy" is the last thing that Chris Cunningham's images are.

you're trolling, right?
Aphex Twin *invented* that style of idm/glitch/drill'n'bass/whatever. Come To Daddy was pretty much the first song like that - you can't be cliche' if it hasn't been done before!

-PulpMind (signed under roomate's acct)

aphex twin didnt invent anything...

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...=Bri6xlfde5cqu
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...sql=1Kraftwerk
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0643&sql=1Oval

RDJ album, Windowlicker,Quite a bit off I Care Because You Do.. I love most all of it :)

You've never heard Prodigy's Firestarter then?

kl0pper, Aphex Twin did not invent electronica or IDM, but he DID take it and make sorts of things that no one else had. Take the track Omgyjya Switch 3 or Mt. St. Michel + Saint Michael's Mount or 54 Cymru Beats and show me something else like it.

CSflim, Firestarter is nothing like CTD...plus it only predates CTD by 3 months.

Hey, don't get me wrong, I love Aphex Twin, but I think that pointing to Come to Daddy as an example of his originality is a bit off.

Aphex Twin is an incredible innovator in electronic music and those tracks you mention are a far better example of that.

I could imagine many negative things being said about the Twin, but to say he is unoriginal and chliched is just plain....wrong! :)

word.

I love RDJ's stuff. Surprisingly though, possibly my favorite track is so atypical of him. Can't remember the name (might be Nanou? too lazy to look it up) It's a music box/chime composition, believe it's on the windowlicker single.

i dont remember what those tracks sound like, ill dl them and see what i think :)

I know the exact song, but not sure of the name at the moment. Now that you mentioned it, i'm going to have to try and find it (dammit). I'll let u know what the name is shortly.

Yeah, the track is called Nanou, and it rocks! It sounds especially strange and wonderful since it comes straight after "Equation". A nice juxtaposition there methinks!

Listening to this as we speak. Brilliant song, I really like it when it clips.

I like "i care because you do" and I have the Ventolin CD Single, with all the different mixes of that song.

And to fall asleep to Selected Ambient works volume 2 does make for some amazing dreams.

I'm gonna have to put that back into rotation on my Ipod now!!!

Thanks for the reminder of a great artist!

.000890569 its off of the analogue bubblebath 3

on

polynomial c

donkey rhubarb

there are just too many good songs by him. also if you like aphex twin, you'll probably like squarepusher, cex, and cylob.

though i agree that DrukQs isnt the tip top of aphex, there are a few redeemable tracks, namely Meltphace 6, and Come to Daddy [little lord faulteroy mix] (that latter track may be on another compilation but im not presently at my mp3 computer)

Parallel Lines & Rhubarb are complete genius. :thumbsup:

just so people are aware

Come to Daddy was a parody of Firestarter :)

I want to your soul was somethings screamed by a fan apparently, and RDJ made a song out of it.

I personally enjoy all of his music and think that he is a great innovator.

He's a loose cannon tah boot :D