i remember listening to this back in high school, 12 years ago. weird to come back to music, where it hasnt changed, but you have. like im on the other side of a chance meeting with my past self. i remember wondering who that person would be, and now im already them without trying, in the blink of an eye
I know exactly how you feel, it feels good and bittersweet at the same time when you visit songs you used to listen to and you think about who you used to be and you realize how fast time feels
*sigh* you were born the person you were, you don't magically change or become someone else through life. if anything, you are less of what you used to be if you think this way.
I love how this track is layered. It starts with a fun tune and then gradually adds more little tunes and tweaks like a snowball turning into an avalanche
Some much needed music to my ears. No words, just the perfect sounds. Confucius, if he were alive today, would be honored to know that people like Richard exist. People capable of speaking through their instruments as well as, if not better than, we are capable of speaking through our mouths, pens or text.
Mkei D A story I've found a lot of musicians have been told at some point or another in their lives, about the way Confucius taught his pupils to speak through their instruments. It has been conveyed to me by teachers, friends and people who I respected for their insight. The common thread each story had was that Confucius taught his students the importance of being able to communicate through their instruments. Whether it be to convey sorrow, to raise spirits or to boost morale; whatever the reason the instrument allows the musician to convey a message to an audience they may not otherwise have had the opportunity to do. To some people that can be a message to yourself. You can make the instrument speak to you and help you unlock thoughts and emotions you may not have been capable of having in any other way. In my early teens I read something similar about Confucius in a book but at the time I didn't understand what was meant by it. Now, as I've aged and been moved by thousands of pieces of music and seen the effect that it has on people besides myself, I have come to appreciate that message, despite the specific reason that Confucius may have had for teaching his pupils to play instruments. See, some people have a very difficult time expressing how they feel in any conventional way, but when it comes to making sounds or mixing them together in such a way that a unique experience can be had by the audience and the artist, well, that is something important. Not just for the artist but for the entire community with whom they share what they have created. For me that captures a very important part of not only what music is but the value of communication between organisms like us and how it can come in many forms. Now, with the internet, you can look into this story and see for yourself how true it was or what or where it started, but back when I heard abut it it was just books and word of mouth and that allowed people to add their own twists to it and I appreciate each of the people and their unique slants on the story, for what they were separately. But, again, the common thread was that it was Confucius who was the one responsible for teaching his students to speak through their instruments and Richard speaks in some of the most unique ways I have ever heard. I hope this answers some part of your question Mkei D I wish I had some list of books or some videos that I could recommend that might better emphasize how important Confucius was to music, not just in China but in the way that his attitude about music spread from there to the Middle East, Europe and the rest of the world, but, all the sources that I learned from (people, books, etc.) are either dead, I've lost touch with them, or they were a few of many books I poured over in libraries during my youth as I sought to learn more about aspects of the world that were at the time unknown to me in my youth. Perhaps you even know more of the truth behind this story than I? Maybe you can share your perspective on it, or, at least, what music means to you?
ABitOfTheUniverse I see. That's very beautiful man. Any sort of creative expression has some emotional meaning behind it in my opinion. Recently music has got me listening in that way, more than it has before. It takes some wisdom to recognize that i guess! Which is where Confucius comes in. I see. Thanks for the info by the way. You seem very knowledgeable!
The first time I heard this track, I didn’t understand it, but I knew it sounded like something really unique. The second time I listened, I was driving home after a crazy writing spree. It hit me out of nowhere - I suddenly understood the track completely. I cried the rest of the way home. This track is a special one.
+Fucc_Boi am i the only who find a sort of contrast -hapiness-melancholy in this song i can't say it's just hapiness at all ? reminds me the childhood , the innocence in a nostalgic way personnaly awesome track
I envy Aphex Twin so much. Tons of musical genius, and tons of gear in his house to make music with. I'm slowly building a collection of gear, so maybe I can one day be like him and support myself by making music in my basement. Although he does it in a former bank (in the vault I hear, what a cool place to put a studio! I wonder if he locks the giant vault doors every night with his gorgeous gear inside?). I'll never be like Aphex Twin, but the trying, the journey, it satisfies the soul.
for years, a part of the melody in this song reminded me of another tune i know and i just figured it out. the damn brady bunch! :08 through :14 sounds like "here's a story... of a lovely lady... who was bringing up three very lovely girls" just hum the melody in the same key as self employed and it's more or less there!
Aphex Twin videos are the only ones that work with the autoplay feature on YT, I mean conceptually. If you let it autoplay with Aphex Twin, you end up just listening, just let it keep playing random AT stuff while you work. With other videos it just gets annoying, but with AT I think it's pretty cool to just let it go random. Maybe ambient music is best when we don't even control which tracks are being played, just relinquish control and see where you end up.
Also known as AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window, DJ Smojphace, GAK, Martin Tressider, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Prichard D. Jams, Q-Chastic, Tahnaiya Russell, The Dice Man, Soit P.P., The Tuss
he has different releasses under variuos names gak, q chastic, polygon window, dice man-1 song, caustic window, afx, aphex twin and more limited vinyl 12's and alot of traks on the shelf ooh, remixes too! thanx richard...
That’s it. I’m listening to this insanely long set today. (320 minutes - WAV files from RDJ’s rephlex website (when they were still active). Lots of unreleased and alternate tracks. It’s all so good.
That would be nostalgia; for the lack of a physical manifestation of the music you like as it has been in the pastoooo. Music is great at tying memories to them. Read a book while listening to the same album over and over, wait a month or two, listen to even one song on the CD you'll remember everything. It feels like a 6th sense... memory through the interpretation of music by your brain.
Same, this song makes me feel an emotion I have never felt before, same with Halibut Acid, Reunion 2, Libson Acid, VBS.Redlof.D, PWSteal.Ldpinch.D, god the list is endless.
if you guys want this analord stuff without having to shell out for the vinyls, just search google for a free 'youtube to mp3 converter' and you can paste any youtube video URL into it and get the audio file in mp3. just copy it to an mp3 player, or burn it do a disc (after using another mp3 to audio cd converter) and there you have it. you can drag the mp3 files straight from your desktop into itunes as well, so it'll work with your ipod.
:P To be fair, when I show my mates some of the Tuss, they don't care for it too much either. Although my flat mate has informed me that he does in fact like the Aphex Twin I show him, he just thinks it gets a bit too repetitive. I used to be the same, but I listened to some of his music while stoned, and I started to understand/appreciate his music more. Basically by paying attention and noticing the subtleties of his songs. Now everything else seems to lack subtlety :( Damn you richard! :D
Flim is a marvelous song :P Always cheers me up when I listen to it, no matter what mood I'm in. Gives me that "Everything is going to be ok" feeling. Love it!!
Aphex Twin/Analord has got to be the single most unapreciated, unrecgonised artist in the planet. I'm not even a fanaboy of the dude, Im just a regular 17 year old music student, listen to him twice or so a month but non the less it sickens me to see him be so uncared for. I know he doesn't even care though thats whats so great about it, I think if overnight 10 million people began to love his music he would just go on about his buisiness. I Hope we get one more full album out of this guy!
![AFX - Where's Your Girlfriend? [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pgCBxvt1I18/mqdefault.jpg)
This is one of those tracks that is so good you don't want to listen to it in case you desensitize yourself to it
wow. yes
he has so many of those
@@devonmccollister4860 yeah basically his whole discography, though it takes me 1 year brake for his music to sound fresh again.
I'm just back from a hiatus
Very well put.. but you’re more likely to hear it from a different angle or different light and get yet more out of it.
It's like two happy computers trying to sing
@TECHPUNK2055 me too
dododododoodododood
The most accurate comment on the afx track i've ever seen
aw yeh this is the perfect soundtrack to BMO from adventure time :)
Cesar Bravo :::D
richard's spitting absolute facts on this track
No bap
subliminally ? ;)
i remember listening to this back in high school, 12 years ago. weird to come back to music, where it hasnt changed, but you have. like im on the other side of a chance meeting with my past self. i remember wondering who that person would be, and now im already them without trying, in the blink of an eye
Wow
I know exactly how you feel, it feels good and bittersweet at the same time when you visit songs you used to listen to and you think about who you used to be and you realize how fast time feels
*sigh* you were born the person you were, you don't magically change or become someone else through life. if anything, you are less of what you used to be if you think this way.
Éternelle
This person surely had an amazing sensitivity to music and still has to this day
what is your occupation sir?
*doo do do dooo do do doo do do doo do*
I'm self employed
wow, you *do* a lot
@@julian.castro18 you mean, doo do do dooo a lot
boowap bodeeno deboowap boodeent boowap
@@midinerd bro wtf
Hope Richard gets compensated by the UK government, given his self-employed status and possible loss of income in this current pandemic.
I heard he lives in Russia now, so he's probably fucked
I thought he was in Scotland
Hes hiding from aliens in camboja
thoguht he had moved to Encelada ?
I thought he'd disappeared up his own arsehole?
I love how RIchard can just sit and make a fucking legendary tune and not let anything get in the way. The talent and ears he has are unbelievable.
I love how this track is layered. It starts with a fun tune and then gradually adds more little tunes and tweaks like a snowball turning into an avalanche
Happiest damn avalanche I ever heard
I don't hear it snowballing and turning into an avalanche at all tbh. Just a great tune innit. Joyous and melancholic.
I'm unemployed
No, you are self unemployed
You should definitely produce a squelchy masterpiece to encapsulate the experience. Then you'd be rich.
@@cannismundus yes
Richard D. James is truly self-employed. His heart and soul are in this song.
One time when I was very, very depressed ( :P ) I cried listening to this song... Just pulled the tears out of me. Was a very strange feeling :D
retnuHDJ
Lol, were so weird arent we?
@Coby Williams Broooo thas crazy :=D
oh shit yeah. analord when in a deep depression is verrrrry interesting. soo heavily painful but ya know in the back of your mind it's gonna be ok
If we kept ourselves in the company of great Souls all the time, we would never get depressed.
I like how richard d james just makes good music.
I don’t know why this gives me some kind of melancholy as if I knew this song as a child
I swear richard taps into our collective unconscious and pulls out these beautiful forms that we can all connect to and feel.
This track feels so personal, like it's a private memory for me.
Some much needed music to my ears.
No words, just the perfect sounds.
Confucius, if he were alive today, would be honored to know that people like Richard exist. People capable of speaking through their instruments as well as, if not better than, we are capable of speaking through our mouths, pens or text.
ABitOfTheUniverse he's not dead man
Tom Feilner 551-479 BC pretty sure he is
Why do you care about what Confucius thinks?
Mkei D A story I've found a lot of musicians have been told at some point or another in their lives, about the way Confucius taught his pupils to speak through their instruments. It has been conveyed to me by teachers, friends and people who I respected for their insight.
The common thread each story had was that Confucius taught his students the importance of being able to communicate through their instruments. Whether it be to convey sorrow, to raise spirits or to boost morale; whatever the reason the instrument allows the musician to convey a message to an audience they may not otherwise have had the opportunity to do.
To some people that can be a message to yourself. You can make the instrument speak to you and help you unlock thoughts and emotions you may not have been capable of having in any other way.
In my early teens I read something similar about Confucius in a book but at the time I didn't understand what was meant by it. Now, as I've aged and been moved by thousands of pieces of music and seen the effect that it has on people besides myself, I have come to appreciate that message, despite the specific reason that Confucius may have had for teaching his pupils to play instruments.
See, some people have a very difficult time expressing how they feel in any conventional way, but when it comes to making sounds or mixing them together in such a way that a unique experience can be had by the audience and the artist, well, that is something important. Not just for the artist but for the entire community with whom they share what they have created.
For me that captures a very important part of not only what music is but the value of communication between organisms like us and how it can come in many forms.
Now, with the internet, you can look into this story and see for yourself how true it was or what or where it started, but back when I heard abut it it was just books and word of mouth and that allowed people to add their own twists to it and I appreciate each of the people and their unique slants on the story, for what they were separately.
But, again, the common thread was that it was Confucius who was the one responsible for teaching his students to speak through their instruments and Richard speaks in some of the most unique ways I have ever heard.
I hope this answers some part of your question Mkei D
I wish I had some list of books or some videos that I could recommend that might better emphasize how important Confucius was to music, not just in China but in the way that his attitude about music spread from there to the Middle East, Europe and the rest of the world, but, all the sources that I learned from (people, books, etc.) are either dead, I've lost touch with them, or they were a few of many books I poured over in libraries during my youth as I sought to learn more about aspects of the world that were at the time unknown to me in my youth.
Perhaps you even know more of the truth behind this story than I? Maybe you can share your perspective on it, or, at least, what music means to you?
ABitOfTheUniverse I see. That's very beautiful man. Any sort of creative expression has some emotional meaning behind it in my opinion. Recently music has got me listening in that way, more than it has before. It takes some wisdom to recognize that i guess! Which is where Confucius comes in. I see.
Thanks for the info by the way. You seem very knowledgeable!
The first time I heard this track, I didn’t understand it, but I knew it sounded like something really unique.
The second time I listened, I was driving home after a crazy writing spree. It hit me out of nowhere - I suddenly understood the track completely. I cried the rest of the way home.
This track is a special one.
Gotta be one of his most underrated golden oldies
the sound of the analord(s) is incredibly vivid, like its playing in your home. super!
pigo & pogo malescy Tactile! :)
is like a friend gave you his mixtape that was made just for fun, its so fresh
I sent it to my father...he hasn’t responded:(
one of the saddest songs on the afx alias, bring a sense of nostalgia
its happy too
@@shockedmusic1 its the two notes
This is what happiness sound like.
You are the reason why I am a happy person, the people who truly get it...
I wanna eat mushrooms with you guys
tisdrummer YUP, i'm self employed and I loooove it
+Fucc_Boi am i the only who find a sort of contrast -hapiness-melancholy in this song i can't say it's just hapiness at all ? reminds me the childhood , the innocence in a nostalgic way personnaly awesome track
this entire mini thread is glowing
I envy Aphex Twin so much. Tons of musical genius, and tons of gear in his house to make music with. I'm slowly building a collection of gear, so maybe I can one day be like him and support myself by making music in my basement. Although he does it in a former bank (in the vault I hear, what a cool place to put a studio! I wonder if he locks the giant vault doors every night with his gorgeous gear inside?). I'll never be like Aphex Twin, but the trying, the journey, it satisfies the soul.
"Aphex twin found dead”.... my most feared nightmare
such an amazing song, definitely one of his best, the Analord series is the greatest series of records ever
for years, a part of the melody in this song reminded me of another tune i know and i just figured it out. the damn brady bunch! :08 through :14 sounds like "here's a story... of a lovely lady... who was bringing up three very lovely girls" just hum the melody in the same key as self employed and it's more or less there!
Haha cool catch
Ah shit now I hear it too! Hahahaa
Cant wait to get this one on vinyl, up to analord 4 at the moment! Brilliant series so far! =]
I'd fookin love to shake RDJ's hand!
Legend!
9 years later.. did you ever get to?
"I've been working on the railroad.." This is so badass!!
how'd you pick that out? I can see it now but that took some work
David Firth's melodic aphex twin playlist is the real important videos playlist :D
Listened to this the first time i did shrooms. It was an amazing experience to say the least. AFX ACID!!!!!!
Aphex Twin videos are the only ones that work with the autoplay feature on YT, I mean conceptually. If you let it autoplay with Aphex Twin, you end up just listening, just let it keep playing random AT stuff while you work. With other videos it just gets annoying, but with AT I think it's pretty cool to just let it go random. Maybe ambient music is best when we don't even control which tracks are being played, just relinquish control and see where you end up.
scope and diversity of his art
true
didn't work for me, went from aphex twin to jazz then to latino stuff
guess you were lucky
totally true.
totally agree
God I love the Analord series
This track says it all. The relentlesness of life... the universal struggle...
2008... thumbs up if you were bumping this then to now
and yes I know this track is obviously older than 08
i wish i could write a genuine song like this with the same title.
man i love the analords.
it's so joyful
you mean nostalgic
as you can see, i love listening to his stuff on youtube just for people like you bro.
What a fun song! Celebrating his success! :)
This track is amazing, not simple at all. And the melody is just beautiful
Good track. Done with a lot of digital and real love.
No digital on any of the Analord series tracks
Also known as AFX, Blue Calx, Bradley Strider, Caustic Window, DJ Smojphace, GAK, Martin Tressider, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Prichard D. Jams, Q-Chastic, Tahnaiya Russell, The Dice Man, Soit P.P., The Tuss
he has different releasses under variuos names
gak, q chastic, polygon window, dice man-1 song, caustic window, afx, aphex twin and more
limited vinyl 12's and alot of traks on the shelf ooh, remixes too! thanx richard...
Heard this on a Nathan Fake mix. It's sheer delight.
Youre sheer delight!
This is really simmilar to aphex twin
I have gladly contributed at least two thousand of views to this video.
yeah , his electribe cover is really smooth
5+ score man!
That’s it. I’m listening to this insanely long set today. (320 minutes - WAV files from RDJ’s rephlex website (when they were still active). Lots of unreleased and alternate tracks.
It’s all so good.
I can't help but feel that this song could have been so much more. It's like it's stuck in its primitive stages, but it's still so damn good.
a very warm and nostalgic sound. less dark than a lot of his stuff that I've heard. but the dark stuff is good sometimes too.
i wish i could listen to this for the first time again
this song is so beautiful. the first time I heard it I didn't get it. but man it's totally got the wabi-sabi.
I'm trying not to cry at work.
How’s life?
I am absolutely criminal and I deserve prison.
me too :)
me too!!!
(-_-) me too
#metoo
D R U G D E A L
It's Christmas Eve. Currently Elf-employed.
I was born in 96, and Aphex Twin made me a fan in one day. I love his songs. It's something familiar and i can't put on my hands on what.
one of my favourite AFX songs
you can tell this is a song of celebration in the unique style of afx...and from the song title.
Might be the best song ever made.
that's whats so great about it it doesn't try to be amazing, it just is
That would be nostalgia; for the lack of a physical manifestation of the music you like as it has been in the pastoooo.
Music is great at tying memories to them. Read a book while listening to the same album over and over, wait a month or two, listen to even one song on the CD you'll remember everything.
It feels like a 6th sense... memory through the interpretation of music by your brain.
IMO, this is best song of the whole analord series, it should have been on the chosen lords album
I get nostalgia from this tune.
where are u richard
Living life to the fullest, instead of wasting it to fame! And I love him for it! You go Richard, do what you want!
He lives in a bank..
new album next month called Syro... I'm really hyped
...and coming after ya in a tank.
My middle name is James, will that do?
Same, this song makes me feel an emotion I have never felt before, same with Halibut Acid, Reunion 2, Libson Acid, VBS.Redlof.D, PWSteal.Ldpinch.D, god the list is endless.
such a beautiful song
Aphex makes my day
everyday =)
thanks for upload this
Hope your day is going well
love this with all my heart. it just says be happy & chill (with spliff if poss)
yeah I agree, some people just don't get it, and those people don't know squat about good music, or just music in general. his music is amazing.
Awesome magic sound!
if you guys want this analord stuff without having to shell out for the vinyls, just search google for a free 'youtube to mp3 converter' and you can paste any youtube video URL into it and get the audio file in mp3. just copy it to an mp3 player, or burn it do a disc (after using another mp3 to audio cd converter) and there you have it. you can drag the mp3 files straight from your desktop into itunes as well, so it'll work with your ipod.
Reminds me of some Black moth super rainbow songs.. 256 colors too especially
He can make the most distorted sounds sound smooth like butter!
:P
To be fair, when I show my mates some of the Tuss, they don't care for it too much either. Although my flat mate has informed me that he does in fact like the Aphex Twin I show him, he just thinks it gets a bit too repetitive.
I used to be the same, but I listened to some of his music while stoned, and I started to understand/appreciate his music more. Basically by paying attention and noticing the subtleties of his songs.
Now everything else seems to lack subtlety :(
Damn you richard! :D
What a gem
how it feels to be self employed
i just stumbled upon this right now. awesome.
This is simply awesome.
Flim is a marvelous song :P Always cheers me up when I listen to it, no matter what mood I'm in. Gives me that "Everything is going to be ok" feeling. Love it!!
just got a few AFX and aphex twin (same person, just under a different name) albums on vinyl for christmas, this song is so good on vinyl.
Perfect music for playing with a cat
Makes me cry so relaxed
dude i love aphex twin! totally one talented dude
Fantastic!
the broccoli has spoken.
I feel that all the time, i mean i get surprised by the songs, no matter how many times i heard them. I must be listening to much AFX.
cuando uno se descubre, en el instante que quiere y no podria amar mas. reconocer esta brillantes.
Thank you. Makes me believe in music again. :)
he has such an amazing voice 😍
one of his best songs imo. lots of emotion in this one
@Corsonmcnash your brothers a legend u lucky s.o.b. i got a few aphex vynyls from back when i was younger the kick ass
Thanks for this momento now i feel like im friend of electrónics
This pleases me.
You have very good taste indeed sir! Thats my order aswell! Try this one out...
i was here when there was only 244,505 views
More like.. 463,438 views wut wut
@@midinerd More like.. 716,824 views wut wut
One of his best
such good stuff
I woke up and this song came to my mind.
aflex tim
alex kim
reminds me of my spring bike rides by the river i spent listening to this song
HE NEVER MISS?!
this is one of my favorite Analord tracks...
Aphex Twin/Analord has got to be the single most unapreciated, unrecgonised artist in the planet.
I'm not even a fanaboy of the dude, Im just a regular 17 year old music student, listen to him twice or so a month but non the less it sickens me to see him be so uncared for. I know he doesn't even care though thats whats so great about it, I think if overnight 10 million people began to love his music he would just go on about his buisiness.
I Hope we get one more full album out of this guy!
This song makes me incredibly happy. *looks at title of song* Oh, no wonder..
you are human too, so kick back, relax, and enjoy the tune.
no need to worry, it's just a ride.
It is available on Viynl, pick it up, man. Analord 06. [Hopefully] still available from all good record stores now! :)