Ok now we're talkin'! One of the most important artists of all time in my opinion, just an absolute gamechanger sonically.

@AKAtAGG

2 жыл бұрын

my absolute hero honestly. i once asked for Avril 14th on this channel but this is way better.

@adsr3870

2 жыл бұрын

A man of culture, I see?

@deepnofin

2 жыл бұрын

@@AKAtAGG I wish he'll do Windowlicker... Game changer track for me !

@AKAtAGG

2 жыл бұрын

@@deepnofin with a fantastic video to boot.

@aerov2484

2 жыл бұрын

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

@barriemcburnie5841

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, remember reading that. RDJ trueley a maverick in the dance genre.

@TheVashnessItself99

2 жыл бұрын

is that where the breakbeat term came from?? LOL

@MM-vs2et

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@thegrinderman1090

Жыл бұрын

@@MM-vs2et ...I think they were joking

@xenopis7862

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Aphex Twin through and through to me.

Boards of Canada. Everything You Do Is A Balloon. Cheers.

Both of Aphex's "selected ambient works" albums are wonderful if you ever feel the need to mind-wander for a couple of hours

@damiankirkwood7924

2 жыл бұрын

facts

@anoptforout

2 жыл бұрын

Big facts

@chriswashington8062

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@mmccollow

2 жыл бұрын

S.A.W vol 2 has been my go-to background music for reading/writing code going back to the early 2000s

@wyattgwyon9484

2 жыл бұрын

I love both, but I'd go with selected ambient works 2

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.

@SquishypuffDave

2 жыл бұрын

Whichever staff member decided to play that track was a true hero.

@claymccoy

2 жыл бұрын

@@SquishypuffDave Not all heroes wear capes.

@Dragonpuncher123

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I remember pissing my dad off when I played Ventolin way too loud in my room some odd 20 years ago.

@KNURKonesur

2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the Wheeze remix of Ventolin even more than the original!

@Neur0nauT

2 жыл бұрын

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?

That little smirk as the first couple of staggers in the rhythm start playing with your expectations is what IDM is all about.

@neithere

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, a lot of the pleasure in IDM is waiting for the moment when that little thing finally appears / changes :)

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)

@matthansen758

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and Alberto Balsam. I think Geebz, since he's into ambient, would much prefer Aphex more ambient, melodic and soulful stuff.

@dan.j.boydzkreationz

2 жыл бұрын

Or "ΔMi−1 = −αΣn=1NDi[n][Σj∈C[i]Fji[n − 1] + Fexti[n−1]]"

@t3hgir

2 жыл бұрын

@@dan.j.boydzkreationz who can forget that classic

@alwithadot

2 жыл бұрын

YES this one is so good and pretty nice for doing a reaction

@hectorelgrande5767

2 жыл бұрын

With all due respect, “Come To Daddy” isn't an album, is a EP.

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.

@derekfletcher8934

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@zooloo73

2 жыл бұрын

@@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 KZread there are two replies here, but I see only yours. Probably a technical issue.

@MrMattb08

2 жыл бұрын

What are the chances!

@nicktreleaven4119

2 жыл бұрын

Vordhosbn is incredible, my favourite of his

@AKAtAGG

2 жыл бұрын

happy belated AFX day

Aphex twin was a massive influence on Thom Yorke / Radiohead. You can hear it in this track.

Aphex Twin is one of the greatest of our time. Keep digging Geebs, there's SO much more to discover here. Happy Avril 14th!

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.

@todds1445

2 жыл бұрын

Funny geebz mentions ambient because his ambient works are on par with anything from Brian Eno and just as influential.

@Widderic

2 жыл бұрын

I concur!

@tiberiusblack659

Жыл бұрын

I would recommend Nannou to balance the madness.

Boards of Canada should be next! Geogaddi or Music Has the Right to Children are both fantastic albums

@claymccoy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Autechre too!

@ifeelfantaastic2425

2 жыл бұрын

I recommend checking out Faex Optim. Very BoC-like

@MrMLD1972

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏾

@dontwrite9s4ever86

2 жыл бұрын

How about COIL as well?

@danzacjones

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Need to check out the full uncut video version of Window Licker. Its a mind trip

@poggystyle

2 жыл бұрын

You mean the greatest music video of all time? Yes.

@Bobbias

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!

@barriemcburnie5841

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, both vids for Windowlicker & Come to Daddy are trueley a trip.😂

@barriemcburnie5841

2 жыл бұрын

Saw Aphex Twin DJ set once. He was playing 3 decks, with one constantly playing sandpaper!🤣

@moonooze6171

2 жыл бұрын

Window Licker is probably my favorite.

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".

@chriswashington8062

2 жыл бұрын

Or Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid by Aphex Twin and Squarepusher. The song that inspired Thom Yorke to make more electronic music.

@grunions9648

2 жыл бұрын

'Hard Normal Daddy' is a a total jam from first track to last

@THEH0WLER87

2 жыл бұрын

or iambic poetry 9

@edwarddawson42

2 жыл бұрын

Or tundra 4. Or do you know squarepusher?

@klausherbert3040

2 жыл бұрын

I got Come on my Selector on vinyl single. Awesome track

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.

@jakubmadron7776

2 жыл бұрын

why guilty?

@jamestrotter1479

Жыл бұрын

AT is the opposite of what a guilty pleasure is. Taylor Swift is a guilty pleasure.

@jyjjy7

Жыл бұрын

Guilty?? Wtf

@fcon2123

Жыл бұрын

@@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 KZread, few regular people truly appreciate what this guy has done for music.

@jyjjy7

Жыл бұрын

@@fcon2123 I consider the music I listen to that doesn't confuse "regular people" my guilty pleasure

Was NOT expecting an Aphex Twin video, what a pleasent surprise! Only been following for a few days and already loving this channel!

@GG-ik6it

2 жыл бұрын

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

Very stoked to see Aphex Twin here do more!

iambic poetry 9 by Squarepusher is a masterpiece. As you're a drummer i bet you would love it.

@t3hgir

2 жыл бұрын

I love Aphex Twin and Autechre but Squarepusher's drum programming is some of the best.

@Dragonpuncher123

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the best.

@todds1445

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@deepnofin

2 жыл бұрын

@@todds1445 I agree, Iambic 5 Poetry is such a great track... Also Tommib, and Anirog D9... Also love Freeman, Hardy & Willis Acid (with AFX)...

@DenEz_TV

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

I was not at all expecting to see AFX on your channel ever! Thank you for this!

Aphex Twin is one of the Godfathers of electronic music art, he's just amazing.

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.

@chriswashington8062

2 жыл бұрын

Avril 14th from this album is simple and beautiful.

@deusifer30

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!…

@timothydahlin5321

2 жыл бұрын

@@chriswashington8062 Great covers here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ep6ptcNsj6bLorg.html

@timothydahlin5321

2 жыл бұрын

Alberto Balsam (steel guitar cover) kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIt7uKammriWYJM.html

Gotta love some Aphex Twin reaction

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.

@pipjr3927

2 жыл бұрын

those would have been my picks too! :)

@upinthemtns

2 жыл бұрын

Selected ambient works vol 2

@withoutmaster79

2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏

@bigrob966

2 жыл бұрын

Flim is an amazing song. Nannou has to be brought into the discussion at that point.

@fenristhewolfslair3993

Жыл бұрын

and "Stone in Focus" and "Lichen" :D

Aphex twin opened me to new music.

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

@matthewgodding777

2 жыл бұрын

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 KZread 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

@FairuzOsman

2 жыл бұрын

Bladelores pls

@ThePsychoCzech

2 жыл бұрын

my fight or flight response was triggered the first time I listened to Parhelic Triangle

@robovampire

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Under Boac

@gmac7790

2 жыл бұрын

This is the way

When the breakbeats comes back. He's feeling it. That Aphex magic.

@xbenci

2 жыл бұрын

read this comment as it was happening on screen lol

@G8tr1522

2 жыл бұрын

i can relate to all those faces he made, lol

@daltonbedore8396

4 ай бұрын

got 'em!

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!!

You're entering a whole new world with Richard D James' music

"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.

@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, Come to Daddy is wicked! I remember watching the video late at night on MTV and being blown away.

@JDTait

2 жыл бұрын

& was also widely liked by metal heads.

@iDEATH

2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@tommj4365

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love him to react to the music video... then folliw up with windowlicker :)

@captaincobana4144

2 жыл бұрын

@@JDTait Dillinger Escape Plan did a cover of this song with Mike Patton.

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! Yes. You must review more of his brilliant works. He's a master of music.

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 😝

@Widderic

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@severebraindamage_med

2 жыл бұрын

actually he himself told me that he used tigercub instead of cubase on his atari st at the time

@andyevans1504

2 жыл бұрын

@@severebraindamage_med oh wow. i completely forgot all about the dr t software. it was long ago lol 👴

@G8tr1522

2 жыл бұрын

what did he use to perform?

@severebraindamage_med

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

oh...my...god...you're doing APHEX TWIN!?!?!? HOLY SHIT IM FUCKING READYYYY Also, Vordhosbn would be a great one...

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.

Great choice, Druqks is one of the greatest albums of all time. Extremely ahead of it’s time even today.

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.

@edwarddawson42

2 жыл бұрын

Seconded

@richardjames1751

2 жыл бұрын

That’s like… your opinion, man. In all seriousness, I’m a metal head through and through but I love electronic music as well. Always wanted to get into producing it but equipment is soooo expensive

@mikekirby2085

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardjames1751 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.

@marjercly8296

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardjames1751 Just get a pc that can run windows xp you'll be all good

@richardjames1751

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikekirby2085 you bring up a good point. I used to be really into tech death metal but holy crap it pretty much all sounds the same. Maybe It’s because I’m getting older, I dunno

Man's a genius. Would love you to react to something from his Syro album

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.

@Widderic

2 жыл бұрын

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!

@jedahn

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@Widderic

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@xDRAGONSHAGGERx

2 жыл бұрын

Didgeridoo is the shizzle

@dastaug

Жыл бұрын

Definitely my favorite piece on the album and possibly my favorite of all of his stuff.

"Mt Saint Michel + St Michaels Mount", then go listen to the whole double album for yourself. Another realm altogether

@Widderic

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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!

This happened to be the album I chose to play for my father, who was a composer, as his introduction into electronic music after a lifetime with jazz and classical.

@OrbitalSP2

6 ай бұрын

I hope he enjoyed. One of my favourites albums ever.

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.

@todds1445

2 жыл бұрын

Dayvan Cowboy, Music is Math or Turquoise Hexagon Sun are good starters.

@ayuxx10

2 жыл бұрын

Would definitely love to see him do a Boards of Canada song.

@1035pm

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck yes!!!

@madophelia4322

2 жыл бұрын

@@todds1445 don’t forget roygbiv

@PedroKrick

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

@codyhaitch758

2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes have synesthesia...but that's a different circumstance.

@terminaldeity

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@unduloid

2 жыл бұрын

I also have synesthesia. This album has a lot of ants dancing with top hats.

@cepheid4288

11 ай бұрын

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!

yeeaaah you need to do more aphex twin :) awesome stuff!

I love watchin people hear Aphex for the first time, its so pure

Windowlicker is a must by Aphex twin, a lot of his music is closely married with the video, both together are a spectacle

@mephren

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt you could react to the video on KZread due to a certain word said 100 times, but man what a video 😁

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

@edwarddawson42

2 жыл бұрын

Good taste

@feintcircles

2 жыл бұрын

@@BbNaB "Yup!"

@geoffreyhhill

2 жыл бұрын

Mike Patton is a musical god

@michaelmarhal

2 жыл бұрын

I 2nd the Ween request.

@GG-ik6it

2 жыл бұрын

I think geebz did some primus

You reviewed Aphex Twin on April 14th ... pretty appropriate ... next time checkout his track from this album, Avril 14th.

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.

Wow...never thought I'd see you react to Aphex. Some Autechre next?

@ShirleyTimple

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, i haven't thought about Autechre in so long! Thanks for the memories, man!

Please explore more Aphex Twin, truly the greatest musician of all time

@yungkidlines

2 жыл бұрын

(mt st michel)

Omg Aphex twin is one of my top favorite eccentric electronic artists.

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 ✌️

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.

Insane how you havnt done Knocked Loose or Turnstile yet. If noone ever suggested it. I will right now! :D

WHOA Geebz, this is one of my favorite artists, you are really branching out. Kudos!

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.

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!!!

@tommj4365

2 жыл бұрын

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

@edwarddawson42

2 жыл бұрын

Vsnares is the man.im a fan of the huge chrome, hospitality, cavalcade sound. But it's all great.

@cactustactics

2 жыл бұрын

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

@carbon1479

2 жыл бұрын

He needs classic Metalheadz :)

@monotonous1763

2 жыл бұрын

Hajnal!!!

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.

Thanks a mill for this. Enjoyed the song even more now

Very surprised you did this genius. Congrats!!! Great video again!!!

get into Boards Of Canada.

Good track. Pretty typical Aphex Twin sound. Definitely check out Flim. It's beautiful. Also think you'd dig Battles' Mirrored album. Interesting textures.

@darkhoundslobber2028

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta second Flim. It's without a doubt a beautiful track!

@nicktreleaven4119

2 жыл бұрын

There's a great cover of flim by then jazz trio The Bad Plus recorded live in one take with real instruments.

@cbl7333

2 жыл бұрын

Battles is amaze

love this album. awesome seeing you check out his music!

This made me incredibly happy. I love your Radiohead reactions, and seeing you discover Aphex has blown my mind.

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

@ShonnDaylee

2 жыл бұрын

Girl/Boy Song is an absolute masterpiece! So many classic tracks off of the Richard D. James Album.

@justinw2232

2 жыл бұрын

Vordhosbn is king

@scootaymildo1070

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@justinw2232

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@pocketrealitty

2 жыл бұрын

Ziggomatic V17 is such a criminally underrated track off of this album. I really love how that whole track breaks down at the end.

If you're going in this direction, look into Autechre --Tri Repetae.

@neithere

2 жыл бұрын

Oh this is an awesome album!

Aphex twin have a song called "come to daddy" give that one a listen!!

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.

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.

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'.

Beautiful review. I learned a lot through this. Aphex Twin is my favourite musician. Thanks for the breakdown

Thank you Geebz

Good on you for covering alternative artists. Electronic music is a whole different world.

@dudemandingoselectroacoust5689

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you add Orbital to the list: Semi Detached: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmVrmqasgauydNY.html Planet of the Shapes: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lJaX2s-yYMefpLQ.html Or Attached: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e655rrqKaNrYY6Q.html All excellent starting points for the artists

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!!

Great video!

Still sounds ahead of its time 20 years later

HELL YES!!!! Getting in to some really crazy territory now! Love love love Aphex, the greatest electronic creator of all time, hands down 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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.

I love your Aphex Twin reactions so much, I wish you'd do more Aphex Twin reactions. Crying In Your Face is a really great one I'd be proud to recommend you. Love the channel, love your vibe

I love that you covered Aphex Twin. Keep it up KoG!

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...

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.

@collinbeal

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah just anything off Hard Normal Daddy is butter

@matthewgodding777

2 жыл бұрын

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'

this video brought me immense joy. thank you for sharing

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.

There is a song by Aphex Twin that when played on a spectrum analyzer (I think that is what it's called) it shows a picture of his face.

@scootaymildo1070

2 жыл бұрын

Had to check this out. Was pretty wild! Link for anyone interested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qYeNo7yngdDMlso.html

@claymccoy

2 жыл бұрын

Spectrogram. The song is Track 2 on the Windowlicker EP.

This whole album is a flawless masterpiece I recommend you check it

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.

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.

Apex Twin was a big influence on Thom Yorke.

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.

Nice bro. Aphex Twin is sweet.

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.

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!

Windowlicker is the most bizarre song ever written, and the video is just nuts

Awesome ❤️

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 KZread recommended this. With Richard David James' music there's a lot to cover.