I love going into bowling alleys full of people that have this track in their internet connected Jukeboxes. I usually select the song, and sit somewhere and wait. Sure enough after the last song ends, this song comes on and the reaction is priceless. Everyone starts plugging their ears, and start complaining about the track, or wonder if the jukebox is broken. A few times the bowling alley staff would come over and unplug the jukebox, or turn off the speakers.
i got my roommate once by placing a small speaker under his bed and playing the “spookier” cuts from saw vol ii barely above the threshold of hearing. he’d come into the room stoned and we’d chat. whenever the conversation reached a lull, he’d ask with increasing urgency if i heard “it” too. i eventually had to reveal the speaker to convince him of his sanity. i never got him again, but the one time was priceless.
I think Richard said himself that he used to take Ventolin and one of the side effects were tinnitus. And with Richard being himself, it inspired him to make a song out of it
I'm 33 and used to be on ventolin, it's not bullshit, it's not that you hear this when taking ventolin it's that ventolin after long use retunes your hearing to hear higher frequencies, it's a bit like being able to hear a dog whistle, it's just a frequency
@Void Fame tinnitus is a condition that causes a constant ringing sound in your ear(s), it’s usually caused by being exposed to loud noises too frequently (playing live music, shooting guns, etc. etc.). If I remember correctly, this song was actually supposed to express the agony of severe tinnitus.
The most amazing musical experience I've ever encountered in my life was listening to this track whilst driving in a snow storm at 2am, on un-trekked snow, not another sign of life in sight, and my family peacefully sleeping in the car with me.
OMG my cat just reacted to this song, too! She get interested and started rubbing up against the speakers, seemed to enjoy it so I turned it up, she loved it!
My intro to aphex was when i walked into a chain music store in vancouver in 95. This track was blaring on the speakers, the guy at the desk had put it on. I watched as his manager came down and screamed at him to "turn that shit off right now". I walked up to them and said "I'll buy whatever that was right now please". The employee had a shiteater on as he handed me the disc.
Druqks is more difficult than this. This was the first Aphex track I ever heard, and despite the noise it's quite melodic. I am big fan of noise like this and the Psychocandy distortion. It's like you have to suffer the ringing to get to the melody and rhythm. It surprised me when I listened to more Aphex how sweet and lovely some of it is.
There's also Aphex Airlines, which is a more obscure noise track that was supposed to be a soundtrack for some French airline. Supposedly they rejected it and said "would be better suited for documentary about air crashes"
I remember some old interview with Richard where he talks about his music becoming brighter over the years as he loses his hearing a bit, usually what happens to most artists. He made some joke about how far that would get, like as an oldie will I be making music that's just all treble.. and here we are
During college my friends and I used to rent out venues where we'd each do sets of our own. It was mainly DnB, dubstep, that kind of stuff, but for one of them I decided to do an hour long Aphex-only set - a homage as it were. When I was constructing the set, I knew I had to cram Ventolin in there somewhere, so around half-way through I transitioned in the opening tone looped over and over as I faded out the other track. I had the biggest grin on my face as I looked at everyone all fucked out of their skulls and baffled at what the fuck was going on - bear in mind this was playing on a pretty decent sound system. I remember looking over at my best friend at the time and smiling, and him just shaking his head with this look on his face as if to say 'What the fuck are you doing man?' Then a girl came up to the booth and said something along the lines of, 'Something's broken', but I just continued smiling, shook my head, then released the loop and let the track effectively 'drop'. The girl just kind of walked away and I continued my set. A few tracks later (I remember I was mixing in 'Cock ver 10'), one of the owners, barmen, or bouncers came up to the booth and told me to close my set ASAP, and that we all had to leave because people were vomiting and acting like nobs in the hallway. I like to think that Ventolin helped make that happen - some just can't hack Mr. Strider. I know I had fun... 7\
It is psychoacoustics. After some time your brain will start filtering out frequencies and this will greatly change how you hear the next track on the album. Pan American did this too on their Quiet City album. Once you realize this it is s real eye opener.
Turn it down then. It stops being painful at lower volumes (I'm thinking "it's 1am and you don't want to wake your neighbors" volume). Not sure if this works if you're using headphones.
it's been far too long since I had the pleasure of your music caressing my ear holes. with this song in particular you've taken my tinnitus for quite the ride, it was beautiful having a song made from tunes that would mask my own constant note. thank you mr cunningham for this wondrous piece. you've literally fucked my noise receptors.
Having a sound that persists through the entire song making it unlistenable is an interesting artistic statement and actually fits this song pretty well
This song perfect exemplifies what I love so much about Aphex Twin. Sometimes he chooses to make the most gorgeous song ever crafted by anyone ever and other times he chooses to make a banger with the most abrasive noises ever concocted. This is definitely one of my favorites
This is my favorite song by Aphex Twin. My partner hated it and said that it reminded him of going to the dentist 🤣🦷 Needless to say, I didn't really play it much when he was around.
At my previous office job I used to listen to music on my earbuds. As an AT fan I played a lot of his tracks. On time I was playing this track and as the track progressed, a couple of colleagues started to wonder where the high pitched noise was coming from. Was it their computer? A cellphone maybe? I could see the confusion on their faces grow as I continued to enjoy the track with a big grin on my face. I never told them what caused it 😄
This is one of a few songs that would get my old boss to come into the kitchen from his office and ask me to change it. There were literally a couple songs that utilized a few specific tones that were either extremely piercing in just the right way to reach the owners office, or the others that would do the trick had a very extreme and specific range of bass that would conduct perfectly down the wall and floor that connected the kitchen to his office. To worked every time I played those certain songs, like clockwork.
Первый раз вижу этот клип, первое впечатление- экологическая катастрофа... Еще очень напоминает наш русский фильм Через Тернии К Звездам. Хорошая очень фантастика, рекомендую! Попробуйте посмотреть!
безусловно на дорогой аудиосистеме при прослушивании этот звук не так сильно режет слух как в наушниках, но то что начинается с 3:30 это просто шедеврально с точки зрения звука. это пищание начинает колебаться в пространстве и прыгает из уха в уха, и при.этом он настолько близок к тебе, что создаётся ощущение что этот писк у тебя уже в голове. учитывая контекст сего трека это действительно вызывает натуральное восхищение... Наверное один из лучших если не лучший трек в альбоме
I always love playing this song whenever someone asks me what my favorite song is. Especially because this is actually one of my favorites of his discography.
this song isn't that out of the ordinary. if i didnt know this was aphex twin, i'd say it's some industrial rock song from the 80's.........edit: my laptop speakers didn't do the ringing any justice.
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Whenever you have guests and you want them to leave, just put on this song at high volume. The ones who stay are the people you want in your life.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I concur!
Absolutely
Real talk
The ones that say "oh I love Aphex but I've got to go" are the ones you want in your life. The ones you described just don't know how to take a hint.
I love how he can make Avril 14th but also Tinnitus: The Musical
thats the magic of a guy like Richard.
I love that Avril 14th is sandwiched in between two of the greatest and most groundbreaking electronic songs ever on Drukqs.
RDJ truly embodies the duality of man
@@brianfahrner1534 Duality? More like multiplicity
Impostor trash can?
This song is great because the ringing in my ears doesn't stop when the song ends
certified tinnitus moment
voices reapears lol
@@imok1242 i see your duster pfp
I KNOW FOR REAL!!! STUPID PEOPLE BE LIKE TURN IT OFF AND ASK ME WHY I YELL WHEN I TALK BUT THEY DON’T KNOW THAT I DON’T KNOW WHAT IM DOING HERE!!!
can confirm this is very true
The ringing really helps you appreciate the loud farting noise
help you unconcentrate
Some people just don't appreciate culture
It's called complimentation
Im cringing hard at this comment
Go to the doctor, that's not normal.
I love going into bowling alleys full of people that have this track in their internet connected Jukeboxes. I usually select the song, and sit somewhere and wait. Sure enough after the last song ends, this song comes on and the reaction is priceless. Everyone starts plugging their ears, and start complaining about the track, or wonder if the jukebox is broken. A few times the bowling alley staff would come over and unplug the jukebox, or turn off the speakers.
i got my roommate once by placing a small speaker under his bed and playing the “spookier” cuts from saw vol ii barely above the threshold of hearing.
he’d come into the room stoned and we’d chat. whenever the conversation reached a lull, he’d ask with increasing urgency if i heard “it” too.
i eventually had to reveal the speaker to convince him of his sanity. i never got him again, but the one time was priceless.
You’re my hero of the day, Suh!
I would punch someone in the dick for turning off RDJ.
That's friggin amazing lmao
Corbano Yes and no, I personally glitchart-d the border, look real close, rip it if you’d like💥🤜🏻🤛🏻💥
This is the ultimate "Bruh, you're scaring the girls" Aphex Twin track.
Hahaha ha
mt st michel 💀
Scaring The Hoes Vol 2
Tamphex Headphuq mix exists tho
Jesse, play Ventolin. Even if we scare the hoes
I think Richard said himself that he used to take Ventolin and one of the side effects were tinnitus. And with Richard being himself, it inspired him to make a song out of it
Odd. I've had a bunch of Ventolin and never heard of that symptom.
@@keithklassen5320 sounds like garbage. Family has used ventolin and myself as well and I’m 35 never had any side affects
I'm 33 and used to be on ventolin, it's not bullshit, it's not that you hear this when taking ventolin it's that ventolin after long use retunes your hearing to hear higher frequencies, it's a bit like being able to hear a dog whistle, it's just a frequency
It only happens when you take way too much of it. He must have been huffing away on his inhaler like crazy.
@@davidemelia6296 yea, I used to panic and take WAY too much
wow i can't believe aphex invented asmtha
this track cured my tinnitus
Your what?!
@Void Fame tinnitus is a condition that causes a constant ringing sound in your ear(s), it’s usually caused by being exposed to loud noises too frequently (playing live music, shooting guns, etc. etc.). If I remember correctly, this song was actually supposed to express the agony of severe tinnitus.
@Void Fame scratch that last part, it’s about an asthma attack. It still expresses tinnitus very well.
@@Im_alex_h Woosh
@Void Fame oof I’ve been had
i can't imagine what it must of been like trying to mix and master this. must of had the ringing channel on mute the whole time...
I would be willing to bet he made the song on ventaloin and tried to phase cancel the tinnitus, ending up with this.
@@Bagginsess cool theory
Damn you got a point
This was never mixed or mastered, hence the way it sounds.
He probably had to contact Richard to make sure.
The most amazing musical experience I've ever encountered in my life was listening to this track whilst driving in a snow storm at 2am, on un-trekked snow, not another sign of life in sight, and my family peacefully sleeping in the car with me.
It's a really sweet lullaby this track 🥱😴😆
Is your family deaf?
@@ssvoreful No, they've heard this track a thousand times by then... we listen to Aphex Twin a lot in our house.
@@seankrumbholz I see you are a man of culture
I'm surprised the bassline didn't wrench them out of sleep
This is my cat's favorite song, unironically. She purrs very loudly whenever I play it.
Pretty sure I know your cat. I met her at a rave, around 1993, off her head on acid and dancing hakken.
ur cat adorable af & got relentlessly dope muzak taates lmao
Cats also purr when they're stressed :P
based cat
OMG my cat just reacted to this song, too! She get interested and started rubbing up against the speakers, seemed to enjoy it so I turned it up, she loved it!
My intro to aphex was when i walked into a chain music store in vancouver in 95. This track was blaring on the speakers, the guy at the desk had put it on. I watched as his manager came down and screamed at him to "turn that shit off right now". I walked up to them and said "I'll buy whatever that was right now please". The employee had a shiteater on as he handed me the disc.
Wats a shiteater
it means he was smiling
@@paragraphs7235 oh, lolthx
Would be cool if that actually happened
Shit taste olmost as bad as vegatarian imitation meat duse. (Stilll Rather eat a bucket of shit, than one bite of a vegatarian hamburger)
If you accepted and loved Ventolin, then you've come all the way to love Aphex Twin. That's the final boss of this journey.
Right before it, it's Come To Daddy
@@christopherminutolo9384 come to daddy is very tame in comparison to this. I actually really enjoy the come to daddy tracks. This one not so much
@@swag12344 this is probably Richard's most challenging track to like and he was probably well aware
@@ohianaw this track is honestly one of the only ones I can't listen to. Alot of the other tracks on the ventolin ep are actually pretty good imo
Druqks is more difficult than this. This was the first Aphex track I ever heard, and despite the noise it's quite melodic. I am big fan of noise like this and the Psychocandy distortion. It's like you have to suffer the ringing to get to the melody and rhythm. It surprised me when I listened to more Aphex how sweet and lovely some of it is.
My neighbors loved this song so much they started pounding on the walls!
stuck at 27
ah, so thats where he got that "cow cud is a twin" sample
The audacity to release something this harsh is fucking astounding.
There's also Aphex Airlines, which is a more obscure noise track that was supposed to be a soundtrack for some French airline. Supposedly they rejected it and said "would be better suited for documentary about air crashes"
As a Ween fan, it's brown AF, kinda like Morning Glory off pure guava.
This song cured my healthy working ears
Thankyou for making asthma cool again 👍
my dogs did not enjoy this song
anres killam my dog is dead
Maybe it's time to consider getting new dogs
@s J no, james.
you are.
i miss my dog.
EDIT: whoops wrong song
Lol
I want someone to make one of those 'Aphex Twin Ambient Mix' videos and then suddenly out of nowhere you hear this song.
Or come to daddy! Maybe even Rubber Johnny snuk right in there somewhere, too! dig it
Aphex Airlines or Come to Daddy too
Why has aphex twin just uploaded everything in the space of 5 seconds
Because market-thing
In order to embed the videos on the Aphex Twin money exchange program.
@@Absolewtely ok. Ya lost me
@@gonzofernandez new merch has come out inspired by some of his music videos, a pollution mask in sake of this video
@@TheFabulousFubu ah I see. Thancc
This track has possibly the best IDM drums I've ever heard. Simply batshit insane.
you probably haven't heard gridlock then
aphex twin is a very kind person for uploading these songs for our pleasure.
I'm gonna tell my kids this was Twin Peaks
This song is just so evil it's what you'd hear if you cooked cutlery in a microwave
Difficult to listen when you're young... Impossible to hear when you are old...
Masterpiece
I remember some old interview with Richard where he talks about his music becoming brighter over the years as he loses his hearing a bit, usually what happens to most artists. He made some joke about how far that would get, like as an oldie will I be making music that's just all treble.. and here we are
Ventolin is from 1995, mate.
The only song to have ever made me vomit! Love it.
Same with windowlicker fucking drunk hahaha
me2
Apex Twin dumping to TH-cam-this is like Hayley’s Comet levels of once in a life time rarity, very powerful
disco__, I thought your avatar was the Oni mask from the cover of Devils in My Details by ohGr and I scrolled back up to check.
It's ID&T wizard, a symbol of classic old school gabber raves called "Thunderdome".
During college my friends and I used to rent out venues where we'd each do sets of our own. It was mainly DnB, dubstep, that kind of stuff, but for one of them I decided to do an hour long Aphex-only set - a homage as it were. When I was constructing the set, I knew I had to cram Ventolin in there somewhere, so around half-way through I transitioned in the opening tone looped over and over as I faded out the other track. I had the biggest grin on my face as I looked at everyone all fucked out of their skulls and baffled at what the fuck was going on - bear in mind this was playing on a pretty decent sound system. I remember looking over at my best friend at the time and smiling, and him just shaking his head with this look on his face as if to say 'What the fuck are you doing man?' Then a girl came up to the booth and said something along the lines of, 'Something's broken', but I just continued smiling, shook my head, then released the loop and let the track effectively 'drop'. The girl just kind of walked away and I continued my set. A few tracks later (I remember I was mixing in 'Cock ver 10'), one of the owners, barmen, or bouncers came up to the booth and told me to close my set ASAP, and that we all had to leave because people were vomiting and acting like nobs in the hallway. I like to think that Ventolin helped make that happen - some just can't hack Mr. Strider. I know I had fun... 7\
Very edge,much lord
What a good story. No sarcasm intended either. Really cool :)
and then everyone clapped
Lyrics: reeeeeeeeeee
Normies are allergic to this song.
*screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
LOL
The phase cancellation between this song and my tinnitus is beautiful
Excellent stuff, definitely one of Aphex Twin's most Industrial sounding tracks!
Come to Daddy is more industrial imo
Alongside come to daddy can we count this as his foray into industrial music?
@@MandrakeFernflower I'd argue his work on Further Down the Spiral was his foray into industrial
I haven't had asthma attacks in years but this has totally brought me back to that accurate feeling 😶
i'm starting to think i'm crazy because i unironically enjoy listening to this
it’s like when you eat takis for the first time
you're not alone
It is psychoacoustics. After some time your brain will start filtering out frequencies and this will greatly change how you hear the next track on the album. Pan American did this too on their Quiet City album. Once you realize this it is s real eye opener.
This reminds me of the works of Richard d james.
me too
But this IS his work!
The Aphex Twins ripped Richard D James off
Sounds more like The Tuss.
I think he ripped off Polygon Window
When you're trying to connect to AOL
Actually love this song but it does start to hurt after around 4 re-plays
Turn it down then. It stops being painful at lower volumes (I'm thinking "it's 1am and you don't want to wake your neighbors" volume). Not sure if this works if you're using headphones.
Just turn it up, more! Eventually everything becomes the ring, and you know nothing else!
the fact I unironically like this concerns me on a fundamental level…
Bukjlathehssjhfhrjriensbdjrnthrieks i just love aphex Twin bro
I saw this for the first time on MTV AMP, luckily recorded it on VHS, and fell in love with Aphex Twin!
Yeah! It's a nice touch of nostalgia to find it again today :)
Best definition for industrial music.
Can we just appreciate how awesome the music video is ? I love the music and the video!
Same. Underrated af
his scariest music video...
@@shadowchasernqlerm... Windowlicker?
@@joselourenco5542 fair actually.
Drunks really hate when i play this to get them out of my Uber rides, or when the bar is closed that I work at and it's go time.
it's been far too long since I had the pleasure of your music caressing my ear holes. with this song in particular you've taken my tinnitus for quite the ride, it was beautiful having a song made from tunes that would mask my own constant note.
thank you mr cunningham for this wondrous piece. you've literally fucked my noise receptors.
what is mr cunning ham
jesus christ man
after a few months of listening i can now say icbyd is my new favourite aphex album including this song
love it when it clangs
I love the part when it goes EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
She broke the Elevator so now she has to use her Inhalor.
Sounds like it could be used for a super mario underworld level. I wonder what Beethoven would've thought of this
Having a sound that persists through the entire song making it unlistenable is an interesting artistic statement and actually fits this song pretty well
This song perfect exemplifies what I love so much about Aphex Twin. Sometimes he chooses to make the most gorgeous song ever crafted by anyone ever and other times he chooses to make a banger with the most abrasive noises ever concocted. This is definitely one of my favorites
This is a certified ventolin moment
This is my favorite song by Aphex Twin. My partner hated it and said that it reminded him of going to the dentist 🤣🦷 Needless to say, I didn't really play it much when he was around.
At my previous office job I used to listen to music on my earbuds.
As an AT fan I played a lot of his tracks. On time I was playing this track and as the track progressed, a couple of colleagues started to wonder where the high pitched noise was coming from. Was it their computer? A cellphone maybe?
I could see the confusion on their faces grow as I continued to enjoy the track with a big grin on my face.
I never told them what caused it 😄
So I guess this is what it feels like to have a panic attack in an elevator.
Stealing you're mate's inhaler thinking it gets you high.
its physically hurts but i like it
Love the bass and it's noises in this track.
Anyone that says that mister Richard D. James isn't a real musician, prepare to have a fight with me
This is the only aphex twin song I genuinely can not bare to listen to
Having adhd this song is what my brain is like
what goes through my head when I'm rifling for my inhaler
This song was my intro to Aphex Twin. Can’t recall what channel I saw the music video. I was hooked to his music since.
Ah yes, the perfect earrape!
Artistic earrape is best earrape
Aphex Twin invented earrape, dude.
More like eargasm
This is one of a few songs that would get my old boss to come into the kitchen from his office and ask me to change it. There were literally a couple songs that utilized a few specific tones that were either extremely piercing in just the right way to reach the owners office, or the others that would do the trick had a very extreme and specific range of bass that would conduct perfectly down the wall and floor that connected the kitchen to his office. To worked every time I played those certain songs, like clockwork.
THIS IS SO GOOD
Первый раз вижу этот клип, первое впечатление- экологическая катастрофа...
Еще очень напоминает наш русский фильм Через Тернии К Звездам. Хорошая очень фантастика, рекомендую! Попробуйте посмотреть!
безусловно на дорогой аудиосистеме при прослушивании этот звук не так сильно режет слух как в наушниках, но то что начинается с 3:30 это просто шедеврально с точки зрения звука. это пищание начинает колебаться в пространстве и прыгает из уха в уха, и при.этом он настолько близок к тебе, что создаётся ощущение что этот писк у тебя уже в голове. учитывая контекст сего трека это действительно вызывает натуральное восхищение... Наверное один из лучших если не лучший трек в альбоме
never thought a song could be painful to the ears and groovy at the same time
Now with the visuals i've fallen inlove with this track🥰
This song reminds me of that Vine "WTF RICHARD"
I think Aphex twin just finished upload this by using internet explorer
Plus my pharmacy is out of ventolin
Help
next day delivery 🙄
salbutamol generics generally available
had a aphex twin on shuffle to play while I was asleep, this started playing (at 5am) and jumped out of bed in terror
sometimes.. this is exactly what tinnitus feels like.. kinda nice to jam with it
I just dont know why I love this song.
was not aware of this music video at all! so thanks for centralising this to you youtube channel or else i would have never found it
Yeah the WARPvision dvd skipped it when it reprinted all of his videos up to Windowlicker.
This cured my asthma
I play this before bed every night
Love that this was on Jez's "Christmas party playlist" in the Peep Show book
this is the same dude who made stone in focus
Both tracks are amazing
Every time I take a hit from my inhaler I think about this song. Way too catchy.
first time i played this song on my cd player i thought i blew my speakers, actually skipped to the next track to make sure.
I think this is what strep throat sounds like under a microscope
why is this so accurate
OFFICIAL HQ VIDEOS YES
Sounds like a NIN remix track from the Closer era. Love it
This song gives you tinnitus so you can still listen to tunes when you're finished
One of my favorite tracks and video's of all time..
ventolin is real and I can buy it near my house (in russia it is Сальбутамол)
yes this is how asthma feels
It's so beautiful! Thank you very much!
I always love playing this song whenever someone asks me what my favorite song is.
Especially because this is actually one of my favorites of his discography.
classic song to forget how to breathe to
this song isn't that out of the ordinary. if i didnt know this was aphex twin, i'd say it's some industrial rock song from the 80's.........edit: my laptop speakers didn't do the ringing any justice.
Plus the cover was the ultimate work of art. Black with the trippy head and lungs painting / sketch
Loved this tune back in the late 90's!💖💖💖💖💖
This song cured my deafness.
🖤
Richard, losing my hearing is not my idea of a fantasy
my ears loved the tinnitus simulator
"Bro, play ventolin, even if we scare the hoes"
Stop scarin' the hoes
This is a breath of fresh air! 😍