Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

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    1. 0:00 Xtal
    2. 4:53 Tha
    3. 14:01 Pulsewidth
    4. 17:49 Ageispolis
    5. 23:13 I
    6. 24:29 Green Calx
    7. 30:35 Heliosphan
    8. 35:29 We Are The Music Makers
    9. 43:13 Schottkey 7th Path
    10. 48:21 Ptolemy
    11. 55:35 Hedphelym
    12. 1:01:39 Delphium
    13. 1:07:09 Actium
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  • @AlanTaylormusic
    @AlanTaylormusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5415

    Years ago, back in 1989 in fact, a guy started work in the company I worked for in north london. I can't remember his name it being so long ago but I remember he came from Hinckley in Leicester. I remember he used to talk highly of Aphex twin, This Mortal Coil and 4AD records who I had never heard of before. he had a friend who had a sound system of very high quality back then and they used to listen to Aphex twin etc whilst getting stoned. I was more into Hip hop at the time and wasn't that clued up about ambient, that came a year or two later. I introduced him to NWA and he loved that, anyway I digress, He became a good friend over that summer and we partied at the town & country club in Kentish Town (Wendy May's locomotion) but i never listened to any of the music he spoke so highly of. Fast forward 26 years and I'm listening to this and it's blown me away. Wow i wish i got into Aphex Twin back in the late 80's/early 90's when he first spoke about them. Time flies fast and the years roll by so very quickly. I turned 50 two months ago. I have a happy marriage, I have a good career. What have i learnt over the years? It's important to unplug via what ever method is your choice/poison. Don't ever listen to negativity, keep pushing forward. Love your family and your friends, no one else is that important. I wish I could meet my old friend from hinckley back in 89.

    • @KuriosBebop
      @KuriosBebop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +538

      +Alan Taylor Thanks for sharing a piece of your story Alan

  • @shipitpanda8822
    @shipitpanda8822 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1533

    this music is great for eating bamboo

  • @WheresPoochie
    @WheresPoochie 9 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    The guy was 13 when he started producing the music for this album.
    Imagine that: a middle-schooler likely invented IDM.

    • @Obdyjteck
      @Obdyjteck 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Well, Boards Of Canada started to produce some IDM/Braindance at that time too.. also Mike Paradinas.

    • @bufo604
      @bufo604 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Obdyjteck and autechre maybe

    • @pckyr7573
      @pckyr7573 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      WheresPoochie O.o

    • @dnbjedi
      @dnbjedi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      WheresPoochie i think IDM was inevitable...EDM....quantum physics....theory evolution.... these guys were the first to notice something that was already there so I would not use the word invent but I get u. Much respekt for Aphex Twin he's still relevant with this album 30+ yrs into the future.

    • @GharudaProductions
      @GharudaProductions 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      dnbjedi edm is CRAP

  • @untrialser
    @untrialser 9 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    Now I know where DIE ANTWOORD​ got their riff for the 'Ugly Boy'. 18:10

    • @TZB131
      @TZB131 9 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Riff? They Basically stole the whole fucking thing lol

    • @untrialser
      @untrialser 9 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Tyger Gill sampling is ok in hip hop

    • @vanillastraps
      @vanillastraps 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      yeah makes me sort of upset that aphex got no credit at all, no mention for the basis of their hit song. It was the catchiest part of the whole song. Still love die antwoord tho

    • @untrialser
      @untrialser 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Tiffany Backe Chris Cunningham (the guy who made videos for Aphex Twin) was involved. There are some subtle hints. www.mtv.com/news/1993062/die-antwoord-ugly-boy-fashion-behind-the-scenes/

    • @sebalatorre2351
      @sebalatorre2351 9 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      untrialser Die Antwoord has stated repeatedly that they are huge fans of Aphex Twin and he is their number 1 fav artist, they even said it was an honour for them when Aphex helped them out with their latest album.

  • @davidfirth
    @davidfirth 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1878

    I'd be interested to know which of these tracks was actually from 1985

  • @davidreynolds4942
    @davidreynolds4942 8 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    The first time I listened to Xtal was yesterday and I liked it but I didn't know why everyone thought it was so good.
    Today I told my history teacher that my classmate was being bullied, I asked him to speak in private at break and we went into to another room and I told him what was going on and I broke down because I was bullied for a long time time before and it really resonated with me because I thought in my head that I was being the hero that I wished was there for me. I hope you never feel the helplessness of crying in front of your history teacher, but my tears then could have prevented thousands more tears for my classmate.
    It was only then as i was writing in my diary 5 minutes ago about this, (I want to record all my experiences for when I'm older, I'm 15) when I noticed myself humming Xtal in my head. Now I cherish this song

    • @anoriginalusername17
      @anoriginalusername17 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +David Reynolds Hey, it's good to see another one like myself. (your realization collides with mine)
      Keep it simple and never truly stress.

    • @JS-on1vg
      @JS-on1vg 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +David Reynolds a beautiful thing you did brother

    • @davidreynolds4942
      @davidreynolds4942 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Valterain xD I try not to judge myself but sometimes I think that too, then I realise I could have saved that kid from a lot of crying, so I did so he didn't have to. It's called humanity.

    • @DazMcK
      @DazMcK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +David Reynolds Just wait till you're older and discover MDMA for the first time, then listen to Xtal again.

    • @BramSenders
      @BramSenders 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +David Reynolds That was beautiful to read. Thank you for sharing your experience... I know that feeling very well, just having to cry because you feel so much love for the world. I hope it brings you great things.
      Actually I feel kind of sad since I've been depressed for so long that I sometimes crave that feeling so much, yet I can't seem to reach it... and then sometimes, suddenly it is there, like an unexpected ray of sunshine... and I know I just have to let go and be open and love myself, yet I'm so scared to do so, to feel like I am really living again... I'm so afraid to even write my thoughts down but when I saw your message, David, I just had one of those moments and so I am writing this right now, I don't even care that it is publicly on TH-cam, at least I am suddenly writing about my feelings again. I got new medication that's supposed to help me against anxiety but something tells me I shouldn't put even more mind-altering shit in my brain, just meditate more, dare to go to the park more, hug a tree, love myself... but it's so hard. I want only good things for the world, I want the world to be a perfect place of love, but I always shape myself to the needs and desires of others until I have nothing of myself left... and even telling someone that I would like a little more room to exist feels like a sin.
      I wish I would write more often. It feels so good.
      Thank you so much for sharing your story David

  • @machamocha1918
    @machamocha1918 8 ปีที่แล้ว +606

    Xtal might be the most perfect piece of electronic music ever produced.

    • @lemonadewarrior6733
      @lemonadewarrior6733 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Let me fix that for you----SAW might be the most perfect ALBUM of electronic music ever produced.

    • @tapiooftapiola517
      @tapiooftapiola517 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fix#2: ...amongst the other 10000 most perfect albums...

    • @MrTrance247
      @MrTrance247 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Lemonade Warrior don't forget Björk's Homogenic

  • @TheGamingEntity
    @TheGamingEntity 9 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    The fact that these tunes were produced while Thatcher was still prime minister blows my fucking mind.

  • @thephilosopher7173
    @thephilosopher7173 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1433

    Xtal is the sound the Sun makes when it rises above the Horizon..

  • @scrilla7221
    @scrilla7221 8 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    perfect for a hungover rainy sunday

    • @lmhr9
      @lmhr9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Zach Brown Coming down off a wave of emotion

    • @princessboris
      @princessboris 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Zach Brown amen

    • @NoConsequenc3
      @NoConsequenc3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Damien Mayne
      Not everyone has substance abuse issues like you buddy

    • @scrilla7221
      @scrilla7221 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      oi chill out lads, i'm sure Richard would not appreciate this kind of arguing

    • @scrilla7221
      @scrilla7221 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      just listen to the ambience and chill out

  • @SimplyHaffar
    @SimplyHaffar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    3 Million views.
    He's officially completely mainstream.

    • @sashaxpander4501
      @sashaxpander4501 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      SimplyHaffar "Yeah, that's right"

    • @MechaMento
      @MechaMento 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sasha Xpander "Orange"

    • @sashaxpander4501
      @sashaxpander4501 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      *kid laugh "Hehe he"

    • @NietrTM
      @NietrTM 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sasha Xpander I love this side of TH-cam.

    • @sinanalhamad3386
      @sinanalhamad3386 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SimplyHaffar aphex was always mainstream

  • @jdharry
    @jdharry 9 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    I first came across Selected Ambient Works when rooting through a box of random tapes I found under the bed in my first student houseshare. It was a grim October and I was living in a house on the cliffs of Rottingdean near Brighton, miles from campus and my friends, and I was feeling rather lonely. When I played this album, it was like my mind was being hugged and bought a pint.
    From the opening synths and gentle boom of Xtal, Ambient Works is a cosy duvet on a bleak February morning, a Mars Bar after swimming, a snow-covered hill on a sunny day - full of soothing melodies and quiet spaces.
    Now, 13 years later, I still put it on when I can't sleep, or when I feel cold or sad, and it greets me like an old friend. I played the tape til it broke and had to buy the CD. I was very much a rock fan when I came across this album, but it introduced me to a side of electronica I hadn't previously been aware of - the after-party, the come down, the morning after, the walk in the park with your headphones on.
    Apparently it was massively influential and I suppose that is one reason for picking up this piece of history. But a far greater reason is the timeless beauty of the music. Buy it, love it forever.

    • @jjohnson1337
      @jjohnson1337 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Great share! Love it how memories stick with the music that we've listened to at the time. Listening to this right now while I'm reading stuff about space. Sets the mood just right. Just pure brilliance. And one more thing,you're deffinitely spot on about the 'post party,park stroll' electronica description. And there's so much more to be had in the genre.

    • @Bufekana
      @Bufekana 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Man you now how to play with words, it gives me cheels...!

    • @Paint0nBrush
      @Paint0nBrush 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That was a beautiful description

    • @jude19740
      @jude19740 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cool Jamie. Spot on.

    • @Brodericks27
      @Brodericks27 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's what all of this should be about.
      Sharing experiences and stories, not cold and sterile 3minutes-long jingles.

  • @ferret813
    @ferret813 8 ปีที่แล้ว +836

    time is an illusion.

    • @skipsch
      @skipsch  8 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      +Paul Ferrell Time as a dimension isn't an illusion, but the apparent passage of it is. ;^)

    • @glytchd
      @glytchd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Hi, I'm Ben. Well put friend, well put. I must say tho:
      +paul Time is but an illusion - Lunch time, doubly so!

    • @andysustic2649
      @andysustic2649 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      +Paul Ferrell You're an illusion.

    • @FrogmortonHotchkiss
      @FrogmortonHotchkiss 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      +Hi, I'm Ben. As a 'dimension', it is an illusion. Human beings create the concept of 'time' and 'dimensions'; reality is ineffable and can't be conceived at all by any limited mind existing as a small part or facet of that same reality. Our mental constructs are only tools and not representative. The sense of time's apparent passage is part of the same network of illusion.

    • @skipsch
      @skipsch  8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +FrogmortonHotchkiss You're essentially saying everything is an illusion, which from a human standpoint I'd of course agree with. I was speaking from our most refined view of reality offered by physicists today.
      th-cam.com/video/-fZVQzcqyKU/w-d-xo.html

  • @remedios145
    @remedios145 9 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    Hi Ben! I'm Beatrice. Nice to meet you.

    • @skipsch
      @skipsch  9 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Remedios Lynch How do you do.

    • @cathionelle
      @cathionelle 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ***** And I am Dorothy, Dorothy Zbornak, former Petrillo. Thanks for the upload!

    • @BadButNotSad
      @BadButNotSad 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      N Bauer I'm just a me

    • @yasmineixe
      @yasmineixe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Bonjour à tous je suis yasmine

    • @reapvkz1
      @reapvkz1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Remedios Lynch My name is Colt, Colt Bond.

  • @hbasghedom
    @hbasghedom 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Sounds like Brian Eno broke into Krafwerk's laboratory, stole some old rusty tubes and circuits, flew behind the moon for 3 months, compressed the years of 1978-1989 into fuzzy purple and silver acid & DMT capsules, fused it with his own DNA and came back to earth with a half-frozen 2" tape reel. cool stuff man

  • @adamsodomka1739
    @adamsodomka1739 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Selected Ambient Works 2085-2092

  • @bornwithclothes
    @bornwithclothes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    You know an album is good when you're listening to it and you forget that you're sober.

  • @saml7820
    @saml7820 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7509

    xtal has more bass than most r/b bangers. My sub eats this song

  • @ursie1986
    @ursie1986 9 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Oh my god the tune of Xtal had been the aural screensaver in my brain for about 6 months and I just couldn't remember which artist, which album, which tune. I put a BoC playlist on as I was working and it must've run out and just continued to this. The joy and relief I'm experiencing right now is immense.

    • @owlnyx
      @owlnyx 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      cx1735 Dude this just happend to me. Nice :)

    • @easementh
      @easementh 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      cx1735 It's funny... To think of a time when discovering this for the first time or in your case not recalling where it was from... I've long since been subject to such surprise. Started litening at 16... 30 now.

    • @ursie1986
      @ursie1986 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah last time I heard it was when I was about 16!

    • @Jakestreet
      @Jakestreet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cx1735 last week or 16 yrs ago?

  • @WattaPork
    @WattaPork 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3557

    first two tracks are among the best things made on this planet

  • @Klamath2046
    @Klamath2046 9 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I'm just discovering Aphex Twin. Really rather splendid

    • @pinguimatrevido7902
      @pinguimatrevido7902 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AnAmbientGrey haven't you heard about The Tuss? You've been missing out

    • @Nobodyreallyatall
      @Nobodyreallyatall 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** The Tuss really isn't beginner Richard IMO, but I suppose everyone can take their own path.

    • @juancpgo
      @juancpgo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Some other artists you might like: Squarepusher, Ceephax, Luke Vibert, μ-Ziq. These are all WONDERFUL music, it's a universe I'm sooo glad to have found, and not much people are really aware of it, which it only makes it more interesting and magical. Have a good journey!

    • @MrEp5
      @MrEp5 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good on you! :)

    • @stevebarry
      @stevebarry 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Play both the Drukqs cd's at the same time (I used software to burn both cds onto one disk meshed together) - it's how the album is meant to be listened to - at times it syncs together perfectly.

  • @mookie2637
    @mookie2637 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3555

    Friday nights in 92/92, getting the 18.36 Thameslink from Farringdon to Leatherhead with this on my Walkman. Beautiful.

  • @broomers3
    @broomers3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    I cannot begin to tell how much this album means to me. I don't care what Mr James has done since, this is as important as anything by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk or Joy Division when it comes to innovation and creativity.
    This album kept me warm when the world was dark and cold.

  • @Replatforming
    @Replatforming 7 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I read somewhere that the fourth track was actually co-composed with Bach when they studied supermassive cluster formations together with Jimi Hendrix in the Brookins Institute in the early '50s for CIA.

  • @BillReilly1979
    @BillReilly1979 8 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams."

  • @theconfessor3177
    @theconfessor3177 9 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Xtal is still one of my favourite tracks - a masterpiece of beauty, an amazing melody mixed with bliss sonorities, god

    • @usucmehardutube
      @usucmehardutube 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Walt Kovacs Your Avatar is the pic that popped up when I googled my name. apparently I have the same first middle and last name as this guy and I was born in the same year.

    • @theconfessor3177
      @theconfessor3177 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      David James ?
      Congrats man you've got a legendary name, go kiss your parents

    • @matthewk1
      @matthewk1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Chip Douglas Congrats, you have the same name and birth year as the person who created this.

  • @lunchbox997
    @lunchbox997 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    This album helped me calm down for tests all the time, passed my finals thanks to this one.

    • @Parodyst1
      @Parodyst1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +lunchbox997 lol

    • @sebastianavendano7872
      @sebastianavendano7872 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +lunchbox997 I always use this album to study, I get you brotha

    • @saintelsewhere74
      @saintelsewhere74 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      cuz its power of idm

    • @kevinoshea7571
      @kevinoshea7571 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      100% I've used this album to study and read to for over 10years and I never get tired of it. And I know I never will, till the day I die. I would go as far as to say that this music is eternal

    • @josephmodo1454
      @josephmodo1454 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      useful for way more than pre-test jitters, this is my anxiety medication.

  • @KutAnimus
    @KutAnimus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4082

    That last track's glitches only confirm that AFX was ahead of his time.

  • @broomers3
    @broomers3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    The most important thing to remember is all of this album is a heartfelt emotional expression through music.
    It is not a way to make money.
    It is not an attempt to have a 'Hit' record.
    It is not an attempt at becoming famous.
    It is simply someone making music because that is what they are driven to do.
    I had a copy which I made on tape and took it with me on a solo adventure and it was always a comfort to listen to, as well as a novelty for others I met.

  • @EroticDrop
    @EroticDrop 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3205

    Kangaroos are the T-Rex version of deer

  • @noelrivera4695
    @noelrivera4695 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2307

    NO ADS!? Amazing.

  • @UnskilledGod
    @UnskilledGod 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I listened to this genre of music from when I was very young. There is something otherworldly about this genre that cannot be found in today's electronic music. This is one of Aphex Twin's best albums. It is something Yuri Alekseyevich should have listened to when he was in the cosmos)

    • @MilenkoMiletic95
      @MilenkoMiletic95 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      From the day i was born i use to listen music like this. With Kismet all began

  • @richtusser
    @richtusser 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2202

    i keep coming back to AFX when winter falls

  • @flipgodfrey1621
    @flipgodfrey1621 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I usually suffer anxiety attacks on the train home, social situations Rev. Thought I'd try listening to something 'ambient' and came across this. Didn't realise how much I like aphex twin. Proper chilled out all the home. Thanks for putting this on TH-cam. You helped someone today. 😋

    • @cyanideserenity
      @cyanideserenity 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      + Adam Godfrey Take a high level EPA Omega Oil, also take ZMA before bed for Magnesium. Plus a multi vitamin i the morning. Make sure your body get's what it needs brother. A lot of panic attacks can be reaction to EPA deficiency or Magnesium deficiency due to the body not being able to work properly. www.myprotein.com/sports-nutrition/super-omega-3/10615610.html?affil=thggps&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&gclid=CNiPvJXf4MgCFecKcgod1_IIEA&gclsrc=ds&dclid=CP-vw5Xf4MgCFWxX2wodOooOdA&variation=10615611 www.myprotein.com/sports-nutrition/zma/10529452.html?affil=awin&awc=3196_1445883373_e5d4067bf00a33d33f3de3eacd9cbc6a&AWin-85386&AffiliateWin

    • @Pinkprettybarbie
      @Pinkprettybarbie 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Adam Godfrey this comment made me smile :)

    • @Pinkprettybarbie
      @Pinkprettybarbie 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Adam Godfrey hope your anxiety gets better, you're not alone..

  • @Pyropuncher
    @Pyropuncher 9 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Ptolemy has to be his catchiest tune. That bassline.

    • @cathionelle
      @cathionelle 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh yes, yes! And Ageispolis! But Ptolemy is the best!

    • @Tim70theYawner
      @Tim70theYawner 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      PYRO!

    • @kirosaka
      @kirosaka 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're burning out your viewers, man

    • @cathionelle
      @cathionelle 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine Heavy and Medic dancing to "Ptolemy". XD The bassline is Heavy and the organ Medic.
      Scout is lively Heliospan, Pyro the mysterious/crazy Hedphelym, Engie the calm Actium...

    • @aronolen8296
      @aronolen8296 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Do you even AFX,GAK,Caustic Window,Bradley Strider,user48736353001?

  • @drexciya2
    @drexciya2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Best Ambient Album ever created IMO. Its not IDM but Ambient Techno.

    • @WinterandNoodle
      @WinterandNoodle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Richard “Abraham” Brice Listen to SAW II if you think this is the best ambient album.

    • @Endlesslight787
      @Endlesslight787 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Richard “Abraham” Brice Groundbreaking, genre defining and trailblazing album... humanity got a little brighter when this album dropped.

    • @moreteamrshifter
      @moreteamrshifter 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Richard “Abraham” Brice Who said? and stop making stuff up, its music x

    • @moreteamrshifter
      @moreteamrshifter 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Richard “Abraham” Brice lol, the ambient oracle has spoken x

    • @qwerty-lw2nf
      @qwerty-lw2nf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Richard “Abraham” Brice who the fK cares techno it is or alternative 8-bit brutal death anything. it is ART.

  • @Kirmm
    @Kirmm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    2010, Barcelona Razzmatazz club is packed - crowd including myself literally started chanting the melody of heliosphan when Richard started playing it.. The chills man. Best gig I ever been at. May the cosmos bless that man

  • @atideva3385
    @atideva3385 7 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    absolutely mental considering when they were made, way way ahead of its time!

  • @SuperFastEddies
    @SuperFastEddies 8 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Listening to this while studying for a macroeconomics exam.

    • @matthewlewis2072
      @matthewlewis2072 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Tyrell Wellick Good luck with the Economics. PS: JMK or Milton Fried-Egg?

    • @SuperFastEddies
      @SuperFastEddies 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      MatthewPJ Lewis Keynes

    • @matthewlewis2072
      @matthewlewis2072 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Tyrell Wellick Top man!

    • @TheNeilDarby
      @TheNeilDarby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +MatthewPJ Lewis They are both delusional neo-classicalists.

    • @Prince-jx8lu
      @Prince-jx8lu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +dropmarkcult i read some jerk wrote that music without vocals will never make it,,,but this records are good...and bujidisike neither have notes

  • @Moneyman-33
    @Moneyman-33 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3115

    Like a Pink Floyd fan decided he was going to make electronic music. I can dig this.

    • @neighbor4772
      @neighbor4772 7 ปีที่แล้ว +868

      Not really anything like pink Floyd aside from being psychedelic friendly

    • @Moneyman-33
      @Moneyman-33 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1445

      Suttree Lowery very atmospheric. Lots of gradual build ups into more complex music towards the end. Reminds me of Floyd a lot.

  • @BigBadMFJune1986
    @BigBadMFJune1986 10 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Richard D. James is an innovator of electronic music. He's already a legend I say.

    • @joeafish
      @joeafish 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He was a legend when this came out... if 85' is a real date. He was like 8 years old when he made some of these tracks.

    • @xylic
      @xylic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Joey Fish he was born in '71. do the math

    • @illahee24
      @illahee24 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      xylic on my birthday :D

    • @joeafish
      @joeafish 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Been a legend. "Richard D. James is Techno"

    • @isaiahroland329
      @isaiahroland329 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      He doesn't make techno

  • @sarahpratt2371
    @sarahpratt2371 7 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    i come back to this album periodically whenever i need "spiritual support"

  • @JOSEPPPPHHHH
    @JOSEPPPPHHHH 9 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Beginning of Xtal makes me cry. Simple as that.

    • @diogenesious
      @diogenesious 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JOSEPPPPHHHH and I have no fucking clue why. Just beautiful.

    • @Placeholder209
      @Placeholder209 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      JOSEPPPPHHHH I'm crying right now listening to Xtal. It just brings back a lot of mdma comedown memories

    • @ThomeTeque
      @ThomeTeque 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      diogenesious Well..there is a disturbing video clip to this track...

    • @TheChristnumber1
      @TheChristnumber1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      VakiPitsi Yup. Come back from a club and stick this album on and begin the comedown process. Sublime

    • @jay-yu9pd
      @jay-yu9pd 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      VakiPitsi haha i always listen to it on dxm & get flashbacks of when i was on dxm when i listen to this.

  • @kdygaz
    @kdygaz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    If this was released this week nobody would ever realise as it's still very much current and fresh sounding till this day....Timeless!

  • @brayanargandonaflorentino548
    @brayanargandonaflorentino548 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Selected Ambient Works 85-92
    Selected Ambient Works 85-forever

  • @Achw3l
    @Achw3l 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is so innovative. Surely Aphex Twin is one of the greatest electronica producers to have walked this earth

    • @SimplyHaffar
      @SimplyHaffar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Surely Aphex twin is THE BEST Electronica/(add100-150GenresHere) Producer to ever walk this earth, prankster, DJ, God, Secretive, Amazing, Enchanting, The only man that gets me on my knees. He has SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Much out there. Check it out.

  • @kubricklynch
    @kubricklynch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    Doing a relisten of all his albums to get hyped to see Aphex in Houston this december. Can't wait!

  • @ChrisNova777
    @ChrisNova777 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    this reminds me of sitting on the bus playin this in my walkman back in 93... long bus ride home coming back from raves... part of me forever... makes me wanna cry then takes me to xstacy

    • @nlebron71
      @nlebron71 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome memories

  • @Candyapplebone
    @Candyapplebone 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2019

    14:01 is neat

  • @mihkelv6487
    @mihkelv6487 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Clicking through random albums in the recommended section, this comes up an you're like WHOAA

  • @glamphex
    @glamphex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I´ve been listening to this album more than 20 years!!!!! and still so fresh!!!! I never get tired of hearing it....

  • @TotallyNotEwan
    @TotallyNotEwan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    LISTENING TO THIS WHILE LOOKING FOR JOBS FOR JSA AT 5AM

    • @Jakestreet
      @Jakestreet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      peanus weanus gl

    • @nefariousnilbog
      @nefariousnilbog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +peanus weanus Hope you found some work dude

    • @angelomedi
      @angelomedi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Nefarious Nilbog im hoping you dont

    • @kingswit
      @kingswit 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Nefarious Nilbog bless the lord i found one a month ago. i wish you all similar fortune...godspeed

    • @nefariousnilbog
      @nefariousnilbog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +ᅚ Great to hear, all the best with your life :)

  • @flynntaggart305
    @flynntaggart305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    Xtal, Pulsewidth, Heliosphan, Ptolemy, Actium; the best!

  • @diepersona
    @diepersona 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I don't want to advertise myself, I just want to tell this I hope someone cares at least a bit. I just want to get this off my chest.
    I played with the idea of becoming a musician, sort of like a electronic music producer, for quite a while now. I would love to make beats. I'm currently 18 years old and I love music with all my heart, I can listen to it 24/7, music was always like a friend of mine in the darkest of moments when there was nobody to rely on, you don't have to explain your feelings, nor to get sympathy and try to get understood by anybody, you just put it on and it instantly speaks to you. You just feel it. I don't know if I would even be here now if music didn't help me to move on in life. But I don't want to preach so... now the problem is... I think my dream seems pretty foolish.. at least to me, the chances of it going wrong are so high, that people would even care about it are pretty low, there are already a ton of producers out there who are incredibly talented, and to make a decent living out of it is even more unlikely. My heart tells me yes, but my brain tells me otherwise and not to be caught up in such dreams. I don't even have a sampler, keyboards, MPC or anything right now. I starded recently messing with Fruity Loops, i know it's not the best but it's a decent start, and I noticed I have quite a good ear and talent for harmonies, melodies, structure, tempo ect. for a beginner... I wouldn't know which direction my music would take but I love IDM, Ambient and hip hop instrumentals and artists like Aphex Twin, Burial, Nicolas Jaar, Flying Lotus (the list is endless). It will probably be also sample-based, but I would definetly try to progress and make every single time something new and fresh, that's just how I like it. Challenging. But for right now my dream remains only a dream, however, I also don't want to be full of regrets when it's too late, I'm so conflicted and undecisive on what to do. If it works out I would finally be able to start all over again, far away and be happy, connecting with people with the art I created. Anyways, thanks for reading, I hope I could reach out to someone.

    • @djentmuch
      @djentmuch 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I care, hope it works out. I just about gave up but I still have hope .

    • @theLord_is-my_shepherd
      @theLord_is-my_shepherd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +MaTuMbOhErO just get started. There's nothing to lose. Don't worry about how it will be received. Making music -or any sort of art- is self-expression. Be confident. It takes time figure it out and develop the necessary skills, but you'll get the heck of it if you stay tuned and keep working on it. So don't give up. It is worth it.

    • @NG-xk1mn
      @NG-xk1mn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +MaTuMbOhErO Bro, 28 year old guitarist here, love music. Keep going man, music is its own reward. Don't stress about gear and your career. Stay true to your heart and then when you put the product of that process out there one day, people will respond.

    • @nutster9000
      @nutster9000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +MaTuMbOhErO I guess I felt the same way when I first heard this album back in 1992, young and little money.
      Looking back I just wish I had simply went for it and played around from scratch.
      Go with your heart and perfect your sounds with the little you have. Set yourself high standards and others will take an interest in what you do. Above all else though don't be influenced by anything or anyone else. Do your own thing and never compare your work to your peers as you can easily start to sound like them. From reading about my favorite artists, they tend to never listen to other kinds of music for inspiration & reckon R D James didn't either when he started working out this album.

    • @0SierraMaestra0
      @0SierraMaestra0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +MaTuMbOhErO Music production is big fun. You might never make any money, but that is just the way music is. I remember the other day I was reading an interview with one of my favorite Emcees, and he said that he had to work a day job for about 10 years after putting out his first album; this guy is pretty successful, a real hard worker, so I imagine a lot of musicians go absolutely nowhere and never free themselves from their day job. Never the less, I am sure they all have fun. I like producing music with computers. I use a sampler, midi, synths, and a drum machine. My advice is to study Classical music and familiarize your self with sheet music.

  • @Lucas-ck1po
    @Lucas-ck1po 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Heliosphan activates the creative mode of my brain on ultra settings

  • @v1ccedd
    @v1ccedd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7337

    17:49 Die Antwoord stole it lol

  • @MrCerebellum2
    @MrCerebellum2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm convinced that Xtal is what you hear when you're in your last death throws -- the recap of your life flashing back through your eyes syncing beautifully to this emotionally crafted work.

  • @Breaksnbeats
    @Breaksnbeats 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is a timeless masterpiece of musical innovation

  • @gregplanchuelo
    @gregplanchuelo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This album is definitely exceptional. Very ambient and minimalistic but at the same time full of warmth and energy .How can it be so beautiful, melancholic, positive and electric at the same time? I love it, specially Heliosphan

  • @user-nj4ze7tv7i
    @user-nj4ze7tv7i 7 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    Masterpiece

  • @wodnyrak
    @wodnyrak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    I added this album to "watch later" some few months ago and didn't listen to it, waiting for the right time. I dare say, this album is well worth the wait.

    • @JessicoreWalrus666
      @JessicoreWalrus666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      listen on the bus....... best experience imo

    • @skipsch
      @skipsch  7 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      Phonatacid is for sure my favourite night bus travelling music.

  • @shakotanstyle7409
    @shakotanstyle7409 8 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    The one that goes beep beep boop boop?

    • @comradecthulhu6052
      @comradecthulhu6052 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +NoBeatsNoProblem Nice Pete Rock picture.

    • @n3rd1c83
      @n3rd1c83 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I'd like you to play that song that goes beep boop boop beep
      No man it goes beep boop boop bop
      Beep boop boop beep bop?
      Fucking mr krabs

    • @BIadelores
      @BIadelores 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bee boo boo bop, boo boo beep?

    • @xaisatsana
      @xaisatsana 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ageispolis?

    • @Alejandromartinez-un3xs
      @Alejandromartinez-un3xs 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      heliosphan

  • @SzczesliwyCzlowiek
    @SzczesliwyCzlowiek 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's plausible sound's warmth gives these tunes a very delightful, envigorating even (if I can say as much about ambient!) taste. Meesa like it.

  • @DKBoy12
    @DKBoy12 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best selection that i've heard so far I think, absolutely sublime! Thanks ben!

  • @funkdakarma
    @funkdakarma 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I'm listening to Ageispolis and looking at the utterly chilled expression on my cat's face while she hears this, and I get a glimpse of the meaning of life. AFX is a genius!

  • @guscandes
    @guscandes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I love this type of music. Makes me wanna sleep and have a lucid dream.
    Thank you Aphex Twin.

  • @LonelyShadowHunters
    @LonelyShadowHunters 7 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Hey ben. Not sure if you still read theese comments anymore but. If you do. I'd just like to thank you for posting this on youtube. It is currently the single thing I have listened to the most on this planet. And will continue listening to. It's what makes my inspiration in pursuing the long journey of learning to make this kind of music. And i'd just like to say thanks, man. To you, aphex twin. And everyone listening. I hope you all got a lovely day, and will continue having good days.

  • @helenwinderjohnson2491
    @helenwinderjohnson2491 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This came out AGES ago. Some of it is almost 30 years old!!!!
    I remember at the time nobody had ever heard anything like it. The first two tracks are masterpieces of sound from the technology available to him at the time, On good speakers it filled the room in a whole new way, like nothing before. I can remember the first time I heard it like it was yesterday. It blew me away. A magical musical breakthrough. The ambient sound he created spawned the genre, Listen and learn!
    Some of it is a bit mental in the middle and not ambient but crazy. A sign of things to come. He went down that road after this first album and spawned another genre - psychedelic gabba grime! Much too challenging for me sadly. I prefer the blissful 10:10 - 10:20 background sounds that lift the soul.... aaaahhhh!
    Check out Chill Out by The KLF for the other seminal work in the ambient/chillout genre.

  • @GB3770
    @GB3770 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I loved this record 20 years ago - and hearing it now it's still as good as when I heard it all those years ago - this is rare.
    I have never listened to this and found it boring...
    Some of the best electronic music I know of this is...The bass line at 22.43 is amazing...

    • @rosswoodall625
      @rosswoodall625 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I knew which bass line you meant before I heard it, its bliss

  • @s3ntry948
    @s3ntry948 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you Benjamin!

  • @peterodonnell6515
    @peterodonnell6515 7 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    peaking on lsd, taking two hours to roll one spliff, smoking it to bring you back up. circa '94.

  • @PersianBolt512
    @PersianBolt512 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It can't get any better than Ageispolis, it has it all. Bass, Ambient, and Up-Tempo all at the same time because Aphex is a freaking genius.

  • @_johnryan
    @_johnryan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wow, was obsessed with this album in school, haven't heard it in a long time, thanks uploader!

  • @nathand.384
    @nathand.384 7 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    feel like calling my drug dealer whenever Ageispolis get's on

  • @NoPrEJudice201
    @NoPrEJudice201 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is a masterpiece its no wonder why aphex twin is respected.

  • @the_neutral_container
    @the_neutral_container 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    To think that most of this would have been in the 80s is a little creepy. so ahead of its time....

  • @mariaelenalopezramirez1877
    @mariaelenalopezramirez1877 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Ben, you're awesome.

  • @JorgeLeitner
    @JorgeLeitner 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    This is really good, I can see why this album got so much praise. Listening to this, I bet how much it influenced electronic music in videogames.

  • @dannypioro1534
    @dannypioro1534 7 ปีที่แล้ว +643

    best ambient album ever made. Simple as that! massive thanks to hi I'm ben for putting this out there!!

  • @gerasimosstamoulis9252
    @gerasimosstamoulis9252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    #1 sound,brings me to late 80s early 90s where i was starting to listen electronic music,i was fascinated!so do i now after 30 years!oooww thanx aphex...

  • @MrPalkov
    @MrPalkov 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Unbelievable. My own fault I haven't discovered them for myself for so many years, being enchanted by Vangelis, Jarre and later BT, Fluke and others for two decades or so

    • @Sound8VisionVibe
      @Sound8VisionVibe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just one guy. Amazing huh.

    • @cara9467
      @cara9467 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Better late than never :-)

    • @4bubbabites
      @4bubbabites 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought I was late to the party finding AT 18 years ago XD

    • @markmanderson
      @markmanderson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      better late than never mate, This album started it all for me in the mid 80s :) Also try his alter moniker Quoth, Surfing on Sine Waves album surpasses this imo.

    • @Lotharya
      @Lotharya 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You should try boards of Canada probably too

  • @user-mc4mc4qt4l
    @user-mc4mc4qt4l 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Listening to this while modelling an architectural project, it's all very artsy now, thank you Aphex Twin.

  • @vixen666
    @vixen666 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love this album so much. It acts like a safe, beautiful place for me to hide inside whenever I play it.

  • @verapamil07
    @verapamil07 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Aphex Twin is the only artist who can make aggressive ambient music if that makes any sense. You HAD to be very talented or whatever to make this kind of music in "85 being only 13 or so. Kudos to Richard.

    • @moreteamrshifter
      @moreteamrshifter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +verapamil07 no he's not x

    • @verapamil07
      @verapamil07 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +moreteamrshifter yes he is :)

  • @AnahataMaryjane
    @AnahataMaryjane 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    omg i don't think i've ever heard this so clearly and just perfect. thanks!

  • @dpaxeco
    @dpaxeco 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the upload Ben mate!

  • @Guadeloop
    @Guadeloop 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Usually when I listen to music while i'm doing something that requires focusing, i lose focus. But for some reason I can focus just fine listening to AFX.
    Thank you Richard, your music is medicine for procastination and it's also super awesome

  • @TheBomber15
    @TheBomber15 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Perfection.

  • @blazejames47
    @blazejames47 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I played this on repeat for all of my friends on our high school graduation party night, just a few hours before the sunrise over a big field we were all lying in the middle of, in sleeping bags.

  • @tinterlight
    @tinterlight 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can never tire of this record - been on rotation since uni days in the 90s. A masterpiece!!

  • @jasonc8144
    @jasonc8144 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Outstanding 1994 brings it back

  • @Nyconbr
    @Nyconbr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    TH-cam loading circle fits perfectly with the vinyl holes '-'

    • @Nyconbr
      @Nyconbr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      k

    • @KayleReynolds
      @KayleReynolds 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nycon Nascimento www.ufotube.org

    • @solidamber
      @solidamber 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nycon Nascimento you need a hobby

    • @Guadeloop
      @Guadeloop 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nycon Nascimento It's been very long since I've seen a loading circle...

    • @desu38
      @desu38 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well how about that.

  • @fredguilbert2845
    @fredguilbert2845 7 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    great old skool tracks..

  • @paulwlever
    @paulwlever 7 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    Cool stuff Ben

  • @phantommenace6585
    @phantommenace6585 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    disc 2 #3..what a beautiful song. love aphex twin thanks for this upload! his ambient works are great!

  • @Tommy-wf9kr
    @Tommy-wf9kr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I don't really listen to techno, and I don't like any of Aphex Twin's other stuff, but this album is just beautiful. It feels like being alone at 2:00 am in the morning in the heart of a cold winter. I bet this goes great with ketamine.

    • @bread_n_butter8614
      @bread_n_butter8614 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      give a listen to Selected Ambient Works II

    • @Kostly
      @Kostly 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      listen to squarepusher's tundra

    • @atlimarsigurdsson2115
      @atlimarsigurdsson2115 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      bread_n_butter nah, I did not care for it.

    • @bread_n_butter8614
      @bread_n_butter8614 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Atli Mar Sigurdsson You don't find Cliffs or Rhubarb beautiful?

    • @atlimarsigurdsson2115
      @atlimarsigurdsson2115 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      bread_n_butter if I listen to the whole album I'd get impatient and frustraited. has got a few good tracks though :)

  • @axelworfles
    @axelworfles 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A masterpiece in tone, texture and transcendence.

  • @jtdjdjjtddjtdjtdtjdjt418
    @jtdjdjjtddjtdjtdtjdjt418 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    20 yrs ago i was afraid he will become mainstream...i think i can relax now..puhh..
    thx for my first eargasm in 1996

  • @boomyzecat
    @boomyzecat 7 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Délicieux

  • @robertbudtxu
    @robertbudtxu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    creepy forbidden archives unexplained mystery shocking documentary

    • @uncrownedoak7777
      @uncrownedoak7777 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      oh no D:

    • @Lucas-ck1po
      @Lucas-ck1po 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Whoa! the shocking truth has been revealed!