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Ok now we're talkin'! One of the most important artists of all time in my opinion, just an absolute gamechanger sonically.
my absolute hero honestly. i once asked for Avril 14th on this channel but this is way better.
A man of culture, I see?
@@AKAtAGG I wish he'll do Windowlicker... Game changer track for me !
@@deepnofin with a fantastic video to boot.
Although he is my personal hero as well and getting Come To Daddy as a 14 year old completely flipped my brain upside down, I wouldn't call him a game changer. As in, he didn't change the game. Should he have ? Perhaps, but I don't really hear any of Aphex's influence on pop music so much.
love this reaction. fun story: in the 90s or early 2000s sony commissioned RDJ to make a song for their commercial. when he sent it to them, they sent it back to him saying the CD was broken. he sent it back and said no it's supposed to sound like that
Yeah, remember reading that. RDJ trueley a maverick in the dance genre.
is that where the breakbeat term came from?? LOL
@@TheVashnessItself99 Most definitely not. Breakbeat came from drum breaks, which are segments of a song where all the instruments stop playing except the drums. A break, for the other musicians, not the drummer.
@@MM-vs2et ...I think they were joking
Sounds like Aphex Twin through and through to me.
Ventolin was my first Aphex Twin track - they were playing it loud in Virgin Megastore in Belfast when it first came out and the people were leaving the store thinking it was some alarm fault going off - I still remember the faces of horror of the people in the store. Immediate fan.
Whichever staff member decided to play that track was a true hero.
@@SquishypuffDave Not all heroes wear capes.
Haha, I remember pissing my dad off when I played Ventolin way too loud in my room some odd 20 years ago.
I always loved the Wheeze remix of Ventolin even more than the original!
Is the Virgin Megastore still there? I haven't been in that part of the city for years. I used to love going to look for specific CDs in there back in the day. Belfast has always been good for electronic music. besides that... Do you remember the wee old guy outside playing tunes with his Stroh Violin up near the Castlecourt entrance?
Both of Aphex's "selected ambient works" albums are wonderful if you ever feel the need to mind-wander for a couple of hours
facts
Big facts
Yup
S.A.W vol 2 has been my go-to background music for reading/writing code going back to the early 2000s
I love both, but I'd go with selected ambient works 2
That little smirk as the first couple of staggers in the rhythm start playing with your expectations is what IDM is all about.
Yup, a lot of the pleasure in IDM is waiting for the moment when that little thing finally appears / changes :)
Aphex Twin is one of the greatest of our time. Keep digging Geebs, there's SO much more to discover here. Happy Avril 14th!
Try '4' off Richard D. James Album. for a noob, it's a good introductory listenable tune :) (or the whole 'come to daddy' album is pretty cool)
Yes and Alberto Balsam. I think Geebz, since he's into ambient, would much prefer Aphex more ambient, melodic and soulful stuff.
Or "ΔMi−1 = −αΣn=1NDi[n][Σj∈C[i]Fji[n − 1] + Fexti[n−1]]"
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz who can forget that classic
YES this one is so good and pretty nice for doing a reaction
With all due respect, “Come To Daddy” isn't an album, is a EP.
Was NOT expecting an Aphex Twin video, what a pleasent surprise! Only been following for a few days and already loving this channel!
Geebz is awesome. He listens to almost anything and his taste has blasted into space since he started this journey. And now we all get to find new music too. When i seen igorrr it reminded me of aphex twin
Boards of Canada.
Everything You Do Is A Balloon.
Cheers.
Whoever suggested this to you deserves a hug and a kiss. Aphex Twin is my guilty pleasure .As a 51 year old who went back to college a few years back,Aphex Twin was my soundtrack whilst writing papers . Been listening to AT for 25 years.
why guilty?
AT is the opposite of what a guilty pleasure is. Taylor Swift is a guilty pleasure.
Guilty?? Wtf
@@jyjjy7 I get it when he says "guilty pleasure." I was 14 when Drukqs came out. I discovered Aphex Twin the year prior from Come to Daddy. In 2001 everyone my age was listening to nu metal, punk-pop, or rap. I tried introducing all my friends to this music and 99% of the time got the response "dude this is just weird." So you end up just keeping it a secret due to just being tired of the rejection. Outside of the comment section on RUclips, few regular people truly appreciate what this guy has done for music.
@@fcon2123 I consider the music I listen to that doesn't confuse "regular people" my guilty pleasure
An Aphex Twin reaction video posted April 14th that's not the song "Avril 14th"?! 😋
I love the song "Vordhosbn" off the same album. I would describe it as a frontal attack of dynamic drum/snare riffs that still maintain a very centered feel and drives the song forward, accompanied with underlying tones of melancholy and dissociation.
However, I always recommend "Alberto Balsalm
" for first-time Aphex Twin listeners, simply because it is fun to listen to and the iconic "table-slide" noise is very memorable.
Hey you seem knowledgeable in Aphex Twin. I am not quite so lol. But maybe you can help me find a song of I describe it. It was on a burned mix cd someone gave me roughly in 2009 that I've unfortunately lost.
It was claimed to be an Aphex Twin track on the handwritten listing. The song is about 7 minutes long with the main drone being something that sounds like a didgeridoo. It's constant. Then as the song builds there are these clapping noises and eventually chirping. That's why it sounded like a didgeridoo song to me. The bass drone gets more and more complicated as well as the tempo of the clapping sounds and in the end it goes back to that weird croaking/chirping/crickets noise.
I loved training out to it and haven't been able to remember the title so any help would be greatly appreciated.
@@derekfletcher8934 It has been a while since I listened to Aphex Twin, but a search on Tidal came up with a result on a track named "Digeridoo" and it is 7:11 long.
You may have gotten a reply before - according to RUclips there are two replies here, but I see only yours. Probably a technical issue.
What are the chances!
Vordhosbn is incredible, my favourite of his
happy belated AFX day
You could honestly make an entire channel out of digging into Aphex Twin's catalogue. His music is all over the place and I hear something new each time I listen through any of his albums. He's really in a league of his own. Some is chaotic and overwhelming and compositionally erratic, and some is beautiful and smooth, with surprisingly emotional content. It's difficult to recommend another track of his to check out because... they're almost all worth checking out.
Funny geebz mentions ambient because his ambient works are on par with anything from Brian Eno and just as influential.
I concur!
I would recommend Nannou to balance the madness.
I was not at all expecting to see AFX on your channel ever! Thank you for this!
Boards of Canada should be next! Geogaddi or Music Has the Right to Children are both fantastic albums
Yes. Autechre too!
I recommend checking out Faex Optim. Very BoC-like
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How about COIL as well?
That might be disappointing for BoC fans e.g. "Davyan Cowboy" "ok this sounds like the 4 chords in every popsong but they are using some sort of reel to reel tape delay". (p.s. I love BoC just taking a stab xD It's beautiful but the beauty is not in the compositional novelty)
Also I wish he picked a better Aphex/AFX song.... I feel like "Alberto Basalm" may have been a more interesting choice.
Aphex Twin is filled with absolutely strange and mindbending sounds and songs, but Aphex himself is a huge music nerd, which is apparent in how you called out how the song was gonna do a breakdown before it happened. Love to see you exploring into electronic music more.
Avril 14th from this album is simple and beautiful.
Brilliant!…
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Great covers here.
ruclips.net/video/HjuSa3_CerU/видео.html
Alberto Balsam (steel guitar cover)
ruclips.net/video/bWGVDmjU000/видео.html
It’s really a breath of fresh air to see you react to something so drastically different in your channel! Bravo! That takes courage and bravery! It was really fun to get your POV on this. As someone who loves Slipknot and the likes AND Aphex Twin this was a super mega treat!
Aphex twin was a massive influence on Thom Yorke / Radiohead. You can hear it in this track.
if i remember correctly radiohead reached out and richard made fun of them jokingly
A friend of Aphex Twin is Squarepusher and I think you would enjoy going over some of their material from the 90s. Perhaps "Squarepusher's Theme" or "Come on my Selector".
Or Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid by Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. The song that inspired Thom Yorke to make more electronic music.
'Hard Normal Daddy' is a a total jam from first track to last
or iambic poetry 9
Or tundra 4. Or do you know squarepusher?
I got Come on my Selector on vinyl single. Awesome track
Need to check out the full uncut video version of Window Licker. Its a mind trip
You mean the greatest music video of all time? Yes.
Hell yeah!
Yep, both vids for Windowlicker & Come to Daddy are trueley a trip.😂
Saw Aphex Twin DJ set once. He was playing 3 decks, with one constantly playing sandpaper!🤣
Window Licker is probably my favorite.
Since you're into ambient music you have to listen to Aphex Twin more ambient, melodic and soulful stuff like "Alberto Balsam", "Xtal", "Flim", "4" etc.
those would have been my picks too! :)
Selected ambient works vol 2
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Flim is an amazing song. Nannou has to be brought into the discussion at that point.
and "Stone in Focus" and "Lichen" :D
Very stoked to see Aphex Twin here do more!
Holy shit you’re reacting to Aphex Twin now? And an obscure pick too. Awesome. Every song on drukqs is brilliant, but there’s a different approach to sound all throughout his catalogue. Looking forward to more if you plan on doing any others.
Meltphace 6 is my favorite track in his entire discography and that's saying a lot because it's so hard to choose. It just has everything in there for me. Definitely an obscure track!
It's weird to see two people call meltphace obscure. I suppose it is. It stands out to me because it's a favorite of mine also. 😂 I'm like "how can you call it obscure! It's shines brillianty!" but you're right; doesn't get mentioned as often as it should.
@@jedahn I meant more obscure in the minds of others, I never hear anyone bring it up! It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
Didgeridoo is the shizzle
Definitely my favorite piece on the album and possibly my favorite of all of his stuff.
iambic poetry 9 by Squarepusher is a masterpiece. As you're a drummer i bet you would love it.
I love Aphex Twin and Autechre but Squarepusher's drum programming is some of the best.
Definitely one of the best.
I could go on for hours about Squarepusher. Totally underrated and while RDJ is the OG, Squarepusher took it to another level. Look into the Shobaleader One live sets... those songs were never meant to be played live but those guys slammed it HARD.
Even his solo bass records are a masterclass in performance. Add Coopers World, E8 Boogie, and Tetra-Sync to the list. Iambic 5 Poetry is one of my top 5 songs of all time.
@@todds1445 I agree, Iambic 5 Poetry is such a great track... Also Tommib, and Anirog D9... Also love Freeman, Hardy & Willis Acid (with AFX)...
@@t3hgir Try listening to Autechre live concerts (since 2000s), they are the best of the drum world nowadays. No one got even close to complexity and beauty of those drum lines.
Aphex Twin is one of the Godfathers of electronic music art, he's just amazing.
We've gotta bring Autechre into this, surely?? Dive straight into the deep cuts with some Under Boac or LCC! The percussive evolution on those tracks never stops blowing my mind
Ah, Autechre, or how we start a musical journey that leads round through Venetian Snares and DJ Speedranch, to Masonna and Merzbow, and back round to Tetragrammacide.
But yeah definitely some Autechre. Curse of the Golden Vampire too. Maybe some Pan Sonic.
London Electricity and Red Snapper would be cool as well. Seeing as they were actual bands with actual musicians playing some pretty wild drum n bass.
Just to keep some consistency going with my RUclips comments though, some Antichrist Siege Machine, Teitanblood and some Gorephilia just to get some death metal and black metal going. And some Proclamation, get some blackgrind some love
Bladelores pls
my fight or flight response was triggered the first time I listened to Parhelic Triangle
Absolutely Under Boac
This is the way
How cosy with all the "aphex fans" here :D Was fun watching you breakdown a track I haven't listened to for quite some time, but as a lot of Aphex Twon's tracks, they just have a special place in my life, in a certain time, and are able to emotionally get me to special places. Thnx!
Absolutely love seeing someone, with as much appreciation and reverence for sound design and composition as you, experience Aphex Twin. Been listening to his music for years yet I discovered so many more little sonic details from your breakdown. Great, as always.
the drum programming in this track is incredible especially the second half
What a great artist to start your electronic journey. He’s an absolute pioneer!!
"Come to daddy" became quite a hit in the time it was published. The video is quite creepy, but it got a lot of attention and international prizes. You should check that Aphex Twin track, but don't expect anything similar to this track you've covered. Electronic music genre in the mid 90s was something really unique and well composed.
Hell yeah, Come to Daddy is wicked! I remember watching the video late at night on MTV and being blown away.
& was also widely liked by metal heads.
@@JDTait Yup! While metal was waning in the 90s (I never liked "Nu Metal"), especially the latter half, electronica took up a lot of the slack for me. Mostly in the form of more goth end, darkwave and industrial. I just like things that are interesting to the ear, and Aphex Twin has always been that!
I'd love him to react to the music video... then folliw up with windowlicker :)
@@JDTait Dillinger Escape Plan did a cover of this song with Mike Patton.
I'm here for all the Aphex Twin reactions. He's my favorite artist due to the wide range of his music. My favorite piece by him is "Lichen" which is a haunting beautifully ambient piece of music and while another favorite is "Mt Saint Michel + St Michaels Mount" which is very chaotic and intense, but equally impressive.
Drukqs is such a fantastic album, one of my aphex favorite. Windowlicker, and Chris Cunnigham's videos, change everything for me when i was a child back then. Those drums patterns that you're talking about are breaks, wich sampled looped and fucked with created jungle, dnb, breakbeat, breakcore, IDM, click & cuts, and a lot of fantastic genres
for a little bit of perspective ,i met richard quite a lot in 89/90 in the (pretty big and cool) cornish rave scene .for recording he was mostly using an atari st, cubase and akai s1000. something today i could probably emulate on my watch
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Dang that's amazing, I know there's a huge Aphex fanboy base out there, but how cool it must feel to have actually met and known this man in what I consider the most amazing decade of electronic music. Cheers!
actually he himself told me that he used tigercub instead of cubase on his atari st at the time
@@severebraindamage_med oh wow. i completely forgot all about the dr t software. it was long ago lol 👴
what did he use to perform?
@@G8tr1522 lotta things. atari STe with dr t's tigercub, sh-101, casio sampler, yamaha dx-100, alesis quadraverb, borrowed mixer and things like that. later he got more hardware such as DAT deck (he broke one of these on purpose and used the resulting sound in Xepha in 1992-1993) and later got into PlayerPRO which he also used in 1999-2001 for druqks.
oh...my...god...you're doing APHEX TWIN!?!?!? HOLY SHIT IM FUCKING READYYYY
Also, Vordhosbn would be a great one...
Great choice, Druqks is one of the greatest albums of all time. Extremely ahead of it’s time even today.
You reviewed Aphex Twin on April 14th ... pretty appropriate ... next time checkout his track from this album, Avril 14th.
Aphex Twin! Yes. You must review more of his brilliant works. He's a master of music.
Really enjoyed watching you respond to the track. I'm def a huge Aphex fan and it was fun to see someone fresh to it with musical knowledge as well. Would love to see more electronic breakdowns from you.
Welcome to the world of Aphex Twin. You're on the precipice of a wonderful journey. Can I recommend 'Flim' as your next Aphex track ✌️
I love seeing you explore a realm such as IDM and aphex twin. I’m actually an electronic producer but inspired from things like NIN and Tool, which is what initially drove me towards your channel. Keep up the awesome work and keep exploring the vast amount of sub genres in the music world! Much love dude.
As a hobbyist producer (6 years of practice thus far) w/o formal training, I’ve always been astounded/impressed by the complexity of much of Aphex’s music. It is one thing to create multiple layers that flow together, but to give so much detailed and cohesive variation throughout a piece is impressive and difficult to recreate. Really shows his mastery of the tools and his natural talent. He is an inspiration.
I seriously find this so much more interesting and fascinating than yet another metal band. Musically its far more interesting than the typical bands. You could do a month on just electronic bands/musicians.
Seconded
@Richard James your names hilariously spot on for this video…just saying. I had the same thought until i got sticker shock.
Honestly i love metal as well. Its just all my fav reaction channels are non stop metal now and its so boring.
@Richard James Just get a pc that can run windows xp you'll be all good
Tangerine dream!
Theres a lot of free vsts and sample packs out there.
When the breakbeats comes back. He's feeling it. That Aphex magic.
read this comment as it was happening on screen lol
i can relate to all those faces he made, lol
got 'em!
Man's a genius. Would love you to react to something from his Syro album
Very nice choice, geebs. Love Aphex Twin. Im just gonna throw "Boards of Canada" in the suggestion box, because that so warm, cozy, smooth and mellow.
Dayvan Cowboy, Music is Math or Turquoise Hexagon Sun are good starters.
Would definitely love to see him do a Boards of Canada song.
Fuck yes!!!
@@todds1445 don’t forget roygbiv
Damn I absolutely forgot about boards of Canada, I remember finding an album of them and saving to listen again later because it was an experience and then I forgot. Nice reminder here thanks
For someone who has never heard Aphex before, and from someone who has been a fan for 30 years, I loved your reaction to this. I've heard things I didn't hear before after watching, so glad you liked it.
Insane how you havnt done Knocked Loose or Turnstile yet. If noone ever suggested it. I will right now! :D
I remember, about 20 years ago, going back home from a party, walking in empty streets in Paris where I used to live... 3 or 4 in the morning, with some Aphex Twin or Squarepusher in my headphones... Every times were beautiful moments.
You're entering a whole new world with Richard D James' music
Yes Geeeebz! Welcome to the world of IDM, and crazy beats you can swim in! Aphex Twin is the greatest, Check out "Flim" and "minipops 67". Not enough react to Aphex Twin, so I'm really glad you are, please do more!
Good track. Pretty typical Aphex Twin sound. Definitely check out Flim. It's beautiful. Also think you'd dig Battles' Mirrored album. Interesting textures.
Gotta second Flim. It's without a doubt a beautiful track!
There's a great cover of flim by then jazz trio The Bad Plus recorded live in one take with real instruments.
Battles is amaze
Finally!!! Please keep going! And the drum style you're thinking of are "breakbeats" or "breaks" from jungle/Drum n' bass. Please react to Venetian Snares!!!
Yea I was just gonna say "jungle" for the beats. I loooove venetian snares too btw, his gloomy sunday billy holiday track is alway fun for new listeners
Vsnares is the man.im a fan of the huge chrome, hospitality, cavalcade sound. But it's all great.
Yeah if you're not aware of it, watch a video on the Amen Break and see how a drum break from some 60's b-side became the basis for entire music genres decades later. It's cool as heck
He needs classic Metalheadz :)
Hajnal!!!
I love Tool, The Mars Volta, Anything Mike Patton related, and Aphex Twin...now if you throw some Primus and Ween in here itd be perfect
Good taste
@@BbNaB "Yup!"
Mike Patton is a musical god
I 2nd the Ween request.
I think geebz did some primus
Glad you are coming back to give some time to some of these more innovative electronica artists too. Aphex Twin definitely being one of the big anchor points.
The Flashbulb is a good choice for a reaction as well. Easily on par with μ-Ziq, Boards Of Canada, Squarepusher, Plaid and Autechre to name a few classics. Also, a lot of IDM artist don't really agree with the label 'intelligent' dance music, kind of looks down on other genres when you put it that way. I, and a lot of artists, have always preferred 'braindance'.
Love to see AFX here!! Drukqs is probably one of the most complex places to start. But his discography is insane. I’d love to see more!!
Windowlicker is a must by Aphex twin, a lot of his music is closely married with the video, both together are a spectacle
I doubt you could react to the video on RUclips due to a certain word said 100 times, but man what a video 😁
Definitely second the suggestion of Alberto Balsam. One of his more melodic and ambient compositions. That and #4 as people have suggested. Hope you continue to enjoy his textures, he's a pioneer for this type of EDM and covers a lot of ground in the electronic genre.
"Mt Saint Michel + St Michaels Mount", then go listen to the whole double album for yourself. Another realm altogether
Whoa slow down are you trying to kill the guy!? My socks damn near blew off when I listened to that track on headphones for the first time. What an ending when he does master cut offs at 64th notes.
Gotta love some Aphex Twin reaction
Reaction Request: Venetian Snares - Swindon = Canadian Breakcore musician who tends to compose in 7/8. there will be some overlap in aphex twin fans and venetian snares. also Aphex Twin - Windowlicker is cool to check out as well.
This made me incredibly happy. I love your Radiohead reactions, and seeing you discover Aphex has blown my mind.
Aphex Twin is an incredible musician. He has synesthesia, and uses that to inspire his work.
He's prolific in his output, there's an absurd amount of his music out there.
I sometimes have synesthesia...but that's a different circumstance.
I also have synesthesia. This song has a lot of green and yellow. Like, a petina on old brass, taking the shapes of raindrops, with thick white lines cutting to the foreground periodically, dark sharp block-like shapes in the background pulsing to the rhythm.
I also have synesthesia. This album has a lot of ants dancing with top hats.
Also he’s claimed to be able to lucid dream with little effort, compose songs in his dreams, and in waking life transcribes them. Bonkers!
LFG whoever recommended this certified hood classic. The drums you're describing is called breakbeat. A lot of breakbeat uses a particular sample called the Amen Break. Please check out the song Hajnal by Venetian Snares to continue into this subgenre.
If you enjoyed this, Squarepusher is a great one as well. He's a a breakbeat/dnb artist that also plays bass guitar. Some of his tracks are almost offensive in how uncomfortable they make you, but he always manages to drag you over the summit and enjoy everything coming together in a more comfortable state. Ultravisitor is the opening track of the similarly named album, that lures you in with something fairly straightforward and exhilarating.. but compare that with Steinbolt, later on in the album and you could almost feel tricked as a listener. Yet for me that track has become my favorite on the album after repeated listening. It demands attention, but leaves enough to sweep you along.
Having said all that, Squarepusher definitely is a hit and miss artist for me. Some of his stuff just feels cheesy and off, though his latest album and ep's managed to get me back.
I know a lot of the channel demographic is rock/metal but I also love to see different stuff like this. Could watch this man dissect any genre
Really cool you are covering this type of music as well! I would recommend checking out the song Rogybiv by Boards of Canada if you want to pursue it more.
Oh hell yes. Aphex Twin is absolutely brilliant. Is love to see you explore more of both his work, and other artists in the IDM/Breakcore genres.
Great reaction! This is one of my favorite songs of all time because of it’s seemingly infinite emotional capacity to be melancholy, relaxed, atmospheric, energetic, and sentimental/reflective all at the same time. Only thing I would like to note is that while electronic musical instruments such as computers, synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, sequencers, trackers, etc… can be sterile, they are not necessarily always sterile. Sterile/synthetic/artificial textures can definitely be leveraged as an artistic tool, like with Chiptune, Vaporwave, Muzak, Elevator Music, etc… However, electronic musical instruments are not necessarily always sterile for multiple different reasons. One example is that not all electronic musical instruments are digital or binary. Many electronic musical instruments are analog, meaning they work with natural continuous variable number values that are not bound to a discrete digital system like 1s and 0s. Many analog synthesizers and drum machines utilize the same technology often used by electric guitar, bass, and keyboard amplifiers. Another example is the fact that just because something uses digital binary numbers, doesn’t necessarily mean that the end product is going to sound or look sterile. Digital synthesizers that sound sterile on their own can sound extremely natural and expressive if arranged in the right way. Furthermore, upgrades in both hardware and software can increase the discrete digital binary finite resolution of something to the point of being indistinguishable from the original natural analog continuous source reference.
This album, Drukqs, is a lot of these heavily layered songs. Some more rhythmic, some with almost seemingly no rhythm at al;. For a more melodic experience, I would check out the album Richard D. James
Girl/Boy Song is an absolute masterpiece! So many classic tracks off of the Richard D. James Album.
Vordhosbn is king
@@justinw2232 would have been my choice from Drukqs. I do think Richard d James is a far superior album though, great from start to finish unlike Drukqs which is very hit and miss imo
@@scootaymildo1070 yeah drukqs is definitely patchy. I really like the Richard D James album but i find the sounds a bit tinny/sharp after a while.
Ziggomatic V17 is such a criminally underrated track off of this album. I really love how that whole track breaks down at the end.
Cannot say enough incredible things about Aphex Twin. Girl/Boy song has to be my favorite AT track. I'd think you'd appreciate that song as a composer.
Good on you for covering alternative artists. Electronic music is a whole different world.
Would love to see you add Orbital to the list:
Semi Detached:
ruclips.net/video/T178DsQHLDs/видео.html
Planet of the Shapes:
ruclips.net/video/bbcxmy0d9tQ/видео.html
Or Attached:
ruclips.net/video/IzELXQ8wr3A/видео.html
All excellent starting points for the artists
You're in for a real treat diving into this space. A few recommendations to keep getting your foot in the door:
Four Tet - SW9 9SL
Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal
Floating Points - LesAlpx
Bonobo - Linked
honestly forget the content and just make a lil half hour playlist of those, promise you won't regret it big homie
If you like Aphex, you should try Autechre. The track freulaeux comes to mind. A body of work that is up there with the most intimidating and rewarding of the IDM/"braindance" genre.
Loving your foray into more electronic music, and love your channel overall -- thanks for helping us re-appreciate our favourites with new depth!
Aphex Twin, huh? Well that means now you gotta do Squarepusher. He makes electronic music similar to Aphex Twin, but he's also a virtuoso bassist.
Yeah just anything off Hard Normal Daddy is butter
I saw Squarepusher at a rock festival here in the UK. Smallish tent with quite a small soundsystem. About half way through his first song, the sound engineer turned the volume down a smidge. Because Squarepusher was gonna blow out the speakers a third of the way through the first day. He threw a massive fucking tantrum and just played midi bass noodling for 40 minutes interspersed with him screaming at the sound guy 'd'you like that? Do you? Is it fucking loud enough for you?'
Me and my mate were high as a kite so it was hilarious to watch, but a pretty shite and very disappointing 'set'
Very surprised you did this genius. Congrats!!! Great video again!!!
HELL YES!!!! Getting in to some really crazy territory now! Love love love Aphex, the greatest electronic creator of all time, hands down 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wow you’re the first RUclipsr I’ve seen to react to “intelligent dance music”. Granted I rarely listen to techno (as I call it), but it’s a nice change of pace from the usual rock and classic rock that many react to
If you're going in this direction, look into Autechre --Tri Repetae.
Oh this is an awesome album!
Thanks for this Geebz! Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) is an amazing musical genius, and one of my favorite artists! He has been creating music for well over 30 years and has been influential to many electronic musicians and other musicians as well. I recommend for you the songs: "Girl/Boy Song", "Vordhosbn", "Yellow Calx", "4", "Alberto Balsalm", "Fingerbib", "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball", "Flim", "IZ-US", to name a handful. This guy invented a lot of what electronic music is today. He started producing electronic music in his early teens and has a HUGE catalog of work. Thanks again, you made my day!
Glad you enjoyed Aphex Twin. RDJ hits all the feels between his spectrum of Aphex acid and his ambient stuff. It's really incredible. Try Alberto Balsam, Xtal, or On.
Aphex is a genre unto itself, i know people of different musical tastes that can still agree aphex is at least interesting and original and since he's such a prolific artist they can usually find some tracks that resonate
myself being more into metal can still appreciate his ambient works but also some more abrasive tracks like 'come to daddy' or 'ventolin'
Please explore more Aphex Twin, truly the greatest musician of all time
(mt st michel)
Aphex Twin isn't always easy to digest but he was very groundbreaking and really pushed the boundaries. It's like melodic chaos. Drum n bass meets glitch meets ambient.
Great pick, excellent video! Aphex Twin's genremate Venetian Snares has some pretty mindblowing work. The album "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született" is filled with interesting compositions that merge electronic and classical music. It is heavily influenced by Russian, Hungarian, and Germanic composers. I think you'd get a big kick out of it. Stand out tracks might be Szamar Madar and Hajnal.
next level up would be Venetian Snares good sir Geebz. Not sure if you remember my suggestion to cover the Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett album ^^ (especially the track Hajnal)
Aphex twin opened me to new music.
Rythm can be called "Jungle". If you want to know Maestro Aphex Twin better, you will be very surprised. He is so versatile. Always brilliant...
Wow...never thought I'd see you react to Aphex. Some Autechre next?
Damn, i haven't thought about Autechre in so long! Thanks for the memories, man!
Awesome. I also recommend checking out Autechre - PlyPhon (with the 4k video made by Lucio Arese) or Machine Girl - Infinite Potentiality.
Very cool to see you doing Aphex Twin and some IDM in general. As much as I love the genre, "intelligent" dance music is such an obnoxious, pompous name which if I'm not mistaken James himself (Aphex Twin) has said he dislikes.
I'm sure you'll get more recs for this sort of stuff, but my hands down favourite I think you should try out is Bola, aka Darrell Fitton. He's got a fantastic sound and doesn't get enough appreciation imo, I think give anything from his '98 album 'Soup' a try. Another excellent electronic artist is Amon Tobin.
Great vid as always!
Darrell Fitton is an excellent suggestion! Would love to see Geebz discover him, and I totally agree that he doesn't get the visibility he deserves.
Thanks for the reminder. I haven't listened to Bola in ages, but a favorite for sure.
You are correct intelligent dance music term is pretentious and elitist but IDM represents a very specific pool of artists - Afx, autectre, u-Ziq etc
finally, a rec i _haven't_ heard of yet. Bout check it out "Soup", thanks.
yeeaaah you need to do more aphex twin :) awesome stuff!
Im a metal head and I've always thought aphex twin was innovative and way ahead of his time before laptops and he built his own equipment.
Best Intro Ever.
I loved this analysis. I became obsessed with this song after hearing it in a slowed/transposed version, because I missed a lot of details the first time I heard the original one.
I'm glad RUclips recommended this. With Richard David James' music there's a lot to cover.
This whole album is a flawless masterpiece
I recommend you check it
This was a welcome surprise for a change-up, I love this type of electronic music. I'll have to look a little more into Aphex Twin, this was very cool to listen to.
Richard is also one of the most cutting edge artist ever. You need to check Squarepusher as it can be similar music, but he plays bass to it.
This is one of my favourite Aphex Twin tracks. I love how fractured the breaks are while it still remains rhythmical and predictable over time.
Please do more Aphex Twin. The lad is among peak humanity when it comes to musical sonic arrangements. I recommend the song *Ziggomatic 17* from the same album.
i love the way you articulated his panning technique at the end. I never picked up on that, and i've been studying his stuff for over 10 years. You did it on your first run, props man.