apehx on stockhausen
here's a link to that much talked about
article where he dissects aphex, scanner etc .
you will find it after all the japanese gumph. i've copied and pasted aphex's response.
Aphex Twin on Song Of The Youth
Mental! I've heard that song before; I like it. I didn't agree
with him. I thought he should listen to a couple of tracks of
mine: "Didgeridoo", then he'd stop making abstract, random
patterns you can't dance to. Do you reckon he can dance?
You could dance to Song of the Youth, but it hasn't got a
groove in it, there's no bassline. I know it was probably
made in the 50s, but I've got plenty of wicked percussion
records made in the 50s that are awesome to dance to. And
they've got basslines. I could remix it: I don't know about
making it better; I wouldn't want to make it into a dance
version, but I could probably make it a bit more anally
technical. But I'm sure he could these days, because tape is
really slow. I used to do thingslike that with tape, but it does
take forever, and I'd never do anything like that again with
tape. Once you've got your computer sorted out, it pisses all
over stuff like that, you can do stuff so fast. It has a
different sound, but a bit more anal.
I haven't heard anything new by him; the last thing was a
vocal record, Stimmung, and I didn't really like that. Would
I take his comments to heart? The ideal thing would be to
meet him in a room and have a wicked discussion. For all I
know, he could be taking the piss. It's a bit hard to have a
discussion with someone via other people.
I don't think I care about what he thinks. It is interesting,
but it's disappointing, because you'd imagine he'd say that
anyway. It wasn't anything surprising. I don't know
anything about the guy, but I expected him to have that sort
of attitude. Loops are good to dance to...
He should hang out with me and my mates: that would be a
laugh. I'd be quite into having him around.
well here's a link to that
article where he dissects aphex, scanner etc . scroll down pass the japanese