This song feels like drinking a cold water at 3am

@jmbaesso4846

2 жыл бұрын

this is so strangely accurate

@asonofagunder

2 жыл бұрын

or walking into an air conditioned room on blistering hot day

@lynchmaleideal

Жыл бұрын

Well I’ll never get that image out of my head now, thanks for the perfect description

@Phambleton

Жыл бұрын

feels like when harry maguire scored that pen against italy in euros 2021

@damienocallaghan2648

Жыл бұрын

@@Phambleton Maguire is the most expensive Centre Forward in the World at 80 Million... THINK ABOUT IT😀😀😀😀😀

this always feels like you've stepped out from a rave to grab a smoke and you're just processing the vibes while you can still hear the music from outside

@timothyjholloway

Жыл бұрын

@@ravenitz Yes, well said!

@adammarquez5203

Жыл бұрын

I guess so sure Marlboro

@theoriginaltommysteward

Жыл бұрын

Perfect description.

@1MNUTZ

Жыл бұрын

Yea good insight

@fortheloveofnoise9298

Жыл бұрын

He stepped outside, as he walked away from the club...its music faded and started to blend with something new, he continued walking, found this mysterious door, he opened the door and walked inside, an empty building with music playing....he stayed, and then and there was the rest of this album.

Every time I test a pair of headphones, it's tradition for this song to be the first song to listen to. If this song doesn't sound good, the headphones aren't good.

@endergamer.mp4

Ай бұрын

ive actually been using this song to make crappy speakers and headphones sound good with an equalizer. trying not to have anything too loud or too quiet, like the hi-hats, the kick and bass, and the synth at the start. now my car speakers don't sound to bassy thanks to this song.

@RealTomayoYamashita

2 күн бұрын

Nah I would use any hypertone track to test headphones

@DanKale

2 күн бұрын

@@RealTomayoYamashita blameitonjorge

@RealTomayoYamashita

2 күн бұрын

@@DanKale I’m his avatar but ok.

the kind of music you want as background when you are having a nice moment and want to keep it as a memory.

@derekperez1418

Жыл бұрын

Yup, I've got this associated with tropical rains in Guam. When I was there, California's drought was serious and I cried watching it to this song.

@rasvetx

8 ай бұрын

dale el diego y afx

@cualfuneri2510

8 ай бұрын

aguante el diego y la droga@@rasvetx

@Nonexistanthuman

7 ай бұрын

This was the first song my daughter ever heard.

@DanielleOflynn

2 ай бұрын

Always kept amazing memories for me so I couldn't agree more!

Aphex is timeless. Richard released that track 28 years ago and it sounds even fresher and more relevant today.

@juanflores-zy6kj

3 жыл бұрын

FACTSSSS

@goku9791

3 жыл бұрын

it’s literally just noise

@vmrrobotic7069

3 жыл бұрын

@@goku9791 If this is noise for you then go listen to some mainstream shit

@goku9791

3 жыл бұрын

@@vmrrobotic7069 y’all will listen to anything just to be different istg

@bachnguyen9212

2 жыл бұрын

@@goku9791 Is being different wrong? Is having different music taste to other people wrong? 🤨

I first heard this track xtal when my friend handed me his headphones sitting on the bow of a ferry from Rottnest island to Perth Australia at dusk in 2001. With flat calm water, a warm breeze & the lights of Perth in the distance, this tune takes me back there everytime.

@NOVAsteamed

4 жыл бұрын

awesome really good vibes

@MoluskToeCheese

4 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful memory

@Burley_Bert

4 жыл бұрын

wicked

@jimrussell7492

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! It takes me to the coast of Cornwall, UK, sun setting, stars brightening, sea crashing below...

@donsteppedinside6796

3 жыл бұрын

i was on acid when i found this track

I will love this record until the day I die.

@Doc13rain

7 жыл бұрын

Same here buddy.

@rreeppeeaatteerr

6 жыл бұрын

Same! And what a good life, to have enjoyed such a divine soundtrack throughout it:)

@safesclart

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah maan

@sen-te8oq

5 жыл бұрын

so your dead body wont wanna have a listen?

@Alejandro-xv3yf

4 жыл бұрын

This track is timeless it's a combination of the past and the future

I grew up in the countryside as a child, and whenever there was a snow day and school was cancelled, me and my best friend would take the wheels off our skateboards and use them as snowboards on all the newly formed slopes. I would have Xtal & Pulsewidth playing on my mp3 player as the soundtrack to those snow days, I don't know why but something about those two tracks really suited the snowy landscape. Now whenever I hear these tracks as an adult, I get the strongest sense of nostalgia and those magical snowy childhood memories all come flooding back. I can't thank Aphex Twin enough for creating this music. If you ever happen to read this, Richard - thank you for making my childhood just that extra bit more special :)

@Marauder1981

Жыл бұрын

I would say it fits because the sound uses mainly plains-soundscapes (like smooth snow) and with a bit of fantasy you can hear the jingly christmas bells in the song which might remind you of generic christmas song bells.

@kaecake9575

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good dream. The pictures must be admirable for a lifetime

@birdlawyer6191

Жыл бұрын

How'd you get into Aphex Twin as a youngin? I didn't hear of know about him till college.

@ThunderChunky101

Жыл бұрын

Killed it mate.

@AldenDoble

Жыл бұрын

@@birdlawyer6191 in all honesty I can't remember. I'm sure it must have been through KZread in the really early days when it first started, but what lead me to landing on an Aphex Twin video will forever be a mystery 😅

This music is an alarm clock for the soul

@vico805

Жыл бұрын

nice

@hangingnutsjimmy88

Жыл бұрын

idk what this means but i feel that its correct

@dpclerks09

10 ай бұрын

@@hangingnutsjimmy88 hell yeah dude

@sephyowns

2 ай бұрын

yes

@PastPerspectives3

2 ай бұрын

God that is a beautiful sentiment

I wish I could listen to this song for the first time again so badly.

@fortheloveofnoise9298

Жыл бұрын

This song for the first time is like taking Morning Glory seeds for the first time. Legal ecstasy

I love the airy feel this song has

@vico805

Жыл бұрын

Yes by the ocean breeze or after it just rained

Aphex Twin has made such beautiful music that has actually helped me through some tough times and that is super impressive for a sound that rarely EVER has lyrics. When you hear this stuff, you can ACTUALLY FEEL SOMETHING. Richard is a very talented and creative person, I want to meet him one day.

@musicsmymedicine

3 жыл бұрын

I wish to meet him one day as well. at least got to see him live once :) and I know exactly what u mean about the emotive nature and how its healing music in a weird way at the right times. hope ur doing well

This song is like standing outside in the snow late at night with yellowed lights that only slightly illuminate the area around you but just enough to make you feel safe and cozy

@vico805

Жыл бұрын

great description!

@lennytlm

Жыл бұрын

Miss those days, now my area has terrible LEDs that are uncomfortable

@PeepingUkulele

7 ай бұрын

Warmth and comfort with a cold, beautiful dark vastness around you

Every time i jam this album..it inspires me to write and record..

@d00mboy13

3 жыл бұрын

same for me mate! when i listen to Aphex i immediately pick up my guitar and start recording

I used to play this on loop whilst sinking off into a K-hole, always felt like I was in a elevator going up to a different dimension lol. This is definitely the music they would play in the elevator up to heaven!

@anon6706

3 жыл бұрын

Something about this comment seems so very comfortable and warming to me. I've never done K yet, (yet) but I had a sorta similar experience with MDMA. I crushed a yellow strawberry pill into dust, split it into two lines and snorted one up each nostril. I'm shitting you not mate I kept playing "Will Smiths - Getting Jiggy With It" on loop not remembering I had just played it a couple of times already. You know the bit where the "choir/group" is chanting that "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na" bit? I felt like I was in heaven listening to those voices, I felt like nothing else existed and I was just in a pure euphoric state that I don't think I've ever experienced since. Thank you for reminding me about that wonderful time.

@DMacLean15

3 жыл бұрын

Xtal is the Electronic version of Stairway to Heaven.

@darrinsiberia

Ай бұрын

Just say no.

If I ever come across Richard one day, I won't bother him too much, I'll just thank him for Xtal and tell him that I love him. That's it.

@Yeoldelole

Жыл бұрын

Same

@jcrisp90

Жыл бұрын

yep

twenty six years later is still fresher than most of modern music

@mamamia5668

9 ай бұрын

*all

@slopeboix2589

9 ай бұрын

Facts

@cmc6040

5 ай бұрын

Coming up on 32 years now......Jesus where has the time gone??

I remember the first time when I heard of Aphex, it was through his grammy win in 2014. At the time, I only listened to electronic music in the form of house and synthpop, and when I heard Syro and the RDJ album, I was turned off on how cold and calculated it sounded. But then I found out about his 2 Selected Ambient Works albums, and that was when I was struck by the wonderment of it all. And it all started with this song.

@necromax13

5 жыл бұрын

His newer sounds are just either calculated or ear grating hyper shiny glitched synths. Way back when, he was a magician of this transcending sound.

@maskedmerker1

5 жыл бұрын

it's like Heroin for your ears and soul and i keep coming back year after year for that sweet sensation

@NoodlePastie

5 жыл бұрын

@@necromax13 I think his new stuff is great. No doubt it's different. That's your opinion just as this is mine.

@groverkirkland518

5 жыл бұрын

2014?? Bit late to the party dude.

@BP140Dubz

5 жыл бұрын

@@groverkirkland518 earlier than me lol. First time listening to this one ❤

weird that this is 30 years old. feels so much newer

@vico805

9 ай бұрын

thats all of afx music haha

This song is timeless. ridiculously good

@vico805

11 ай бұрын

yup

@FurryAnimator

4 ай бұрын

yes! 💖💖🥰🥰

the best aphex twin song..

@vrilmaxxed

3 жыл бұрын

Best song in general, of all time

@jasoncoates1835

2 ай бұрын

Alberto Balsam would like a word, but this track definitely holds its own

This song feels like going on a bike joyride with your friends on a chilly summer night

@Tryler_

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better myself

@snug-fibbage7441

10 ай бұрын

That was the summer of 2021 for me

This song feels warm and cold at the same time

I feel like I’m walking down an elongated hallway in a hospital while listening to this. I feel like I’m in an empty train station while listening to this. I feel like I’m in heaven while listening to this.

@jcrisp90

2 жыл бұрын

i feel like im in the mountains on a perfect blue sky day to this

music to exist to.

This feels like when you play Aphex Twin's "Xtal"

@snork-is-snork

3 ай бұрын

Relatable

@johnthenapkin

Ай бұрын

#Hilarious

@angeloss5792

Ай бұрын

This is definitely one of the xtal of all time

@Dez_The_Fox

23 күн бұрын

Richard D. James moment

Hauntingly Beautiful.

Listening now I can recall the smells, the places, the friends of 28 years ago when I first heard it. Still vibrant, still brilliant.

@DanielleOflynn

2 ай бұрын

Yesssss!!!

@whammersbach

2 ай бұрын

Nice profile pic

this song never gets old

prob the best song ever made

@vico805

11 ай бұрын

up there on the greatest electronic tracks off all time!

This is my go to song for coping with depression

@vico805

9 ай бұрын

the sample LALALA brings some joy huh

@thatgothcat

9 ай бұрын

@@vico805 yep

Absolutely tranquility with a little bit of madness flung in. 😊

The disbelief when i found out xtal was made in the 90s is unexplainable

@vico805

Жыл бұрын

yeah Richard was way ahead of his time with his music!

@Iofflight78

11 ай бұрын

It's possible it's even older than that. There is a tape from 1989 with XTAL on the notes. So possibly written when Richard was 18.

@shanexx8508

11 ай бұрын

@@Iofflight78 incredible

@xgskrillax

9 ай бұрын

this is exactly what i'm experiencing right now

@Soulrollsdeep

4 ай бұрын

Why? It was the definitive decade for great music. The last, in fact. It was the beginning of the end in reality, but it all felt magical, never ending and enriched the soul. The creativity was everywhere and we can largely thank electronic music for that, and sampling... Sampling played a massive part as it ensured everyone was perpetually looking back, whether they knew it or not. What an era.

this song is so damn beautiful, I just wan't to cry

@vico805

10 ай бұрын

so fresh especially for 92

I'm gay

@thedaywillcum

3 жыл бұрын

Ahead of our time

@merdefilms3837

3 жыл бұрын

he will always be ahead of his time, we will never create someting like this again

@meowmyr

2 жыл бұрын

being gay is definitely so far ahead of one’s time

@7rritorialpisschrist

2 жыл бұрын

Ahead of their time

@Gencoil

3 ай бұрын

Ok Tingle.

I guess I have a new favorite song. i never heard it before and it's just beautiful 😊

I first heard this when a buddy visited me at my new place ,when I first moved out of home, rolled my first spliff to christen the new pad... I lit it, and he pressed play on the CD player... MAGIC

Everyday for over a year I've listened to this before I go to work and it's never not relaxed me.

I had myself a wee journey a couple of weeks ago out in a local national park, just me, the milky way, a bunch of pademelons and this track. That memory is going to be with me for a very long time. Thanks RDJ

I used to listen to this alot while skateboarding around deserted Portland Oregon during the pandemic. The track made me forget everything and just enjoy the blue sky and cruising down the street.

Richard really managed to capture the inherent beauty of natural electromagnetism tbh . everything in this track feels like its sparkling, like a crystal

This song sounds like when you're swimming underwater and paddling your feet on the surface, and it reminds me of this strange place or dream I had when I was younger. Almost felt like the place you are before you're born, just floating in bright blue sky along the clouds.

Probably my favourite track of his. Compared to so much of his later stuff - more simple, more soul.

This was way ahead of its time

track still feels new its amazing fr

@ClamsCEDH

8 ай бұрын

only 31 years old jesus

@vico805

5 ай бұрын

he has crazier tracks also from this era

This feels like waking up before everyone else to see the overcast and fog suffocating the brick buildings. You percolate a cup of coffee and sit in the darkness, shaking off the dreams of the earliest reach of slumber. You hesitate to turn to screens for stimulation. You soak in the silence.

@vico805

25 күн бұрын

wow

happy birthday, legendary man

Thx Andy for introducing me to this album!!

I think it’s the only song i’ve ever heard that makes you wanna both dance and chill, it’s both cool, dancy music but also relaxing ambient

This is the only song I have listened to for 3 days with no other songs playing. Even though I could swear I’ve never heard it before it transports me back to days when I was happy. I’m not saying I’m not happy now, I’m just saying this song made me happier.

I love how this whole record feels. Some of the tracks sound half asleep yet half awake. None of the tracks are the same yet they incorporate so well together. I see the whole record as one incredible recording. Xtal is sublime, deeply trippy yet focused. It's wonderful listening to it.

Man this song brings me so much joy :D

This song never gets old

I absolutely love this song, I can listen to it on repeat for days and never get bored. For me this song is my soundtrack for life. As today is my birthday and I'm here listening to this masterpiece to calm me through this rollecoaster of life

@Yeoldelole

Жыл бұрын

You said it perfectly

Don’t ask who’s here in 2021, because we never left ))

@weatherkop

3 жыл бұрын

@Are you a Hutu or a Tutsi? You have been blessed with good taste. May that blessing be your guide. Godspeed

@gokuvegeta161

2 жыл бұрын

🖤🕉️

@n.abramishvili5341

2 ай бұрын

2024 still bumping in the morning

imagina produzir um dos melhores álbuns da história da música tendo apenas 14 anos, instrumentos feitos à mão por ele mesmo, e fitas danificadas. um gênio.

@fernandochaves3854

3 жыл бұрын

sou adepto a musica eletronica desde os 7 anos. hoje tenho 29 e quando ouvi essa track um mes atras fiquei sem acreditar como eu perdi tanto tempo da minha vida. desde então sou fã desse gênio oculto.

@Tiagofostim

3 жыл бұрын

Esse é um dos melhores instrumentais que já escutei! Essa música é de 1992 e eu sou de 2002 mas parece que eu vivi aquela época pq me deu uma nostalgia enorme! Sou muito ligado a música e amei as melodia desse som, tipo um mix de sensações!

@magnalux0

Жыл бұрын

Me deixa feliz saber que existem outros brasileiros que partilham do mesmo gosto que o meu. O Aphex Twin é um gênio, sinto que o Richard criava suas músicas com o intuito de gerar emoções, porque cada música que ouço dele me traz uma sensação diferente. E essa, sem sombra de dúvidas, é uma das mais incríveis que ele já produziu, porque pode estar associada a vários sentimentos para quem ouve. De longe um dos melhores artistas eletrônicos que já existiu.

i remember showing this song to a really close friend of mine while we were walking around an empty festival season downtown chicago. the shimmers in the river almost seemed to match up with the twinkly synths and i fell in love with life again

such an odd feeling. As if all the difficulties of life are left somewhere behind when listening, you just lie in your bed and talk about life. Nothing worries you.

My first time hearing this track was in also the first time smoking weed with my older bro... 3 years later i still find peace in this piece. My dad even slept to this album once :D

Трудно поверить, что этот трек вышел в 1992 году

@nonentity7709

3 жыл бұрын

в этом вся прелесть тогдашних музыкантов, которые писали IDM.. настолько футуристические работы. столько скилла..

@zerla6018

3 жыл бұрын

И не говори

@mms_ua

3 жыл бұрын

Согласен

@tsunamipapi1343

2 жыл бұрын

liar .

Masterpiece

I get a good mood from the song somehow

@sad_lands

14 күн бұрын

Эта связка - мой личный секрет успеха, и я не могу не рассказать об этом всем!

The most irresistible song I have ever heard. If I start playing it, I have to finish.

Listening to this shit on a night hike with clear skies and good company was one of the coolest experiences I’ve ever had. The morphine probably helped too.

In love with this tune

@vico805

Жыл бұрын

it’s a good one!

This one's cold fresh like an igloo love it!

Ok..in 1993 was in Montreal canada..and just was discharged from the army..I went a club called metropolis on st Catherine st..and said to my father this is my new hobby..now it is my new song to my woman that resides in Switzerland..maybe...it has always calmed me down and made me feel alive in my travels and creativity in somexway..thankyou gentleman .It was my final song..after I left the new rave scene in San Francisco 1993..that was the end

its 2019 and you took a trip with 3 friends to small seaside city in Poland called Łeba. after arriving at 10pm you take lsd night pass by Sun starts to rise around 4am you sit at the beach and sky is 100% pink you put this track on everything you see is pink sky, empty beach and local fishmens on their boats starting day on the ocean. nobody speaks. wonderful

I loved it when it first came out and even more now. AT is so unique and wonderful!!!

Listened to this on Many a come down in the early 90,s, still so divine 🌄

This song feels like when u randomly wake up at 3am in the morning and u can't get back to sleep

this is an absolutely insane song

I love her!

we need back to this

When I'm at the most awakened state that I can, I feel like this song.

The amatuer feel of the mixing only adds to this songs charm. 10/10.

When you hear some really old tracks it shows how loudness wars and the like are a bit silly, depending on the context and how you listen to music. No-one listens to magic like this and picks it apart, it just sounds great.

So many images comme to my mind with this music

It's like, like blissful bliss

@BasketCase

Ай бұрын

Blissfully blissful bliss..?

@sillyguy29uh11

Ай бұрын

@@BasketCase yeah, like that

I ascend everytime I listen to this track

@vico805

5 ай бұрын

especially after a toke of that green

Aphex Twin always makes me feel like im playing a valve game

Amazing music.

got to be a top 10 AFX song! / it never gets old makes me feel so fresh/good/focused really nice tune!!

Pure genius

This is the first song I ever heard from Richard.

@vico805

10 ай бұрын

it’s a good one to start off with

Simply outstanding.

This tune is everything

Sublime. Transcendent. Thank you Aphex Twin. A Limerick man GWAN!! 💪❤️❤️❤️😎 Restores faith in humanity this kind of music 🙏

My favourite Aphex Twin track.

It was 1993 when I first heard this. On a Tape deck, in a mate’s new place - he’d moved to a farm in Sussex( converted pig sty) .listened whilst stoned looking at the stars on a clear night.

Refreshingly sublime.

This music reminds me of forests and it always has since I was 10 and I love it

Amazing

That synthline so simple yet so optimistic its unreal

@williammarshburn

Ай бұрын

lol. thats your pal thinking about how they can make your trip the best

if hope, dreams, expectations, in a positive way were translated into music, so soothing and ethereal, something you can't grasp your head around, yet, it feels so familiar, as it was a feeling, a sound you've always knew. this is xtal for me

Las sensaciones con esta obra maestra superan la mejor de las descripciones. Tan atemporal que parece traído de lo desconocido.

This track gives me power

Surreal, curti muito esse som! Melodia linda demais.

best

Wow.