I listened to Aphex Twin as a teenager to calm my anxiety. It's now years later, and I'm here playing their ambient works as lullabies for my sleeping baby. She is such a happy looking baby rn and I could live in this moment forever
I'm 60 years old. A lot of ups and downs in life, as I suppose there are for most people. I put in my earbuds and walk in the night to the grocery store with this playing. It gives me a sense of gratefulness for being alive. There's a full moon tonight, shining through light clouds.
Cursed be the profane tabernacle of Orion, for it is the place where Cepheus will never be, lest Armageddon occur! *Anathema!* The profane tabernacle the mortals call subway is a place of uncleanliness and damnation! For real though, it's not actually healthy, and like all fast food joints, the hygiene there is vastly insufficient.
_Stone In Focus_ IS...THE...MOST immersive piece of ambient atmosphere I've ever encountered. It's transcendent, but yet so simple. It sounds to me like a theme of Earth itself.
Those little ticks that are not even hi hats or any type of drums are just.. so much better than drums. Thinking about it now.. Aphex is such a legend. He makes the absolute most relaxing ambient music while at the same he creates the most insane crazy sounding music like Vordhosbn. And he does them all well. It wouldn't be farfetched at all to say that he may very well be responsible if not for creating than for Inspiring many many new music genres
@@Speedster189 Plus he doesn't even have any musical training, it's insane. and you're right - a lot of huge musical artists have said he influenced their work.
@@xiclops Sorry if you may be going through something hard but, You need to give your life meaning and purpose, I know I may be sounding naive but you have to give your life meaning and purpose in order to keep going. Have a good day.
He's also a well known liar in interviews. He even says this much. He just used to take the pish. Most of this stuff was either an Oberheim rack, DX7 or sampler.
@Baltazar Razatlab See as much as a like your fervour it's just no as true as you would like to believe. Yep he maybe has made some adjustments to some gear. Apparently he started an engineering course but never finished it. My mate could solder his broken guitar leads at 14 years old, doesn't mean he made guitar leads. A lot of the titles of his songs mention gear that was made by companies and he happily admited he just used to tell lies in interviews for a laugh.
I've always been a daydreamer. When times got tough, i always retrieved back into my imagination. I lived off of my dreams basically, to the point where it got in the way of my daily life. I've finally made peace with the fact that there is a time to live and a time to dream, and i can't give into my desire to escape reality all the time. Whenever i do give myself that privilege though, it is always to Richard's music. It brings back all my fantasy worlds, all the wishes I've suppressed. His music reminds me of all the people I've been, of all the pain and all the joy, the random memories that make me feel warm inside. And it keeps me going. I am finally pursuing my dreams in a concrete and proactive way instead of keeping them inside, from fear to hope that they'll actually come true. I am so grateful to be alive and to have so much to live for. I hope this comment will help people who need comforting, as well as a little motivation to push through fear and shame, and to dare to live. I know i will be coming back to it from time to time, when remembering gets hard. Love to you all. May we always remember that life is worth living, and that we are loved and appreciated, and that our efforts matter. Godspeed to us all ✨✨
Ahhm another Dissociative Daydreamer in the wild! I still do this but I'm trying to balance it out with studying how to paint so I can put the ideas on paper now, too.
@@catturnstotea3722 I once had that special someone as well... Though we listened to this together in a bad moment, in fact we broke up shortly after I discovered this song, and the few times we listened to this together, it made her cry and as a consequence of this, I felt terrible and now I feel like this song has sucked up all the sadness of that moment of my life. Enjoy the precious moments with your girl, especially when listening to masterpieces like this and the atmoshpere is not polluted with sadness and the acknowledgment of an imminent break-up..
Rhubarb is one I’ve been listening to for almost 15 years. It takes me back to being a teenager and having no worries. I was just looking forward with hope. What a time.
@@larvancioramos9748 Even when I was young I have always been very aware of the value that youth and being a kid/teenager holds. Looking back on it now I am grateful that I enjoyed that time of my life as much as I possibly could. I wish more kids could realise what I realised very early on in my life.
@@NvmThemHereIAm well done, really dificult to see on these current times. Nowadays generations seems lost, I dont blame them, we, the older ones did nothing to prevent or stop this mess. God luck to you
This song doesnt make me think about the past at all. It makes me think of the distant future a bit maybe, one beyond my lifetime. But more than anything it just brings me peace, and makes me happy that i am alive.
Close your eyes, lay down in a dark room an let your imagination take control. I just had one of the most peaceful moment in my life listening to this.
Aphex Twin’s music saved me form depression in high school. It was literally like rehabilitation for me. His music has such a soul to it, that I cannot describe with words. It’s almost like God would’ve made it for pepole. I can’t say how thankfull I am for this guy
the sounds do have a resonance with melancholia and a yearning for changing things in the past. I have to be careful how much I listen to this but it does have a place in the medicine chest of music playlists..
@@nairamdiam same. I think it’s very melancholy and hiræth. Music is a gift from a higher power. It’s transcendental; it’s like a tool to be used when spoken language becomes obsolete. Something that has never left me is the feeling I got reading The Silmarillion, when the gods created the universe with music.
A very cool thing about Aphex is the breadth of his musical feeling. Sure these are beautiful, transcendent, relaxing songs, but he also produces fun, gripping, exciting music too. He's a very cool guy, and my life is definitely better because of this man. I'm an atheist, so the best I can say is, may the universe bless this man with many years of life and bless him with more inspiration to craft wonderful music.
it really isnt. this is more of a childhood memory that you forgot but you somehow remember it out of nowhere. im kinda tired of the feeling that doesnt exist comments since you know, that feeling does exist
@@bbb-dk7pz I think it’s just relaxing and peaceful music, and that triggers memories from when you were relaxed or however you felt at that time. Maybe in your childhood you were more relaxed because you were less stressed, and maybe they can’t describe a memory like that as there was never a time of complete peace in their lives. You are right that a lot of people say that exact same thing though, but maybe they genuinely do feel that way. Who knows.
It's 04:04 am on a sunday, i'm home after a full saturday. I'm halfway through the playlist while studying and writing an article for an upcoming academic event, and Aphex's music makes me feel like everything's under control somehow. It's the first time in a very long time that i genuinely feel relaxed, and not wishing i was somewhere else than where i am.
I dont think Richard will ever make something has monolithic, atmospheric and absolutely grand as Selected Ambient Works Volume ii. It's one of those albums that just comes in a lifetime and never to be replicated ever again.
You really understand the value of some tracks on there a lot later.For example #7 sounded so unlikable at the first listen but after a few more i understood it wasnt trying to be like rhubarb or stone in focus this was its own thing and it made me appreciate it more.
I played Killing Floor (location shown on this video) through all of my undergrad years. It's a very odd but welcome feeling seeing this paired with Aphex Twin's ambient stuff. It feels like I'm revisiting a happy place where times were simpler
i was looking for this comment, KF was godlike. maining the santa skin all year round, spamming voice lines while flipping scrakes with the hunting shotgun, one-shotting patrick on wave 11 with pipe bomb hat before they nerfed it... good times. patriarch: "What have you done to my children?!?!?" 20 stacked pipebombs: *"BEEP BEEP BEEP"* I must say also that the nutcracker fleshpounds were super intense too, personally found them even more intimidating than the default model. I remember plenty of times where that face being 90% of my screen was the last thing i saw before instantly dying 😂
When he's gone, over the centuries to come, if we still can hear these works, many people will look back and think he was the Greatest composer of our time and one of the greatest composers ever, one who actually created the sounds as well as creating the atmospheres and pieces.. I hope his music is heard for many aeons to come.. Makes me wonder why i even try to write songs or music when i hear the mastery of this.. Peace everyone, spread love..i hope your day gets better if it is a tough one.. Best wishes from Rolland..x
I'm moving to Tokyo in October. Every time I listen to Aphex I get this feeling I'm living inside my memories. I'll miss the States but I think mostly I'll miss my family. Excited for the future but also terrified
the game is Killing Floor the map is Foundry the music is pure gold. thanks for this mix. edit: its been more than a year since I started to listen to Aphex Twin. I still love ambient songs, still love songs that make me reflect, meditate, and at the same time, make me sad, or even cry. I would recommend these albums if you're into that kind of song as well: Rock Action by Mogwai and Seraphim by How to Disappear Completely. mogwai is post rock and HTDC is what I would call dreaming without sleep, death without being dead. keep listening, friends, I hope I see you guys again sooner than later
i wanted to take a moment to appreciate this wonder if work. i love aphex twin music, i was shaky coming into it but once i was in i never wanted to leave
Beautifully put together set, i even discovered for myself some new tracks. And including the live set recording, added to the welcoming alien aura that surrounds aphex twin.. i can practically feel the energy coursing through the crowd. Nice one for uploading this.
Heard this music in a game world with a friend, it was the first time I got to truly know him. Now it's bringing me a lot of good memories of not jaut that night but the brief but absolutely wonderful friendship we've had over the last near year. Though it feels like it's been decades already, and I can't thank the world creator more for introducing me to this music.
i love this stuff. Ita always great just to get into this kinda mindset and just float away. It’s hard to explain the feeling it is- but its almost like all problems are made small, and you get that feeling that perhaps things dont matter that much. If I could I’d always be listening and watching this stuff. Thinking of new worlds, new stories. Combining old worlds with fictional ones, building characters in your mind that you can control. Listening to this is just very peaceful and thought provoking
This hits right home for me, not just for the beautiful music created by Aphex Twin, but because the looped video looks just like my University and I have to say that it's been hell for me all these years until I passed the last subject back in October. This just teleported me to all these evenings studying there and wandering through the hallways. Difficult times as hell, but I'll never regret any second of my experience there. Learned economics, but also learned failure and how to overcome your worst self.
I listened to Aphex on my 11 day Caribbean cruise. Now when i listen to these songs i think fondly of the excitement of arriving in a different colorful country every day, no cares in the world. Music + travel creates memories that will last a lifetime
"The rain tapping against the glass only amplifies my sense of isolation. It's as if the droplets are trying to break through the barrier and reach me, but they never quite make it. I find myself wondering if anyone else feels this way, if anyone else is standing in a dimly lit hallway, gazing out at the city below and feeling as alone as I do. As the rain continues to fall, I can't help but think about the people who call this city home. Do they feel the same sense of loneliness that I do? Or are they able to find meaning and connection in a world that often feels so cold and unforgiving? Despite my feelings of isolation, there's something about the city at night that draws me in. Maybe it's the bright lights, or the distant sounds of laughter and music. Or maybe it's the hope that somewhere out there, there's someone else who feels the same way I do."
After nearly losing my life, I never really processed it. But hearing this really set it in. I made it, I survived, I have a second chance at life, so don’t waste it. Don’t ever waste your life man. Don’t worry about superficial things. Do what you love. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Just take it easy.
#3 fills me with a feeling so deep and melancholic I couldn't describe it. It feels like a collapse or a hug after an insurmountable time going alone, weathering troubles and suffering in silence. Doom looms inevitable, but a momentary embrace makes everything feel ok, for just a moment. It's like knowing everything's crumbling around you, but still being told "you've done so well. You did it. It's finished." I feel like I can rest knowing that everything comes to an end, and what you do before it does is all that matters. It means more to me than I can say
Lichen sounds to me like i somehow awoke in what i dream up to be heaven. Vast green plains, flowers blooming all around, insects buzzing and flying, feeding off the plants, a blue sky bathing everything in the light of the warm spring sun, with a soft breeze tingling the skin. And clouds, low and fluffy, with a perceptible yet slow movement. Everything sort of glittering and shining, alive and harmonious.
In the sky (1:05:40) it's like... i can't describe it. I knew already the other music from that compilation so that's why i'm talking about this one, but damn. It really touch something really deep inside me. It's simultaneously really sad and happy. Love it.
For me, I think "In the Sky" captures the feeling of a very brief happy moment from childhood ... the memory is very elusive, but deeply felt on some level; thinking I'll probably never feel that happy ever again, but grateful it occurred at some point.
This mix made me cry a little, just from the peace and harmony alone. When you tune out the world with just these songs, and a pair of noise-cancelling headphones to boot it has the oddest and most intoxicating effect.
Slipping into the liminal space. It’s making me cry as well. Just to be free. To be somewhere untouched. To feel surrounded by love in an elevated form. To feel held.
@@mclare71 That's damn serene and a very true to heart of this artist. I am not sure why the feeling of liminal places makes me feel comfortable and safe, maybe because we come from something like that once.. all of us. I'm not really sure but your words are so true.
Off 📴🗣️ and whatever is best 😉 with a few things 😉☺️☺️☺️ if you can get in a bit to get back and forth to be a little bit less 😉 with a few people I know you got it but I think 💬 is it 🤣😜 and I have no idea how I feel asleep and I think 💬 is fame.
I'm halfway through my life, physically fading, mentally sharper but understand less now then ever before... Caught between the euphoric recall of my past memories and the projected fears of the future... But this is beautiful.
I love the magic essence in the Aphex Twin melodies....I like to listen to them at not very good times in my life and they give you a sense of nostalgia.....they make you think a lot about yourself. I love the loop you chose for this mix with the rain, I love the rain :). I'm a composer too and I'm composing right now ambient melodies, Aphex Twin is giving me a lot of inspiration for that.
LONG before time had a name, me and my buddies Fiktor n Shaki were on Vodno mountain smoking the za whilst this music was playing. I thrive in the memories and yearn for that moment once again.
I'm 38 and used to listen to Aphex Twin's music (ambient and otherwise) when I was 14. Crazy. Haven't thought about it in a long time, the algorithm took me here.
That first track pulls you in. It feels how a cold winter day is when there isnt any wind but the sun is just beginning to warm things, like right around ten or eleven and that coldness that comes with the melting of the water in the air has gone away and you can feel the basking comfort of the sun, its like a little solar blanket around you. But you still feel the cold, but its not enough to trouble you. And if anything you feel like you prefer it than to just be inside and warm, Im really glad i found this guy.
That is an extremely specific mood and setting thats hard to capture or feel and the fact that this song captures that and you're able to articulate it for me to understand the feeling perfectly makes me feel like I stumbled across the Alice in wonderland key and door at the same time and everything I knew wasn't real
Wow, man. Your description really took me somewhere else. To those days in past when i had different worries, and different dreams. When i seen world in more kind way. I was more naive, but actually closer to important things. I was thinking less but i was thinking about things which were actually important to me. I lived in the moment, in the present. Clear soul, simple mind. Just waiting for the tea to be prepared, enjoying time with people which i dont know where are they now. Watching old buildings, and thinking how it was when they they were "alive", how it was in the past. How future is going to be. For me ? For this world ? Actually no. Just for this place. If i am going to still feel this feelings which i have now. Just looking outside of the window, looking at the strangers, i see myself in them, its almost as a mirror.
I typed the following in a new comment, but I'll add it as a reply in here because I think it belongs with you guys too. Something I've begun to recognize as an older person-29 is just barely beginning to get older-is that some media is fun & gripping but necessarily narrow like a roller coaster or a racetrack, while other media is beautiful, transcendent & open like a relaxing day at the beach or falling asleep in an open field. These songs are clearly the latter. Maybe I semi-consciously recognized this difference a long time ago, but this is the first time I've tried to articulate this as an adult.
this mix makes me feel like I would go in the forest by myself and meditate on this while the sunlight hits my face. Btw I also meditate on this everyday at home. Very relaxing ,primal sounds.
58:50 This is the ending of Medievil Rave MK2 [pre plague mix] for those asking. There's other tracks on this mix, that are segmented, as well. Time-stamping would be a challenge.
I am so grateful that my son and I were able to experience this music together . Such reflection on what should be important , the answers seems so obvious at times , then the music turns off and we fk it all up again .
I couldn't listen to it when RUclips auto played it a few months ago - 3 seconds in, and I knew I had to immediately turn it off. It was bringing me back to the dark abyss I felt after my breakup just over a year ago. When the world turned a pale shade of grey, when the light inside of me flickered into darkness. When my hope dried up and my heart and soul shattered into a million broken pieces. When my world suddenly came crashing down and everything I thought was a constant became lost from view. But RUclips just auto played this again, after I was listening to an old remix I'd made. I instantly recognised it, and filled up with emotion. I went to close the video, but this time, I did not stop it. I listened. I felt. Shivers racing up and down my entire body, tears swelling behind my eyes. "Is this a good idea?" I asked myself. Then it dawned on me. I have finally reached that final stage - moving on, acceptance, peace. All of my hard work has paid off. I can sit and listen, experiencing the existential pain I once couldn't escape... and realise I'm okay, realise she was truly so bad for me, but move forward with no grudges, no hatred, just forgiveness, acceptance, and peace. It's incredible that music can evoke such visceral emotions, such profound memories, and such deeply felt feelings.
Удивительная музыка которая прекрасно подходит для того чтобы разгрузить голову и просто молча посидеть подумать куда я иду по этой дорого под названием жизнь
My parents live on a property of 19 acres of land. 9 acres are woods. Listening to this during an evening walk in the woods on a warm summer night is just.. enchanting. The moon lighting the sky abdvthe wind rustling the trees...
If I may give you some recommendations, try Andre 3000's new album "New Blue Sun" and maybe some japanese new age like Hiroshi Yoshimura's "Soundscape 1" or his "Green" Album
Listening to this track is like observing every memories of my life united together, feeling connected with everyone and every emotions. Feeling gratefull but empty. Feeling vulnerable and feeling myself
This is so strange and peaceful at the same time. I can feel it in my body 😮!!! Just perfect for this moment in my life, it fills you up and purges at the same time... good in, push out the bad?! Ok, it's 1:35 a.m. ciao/gnight/good day to you. 😊
Aphex Twin is one of the few artists that soothes the pain of my existence. I don't think others are quite as capable. My mind and spirit exist in the flux that is chaos. I know of no peace naturally. To have such an artist touch you so deeply without ever having met you is of the most true of prosperities, and I can't express myself enough over this.
@@Audikontroller1 Deep trauma that is burned into my every fiber. I have mostly been a passive person in life. People with greater control over me and my surroundings disregard what matters to my life because I'm not important enough for them to care. I am tormented by memories and cannot forgive many people because of those same memories. My brain makes me remember when I was made to feel bad or cheated. I can't escape. Hypnosis doesn't work because my mind refuses anyone to have control over it. I've tried DMT twice in the past, and the second time, my body and mind had recognized what DMT wanted from me: Absolute control. I remember, during the first time, the DMT wanted me to turn off my consciousness. It felt truly demonic, insidious. Because I had recognized this, during the second time, my body and mind recognized the request DMT had put forward, and greatly resisted it. I realize that some of this feels like it's coming from a random place, but I know people will suggest various remedies, including but not limited to "bitches". I am getting better. There are, however, irreparable existences to speak on. I retain that because it's not up to me if I feel good at the end of the day.
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I listened to Aphex Twin as a teenager to calm my anxiety. It's now years later, and I'm here playing their ambient works as lullabies for my sleeping baby. She is such a happy looking baby rn and I could live in this moment forever
Храни тебя Бог
Beautiful🥲
You will live to see your amazing child flourish,just by your appreciation I know you will be a wonderful mother❤️
Esta música la marcará positivamente para siempre. Que bien!
good luck to the both of you :P
I'm 60 years old. A lot of ups and downs in life, as I suppose there are for most people. I put in my earbuds and walk in the night to the grocery store with this playing. It gives me a sense of gratefulness for being alive. There's a full moon tonight, shining through light clouds.
congrats getting this far champ you're a real warrior 💪
sounds like a very peaceful existence
Living legend 🙌
You´re doing right. You have life experience, worth more than gold...
It's those special moments where you really feel alive that make it all worth it.
There’s nothing like falling headfirst into the immersive ambience of the music….. and then getting jumpscared by a subway sandwich ad at full volume
ad blockers my dude
Haha who still watches ads these days? Just use Brave browser and it blocks them automatically
Cursed be the profane tabernacle of Orion, for it is the place where Cepheus will never be, lest Armageddon occur!
*Anathema!*
The profane tabernacle the mortals call subway is a place of uncleanliness and damnation!
For real though, it's not actually healthy, and like all fast food joints, the hygiene there is vastly insufficient.
use youtube revanced
Three replies, youtube, not two replies. I made a reply a few days ago. Dammit, did they throw my comment in a black hole again?
0:00 #3 Rhubarb
7:47 #20 Lichen
12:00 I
13:17 Stone In Focus
23:29 slothscrape
28:17 Red Calx (slo)
33:59 Red Calx
36:49 Slow Early Morning
38:04 Petiatil Cx Htdui
40:15 Early Morning Clissold
46:11 Just Fall Asleep
55:51 7 Cutting
57:04 Blue Carpet
58:50 ending of Medievil Rave Mk2 [pre plague mix]
59:40 Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow
1:01:53 s8v1 (Brooklyn)
1:05:40 Inthesky
1:09:50 A5 em2500 M253X
1:11:39 Turin track
1:15:04 Tuning Seq2 Ph2
1:16:57 Tuning3
1:18:37 Tuning5
1:19:31 #14 Parallel Stripes
1:27:32 #13 Blue Calx
1:34:51 #24 Matchsticks
1:40:34 #1 Cliffs
1:48:01 #7 Curtains
1:56:53 Nanou2
2:00:17 aisatsana [102]
2:05:38 Strotha Tynhe
2:07:50 Avril 14th
2:09:56 Piano Un10 It Happened
2:11:44 Kesson Dalek (Kesson Daslef)
2:13:04 Father
Nice assist bro 🤙
/@Sillis_Movement Thx Captain Obvious comment I seen 100 times
Legend!
Banger
Thank freaking You!
Rhubarb will always have a spot deep in my soul. Such an amazing piece of music.
Same with lichen too
hi ena
Absolutely my friend, rhubarb hits somewhere special
Yes it’s heavenly
I recognize that level. It's from Killing Floor 1, I don't know which map. But I took a screenshot because I too thought the scenery was relaxing
I thought it was Bioshock - KF1 was legendarrrrry!
@@rjs3590 kf-foundry :)
@@kaloryfer1218 next have fun thinking consciouly and we'll about others GTFO out the mirror how :)
@@rjs3590 I too thought it was from Bioshock but I recognize the level now.
It has such a small bigger than life feeling to it, like concentrated focus.
_Stone In Focus_ IS...THE...MOST immersive piece of ambient atmosphere I've ever encountered. It's transcendent, but yet so simple. It sounds to me like a theme of Earth itself.
Those little ticks that are not even hi hats or any type of drums are just.. so much better than drums. Thinking about it now.. Aphex is such a legend. He makes the absolute most relaxing ambient music while at the same he creates the most insane crazy sounding music like Vordhosbn. And he does them all well. It wouldn't be farfetched at all to say that he may very well be responsible if not for creating than for Inspiring many many new music genres
The sound of psilocybin
@@Speedster189 Plus he doesn't even have any musical training, it's insane. and you're right - a lot of huge musical artists have said he influenced their work.
I recommend everyone who enjoys it to listen to Bibio’s Phantom Brickworks
@@lucasskovgaard3526 gotta love bibio
To anyone here struggling
Keep going, never stop. The earth continues and so must we.
It may not ever be easier, but you will be stronger. Be proud of that strength.
Why do I have to though? I never asked for any of this. I never asked to be here.
@@xiclops Sorry if you may be going through something hard but, You need to give your life meaning and purpose, I know I may be sounding naive but you have to give your life meaning and purpose in order to keep going. Have a good day.
@@xiclopsit may be hard but keep going, time is so precious, try and make every second count❤
@@xiclops i believe in you
Knowing this guy is a self-taught musician that made all his synthesizers from scratch just blows my mind to the skies
he didnt make all his synthesizers from scratch. Yes, he made the synth _patches,_ but that article was really overblown
@@Otocol Yeah, i was gonna reply with that
I also doubt that legend that he is self-taught, he reportedly had music teachers in Cornwall.
He's also a well known liar in interviews. He even says this much. He just used to take the pish. Most of this stuff was either an Oberheim rack, DX7 or sampler.
@Baltazar Razatlab See as much as a like your fervour it's just no as true as you would like to believe. Yep he maybe has made some adjustments to some gear. Apparently he started an engineering course but never finished it. My mate could solder his broken guitar leads at 14 years old, doesn't mean he made guitar leads. A lot of the titles of his songs mention gear that was made by companies and he happily admited he just used to tell lies in interviews for a laugh.
I've always been a daydreamer. When times got tough, i always retrieved back into my imagination. I lived off of my dreams basically, to the point where it got in the way of my daily life. I've finally made peace with the fact that there is a time to live and a time to dream, and i can't give into my desire to escape reality all the time. Whenever i do give myself that privilege though, it is always to Richard's music. It brings back all my fantasy worlds, all the wishes I've suppressed. His music reminds me of all the people I've been, of all the pain and all the joy, the random memories that make me feel warm inside. And it keeps me going. I am finally pursuing my dreams in a concrete and proactive way instead of keeping them inside, from fear to hope that they'll actually come true. I am so grateful to be alive and to have so much to live for. I hope this comment will help people who need comforting, as well as a little motivation to push through fear and shame, and to dare to live. I know i will be coming back to it from time to time, when remembering gets hard. Love to you all. May we always remember that life is worth living, and that we are loved and appreciated, and that our efforts matter. Godspeed to us all ✨✨
me too. btw whos this richard fella ,Ted?
@★luxih★ you might wanna read about "schizoid disorder" on wiki. I got this diagnosed some ten years ago.
Ahhm another Dissociative Daydreamer in the wild! I still do this but I'm trying to balance it out with studying how to paint so I can put the ideas on paper now, too.
@@BrgArt schizoid is far different than the average day dreamer. Shouldn’t be so quick to diagnose people on the internet…
❤
I wish I knew someone who would be listening this with me.
Someone definitely was and I am now.
I am very lucky to have someone for that and she is as beautiful as the song for me
We all are together
@@catturnstotea3722 Amazing
@@catturnstotea3722 I once had that special someone as well... Though we listened to this together in a bad moment, in fact we broke up shortly after I discovered this song, and the few times we listened to this together, it made her cry and as a consequence of this, I felt terrible and now I feel like this song has sucked up all the sadness of that moment of my life. Enjoy the precious moments with your girl, especially when listening to masterpieces like this and the atmoshpere is not polluted with sadness and the acknowledgment of an imminent break-up..
Rhubarb is one I’ve been listening to for almost 15 years. It takes me back to being a teenager and having no worries. I was just looking forward with hope. What a time.
What a time indeed yes!
Do we know those were the best times?
I did not, I did not enjoy properly back then, now almost all is gone, almost.
@@larvancioramos9748 Even when I was young I have always been very aware of the value that youth and being a kid/teenager holds. Looking back on it now I am grateful that I enjoyed that time of my life as much as I possibly could. I wish more kids could realise what I realised very early on in my life.
@@NvmThemHereIAm well done, really dificult to see on these current times.
Nowadays generations seems lost, I dont blame them, we, the older ones did nothing to prevent or stop this mess.
God luck to you
It's the only song I know that can consistently jerk my brain to engage in a certain type of rumination. Always remembering the past
This song doesnt make me think about the past at all. It makes me think of the distant future a bit maybe, one beyond my lifetime. But more than anything it just brings me peace, and makes me happy that i am alive.
Close your eyes, lay down in a dark room an let your imagination take control. I just had one of the most peaceful moment in my life listening to this.
a couple months ago every night i would just turn on aphex and listen in my room with my lights off, truly nothing like it
@@boxmold5861 I suggest Brian Eno's 'Music For Airports' or 'Neroli'....
@@MrTomb789 Don't forget Eno's _Apollo_ and _On Land._ Budd and Guthrie's _Bordeaux_ is right there, too.
Idem
What about Eno’s Thursday Afternoon?
Aphex Twin’s music saved me form depression in high school. It was literally like rehabilitation for me. His music has such a soul to it, that I cannot describe with words. It’s almost like God would’ve made it for pepole. I can’t say how thankfull I am for this guy
the sounds do have a resonance with melancholia and a yearning for changing things in the past. I have to be careful how much I listen to this but it does have a place in the medicine chest of music playlists..
music therapy is real
@Shmuzhin Phuzin you know, when I listen to it nowadays, it depresses me too. But in a good and pleasant way
@@nairamdiam same. I think it’s very melancholy and hiræth. Music is a gift from a higher power. It’s transcendental; it’s like a tool to be used when spoken language becomes obsolete.
Something that has never left me is the feeling I got reading The Silmarillion, when the gods created the universe with music.
Agree, it is surreal how he just came up with these tracks and nailed the atmosphere so well and so consistently. One of my most pleasant surprises.
Aphex Twin is a genius. I had no idea he also wrote such healing and soothing music.
His name is Richard D. James, from Cornwall
@@TheReapersSon that explains it then
A very cool thing about Aphex is the breadth of his musical feeling. Sure these are beautiful, transcendent, relaxing songs, but he also produces fun, gripping, exciting music too. He's a very cool guy, and my life is definitely better because of this man. I'm an atheist, so the best I can say is, may the universe bless this man with many years of life and bless him with more inspiration to craft wonderful music.
Welcome to a voyage of discovery :)
i think all intelligent people have both a wild and soft side. aphex really shows he does with his music
so honored to have seen Aphex Twin open for NIN back in 2001.
That sounds magical
A Perfect Circle opening for NIN in SF was good but I’d take Aphex over that any day haha
relaxing to this after being pretentious on the internet the whole day
LMAO
thanks a lot, thought i was different
Realest comment here
you're so me
It’s like a memory that you’ve never experienced or a feeling that can’t be put into words
it really isnt. this is more of a childhood memory that you forgot but you somehow remember it out of nowhere. im kinda tired of the feeling that doesnt exist comments since you know, that feeling does exist
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@incognito i just keep seeing the damn '' feeling that doesnt exist'' comment under any vaporwawe or ambient music video and its just annoying now
@@bbb-dk7pz I think it’s just relaxing and peaceful music, and that triggers memories from when you were relaxed or however you felt at that time. Maybe in your childhood you were more relaxed because you were less stressed, and maybe they can’t describe a memory like that as there was never a time of complete peace in their lives. You are right that a lot of people say that exact same thing though, but maybe they genuinely do feel that way. Who knows.
It's god beckoning for us to come home.
It's 04:04 am on a sunday, i'm home after a full saturday. I'm halfway through the playlist while studying and writing an article for an upcoming academic event, and Aphex's music makes me feel like everything's under control somehow. It's the first time in a very long time that i genuinely feel relaxed, and not wishing i was somewhere else than where i am.
I dont think Richard will ever make something has monolithic, atmospheric and absolutely grand as Selected Ambient Works Volume ii. It's one of those albums that just comes in a lifetime and never to be replicated ever again.
You really understand the value of some tracks on there a lot later.For example #7 sounded so unlikable at the first listen but after a few more i understood it wasnt trying to be like rhubarb or stone in focus this was its own thing and it made me appreciate it more.
you sound so annoying i know u didnt mean it like that but wtf
I played Killing Floor (location shown on this video) through all of my undergrad years. It's a very odd but welcome feeling seeing this paired with Aphex Twin's ambient stuff. It feels like I'm revisiting a happy place where times were simpler
More like relaxing floor.
get KF2 and play with me lmao
i was looking for this comment, KF was godlike. maining the santa skin all year round, spamming voice lines while flipping scrakes with the hunting shotgun, one-shotting patrick on wave 11 with pipe bomb hat before they nerfed it... good times.
patriarch: "What have you done to my children?!?!?"
20 stacked pipebombs: *"BEEP BEEP BEEP"*
I must say also that the nutcracker fleshpounds were super intense too, personally found them even more intimidating than the default model. I remember plenty of times where that face being 90% of my screen was the last thing i saw before instantly dying 😂
was just about to ask if this was a shot from Killing Floor lmao - amazing
oh man i thought this was from half life 2
I always come back to this video every once in a while over the years. Thank you for making this.
When he's gone, over the centuries to come, if we still can hear these works, many people will look back and think he was the Greatest composer of our time and one of the greatest composers ever, one who actually created the sounds as well as creating the atmospheres and pieces.. I hope his music is heard for many aeons to come.. Makes me wonder why i even try to write songs or music when i hear the mastery of this.. Peace everyone, spread love..i hope your day gets better if it is a tough one.. Best wishes from Rolland..x
:)
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Many thanks for this compilation! And the art is beautiful as well!
Amazing choices and you've also put them in an amazing order as well. Thanks, been such a great help for studying.
I'm moving to Tokyo in October. Every time I listen to Aphex I get this feeling I'm living inside my memories. I'll miss the States but I think mostly I'll miss my family. Excited for the future but also terrified
Good luck
My brother has been learning Japanese for 4 years now, he may be moving soon as well. If you have any tips send them my way and I'll give to him!
Enjoy making new memories in Japan! You will do great
good luck
good luck !
the game is Killing Floor
the map is Foundry
the music is pure gold. thanks for this mix.
edit: its been more than a year since I started to listen to Aphex Twin. I still love ambient songs, still love songs that make me reflect, meditate, and at the same time, make me sad, or even cry. I would recommend these albums if you're into that kind of song as well: Rock Action by Mogwai and Seraphim by How to Disappear Completely. mogwai is post rock and HTDC is what I would call dreaming without sleep, death without being dead. keep listening, friends, I hope I see you guys again sooner than later
Thanks for the info
i wanted to take a moment to appreciate this wonder if work.
i love aphex twin music, i was shaky coming into it but once i was in i never wanted to leave
I’ve been listening all morning. This mix is stunningly good. Thank you. ✨
Dude, I feel so good when I listen to Aphex Twin in the silence of the night. It's just a lot of peace
Beautifully put together set, i even discovered for myself some new tracks. And including the live set recording, added to the welcoming alien aura that surrounds aphex twin.. i can practically feel the energy coursing through the crowd. Nice one for uploading this.
I'm really diggin this vibe. Chillest type of music for chaotic minds
Stone in Focus just kills me. Incredible track. Thanks for this comp
Heard this music in a game world with a friend, it was the first time I got to truly know him. Now it's bringing me a lot of good memories of not jaut that night but the brief but absolutely wonderful friendship we've had over the last near year. Though it feels like it's been decades already, and I can't thank the world creator more for introducing me to this music.
I love hearing Aphex Twin, it’s wonderful❤️ I hear his music while I’m studying and it helps a lot!!
This is so late 90s/early 00s, I remember the local children's hospital always looking this eerie and in my memories hearing similar frequencies (:
i love this stuff. Ita always great just to get into this kinda mindset and just float away. It’s hard to explain the feeling it is- but its almost like all problems are made small, and you get that feeling that perhaps things dont matter that much. If I could I’d always be listening and watching this stuff. Thinking of new worlds, new stories. Combining old worlds with fictional ones, building characters in your mind that you can control. Listening to this is just very peaceful and thought provoking
i love aphex twin but mostly his ambient music, it makes me feel calm and nostalgic in a way.
This hits right home for me, not just for the beautiful music created by Aphex Twin, but because the looped video looks just like my University and I have to say that it's been hell for me all these years until I passed the last subject back in October. This just teleported me to all these evenings studying there and wandering through the hallways. Difficult times as hell, but I'll never regret any second of my experience there. Learned economics, but also learned failure and how to overcome your worst self.
Fell in love straightaway when I saw the KF1 backdrop absolutely dope pairing with the tunes
I listened to Aphex on my 11 day Caribbean cruise. Now when i listen to these songs i think fondly of the excitement of arriving in a different colorful country every day, no cares in the world. Music + travel creates memories that will last a lifetime
"The rain tapping against the glass only amplifies my sense of isolation. It's as if the droplets are trying to break through the barrier and reach me, but they never quite make it. I find myself wondering if anyone else feels this way, if anyone else is standing in a dimly lit hallway, gazing out at the city below and feeling as alone as I do.
As the rain continues to fall, I can't help but think about the people who call this city home. Do they feel the same sense of loneliness that I do? Or are they able to find meaning and connection in a world that often feels so cold and unforgiving?
Despite my feelings of isolation, there's something about the city at night that draws me in. Maybe it's the bright lights, or the distant sounds of laughter and music. Or maybe it's the hope that somewhere out there, there's someone else who feels the same way I do."
After nearly losing my life, I never really processed it. But hearing this really set it in. I made it, I survived, I have a second chance at life, so don’t waste it. Don’t ever waste your life man. Don’t worry about superficial things. Do what you love. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Just take it easy.
That first track brings me to tears
Rhubarb
I’m listening this while right now it’s raining and the music and the sound of the rain from the roof mix perfectly 🙃
What an excellent mix. Thank you. I listen to this often when I need feel grounded.
#3 fills me with a feeling so deep and melancholic I couldn't describe it. It feels like a collapse or a hug after an insurmountable time going alone, weathering troubles and suffering in silence. Doom looms inevitable, but a momentary embrace makes everything feel ok, for just a moment. It's like knowing everything's crumbling around you, but still being told "you've done so well. You did it. It's finished." I feel like I can rest knowing that everything comes to an end, and what you do before it does is all that matters. It means more to me than I can say
Rhubarb and Stone in Focus are really good pieces of music and some of my favorites of Aphex Twin's work. Aphex Twin has good quality music.
Mentally noted. Say the most obvious crap about a genius and get tons of likes lol… so this dude makes ok music to you?
@@cafferacercalm down dude
Lichen sounds to me like i somehow awoke in what i dream up to be heaven. Vast green plains, flowers blooming all around, insects buzzing and flying, feeding off the plants, a blue sky bathing everything in the light of the warm spring sun, with a soft breeze tingling the skin. And clouds, low and fluffy, with a perceptible yet slow movement. Everything sort of glittering and shining, alive and harmonious.
This is the best study music I have found so far. It really does something to one's mind... everything just makes sense.
my fav artist of all time x
In the sky (1:05:40) it's like... i can't describe it. I knew already the other music from that compilation so that's why i'm talking about this one, but damn. It really touch something really deep inside me. It's simultaneously really sad and happy. Love it.
For me, I think "In the Sky" captures the feeling of a very brief happy moment from childhood ... the memory is very elusive, but deeply felt on some level; thinking I'll probably never feel that happy ever again, but grateful it occurred at some point.
Your channel is a must-watch for me. Thank you!
Thank you for making this, it's my go to ambient mix:)
This mix made me cry a little, just from the peace and harmony alone. When you tune out the world with just these songs, and a pair of noise-cancelling headphones to boot it has the oddest and most intoxicating effect.
Slipping into the liminal space. It’s making me cry as well. Just to be free. To be somewhere untouched. To feel surrounded by love in an elevated form. To feel held.
@@mclare71 That's damn serene and a very true to heart of this artist. I am not sure why the feeling of liminal places makes me feel comfortable and safe, maybe because we come from something like that once.. all of us. I'm not really sure but your words are so true.
With you there.
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Off 📴🗣️ and whatever is best 😉 with a few things 😉☺️☺️☺️ if you can get in a bit to get back and forth to be a little bit less 😉 with a few people I know you got it but I think 💬 is it 🤣😜 and I have no idea how I feel asleep and I think 💬 is fame.
I'm halfway through my life, physically fading, mentally sharper but understand less now then ever before... Caught between the euphoric recall of my past memories and the projected fears of the future... But this is beautiful.
Welcome to the club my friend. Be well.
What fantastic music!
Love the video..Leaving full support my 💖 friend.
Much success and happiness.❤️
I love the magic essence in the Aphex Twin melodies....I like to listen to them at not very good times in my life and they give you a sense of nostalgia.....they make you think a lot about yourself. I love the loop you chose for this mix with the rain, I love the rain :).
I'm a composer too and I'm composing right now ambient melodies, Aphex Twin is giving me a lot of inspiration for that.
Fml, 10 seconds into this mix and the tears begin to fall
Incredible music and atmosphere. Feel loneliness when I hear it. Afraid of loosing my family before I get enough time with them
LONG before time had a name, me and my buddies Fiktor n Shaki were on Vodno mountain smoking the za whilst this music was playing. I thrive in the memories and yearn for that moment once again.
I'm 38 and used to listen to Aphex Twin's music (ambient and otherwise) when I was 14. Crazy. Haven't thought about it in a long time, the algorithm took me here.
1:01:53 This always hits me in the feels ever since it opened his Brooklyn set a few years ago.
That first track pulls you in. It feels how a cold winter day is when there isnt any wind but the sun is just beginning to warm things, like right around ten or eleven and that coldness that comes with the melting of the water in the air has gone away and you can feel the basking comfort of the sun, its like a little solar blanket around you. But you still feel the cold, but its not enough to trouble you. And if anything you feel like you prefer it than to just be inside and warm, Im really glad i found this guy.
That is an extremely specific mood and setting thats hard to capture or feel and the fact that this song captures that and you're able to articulate it for me to understand the feeling perfectly makes me feel like I stumbled across the Alice in wonderland key and door at the same time and everything I knew wasn't real
Wow, man. Your description really took me somewhere else. To those days in past when i had different worries, and different dreams. When i seen world in more kind way. I was more naive, but actually closer to important things. I was thinking less but i was thinking about things which were actually important to me. I lived in the moment, in the present. Clear soul, simple mind. Just waiting for the tea to be prepared, enjoying time with people which i dont know where are they now. Watching old buildings, and thinking how it was when they they were "alive", how it was in the past. How future is going to be. For me ? For this world ? Actually no. Just for this place. If i am going to still feel this feelings which i have now. Just looking outside of the window, looking at the strangers, i see myself in them, its almost as a mirror.
I typed the following in a new comment, but I'll add it as a reply in here because I think it belongs with you guys too.
Something I've begun to recognize as an older person-29 is just barely beginning to get older-is that some media is fun & gripping but necessarily narrow like a roller coaster or a racetrack, while other media is beautiful, transcendent & open like a relaxing day at the beach or falling asleep in an open field. These songs are clearly the latter. Maybe I semi-consciously recognized this difference a long time ago, but this is the first time I've tried to articulate this as an adult.
I felt the warmth and cold reading this
this mix makes me feel like I would go in the forest by myself and meditate on this while the sunlight hits my face. Btw I also meditate on this everyday at home. Very relaxing ,primal sounds.
This always helps me relax and empty my mind. Love listening to it at night.
58:50 This is the ending of Medievil Rave MK2 [pre plague mix] for those asking. There's other tracks on this mix, that are segmented, as well. Time-stamping would be a challenge.
The visuals remind me of the eerie atmosphere of halo 3 odst, love it
I love that soundtrack too
this was the best trip ever, thank you❤
have listened almost 100 times i think. best mix for work, it helps me a lot to concentrate
I am so grateful that my son and I were able to experience this music together . Such reflection on what should be important , the answers seems so obvious at times , then the music turns off and we fk it all up again .
First track got me in tears. Incredibly beautiful and sad.
agree, one of Aphex's peaks
I couldn't listen to it when RUclips auto played it a few months ago - 3 seconds in, and I knew I had to immediately turn it off. It was bringing me back to the dark abyss I felt after my breakup just over a year ago. When the world turned a pale shade of grey, when the light inside of me flickered into darkness. When my hope dried up and my heart and soul shattered into a million broken pieces. When my world suddenly came crashing down and everything I thought was a constant became lost from view.
But RUclips just auto played this again, after I was listening to an old remix I'd made. I instantly recognised it, and filled up with emotion. I went to close the video, but this time, I did not stop it. I listened. I felt. Shivers racing up and down my entire body, tears swelling behind my eyes. "Is this a good idea?" I asked myself. Then it dawned on me. I have finally reached that final stage - moving on, acceptance, peace. All of my hard work has paid off. I can sit and listen, experiencing the existential pain I once couldn't escape... and realise I'm okay, realise she was truly so bad for me, but move forward with no grudges, no hatred, just forgiveness, acceptance, and peace.
It's incredible that music can evoke such visceral emotions, such profound memories, and such deeply felt feelings.
Thank you and thanks Aphex Twin for these calming tones
This is an amazing deep ambient mix. Thank you
Also gotta love Lichen, its like the most happiest ambient track I’ve ever heard
Удивительная музыка которая прекрасно подходит для того чтобы разгрузить голову и просто молча посидеть подумать куда я иду по этой дорого под названием жизнь
My best friend, Loved this video. Looking forward to see more. Awesome... Full watched.
All your mixes are impeccable
This mix of Richards softest stuff is simply SUPERB !🤘
How am I only just discovering this side of Aphex Twin? This will definately be my new favourite way of falling asleep
Thank u William. I ain't nevah gonna stop listenin to Aphex Twin.
It was such amazing adventure with it, just repeat WOW WOW WOW. Thank you so much Aphex Twin >3
My parents live on a property of 19 acres of land. 9 acres are woods. Listening to this during an evening walk in the woods on a warm summer night is just.. enchanting. The moon lighting the sky abdvthe wind rustling the trees...
Wow, is their property in America??
Thank you for this mix. Rocked my son to sleep to this.
Great mix. Big fan of his output in general, and these are some of my faves.
very relaxing, thanks for the upload!
AFX and reggae saved me from emotional collapse. With all this stress reintroducing back into my soul.
If I may give you some recommendations, try Andre 3000's new album "New Blue Sun" and maybe some japanese new age like Hiroshi Yoshimura's "Soundscape 1" or his "Green" Album
Listening to this track is like observing every memories of my life united together, feeling connected with everyone and every emotions. Feeling gratefull but empty. Feeling vulnerable and feeling myself
This is so strange and peaceful at the same time. I can feel it in my body 😮!!! Just perfect for this moment in my life, it fills you up and purges at the same time... good in, push out the bad?! Ok, it's 1:35 a.m. ciao/gnight/good day to you. 😊
Aphex Twin is one of the few artists that soothes the pain of my existence. I don't think others are quite as capable. My mind and spirit exist in the flux that is chaos. I know of no peace naturally. To have such an artist touch you so deeply without ever having met you is of the most true of prosperities, and I can't express myself enough over this.
Hey man, Love to you! What is happening in your life?
gigi masin
Bruh go get some bitches, you'll fell better
@@solgryn4974 I have no time for people who have no future.
@@Audikontroller1 Deep trauma that is burned into my every fiber. I have mostly been a passive person in life. People with greater control over me and my surroundings disregard what matters to my life because I'm not important enough for them to care. I am tormented by memories and cannot forgive many people because of those same memories. My brain makes me remember when I was made to feel bad or cheated. I can't escape. Hypnosis doesn't work because my mind refuses anyone to have control over it. I've tried DMT twice in the past, and the second time, my body and mind had recognized what DMT wanted from me: Absolute control. I remember, during the first time, the DMT wanted me to turn off my consciousness. It felt truly demonic, insidious. Because I had recognized this, during the second time, my body and mind recognized the request DMT had put forward, and greatly resisted it. I realize that some of this feels like it's coming from a random place, but I know people will suggest various remedies, including but not limited to "bitches".
I am getting better. There are, however, irreparable existences to speak on. I retain that because it's not up to me if I feel good at the end of the day.
#3 (the first track) on repeat is great for sleep. Used to listen to it all night long.
Touching to the core lightning up emotions that were dead and unable to be felt.
ive been sat here for hours listening to this in the bath contemplating my relations with life and your telling me I've been here for 20 MINUITS?!
I'm just hearing this for the first time. Incredible. Thanks youtube.
I always loop rhubarb as my sort of lullaby, it not only reminds me of my childhood but also what it could've been. and that makes me super nostalgic.
Beautiful production is so lovely thank you so much
I like that so much, thank you for this excellent Part of outstanding Music 🙏🎹😍✌🏻👊
i am a sad person i love sad music but this mix is one of the saddest most beautiful reminders
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you are a person who is also sad, not the other way around. do not condense yourself to your condition.
If you’re an introvert, this is the right music for you.
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@@pb913_ maybe to you, not the 13 people that liked my comment 🤷🏾♂️
@@elijahdashawn3789 Being an introvert or not doesn't change your taste in music.
@@pb913_ who said it did?
@@elijahdashawn3789 you
some days i cant think, and this music reminds me of complex ideas that hold signifigance yet simple atmospheres. mindfull