Aphex Twin - 1996 MTV Interview
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- Aphex Twin - 1996 MTV Party Zone Interview with Simone Angel.
The real full interview, with some live clips.
01:10 Aphex Twin - Heliosphan
07:49 Aphex Twin - Carn Marth
10:13 AFX - Laughable Butane Bob
You can tell it's old because Mtv is actually talking about music.
Yup. 1995 was pretty much the end of mtv. Went to shit quite quickly afterwards.
Joshua Townsend Agreed. Cant even watch that channel nowaays. Actually havent watched TV since RUclips came around in 2006. 9 good years!
Music Television became Masonic Television.
Matthew Dohoney Not it just became shitty tv reality garbage.
+Matthew Dohoney Primus called it Moron TV
I never thought that guy is human, nor able to talk.
me too
He sings on milkman
I've met him. He can defo speak
Really?! What made you think that?
i thought music would come out of his mouth instead
I like how Aphex Twin is slowly sliding down the sofa as the interview progress.
hahahha
That's hella adorable LMAO
ору
he is lol
Arthur Huizar you're hella gay
I think Aphex Twin is the only person who can say "all my fans are weird" and not a single fan will give a dissenting response to that
do not think so at all, but he is definitely one of the few persons.
Fax
this comment just made me laugh so hard because how true it is
I love richard and im Weird af
He called himself that because his twin brother died
Wait, he is an actual person? I thought he was..., I don't know, some sort of collective auditory hallucination?
Michael Palin he's that too
@@dx315 wait..did mulholland drive happen?
@@TheBestCommenterEVER Yes, just not in this timeline. A strange equinox occured.
Most likely a hologram
Yea that's why all of his videos and CDs have his face posted on every character lol
i dont understand why people are saying she is annoying and a bad interviewer. this is the best aphex interview i can find and the only one where he doesnt seem to get upset with the interviewer. she did a great job. if you know of a better interview with richard please let me know.
Totally agree. I this she was being very kind. Just the way you are with someone you genuinely like.
She did well, he doesn't often talk to press that long, at least not without making up more crazy stories 😄
он просто не видел то самое интервью с Епифанцевым
She seems genuinely interested
Agree
Favorite part is when he calls the Internet "decent".
Brock Duplechien its like calling sliced bread “cool” instead of “the fore-bearer of sandwiches”
@J-Cire Dial Up days
I forgot how we used to call everything we liked "decent" back then.
Right after he says "Yeh it's wicked, I love it, can't get off it". "It's decent"
56K dial up + mIRC = Aphex Twin discovery
"I quite like my own voice actually, I got into it over the past week."
This guy's humour is fooken transcendentally dry.
Monolith Preacher I don’t think he was joking
Tony Bontana it’s somewhere in between
He sounds like Alan Davies from QI.
Mind your business boiiiii
That's not humour
I never tried to imagine Aphex Twin as a person but... This is exactly what I hoped him to be.
half of his releases have his face on it lol
He's still pretty fucking funny on Instagram. At least I think it's his official account.
@@amb600cd0 there is more to a person than their appearance
@@bickyboo7789 what is his insta?
Just like vinny vinesauce
Seeing him actually talk and move is like a rare footage of a creator from another world
Is it bad that one of my life high points is that I passed this man a joint? 😂
Absolutely not
Awesome
@@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289 from me to you..... congratulations
Smoking weed with the Nikola Tesla of electronic music, in-fucking-credible.
100% no.
"So , are you a bit of a net-head as well?"
"Yeah, it's wicked, I love it. I can't get off it. It's decent."
Word up to all tha netters
Nettin it up
Net-head for life
@@nathanlawrence7319 Surfin' that highway!
We thought life would be better
I'm watching this on my mobile telephone in bed. I, too, am a nethead.
so, are you bit of a meth-head as well??
I like how she seems genuinely interested in him haha
Back when MTV wasn’t just mindless trash.
Back in the days when the interviewers/VJs knew their stuff
I also felt it at certain times
She seems like she's a fan
This is literally the nicest my man has ever been to anyone in the media so I would assume he was genuinely interested in her too
he brought 2030 music to the 1990's... creating his own synths, this guy is amazing.
Not synths from what i Heard, mostly softq and effects , No ???
@@N.P.G he did create his own synth for the most or he would buy some n circuit bent
2130 music to the 1990's
You mean modify
reading this in 2023 feels so weird and bizarre
If he was any more laid back, he’d fade into another plain of existence. I want to live like him.
90's were fucking cool
FutureSoundStation Yeah, I can tell you ...
He's still doing this stuff
@@hightowerTB303 Oh please do, I was born in 2000 and I really wanna know what the 90s was like when it comes to living normally in it.
Noooo, they were THE BEST!!!
@@jimmypesto3179 same shit but you could fully escape at the weekend.
The dynamic in this interview is wonderful. It's like flirty, but not, in a weird way. Like there's a lot of smiling, particularly from her, but he doesn't maintain eye contact long enough for it to cross over into anything more, despite how close they are to each other. And she also doesn't seem adoring, just fascinated by him. Also he's introverted but never nervous - very chill. I come back to this interview loads because it's just so fun to watch. I also love how he's just a geezer, one of your mates. "You still doing the music Ritch?" "Yeh mate, I love it, it's decent"
Excellent summing up. As another commenter (called Frogmorton Hotchkiss) says, 'she looks like an intelligent girl who has to do the obligatory 1990s ladette thing.' You can see a lot of very practised, superficial 'crazy-tv-interviewer' behaviour typical of music TV in the 1990s which is jarring and seems at odds which how she would behave if just interviewing him straight, unaffected.
His introverted but calm attitude is something I would love to achieve. I'm an introvert but I tend to be more on the nervous side
Me too
@Bicky Boo Bing search results be like: "you should try being on ketamine 24/7"
@@bickyboo7789 🤣🤣🤣tf u on about bro yeah get on the mxe for your confidence 💀
This guy's music is way ahead of its time.
It still is >.>
his old music is still ahead of the current time lmao
Very ahead
no its just our imagination. the music may fit to our current world tho
Too bad he's irrelevant now
I only have one question after watching this....What The Fuck happened to MTV?
+ThunderForce Well, they pretty much had to change. Who'd watch a bunch of videos they don't want to see for the off chance to see one that they want to see, mixed in with 50% ads, when you can simply turn on RUclips, press skip after 5 seconds and watch whatever they want?
+0x777 Yeah, only putting on teenagers having sex and kids really worked out for them...
+ThunderForce Human greed killed it ..as usual.
+0x777 yeah watch whatever they want, but no specific shows on your own music style, no surprise videos or stuff you don´t know yet, no interviews like these! I loved MTV in the 90s... it showed everything I wanted to know and it was always GREAT to see your favourite video come on. it was a really good channel!!! loved ray cokes, toby amies and the likes. :-)
MTV in the 90s was actually worth watching. I miss the 90s
Unsolved sexual tension.
Serial Thrilla *Platonic sexual tension
Wtf why people always made up crap like this??? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@darkman4747 i know right 🙄
@Tony Montana she's preening a lot though... she keeps running her hands through her hair, smiling excessively... I hope they got it in cuz I'm starting to ship them...
the way he has his gaze averted and then slowly starts to make eye contact more. it's undeniable. and she's rly leaning it. the vibe is on lol. i dont blame her either
Fans are like "what reverb was used in this interview?"
yuppp
All of those sounds are actually artifacts generated by video/audio compression from converting this video for youtube format from vhs or something. They could probably be well removed with an eq, there is some strange delay on it too like a feedback issue
Spring reverb
Jk I don’t hear any lol
He's one of those guys who's weirdly attractive in a way that's hard to explain. Intelligent, sly, soft-spoken yet flirtatious.
I've never seen him speak before, really adds to the appeal
Dora Robertson yeah my kinda Guy
the only musician who is totally at ease and self inspired. that is very unique
A fuckable troll of sorts.
@@literallyallthingsonice noooooo
You can tell it’s old because the interviewer is actually knowledgeable, and presents the material well.
and music is being talked about lol
You pubblished this video on april 14th. I see what you did there
"I usually get friends to decide what I put out." That's fascinating, he has that much faith in his friends' tastes. Shows that he cares a lot about how the fans will receive it.
I always thought like "I don't really wanna put anythign put so I have my friends tell me" as a fuck you kind of.
@@robindreier9796 "I care because you do"
That makes sense tbh. When you think about the kind of music he creates, it’s clear he doesn’t view or think of music like most normal people do. If he was to compile a list of 10 of his favourite tracks for an album, I can imagine it would be the least accessible stuff, that even some hardcore Aphex fans wouldn’t get.
Getting more ‘normal’ people to decide what music he released early in his career, made it so much more accessible. Would be interesting to know how SAW 85-92 would’ve been received if it was just his song choices.
I read this comment in the same exact moment he said it while I'm watching. Whoa.
the friends being Squarepusher and Plug, so yeah I would trust those guys' taste as well.
Richard D. James is a giant leg.
Funniest thing in this comment section
What kind of a fucking donut thing to say is that hahaha
Nice profile pic_____--electric wizatd--__
Yea, the camera angle makes his leg look like it’s 75% of his body
:D
Its 2020 and this guy still sounds like the future
His voice cracked a little when he was asked about his brother. You can tell that even though it's public knowledge, it still bothers him a bit. I've always had a theory that he chose the name "Aphex Twin" as a personification of his stillborn brother when he's on stage, and then he's Richard in his daily life. Basically living his life for both of them to make up for the life his brother never had.
I love his natural state of mind🌹raw emotion ❤️❤️❤️
We are all human
@joe Horrible, man. Or that He’s a horrible man? Get your shit straight.
That's not a theory or a rumour, that's the actual reason he chose the name.
he was the first internet troll
I was reading about how he opened up for bjork and just played a bunch of harsh noise and pissed off her fans. So yes he was lol
dammmm really ? lol
Chris Connor him and mike Patton were known for trolling their own fans
Bet he's on 4chan
Andy Kaufman, og troll.
Wow 20 years ago....I've been listening his shit since i was in school, never seen him talk. Only seen that twisted smiling face basically. He's pretty cute, actually, brillz.
He's the best
He does like quite different when he’s not giving us that strange smile
Yeah me too
Omg you! I love your tumblr
Hes quite adorable .
Wow! Never saw him speak. Plus, he's being interviewed by someone who is, not only attractive but, quite knowledgeable, and on MTV! Oh wait, this is from the 90s; that explains things. Thanks for sharing.
my0wnme777 nowadays they’d have some british landwhale with dyed hair.
Boomers
jfc
@@perhaps1094 It fucking sucks now, and don't you forget it.
@@perhaps1094 Says the guy with an MF DOOM pfp. The Irony is awesome🤣
I'm in love with the interviewer
+Cody Robinson she seems to be diggin' AT though !
Me too!
Gorgeous
We all need a woman who's into us
Cody Robinson stfu
I like how he's slowly falling back further and further throughout the interview XD
that's gold
lol I haven't even noticed
Drugs are a helluva drug
buahahah :D Hes god
Shrooms makes you sleepy...at first
idk man i think she's the cutest... i mean the bearded girl lmao
He's adorable lol. Despite the creepiness of his videos, he himself seems really normal.
AFTimeLord He didn’t direct them, that’s the work of a particular Chris Cunningham. Imaginative videos for such imaginative songs
He’s definitely not a regular person
Being the undisputed genius of electronic music is far from normal
@@jackedkerouac4414 You can be a genius in one area but still behave and think otherwise normally
The guys a total madman. In a good way of course. I heard once he puts on those creepy Richard masks to scare his wife when hes sleeping and that he randomly owns military tanks for no reason and he said once that he trained goats to write his music😂😂😂
If you told me that three years later these two got married, I wouldn't doubt it for a second.
it's like they had sex and then she said "hey how about i interview you for tv" and richard was like "yeah sure"
lol
wow she's obviously a huge fan and knows what she's talking about. even mainstream media had its finger on the pulse of real art for a brief period there, now everything is completely vapid.
It's hard to believe there was a time when MTV was hip and on the cutting edge
Try not being a zoomer.
@@vertyisprobablydead inexplicable aggressive comment that isn't even contextually appropriate
@@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898wow
My favorite part is when he talks about companies sending the music for adverts back because they thought the tape was broken.
had friends on the internet in 1996
legendary
@@TS-hw7ro 7 year long conversation
@@SonofPerson si
@@TS-hw7ro yo what up im still here
@@melvinwren same here
I love his "I don't give a fuck" attitude.
This guy is the best troll ever :D
What do you mean
Matt Mihalko read about his background. He's known to make up crazy stuff.
***** so is some of the stuff he's saying in this interview is made up?
Matt Mihalko yep
Matt Mihalko He's known to be incredibly dishonest and a liar in interviews. The only time he was honest in an interview was with Pitchfork about his latest album Syro.
The period that MTV was a real music television station instead of the fart it is now.
Jersey Shore and Teen Mom is all I see
wonderr and a big load of bullshit about stupid Kardashian bitches.
mtv as shady ascnn
you have to remember though that Party Zone was very specialist, Simone had been a dance musician and could talk technical, but most of all that this show was only on once a week, for three hours. with the exception of 120 Minutes and Chill Out Zone, the rest of the days and nights on MTV were not music oriented
I met Rich just before he released Drukqs and he was absolutely lovely. Top bloke. His latest music is absolutely amazing as well, he's just gotten better as time has gone on.
Ahhhh lucky fuck
Meeting Aphex twin must be like meeting Jesus or even better
"are you a bit of a net-head, then?" in 2014 that is priceless
in 2019 this is also priceless
I couldn't tell what they were saying, so I turned on the captions and it said "effort"!
?
In 2020 this is also priceless
Also what’s a net head
@@sonarbuge7958 suppose it's slang for a person who was on the internet a lot, back then it wasn't used as widely and was still considered a subculture.
in 2020 also
love this interview
i love how comfortable richard is, and the interviewer asks pretty good questions
really sad when he is asked what the meaning behind his name because the 'twin' part is about his twin who passed away
Clearly, Simone knows what she is talking about..
i love it how they keep putting his artist nae under his head like "this is aphex twin" "did you remember, this is aphex twin" "did i already say this is aphex twin"
on the anchie t device known as "television" they had funny thing called commercials. so audiences needed reminded afterward. weird right
@@daltonbedore8396 Im surpirsed it took almost 3 years for someone to point it out to that guy.
That, and if someone happened to tune in mid-interview, they'd need proper context
It's for people who tune into the channel at different times
@@SBACTY99 Ah, man, 'member when you could tune in to something in the middle of it
I've never heard that word 'nethead' before, pretty interesting that it used to be used in the late 90s... I guess we'd all be netheads by their standards nowadays
spectral morphing vocals in 1996, sick
Lovely seeing you here
Hello my fellow "Net Heads".
deathstr1ker6666 what does that mean?
@@salmahumaran7468 when you spend so much time on internet and exploring it. (Internet-head)
12:00 When she mouths "something that happens" at the same time he said it, I died.
hes so babygirl
realest shit
realest comment
I love the story where he forgot to make a remix so he just gave a random original track lmao
Shes cute asf
Mental. Me and my brother promoted the first gig Aphex Twin did in Scotland, in Glasgow in 1993, where his mum and dad turned up! It might even be the gig he's talking about. They were traveling round Scotland at the time and it was the first time they had ever seen Richard play live! I've regretted not filming that gig ever since.
Damn bro thats like promoting Bethovens first gig.
@@salmahumaran7468 LOL I know mate !!
You should post it
That sounds amazing
@@haku5461 It was a great experience! Richard came up to my house before the gig, to chill out and get ready, and he mixed some of my records on the decks I had in my bedroom! He was on them for about an hour and he could really mix!
He gave me a CD of his first album, it's like a manufactured CD before it was printed on! It's blank on both sides but plays like one you'd buy from the shops. It must be a promo or something.
His dad called me the next morning but I was crashed out so the answering machine came on and recorded him leaving a message thanking us for looking after him and his wife the night before! I still have that on the cassette from the answering machine.
He had a real strong Cornish accent, like a farmer's accent! Very nice people, his mum and dad!
the sexual tension between them is making me live
This has such a good vibe. I miss the 90s. Life was so much easier.
Yes I was just thinking that. It's like wow, when things were normal.
Watching videos from the 90s and early 2000s feels like going back to real life
@@themoonbootman Yes, just reading this 3am before going to bed and you've nailed it.
aphex twin is like the cubism of music.
@@digitalplugged8383 skrillex of his time ? you cant say that skrillex is like a commercial brand, aphex is like a god. never put them in the same bag
thank you this is great
love this comment
@@CKrippa45 follow in his footsteps
He’s like god
The cut of him kicking his feet always gets me hahaha 0:36
omg that was the most chill-out mtv interview I've ever seen, I wish I'd have grown up with this version of mtv :/
she is so beautiful
Like many others have said here: Simone is a great interviewer.
that has to be the most introverted interview i've ever seen. The best musicians are mind.
Thank you :)
***** He is taking the piss the entire interview - I'm not all that sure he is an introvert in real life.
***** Nobody beats Keiran Hebden at being introverted hehe
Mc Ride from Death Grips
of course i like richard d james of course
0:37 bro lying down like hes typing "haiiii :333 mrrp meow!!" In the gc
I love how he’s just in the zone with his feet swinging around 😂
love it haha
Just twiddlin some knobs
Hilarious !
DontStopDooking 'just tryin to get comfortable really'
Expert knob twiddler
a true fan interviewing a true artist; the result is "well cool"! haha
Ppl comparing this legend to deadmau5, avb, skrillex... What the fuck is wrong with you?!
I'd say deadmau5 is a fairer comparison than Skrillex. Joel is talented.
Ah old MTV. You left and broke my heart.
Today, the entire world is one big Nethead.
Simone is one cute thing
indeed
I mean! That accent really is the icing on the cake too!
You Just Read This what films are like that
Can someone identify that accent? I mean I can tell it's British but that's not exactly precise
She's Dutch
MTV is utter unrecognizable compared to what they were in the 90's. I don't get why they changed. Is it more a reflection on the station itself or more a reflection on changing demographics they were pursuing? Because music is still being made, but you watch MTV these days you'd think music had died or something - they're all reality shows, game shows, and reality game shows. I get that people aren't making as many music videos these days, but you can always do interviews like these and broadcast live shows, etc. There's plenty of music related stuff for a station to cover.
do people still watch MTV? I don't know anyone who does
thebunnis people changes. MTV is just a reflection of people, the fucking crowd. Idiots want idiotic music, MTV backs it up and supports it plus making more money through idiots
thebunnis there's a bunch of reasons why they changed their programming. RUclips changed the game why would people sit through commercials when you can get music videos and artist interviews whenever you want. Plus Reality TV is way more profitable for them
don't be fooled, there was an AWFUL LOT of bullshit on MTV in 1996. You are watching probably the most 'real music oriented' show they had at the time, along with 120 Minutes. And it was only on once a week. The rest of the MTV schedule was bland and commercial.
the real world was the beginning of the end for MTV
"Relaxing"
I do the exact same thing with my laptop, laying on the floor with no desk. It is so unbelievably comfortable.
Shut the f*ck up furry
Hurts my shoulders
She seems attracted to him
she did a pretty good job too
@@shitmultiverse1404 word
who wouldn't be
Women are attracted to skills
Can ya blame her????
He is so chilled and relaxed. He is comfortable about himself. Love it. And I still no fucking clue about the way he does all this crazy rhythms even now with computers.
dear skrillex, in your dreams pal.
Of course, there's always people like you that comment these things on any classic EDM song or performance.
What's even more funny tho is that you're talking about a multimillion dollar dj that is creating a good time for everyone. Much as Aphex Twin is doing as well.
Dear Cory, I'm an AFX Super fan and a Skrillex listener. Try making something like Skrill or AFX Before you talk crap. Oh, and if you hate Skrillex for his sound, you're one to talk considering Ventolin exists.
Skrillex said that AFX's song Flim is his favourite song of all time
hahahaha
"are you a bit of a net-head?" fucking lol'd
That was a real question back then. Practically nobody was on the net. Except me and a few geeks. And Sandra Bullock. It was much better, back then. No RUclips either, and no fucking Facebook.
I remember the launch of RUclips, thinking how much money all that bandwidth would cost them, sending video. And how almost nobody could watch them in real-time cos it's too much data for a 56K modem (ask your dad. actually no, don't, he won't know).
It must have cost RUclips a ton of money back then, sure they didn't make a profit for some years. But then things changed.....
That all said, that woman's a fucking airhead. How hard is it to ask a few questions of Aphex Twin? If you can't think of any, make some up beforehand and write them down. Ask somebody to help you. His fans are usually intelligent. Just no excuse. That said, affected lackadaisicalness was fashionable back then. Deliberately seeming useless. Some people didn't have to try as hard as others.
I was going to wonder what she's doing now. Then I realised. Then I realised no, she'll be too old to be a prostitute. So she probably works in media. Managing some poor bunch of cunts, some of whom might actually be competent at something.
I'm not normally this endlessly bitter. It's '90s MTV does it to me. For brainlessness, only beaten by modern MTV.
Now off to something else...!
hey now, I'm 24 so I'm on the cusp... 2006 youtube was the shit and you know it.
Level 5 RUclips Hero Please don't delete my channel please
greenaum RUclips still doesn't make profit lol
@@greenaum do you remember the rise of "warez squads"? Humble guys, or something like this. Was you in one? I can see you are a huge geek, "net-head" even. Also, do you browse darkweb? Do you remember the rise of 4chan? I am very interested in internet culture, and you seem to be knowledgeable about it.
MTV played quality music back then.
No eye contact and indifferent about everything.. lol
Richard is kind of cute, actually.
what a sweetie (both)
His smile is priceless! I love how much fun he’s having with the interviewer :) - Apparently during that time, he has friends from the internet back in 1996, helping him on projects :)
her eye's when he said "I've gotten the computer to sing as well" 5:55
👀
!her eyes at 7:11
@@ryan80166 I'm not saying you're wrong but when's the last time people in this situation can be nice and interesting without a sexual motive?
CurbYour____ it’s just body language bro. What are you asking?
Lesturr there’s a lot of sexual tension there bro that’s just the reality of it. you can pretend there isn’t but there is.
Only a very brief part of this interview ended up on American MTV. I remember seeing him play in Detroit (Pontiac, to be precise) a few months later with the dancing bears, and it is still, to this day, a wonderful memory. It isn't hard to believe that his music has held up all of this time, but sometimes it's mind-blowing considering the amount of technology we've seen developed, yet he still made things then that still push the envelope now. And, of course, I'm so happy he's releasing more music these days, but nothing will hold a candle to when his stuff was (quite literally) 15 years ahead of its time.
When I first heard Fingerbib a few years ago I thought it came out recently so I was shocked to learn it came out in the 90s!
He was making his own as synthesisers aged 14 and put out selected ambient works from that time. 4 decades ago and those tunes are still being used in TV and films.
He is probably the best electronic music producer of all time, hands down.
You look at him vs some of the greats and he's just in a league of his own.
that burd knows how to interview
i was gonna say the same thing
The first couple of minutes I thought she was a bit annoying but she definitely brought it around.
Just to know... “burd” comes from “bird”? Can remember The Streets calling girls birds.
she is so fucking hot. the looks, the accent, her smile... I love her.
The Windowlicker mask should be sold to Halloween stores 👹🎃.
BADBOY RYAN Im going to
Offer some soon 💀
Thank you for inspiring Flying Lotus...one of my favorite producers.
Facts man, FlyLo is one of my favourites too! Loved the way his sound developed through his partnership with Thundercat too
it's so weird to look at this and think "it's weird that this sort of thing used to be on tv"
Now that, my friends, is how you do an interview.
20 year ago, without facebook, youtube, twitter, and mtv actually was a music channel.
i'm so struck by what a natural bloke he is, no pretention.
This is the dude who couldn't be bothered to go to his grammys
You've got so many machines Richard!
+BaddaBigBoom "I don't like them" :P
+BaddaBigBoom He haven't got THAT many...
+BaddaBigBoom I like those fast bits!
+BaddaBigBoom go on, give us a snare rush!
+Mr. Toaster SCREEEEEEECH BOOOM BOOM BOOOOOM
she's like "oh, great, AphTwit just shit out another 150 hours of randomass chirps and wobbles for me to have to sit thru" lol
“Weird little computer” *probably owns a smartphone today*
She looks like a nice, intelligent girl who has to do the obligatory 90s ladette thing while interviewing a genius mind with a teenager's personality. It's no mean feat.
thanks for using a word i had never heard. i had to look up ladette.
They're obviously flirting.
bro he's just laying there on the ground during the gig lmfao, a legend
lovin the coziness of the interview