From Will Samuels Sent Tue, Feb 23rd 1999, 09:25
From Will Samuels Sent Tue, Feb 23rd 1999, 09:25
--Chester Blaze <xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx> wrote: > > rephlex just puts out silly crap? what the hell is > wrong with you? Opinionated I guess. Sorry I am not a mindless IDM drone :) Just out of curiousity what were some of the outstanding Rephlex releases of '98. And I mean "new" not reissues. > HAB is just ok - not what you expected? It's good, but not worth the hype of many of the emails I have read. I don't think they stand up to alot of his other work. But they are worth the $10 I spent on them. > that is your problem - when you live with > expectations you live a life full of > disappointments. Your absolutely right if I didn't have any expectations I could go to regular mainstream bars where there are tons of women and bad music and i might not care. Unfortunately, I have to set my expectations high and only go to drum n bass/idm events and hang out with 95% guys. If I had no expectations or opinions I could go to anything and maybe enjoy it (know matter how weak it is), instead of just certain type of events. You know what they say ignorance is bliss. > Aphex does it for himself - fuck everyone else - if > you like it great - if you don't, don't buy it and > go on to someone who suits your needs. Great, then why do you guys get bent out of shape if someone says they don't think his more recent stuff isn't as good. And continues to becomes less influential in MY tastes. Why do you even care? It's really silly. I don't care if you love him or hate him, it makes no difference to me. I secure in my tastes to not care what anyone else thinks. Some people will agree and some won't. cheers > ---------- > >From: xxx-xxxxxx-xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx (idm-digest) > >To: xxx-xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > >Subject: idm-digest V2 #541 > >Date: Mon, Feb 22, 1999, 4:33 PM > > > > > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:08:58 -0800 (PST) > > From: Will Samuels <x_xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> > > Subject: Re: (idm) Aphex Twin- "Window Licker" > > > > - --xxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote: > >> > >> Is anyone taking this release seriously? I saw the > real video of > > the Window Licker video,.. I sincerely > hope that video was only a > > front to fool people into > thinking the whole ep is going to be shit. > > Seems > more like Aphex milking his fans for all their worth > > > (economically fucking them up the ass) before he > >> goes on his vacation from the music biz. Richard > James's music > > has had a deep impact on many of us,.. > sure he thinks he's being > > funny giving everyone the > "I don't give a fuck about what you think" > > routine. > Seems like simple immaturity and inconsideration to > me.. > > > > I agree. The quality of his music has gone down big time. All his > > older stuff is great and most of it still sounds fresh. The HAB eps > > were ok, not nearly as good as i would have hoped...but interesting. > > the Milkman song is pretty weak. > > > > That whole Come to Daddy ep was pretty weak. I mean sure it amusing > > that he did something like that. But it gets old quick. I prefer the > > video over the actual song. The only track that I really like is IZ-US > > a 2 minute track on that CD. That's the only reason I might ever pull > > that cd out. > > > > Rephlex as a label just puts out silly crap for the most part. > > > >> There are many of you who will cheer him on as he > makes funny > > things happen with the umbrella. I > reserve a special moment of > > disapointment just for > those people. > > > > I certainly don't get excited when I hear about new releases by him > > anymore. He went from being one of my favorite artists to someone I am > > only sort of interested in...just to see if he will snap out of his > > streak of silly shit and hopefully start doing meaningful music again. > > > > There are too many really awesome electronic artists out there now to > > really even care about Aphex Twin (if he continues to do just ok > > quality stuff). > > > >>From a guy that was all talk in the beginning of his career, about how > > he could put out a 100 lps a year. You would think he could put out at > > least one good album a year and all the silly shit he wants to do also. > > > > If he is retiring (which I don't think he is). It's probably for the > > best. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com