The first and only time I’ve heard Richard talk and he’s talking about how he doesn’t want to talk about the music that he makes. Oddly, this is exactly what I’d expect an Aphex Twin interview to be like.
He's notorious for the few interviews he has done, he's either awkward and doesn't want to talk or he didn't even show up. There's one story of him having an interviewer meet him outside a store in the rain if I remember correctly, and he didn't show up. Love 'are Richard, I do.
This has been my experience when I worked as an electronic music journalist. Many interviewees were too introverted to say much about their work. They only opened up when they talked about their studio gear.
That is really interesting. Could i ask you some questions? I was wondering what sort of interview questions you would ask or what methods you would use to get people to open up about their work? I am very curious if you could share what you have learned :)
took a sip from my water, watched his face distorted through the bottom of the glass, and it felt like the right way to watch this, it was like one of his album covers lol
fyi he does some talking on a 1999 TV program filmed in Cornwall that John Peel did called Sounds of the Suburbs. Tells a tall story about going down the tin mine that his dad worked in and in fact the mine shut years before he was born...
I think theres a good amount of electronic musicians who arent classically trained, havent learned to read music, or something along those lines. This isnt a bad thing however, they just find ways to make everything make sense to them which is amazing, it just might be difficult to communicate. Its just easier to listen and appreciate it for what it is.
@@williambyrne5513 Eh, to a quite big extent. Even more complex genres as prog and let's say math rock which is close to me, a lot of people either learn the bare basics of theory from the internet or just do what the artists they like do.
@@aixide I think with electronic mostly, that is a genre where there is literally no sound boundaires, less electronic musicians have studied music, for example if you compare it with a metal or a jazz musician
@@LuisFlores-tx4ee I don't think that "literally no sound boundaries" means much at all. The same can be said about e.g. rock, Guns n Roses, My Bloody Valentine and Hyakkei are all wildly different bands I'd put under rock. Besides, I don't think nearly as much metal is as musically complex as metalheads like to say. You'll often hear metalheads online say how "metal is just jazz with distortion" when most metal that doesn't include prog isn't that musically complex, even if it's hard to play. Jazz and classical are oftentimes academic genres though, that's completely different. TL;DR large part of musicians in most other genres don't know theory either.
Ok but I’m still curious as to how he pumps out hundreds of amazing tracks with such vibrant personality. I guess it’s just one of those things that so few people are capable of that it can’t be properly put into words.
Depending on the electronic music you listen to , it teaches you to feel more of yourself because your not really focusing on the words but the vibe and your environment.
This is not what he is like now.. Richard has being very open minded about electronic music and his work on Soundcloud to us fans! He even gave me a compliment once.. I was so happy! He is the best!
It's true that it's definitely tougher / less meaningful to talk about electronic music, but I think there's still merit to like, talking about the kind of vision of it or the feelings it evokes specifically to the artist.
It's 3:30AM, you realise the gear is starting to wear off and your jaw hurts a bit, "whose house am I in?" you ask yourself... Looks like a student place, everyone here must be 25 max... "mate I'm at least fifteen years older than these guys" you think to yourself. Just as you start getting ready to leave you hear a voice coming from the beanbag in the corner of the room... "well, usually I prefer to work alone..."
I blame buzzfeed articles and the like for always trying to label a certain artists new album and making a false corny narrative about it to suit their needs so that it can be ingested easier. Just let the music be and no need for explanations or opinions.
Seems like he was really talking about electronic music from an ambient/noise electronic perspective. Crazy how much things changed with electronic music since this. Even in 1995 so much had changed. Aphex Twin is a legend.
I can understand exactly what he means with Electronic music being far different than Rock where it is nearly impossible to explain. Electronic music is all about the feeling while listening to it or playing it. Looking for crescendo effects, etc. Bjork and Aphex Twin are crescendo masters. Like I believe Aphex's song "Pancake Lizard" to be an absolute beautiful and sad song that gets me crying by the end every single time
I think part of the appeal of rock music is actually wrapped up in talking about rock music, which is why it loses its appeal when you get older. If there is nobody around to talk about cool lyrics or rad guitar riffs with, you might as well listen to the best music instead. Haha
I think Electronic offered something much more underneath the mainstream that appealed to the conflicted feelings of outcasts and people who had much higher variances of emotions in their heads. Introvert's music maybe because it mirrors the way introverts think.
Richard makes a great point. I listen to electronic music but it's difficult to talk about. I can only explain as far as the impression it gives me. God bless you.
Yeah same interpreting it is one of my fav bits about listening to it. Not always tho and not usually while listening to it.. But i spend so much alone time immersef in electronic music that i later wanna talk about the feelings it gives me eh
I guess I'm in 2 minds about this. On the one hand, I completely appreciate the identity of electronic artists' styles and how it's oftentimes hard to talk about electronic music, even for myself making music is a personal thing and I dislike talking about it, I'd rather people take their own meanings from my stuff. I hate it when people actively try to write a song like someone else (I'm all for taking inspiration, there's a difference). I'm all for an artist creating their own identity and style, whether off the shoulders of others. On the other hand, talking about electronic music does open the doors for greater levels of creativity. Instead of being in our own hidey holes, if we all shared each others knowledge, experiences and passions, would this not cultivate the best environment for creative endeavours in music? Would the level of musicianship increase from this? I can't deny that there are techniques I've borrowed from other producers but almost all of my stuff comes as a result of experimentation I also feel like I'm never good enough to share my knowledge, that the things I'd say have no value or would expose me as some kind of fraud or hack or something. It's an interesting discussion nevertheless
TBH, at that time electronic music (specifically techno in this case) was very underground and definitely not made for mass consumption, and it also had a reclusive or kinda-gatekeepy appeal. But as technology goes on, it's obviously cringy to talk about shit like that. Like you definitely can talk about your gear and stuff or how you produce your shit without looking like a freak, because we now can literally make music by just clicking on a laptop.
@@cannabico6621 well that's what electronic musicians used to make themselves to look like with their studio gear and such, like they're some kind of nerds or geniuses or something like that.
I mean yeah, it's true. when you talk about an abstract form of music such as electronic, you're basically breaking it. With music with lyrics, you could talk about the instrumentals but the lyrics are still there along with the vocals, so there is a few things still holding the music up, but electronic music is all of the instrumentals. electronic music is abstract because its without lyrics and adding more to the beats and the melodies and stuff like that, so talking about it is much harder to tackle. I think that Cosmogramma is a wonderful album, but it's hard to talk about it because there is no meaning, like what Richard said. of course, yeah, you can talk about electronic music, I was in a music discussion about Drukqs last week that was a really good discussion, but most of us electronic fans don't like to talk about it much.
I can feel this. my bud and i listen to electronic music and he wants to talk about because he's so used to talking about other genres of music but with electronic music you just listen to it and feel it.
Me and my friends talk about it all the time when partying at a private area and it is acutal fun because it is so challenging to express. Also when it is true that you cannot put certain parts and emotions in words.
same lol we like to push the boundaries of language like how the boundaries of sound are pushed in electronic music. shows how abstract talking can be too which yeah is rly fun to explore! like repeating a word til it loses meaning or it gains another one
Yeah, I was thinking the same, truely enjoy talking about music, especially electronic music. It's like an artform on itself really. I dunno, he sounds a bit arrogant tbh
Sorry, but thats just not correct. Classical notation is always interpreted by its performer(s). So every "output" is unique. That even shows in legal copy right. Not trying to pull off an "good" or "bad" argument here tho
@@purenarcotic303 Electronic music is kind of the same, if another producer takes an electronic work, they can subtly or wildly change the original. Djing can change elements, or keep it the same, but a producer taking another persons work will generally always interpret it in their own style. Aphex Twin himself has an album of remixes called 26 Mixes For Cash. Playing a record of music, either classical or electronic, will always be the same. Someone playing someone else's music will see change in the output.
@@squareinsquare2078 Totaly agree with you on your take on electronic music being interpreted by others or even reinterpreted by the original composer him- or herself. But classical music, in the sense of Beethoven etc., is ALWAYS interpreted if it is played live, because there is no original recording or anything. Concerning modern recorded "classical" music I agree with you, as long as the composer has conducted or recorded the piece of music by himself. At the end both artforms have produced epic original stuff :)
i think he would talk if, say, he was interviewed by people he admires, maybe he'd ask half the questions, or they both would do the interview with instruments to show in sound what they cant say (in theory) about that sound
Well his music is difficult to talk about so he’s right. I love listening but other than saying that I can’t really imagine a conversation. When I meet someone and a shared love of Aphex Twin comes up we both kind of nod to each other and I think “Yes, he’s great….enough said”.
I think I understand this (from the creator’s point of view) yet as a listener I like to talk about electronic music. It’s like talking about abstract art, you wouldn’t just let that hang there off the wall not spoke about.
Electronic music is as large spectrum as people are. It can be delicate lace or violent chaos. It’s a precise reflect of our state of mind, emotions, situations in our lives. Everything is possible in electronic music as it’s possible in our lives.
I understand what he’s saying, I make music somewhat like Aphex Twin or similar genre wise and attempting to describe that kind of music is like attempting to describe why certain pallets of red and blue make such a beautiful contrast. It can be done, but the artist themselves created the art not with the intent of using some theory or superior knowledge perse but a good artist just has the ability to create beauty and complexity without even understanding the theory or principles behind it.
electronic music is the natural heir to the kind of ancient hypnotic drone pulse beat trance type stuff from Africa, India & Asia...check out things like gamelan jams from Bali, or what Brian Jones (of Rolling Stones) discovered in Morocco...same vibes.
I've noticed taht many poeople say that music without words is empty. Funnily enough, for me music with no lyrics can contain much more sense and meaning taht is just beyond human things and reveals the meaning of something above. Lyrics are about poetry they can exist without music, while music itself is about sounds. Tha's why deep inside I consider people who listen only to songs with words and not musch diversity in sounds not true melomans (as many claim to be)
It's the artist's opinion, and it's not wrong. But I, for one, love talking about music, especially electronic music. People talk about virtually all aspects of culture, and it is a way to share culture with others. However, he is a genius, and I respect his opinion.
I like almost all aspects of music. Having a conversation with someone about music isn't one. Usually a one sided conversation that takes the fun out of the discovery of the music for that person, or vice versa. Past a couple sentences it just turns into wanking off.
@@HansyPants184 obviously it depends on who one is speaking with. It saddens me that you haven't found anyone with which to passionately and openly discuss music. Frankly, it's absurd to me to be so hush-hush about something that is basically universally enjoyed, but if you have only had bad experiences, I understand your feelings.
@@D3R3LICTRECORDS no bad experiences. Maybe I wasn't clear in my delivery. I would rather someone show me the art that they love rather than tell me about it much in the same way I would rather watch a great movie scene than have my buddy Bill describe how revolutionary the sword work was in it. If we have both seen the movie then it's a conversation. If one of us hasn't seen the movie then it's just one person talking about something they enjoyed. There's nothing wrong with that. I'd just rather watch the movie first.
you listen to a record like SAWV2 and honestly, why do you even need to talk about it. it's just there, this beautiful, indescribable thing someone's made.
Music is an experiance, not a conversation. It's just like classical music, it tells a story or is just ment to stimulate memories or feelings. I have this wonderfull message on a T-shirt and it says "Music is what feelings sounds like," I love it!
The first and only time I’ve heard Richard talk and he’s talking about how he doesn’t want to talk about the music that he makes. Oddly, this is exactly what I’d expect an Aphex Twin interview to be like.
Not really odd then if that's exactly what you expect
He's notorious for the few interviews he has done, he's either awkward and doesn't want to talk or he didn't even show up. There's one story of him having an interviewer meet him outside a store in the rain if I remember correctly, and he didn't show up.
Love 'are Richard, I do.
@@harrisonbumhurst6829"Oddly" in this case, meant "cool, I predicted it"
LMAO troll richard is awesome!@@PatchCornAdams723
How is that ironic?
Monk said “ Talking about music is like dancing about architecture “
Someone probably has tried to dance about architecture. Merce Cunningham maybe? It would not be surprising.
Hey, good idea!
Not that good of an analogy considering architecture had meaning. Before the modern age of concrete, glass and metal eyesores.
monk needed help putting his socks on
@@Charles2k ok, let's see the interpretive dance that illustrates your point
This has been my experience when I worked as an electronic music journalist. Many interviewees were too introverted to say much about their work. They only opened up when they talked about their studio gear.
That is really interesting. Could i ask you some questions? I was wondering what sort of interview questions you would ask or what methods you would use to get people to open up about their work? I am very curious if you could share what you have learned :)
@@Ruby-xk8kn Ask them about their gear :P
@@jaakbonenstaak8041 hehe
@@Ruby-xk8kn interviewing the interviewer
cause it's easier to talk about yer band mates
The first rule of electronic music club...
Dont talk about it
You don't talk about the rule, or the club.
most underappreciated comment in the history of electronic music
actual good reference
What IF Aphex Twin did the Fight Club sound track ??? LOL
took a sip from my water, watched his face distorted through the bottom of the glass, and it felt like the right way to watch this, it was like one of his album covers lol
Your profile pic matches what you said :)
well done deciding to journal this event on youtube comments lol 10/10
He just didn't want to admit that all his music is about his ex
Haha
@@moomoocowsly what every ex tells themselves
hahahahahahaa
Epic comment!
Laughed my ass off to this comment
this is the best freestyle rapper of our generation
Wtf is that profile pic? And yes I agree
@@Kiwi-hv8fg Lmao that pic is nightmare fuel
@@Kiwi-hv8fg it's from a book called man after man.
@@Cabesandia thank for telling me! Aslo it's full of cursed drawing lol
@@Kiwi-hv8fg damn you weren't kidding
This the first time I heard him speak lol
same here...
me too, also first time I ever saw him being a person
First time, and he’s talking about why he doesn’t talk much lol
@@TheLingo56 the one time I saw him perform live he just gave a thumbs up and left through the veil of dark at the end haha
fyi he does some talking on a 1999 TV program filmed in Cornwall that John Peel did called Sounds of the Suburbs. Tells a tall story about going down the tin mine that his dad worked in and in fact the mine shut years before he was born...
I think theres a good amount of electronic musicians who arent classically trained, havent learned to read music, or something along those lines. This isnt a bad thing however, they just find ways to make everything make sense to them which is amazing, it just might be difficult to communicate. Its just easier to listen and appreciate it for what it is.
The same can be said for literally every genre, except for jazz and classical.
@@aixide maybe not quite to the same extent tho
@@williambyrne5513 Eh, to a quite big extent. Even more complex genres as prog and let's say math rock which is close to me, a lot of people either learn the bare basics of theory from the internet or just do what the artists they like do.
@@aixide I think with electronic mostly, that is a genre where there is literally no sound boundaires, less electronic musicians have studied music, for example if you compare it with a metal or a jazz musician
@@LuisFlores-tx4ee I don't think that "literally no sound boundaries" means much at all. The same can be said about e.g. rock, Guns n Roses, My Bloody Valentine and Hyakkei are all wildly different bands I'd put under rock.
Besides, I don't think nearly as much metal is as musically complex as metalheads like to say. You'll often hear metalheads online say how "metal is just jazz with distortion" when most metal that doesn't include prog isn't that musically complex, even if it's hard to play.
Jazz and classical are oftentimes academic genres though, that's completely different.
TL;DR large part of musicians in most other genres don't know theory either.
Ok but I’m still curious as to how he pumps out hundreds of amazing tracks with such vibrant personality. I guess it’s just one of those things that so few people are capable of that it can’t be properly put into words.
Depending on the electronic music you listen to , it teaches you to feel more of yourself because your not really focusing on the words but the vibe and your environment.
Electronic music is just vibe, emotion.
He would make me blush.
This is not what he is like now.. Richard has being very open minded about electronic music and his work on Soundcloud to us fans! He even gave me a compliment once.. I was so happy! He is the best!
Fr?
It's true that it's definitely tougher / less meaningful to talk about electronic music, but I think there's still merit to like, talking about the kind of vision of it or the feelings it evokes specifically to the artist.
Based pfp
It's 3:30AM, you realise the gear is starting to wear off and your jaw hurts a bit, "whose house am I in?" you ask yourself... Looks like a student place, everyone here must be 25 max... "mate I'm at least fifteen years older than these guys" you think to yourself.
Just as you start getting ready to leave you hear a voice coming from the beanbag in the corner of the room...
"well, usually I prefer to work alone..."
Best comment I’ve read in a long time
underrated
what is this a reference to? I’m so intrigued
GAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
@@kennethmen4954 its a reference to doing drugs in a dingy college dorm and hearing aphex twin giving an interview
I wish people would do this with things beyond just electronic music. People seem to have the need to turn everything into an identity.
Identity politics
Let's talk about our gender!
I blame buzzfeed articles and the like for always trying to label a certain artists new album and making a false corny narrative about it to suit their needs so that it can be ingested easier. Just let the music be and no need for explanations or opinions.
It's because most 1st world people are completely wrapped up in ego
@@hotmetaldobermans703 good
Seems like he was really talking about electronic music from an ambient/noise electronic perspective. Crazy how much things changed with electronic music since this. Even in 1995 so much had changed. Aphex Twin is a legend.
damn he's handsome af
Of course he is, didn't you see the cover art for Windowlicker?
When I discovered Aphex Twin I immediately fell in love with the albums.
He just mastered the art of living in the moment, in a way
Yeah, you cannot talk about it while you are "in it"
I can understand exactly what he means with Electronic music being far different than Rock where it is nearly impossible to explain. Electronic music is all about the feeling while listening to it or playing it. Looking for crescendo effects, etc. Bjork and Aphex Twin are crescendo masters. Like I believe Aphex's song "Pancake Lizard" to be an absolute beautiful and sad song that gets me crying by the end every single time
I think part of the appeal of rock music is actually wrapped up in talking about rock music, which is why it loses its appeal when you get older. If there is nobody around to talk about cool lyrics or rad guitar riffs with, you might as well listen to the best music instead. Haha
I think Electronic offered something much more underneath the mainstream that appealed to the conflicted feelings of outcasts and people who had much higher variances of emotions in their heads. Introvert's music maybe because it mirrors the way introverts think.
holy shit. you couldn't have said it better
lol it sounds good on paper I guess haha
I agree. I also think that applies to punk rock. Or used to.
Stop talking about it 😁
What does "higher variances of emotions" mean exactly?
Richard makes a great point. I listen to electronic music but it's difficult to talk about. I can only explain as far as the impression it gives me.
God bless you.
"Can you elaborate on that?"
"No."
The film IS the talking.
Bubbly bubbly bubbly bubbly!
Not many people get this reference
This man has a good head with bootleg shampoo on his shoulders.
Head and Shoulders, or Alberto Balsam?
Whew... he's got a normal voice.
I thought he'd sound like a Satan or something
Actually, his natural voice is that of a glitchy vocoded robot, but he's using the "human filter" so listeners can better understand his words.
Worse, he sounds Br*tish
He does sound kinda satany, but only when he talks to me directly through my inner ear.
LMAO!!!
@@marcelloursic424 Oh of course all Italian people have such wonderful, melodic voices. Pass the sick bucket.
C'mon Rich - talking about music is one of my favorite things. Especially electronic music.
The first rule of electronic music is that you don't talk about electronic music.
@@HeretixAevum Sure, you listen to Squarepusher whitelabels alone. With headphones. In the dark.
Yeah same interpreting it is one of my fav bits about listening to it. Not always tho and not usually while listening to it.. But i spend so much alone time immersef in electronic music that i later wanna talk about the feelings it gives me eh
@@HeretixAevum yeah, fuck that rule, buddy. There shouldn't be rules to attend to when it comes to art.
@@FregoniFOSK I was kidding, just a Fight Club joke, nothing more.
I guess I'm in 2 minds about this. On the one hand, I completely appreciate the identity of electronic artists' styles and how it's oftentimes hard to talk about electronic music, even for myself making music is a personal thing and I dislike talking about it, I'd rather people take their own meanings from my stuff. I hate it when people actively try to write a song like someone else (I'm all for taking inspiration, there's a difference). I'm all for an artist creating their own identity and style, whether off the shoulders of others.
On the other hand, talking about electronic music does open the doors for greater levels of creativity. Instead of being in our own hidey holes, if we all shared each others knowledge, experiences and passions, would this not cultivate the best environment for creative endeavours in music? Would the level of musicianship increase from this? I can't deny that there are techniques I've borrowed from other producers but almost all of my stuff comes as a result of experimentation
I also feel like I'm never good enough to share my knowledge, that the things I'd say have no value or would expose me as some kind of fraud or hack or something. It's an interesting discussion nevertheless
Stop talking about it!
TBH, at that time electronic music (specifically techno in this case) was very underground and definitely not made for mass consumption, and it also had a reclusive or kinda-gatekeepy appeal. But as technology goes on, it's obviously cringy to talk about shit like that. Like you definitely can talk about your gear and stuff or how you produce your shit without looking like a freak, because we now can literally make music by just clicking on a laptop.
@@cannabico6621 well that's what electronic musicians used to make themselves to look like with their studio gear and such, like they're some kind of nerds or geniuses or something like that.
“Talking about music is like fishing about architecture.”
Writing about mysic is like dancing about architecture, quote by Martin Mull
I mean... I love music and I can talk about it all day with some of my friends
"Fuck your shitty quotes."
- Maximum Matt, 2021
@@maximummatt73 At last, a normal person.
@@StefUllrichMusic if an unnecessarily OTT, pointlessly antagonistic, pettily immature edgy guy is normal. Then normal can go away and be quiet.
I had never heard Richard talk until now oh my god his voice!!!
i love this dude
Nice. Thanks for uploading.
what a genius he's music is art
the lad is proper baked here xD
I mean yeah, it's true. when you talk about an abstract form of music such as electronic, you're basically breaking it. With music with lyrics, you could talk about the instrumentals but the lyrics are still there along with the vocals, so there is a few things still holding the music up, but electronic music is all of the instrumentals. electronic music is abstract because its without lyrics and adding more to the beats and the melodies and stuff like that, so talking about it is much harder to tackle. I think that Cosmogramma is a wonderful album, but it's hard to talk about it because there is no meaning, like what Richard said. of course, yeah, you can talk about electronic music, I was in a music discussion about Drukqs last week that was a really good discussion, but most of us electronic fans don't like to talk about it much.
yes
He inspires me so much
"just listen to it". Richard D James.
I love talking about abstract things tho.
@DnB and Psy Production Maybe about music based on cohomology?
i like talking about music... music is kind of therapy
I've always felt this way about music across the board! Refreshing to hear this.
I can feel this. my bud and i listen to electronic music and he wants to talk about because he's so used to talking about other genres of music but with electronic music you just listen to it and feel it.
He always looks like he's about to fall asleep
Me and my friends talk about it all the time when partying at a private area and it is acutal fun because it is so challenging to express. Also when it is true that you cannot put certain parts and emotions in words.
same lol we like to push the boundaries of language like how the boundaries of sound are pushed in electronic music. shows how abstract talking can be too which yeah is rly fun to explore! like repeating a word til it loses meaning or it gains another one
Yeah, I was thinking the same, truely enjoy talking about music, especially electronic music. It's like an artform on itself really. I dunno, he sounds a bit arrogant tbh
@@FregoniFOSK You sound like a twat to be a bit honest
yeah i love talking about music and i have done fairly well for myself in it. everyones different he's probably just a big introvert
This is a pretty strong take until you realize it's one that talks about electronic music!
haha nice:)
Well, not really. It talks about talking about electronic music.
Hes got a really nice voice
The David Lynch of music.
this sums up my feelings as a producer pretty well
So true...
Electronic music is a digital version of an analog orchestra. It's basically modern classical music. Input data, output music.
Modern Classical music, that's literally how i described aphex twin to my gf
I was thinking this for a while.... Even basic sample absent beat making theoretically.
Sorry, but thats just not correct. Classical notation is always interpreted by its performer(s). So every "output" is unique. That even shows in legal copy right. Not trying to pull off an "good" or "bad" argument here tho
@@purenarcotic303 Electronic music is kind of the same, if another producer takes an electronic work, they can subtly or wildly change the original. Djing can change elements, or keep it the same, but a producer taking another persons work will generally always interpret it in their own style. Aphex Twin himself has an album of remixes called 26 Mixes For Cash.
Playing a record of music, either classical or electronic, will always be the same. Someone playing someone else's music will see change in the output.
@@squareinsquare2078 Totaly agree with you on your take on electronic music being interpreted by others or even reinterpreted by the original composer him- or herself. But classical music, in the sense of Beethoven etc., is ALWAYS interpreted if it is played live, because there is no original recording or anything. Concerning modern recorded "classical" music I agree with you, as long as the composer has conducted or recorded the piece of music by himself.
At the end both artforms have produced epic original stuff :)
It says twin but I only see one of them. So where's the other one? Maybe he wants to talk?
The interviewer:
So what I'm doing here?!?😐😐
is there a full interview available somewhere.
Link me up.
i think he would talk if, say, he was interviewed by people he admires, maybe he'd ask half the questions, or they both would do the interview with instruments to show in sound what they cant say (in theory) about that sound
nah he really doesnt care and kinda thinks you are all consumers... kinda based
@@thegeneral5003 so we're being fooled by Aphex who only likes us for our riches, he's so mean
Good point
And yet here we are! Ironic...
richard has like a very soothing voice tbh
I love aphex twin
Well his music is difficult to talk about so he’s right. I love listening but other than saying that I can’t really imagine a conversation. When I meet someone and a shared love of Aphex Twin comes up we both kind of nod to each other and I think “Yes, he’s great….enough said”.
26 years ago now. He is now a middle aged man
The Man. The Legend. The Aphex.
Richard David James.
I don't blame him ,his music was too advanced for his time
And even further advanced for this time, sadly.
@@zenkaso You serious? If you can't comprehend what he said, at least don't talk out of your ass.
@@timothyr23 ok boomer
@@martinbogadomartinesi5135 says the 30 years old dude
Im 22 :^)
Love it
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- Aphex Twin
- The Tuss
- Polygon Window
- Caustic Window
- AFX
DON'T FORGET THE DICE MAN
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How true is that!!
This was filmed before he came up with the thought provoking lyrics to Milkman.
I think I understand this (from the creator’s point of view) yet as a listener I like to talk about electronic music. It’s like talking about abstract art, you wouldn’t just let that hang there off the wall not spoke about.
Man I wish avicci had gotten to have a long chat with this guy.
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Electronic music is as large spectrum as people are. It can be delicate lace or violent chaos. It’s a precise reflect of our state of mind, emotions, situations in our lives. Everything is possible in electronic music as it’s possible in our lives.
and thats why hes brilliant!!!
Legend
I completely relate to this…
We listen and we say. "That's nice".
I wish the milkman would deliver my milk in the mourning
I understand what he’s saying, I make music somewhat like Aphex Twin or similar genre wise and attempting to describe that kind of music is like attempting to describe why certain pallets of red and blue make such a beautiful contrast. It can be done, but the artist themselves created the art not with the intent of using some theory or superior knowledge perse but a good artist just has the ability to create beauty and complexity without even understanding the theory or principles behind it.
So chair slide sound is abstract 😀❤️
because it is abstract is precisely why one should talk about it!
I agree with you and I agree with Richard too. Contradictory truths are still both true I guess lol
electronic music is the natural heir to the kind of ancient hypnotic drone pulse beat trance type stuff from Africa, India & Asia...check out things like gamelan jams from Bali, or what Brian Jones (of Rolling Stones) discovered in Morocco...same vibes.
looks like he’s almost falling asleep
It’s about listening to the birds and looking at the swans, from memory
looking at the swans and hearing the birds singing, watching the water flow past in the canal
Weirdly relaxing
I've noticed taht many poeople say that music without words is empty. Funnily enough, for me music with no lyrics can contain much more sense and meaning taht is just beyond human things and reveals the meaning of something above. Lyrics are about poetry they can exist without music, while music itself is about sounds. Tha's why deep inside I consider people who listen only to songs with words and not musch diversity in sounds not true melomans (as many claim to be)
"We just listen to it."
Never thought of it like that but it's true.
Very interesting but I would love to hear his logic behind the development of a song and its tone/mood etc.
electronic music speaks for itself
I love this video! Such a legend. Mind warper and amazing beat maker! 👁🧠
It's the artist's opinion, and it's not wrong. But I, for one, love talking about music, especially electronic music. People talk about virtually all aspects of culture, and it is a way to share culture with others. However, he is a genius, and I respect his opinion.
I like almost all aspects of music. Having a conversation with someone about music isn't one. Usually a one sided conversation that takes the fun out of the discovery of the music for that person, or vice versa. Past a couple sentences it just turns into wanking off.
@@HansyPants184 obviously it depends on who one is speaking with. It saddens me that you haven't found anyone with which to passionately and openly discuss music. Frankly, it's absurd to me to be so hush-hush about something that is basically universally enjoyed, but if you have only had bad experiences, I understand your feelings.
@@D3R3LICTRECORDS couldn't have said I better myself so I applaud you for saying it in such a considerate way
@@FregoniFOSK thank you!
@@D3R3LICTRECORDS no bad experiences. Maybe I wasn't clear in my delivery. I would rather someone show me the art that they love rather than tell me about it much in the same way I would rather watch a great movie scene than have my buddy Bill describe how revolutionary the sword work was in it. If we have both seen the movie then it's a conversation. If one of us hasn't seen the movie then it's just one person talking about something they enjoyed. There's nothing wrong with that. I'd just rather watch the movie first.
you listen to a record like SAWV2 and honestly, why do you even need to talk about it. it's just there, this beautiful, indescribable thing someone's made.
he's the chris cornell of surf-rock
I find hes more the eddie van halen of reggae
Never heard him talking before
Frigging genius.
rip susan sontag you would have loved aphex twin
Music is an experiance, not a conversation.
It's just like classical music, it tells a story or is just ment to stimulate memories or feelings.
I have this wonderfull message on a T-shirt and it says "Music is what feelings sounds like,"
I love it!
_"Music is an experiance, not a conversation."_
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Damn, some very wise words from Thom Yorke
That's what I try to explain to my friends when they point out I mostly hear only instrumental music
God has spoken.
hmmm thanks..
This gave me an apex grin