I remember driving down to Cornwall for holiday with my family (I was a kid). I managed to convince them to listen to Aphex Twin specifically this album. Good times 😊 My Mum got pissed because it’s kind of weird music if your not into it lol Miss you Mum
This should really be the official video. The main character even looks like Aphex Twin does in many of his clips. And a green suit? Nice accidental Irish reference. lol So uncanny how well this video fits.
+xweert711 As far as I know it's not but I could be wrong. Read the video description. I've never seen this anywhere else but here on TH-cam. I assume the uploader just did for fun. Either way when I hear this song; I think of this video now. I'm fine with that :-)
This song just resonates with me, it provides me with an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia, comfort and Felicity, I feel very prosperous when I hear that beautifully strung together melody, the angelic and optimistic high pitch synth just brings joy to my day, leaves me with high spirits.
Fond memory jamming this song about ten years ago. Had neon lights on the rims of my road bike. Cruising the sunset at the back bay trail Newport Beach, Ca. A mixture of gorgeous sky colors with tantalizing aphex to go along with. Priceless
I was listening to stories of people from the soundtrack to their lives, when a musician described in detail how he was driving his terminally ill father to the hospital, and the one song that calmed down him down was Alberto Balsalm by Aphex Twin. It really sticks in the memory
THIS is the video that made me buy my first video camera lol. I can’t wait to film random shit and put together a music video for one of my favorite songs like how this person did
yeah I can't decide if it's a good thing or a sad thing that there is no other track with that kind of vibe...it's amazing! always when I think I know aphex twin, he manages to suprise me
This is one of those songs that makes you inevitably bop your head from side to side and up and down and make strange jerky motions with your limbs and hips.
LOL! Right you are Mr. Chang. Sometimes (but thankfully not always), the more simple and common a person is, the greater the need they feel to express a fictional high degree of extreme nonconformity.
did a partial analysis of the meta structure of this song, sharing here in case anyone is curious ~ fingerbib is comprised of 5 main sections - the odd sections (1, 3 and 5) share the same melodic/rhythmic motifs and general sound/internal structure, as do the even sections (2 and 4). each of these individual sections can themselves be defined by the number of repeats of the main structure contained within each. in this case, the main structure is comprised of 20 quarter notes in total, grouped into 3 sub sections of differing lengths. throughout the whole song, the order and lengths of the groupings remain constant; they always follow the pattern 8:8:4 (quarter notes) (except: in the even sections, the first two 8 quarter note groupings blend together more at their inner edges; he also shifts the individual note placements around very subtly throughout each measure,, giving them a much floatier and less directed feeling than the odd sections) this 8:8:4 grouping structure is what gives the song its jumpy/restless character - it's that extra single measure at the end (the 4 grouping), which makes each repeat seem to "stop" halfway through (what would be) the third two measures. and another really neat thing he does ,,, at the very end of the song, he stops at the end of the fourth measure, just before that last single measure, so that the last repeat of the song feels both complete (in that it is made up of 4 complete measures (16 quarter notes) instead of 5 (20 quarter notes)), yet incomplete (since it differs from the regularity established by the rest of the song). all of the sections are themselves made up of a certain number of repeats of this main 20 quarter note grouping structure (8:8:4). the coolest part is that u can think about it even more abstractly ,,, the whole song is really just a series of repeats of the main structure (applied in alternation across the two main melodic/rhythmic pairings), in this case... i think it goes 8:4:5:5:4. 26 repeats in total ... with the very last repeat cutting off the last single measure, ending the song in a very abrupt and neat way ! tl;dr fingerbib is sort of in 20/4, which is the same as saying the base repeat length is 5 measures of 4/4 (5 * 4 = 20 quarter notes). the song can be described as a series of grouped repeats of 20/4, following the pattern (8:4:5:5:4), with an alternating melodic/rhythmic structure. the 5 measure repeats themselves follow th pattern 8:8:4 (quarter notes). this is of course an abstraction and there are likely other more subtle structures tht i did not address here ,, but this is the main skeleton of the song. the rest is just aphex magic ~w~
Wow this is fascinating ! I love how on this great analysis you made someone can come to the conclusion that aphex twin knows exactly what he does while composing his songs , he is a master at crafting beautiful compositions without changing much of the song's structure for instance the fact that he shifts lightly the notes within the song to create the trippy feeling . Spectacular comment.
lol i was jus finna type it basically in sumthin like 5/4 or 10/4, which rare as all hell for mr richard "4/4" james; tyvm for savin me tha trouble of havin to elaborate further 😅😅😅 also, IIRC tha original demo version on "melodies from mars" differs from tha RDJ lp version in dat it in strict common time, witout all tha weirdass n subtle rhythmic kanipulations
To the original uploader: I know you put this up in 2014 but why does the song fit so goddamn well with this scene?? It bothers me how much enjoyment I get out of watching this, puts a big ol' shit eating grin on my face. It syncs up so well it's almost perfect.
To me, this guy takes on the representation of our needless want for the things around us. He is the personification of our lack of satisfaction, how we wont stop for anything to get what his impulses desire.
this song gives off nostalgic vibes, like when i was little and there was nothing to worry about. also as if there was no one else in the world, just me, as a kid.
Занятое видео. Я понимаю это как взгляд на себя со стороны - андерграундовый деятель выходит иногда развеяться наружу а окружающие люди не понимают его и считают чдаком. И самое ценное из этого это то что самому чудаку это все равно. Человек очень зависим от общества и таких как aphex twin единицы. Они нам не даютзабыть что такое индивидуальность.
Was just going out the house on a rainy day as this song plays next on my playlist. Was like being in a videoclip. I must have looked like a looney walking around smiling like that :')
Aja Dene Yup, the video is from a french movie. It was fantastic, recommenced you see it! I forget the name, maybe some of the comments before me know.
My friends older brother showed me rubber johnny when I was 11 and told me it was real it gave me nightmares for days, also was when i got into aphex twinn
Baa... escutei muito em 2018, lembro de semanalmente escutar essa música e de diariamente em todo 2018 escutar aphex twin. Ele e Burial fizeram parte desse meu período
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People in Japan: It was the most scarring experience of my entire life.
People in New York City: It was Tuesday.
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Bwahaha your comment gave me my first smile of the day.
from what I know, your statement is false. Japanese are more accepting of weird behavior. as long as it fits guidelines so.... no.
@@williammarshburn japan is pretty weird
@@williammarshburn They wouldn't accept this kind of behaviour, not at all.
i cant believe this is from '96. its sounds way ahead of its time.... like all of his tracks. Richard is a genius!!
unfortunately we have not reached the "ahead of time" period, current electronic music generally is way behind this :D
I was lucky to have an older sister that got me all of his CDs while I was growing up.
de la folie et du génie ça fait bon ménage
+yakovlev aphex twin goes back to the 70's
New Autechre stuff is fantastic
Fingerbib: The perfect song to walk around weirdly in a green suit stealing things and eating them as well.
In other words, it is the song for sigma males.
he just did a extreme - parody of the clip "bittersweet symphony" by the verve
Also, licking armpits of street battle opponents...
and "eating" the ppl ... 2:16..
@@dodu8281 wrong. They took Holy Motors, by Leos Carax as an inspiration.
I remember driving down to Cornwall for holiday with my family (I was a kid). I managed to convince them to listen to Aphex Twin specifically this album. Good times 😊 My Mum got pissed because it’s kind of weird music if your not into it lol Miss you Mum
He's like a mythical creature or an urban legend coming to life.
Yeah. Like a... Bibregnif or something...
CHILLAX! IT'S JUST A MOVIE SEGMENT! READ THE DESCRIPTION!
Like a kappa or some other youkai
Maybe some mythical creatures were actually mentally ill outcasts in pre-psychward times.
This should really be the official video. The main character even looks like Aphex Twin does in many of his clips. And a green suit? Nice accidental Irish reference. lol So uncanny how well this video fits.
This is denis lavant; An great french actor
@@Marlo_Branco what movie is this?
@@rowshambow Its the short film "Tokyo!" by Leo Carax.
But he re-used the same character and actor Denis Lavant for the amazing movie "Holy Motors".
@@Marlo_Branco Thank you.
It really does.
this makes me feel like life is not that bad
What sucks is the system that we are forced to live in, life is fucking awesome
Life is great. Even through the muck and mire, the myriad of issues and tragedies that could strike one; to live is in itself... well. Not that bad.
That's exactly what I thought when I discovered this song... this morning
It really isn’t :)
Based @@elielsolares8695
It's crazy how well this video fits this song. It should be the official video.
+OneRoomShed Wait, it isn't?
+xweert711 As far as I know it's not but I could be wrong. Read the video description. I've never seen this anywhere else but here on TH-cam. I assume the uploader just did for fun. Either way when I hear this song; I think of this video now. I'm fine with that :-)
OneRoomShed
Yeah, same here. This fits far too well.
Holy motors
2012
I just LOVE the small sample from the Godzilla (1954) theme song at 0:28. Modern day monster haunting Tokyo
Because he thought he saw Godzilla.
This song just resonates with me, it provides me with an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia, comfort and Felicity, I feel very prosperous when I hear that beautifully strung together melody, the angelic and optimistic high pitch synth just brings joy to my day, leaves me with high spirits.
Thank you for also teaching me a new word, felicity! I always thought that was just a girls name
Fond memory jamming this song about ten years ago. Had neon lights on the rims of my road bike. Cruising the sunset at the back bay trail Newport Beach, Ca. A mixture of gorgeous sky colors with tantalizing aphex to go along with. Priceless
this is the reverse of "bittersweet symphony" from the verve
Aw man, sounds good. I'm jealous
1:35 absofuckinglutely beautiful beat switch
Any day above ground is a good one.
Fantastic. We're all consumers, savagely consuming everything we come with the reasoning being that it's for our soul.
Not that it's a bad thing, just a different view on how things are.
Not so, there is a distinction between surviving and living. Just because I'm alive doesn't necessarily mean I'm happy. Happiness comes from within.
I was listening to stories of people from the soundtrack to their lives, when a musician described in detail how he was driving his terminally ill father to the hospital, and the one song that calmed down him down was Alberto Balsalm by Aphex Twin.
It really sticks in the memory
THIS is the video that made me buy my first video camera lol. I can’t wait to film random shit and put together a music video for one of my favorite songs like how this person did
he just did a extreme - parody of the clip "bittersweet symphony" by the verve
I swear Fingerbib should be like an hour long! Or Longer! I would travel the universe listening to Fingerbib!
You'd have the best intergalactic adventures of all time.
Wasn't it? I can't tell how much time passed when I got out.
the best description of this tune...
Right click the video and click where it says, "loop." You're welcome.
yeah I can't decide if it's a good thing or a sad thing that there is no other track with that kind of vibe...it's amazing! always when I think I know aphex twin, he manages to suprise me
This is one of those songs that makes you inevitably bop your head from side to side and up and down and make strange jerky motions with your limbs and hips.
+Julie Davis best comment ever
marry me
Malaise where you wanna get married?
Julie Davis the ends of the Earth (I'm a flat Earther, so I hope that isn't a dealbreaker)
Malaise slight dealbreaker but we can make it work for love
Ah so this is how he got to the liquor store
Shame he got stuck there so long. 🙁
Coming home from the sesh in the afternoon
so damn true !
hahahaha relate able
Facts
I love how most Aphex Twin videos are just Richard D James characters causing general mayhem wherever they go
this is how ascended individuals move through the street
or more simple: listens to afx songs ;)
I loved how he closed the hole where he returned to, so no creeps would follow him or something
Underrated comment
GRAND THEFT AUTO: TOKYO
Alternatively: Green Theft Auto.
It needs to happen
holy shit
Pure genius putting this music together with this film clip... Bravo
I love this video.i was homeless all strung out on bathsalts years back and i can relate
and for this reason i would like the repeat function on basic youtube .
This is basically me on a daily basis.
Dan D. Warhol, denizen of Edgeville.
LOL! Right you are Mr. Chang. Sometimes (but thankfully not always), the more simple and common a person is, the greater the need they feel to express a fictional high degree of extreme nonconformity.
Imagine visiting Tokyo, and you see this while walking down the street.
Id think he's normal compared to those drones who all want to be the same mindless robots.
Armpit lick. 10/10
This whole video:
"what the hell, man."
Throws a cig into the baby's carrier LIKE A BOSS!!!
did a partial analysis of the meta structure of this song, sharing here in case anyone is curious ~
fingerbib is comprised of 5 main sections - the odd sections (1, 3 and 5) share the same melodic/rhythmic motifs and general sound/internal structure, as do the even sections (2 and 4). each of these individual sections can themselves be defined by the number of repeats of the main structure contained within each.
in this case, the main structure is comprised of 20 quarter notes in total, grouped into 3 sub sections of differing lengths. throughout the whole song, the order and lengths of the groupings remain constant; they always follow the pattern 8:8:4 (quarter notes) (except: in the even sections, the first two 8 quarter note groupings blend together more at their inner edges; he also shifts the individual note placements around very subtly throughout each measure,, giving them a much floatier and less directed feeling than the odd sections)
this 8:8:4 grouping structure is what gives the song its jumpy/restless character - it's that extra single measure at the end (the 4 grouping), which makes each repeat seem to "stop" halfway through (what would be) the third two measures. and another really neat thing he does ,,, at the very end of the song, he stops at the end of the fourth measure, just before that last single measure, so that the last repeat of the song feels both complete (in that it is made up of 4 complete measures (16 quarter notes) instead of 5 (20 quarter notes)), yet incomplete (since it differs from the regularity established by the rest of the song).
all of the sections are themselves made up of a certain number of repeats of this main 20 quarter note grouping structure (8:8:4). the coolest part is that u can think about it even more abstractly ,,, the whole song is really just a series of repeats of the main structure (applied in alternation across the two main melodic/rhythmic pairings), in this case... i think it goes 8:4:5:5:4. 26 repeats in total ... with the very last repeat cutting off the last single measure, ending the song in a very abrupt and neat way !
tl;dr fingerbib is sort of in 20/4, which is the same as saying the base repeat length is 5 measures of 4/4 (5 * 4 = 20 quarter notes). the song can be described as a series of grouped repeats of 20/4, following the pattern (8:4:5:5:4), with an alternating melodic/rhythmic structure. the 5 measure repeats themselves follow th pattern 8:8:4 (quarter notes). this is of course an abstraction and there are likely other more subtle structures tht i did not address here ,, but this is the main skeleton of the song. the rest is just aphex magic ~w~
As a fellow nerd musician I tip my hat to you 🧐💪😎
Wow this is fascinating ! I love how on this great analysis you made someone can come to the conclusion that aphex twin knows exactly what he does while composing his songs , he is a master at crafting beautiful compositions without changing much of the song's structure for instance the fact that he shifts lightly the notes within the song to create the trippy feeling . Spectacular comment.
Sounds like something a redditor would do
lol i was jus finna type it basically in sumthin like 5/4 or 10/4, which rare as all hell for mr richard "4/4" james; tyvm for savin me tha trouble of havin to elaborate further 😅😅😅 also, IIRC tha original demo version on "melodies from mars" differs from tha RDJ lp version in dat it in strict common time, witout all tha weirdass n subtle rhythmic kanipulations
Wow
What an amazing character. He fits the song perfectly.
This song always makes me happy. One of my favourite from aphex twin :)
I love the old lady's impression at the end
So this Irishman goes to Japan...
Good way to represent the Irish! Lol!
"ohh ohh i'm an alien, i'm legal alien... I'm an iirriiishmaan in toookyyooo..."
I can't agree with you. I've been to Ireland and Irishmen are very polite people. He is probably from Slovakia, our people behave usually like this.
Dude, it's a joke cuz he's wearing green and looks like a leprechaun, that's it--nothing more nothing less.
haha, that's one of the things that the internet can't transport:
i guess it was just a joke... ;)
I love this. This is exactly how my toddler would love to act every time we go out.
We all have sometimes a day like this, Haven't we? (: 1996.. Timeless little song.. Sweeeet...
Please and thank you.
Aphex Twin's music has that nostalgic feeling and that sensation of thinking you have heard the song before (even if you haven't)
This is just basically Richard if he leaves his Space Fortress and interact with us feeble mortals
Devious lick
Humankind. Came out from a dark cave. Walking barefoot on the streets built by their own hands. Never get enough...
You know, aphex twin videos have the nicest trolls. Everyone is so polite from what I've seen.
+Will Cornwell But when people argue if Ventien snares compares to Rich or not..
Thats when shit gets bloody..
fuck you.
劇団員と一般人の温度差がすげえｗｗｗｗ
To the original uploader: I know you put this up in 2014 but why does the song fit so goddamn well with this scene?? It bothers me how much enjoyment I get out of watching this, puts a big ol' shit eating grin on my face. It syncs up so well it's almost perfect.
the same shit eating grin as the album cover this song's from lmao
ho ascoltato questa traccia cento volte ma lho compresa a pieno solamente quando l'ascoltai per caso una notte di mezza estate
he's got that "Joker blowing up a hospital" walk
this video proves u can eat money, and flowers
And Asian arm
and japanese paper! that's so delicious:D
Like anyone disputed that?
i've been waiting for soooooooooo long to finally have my hobbies validated
+Bhatt Hole Bhatt, nobody likes a fat ugly big baby.
My favorite track. It's too short.
He's such a good character, wish there was a movie with him :D one of my fav songs also
I thought that name of man in green is Fingerbib. I could imagine it.
No his name is Merde. That litteraly mean "Shit" in French
Random Random no. it’s mr fingerbib
Ahhh M. Merde. My favorite character from Holy Motors over the brilliance of Aphex Twin. Excellent
amazing! works so perfect, if only this was an official video, it's so genius what you've done here
he just upload a snippet from some movie
I feel like this every morning.
very good anime 10/10
The Manga was better.
This song is the perfect tempo for pleasing yourself
The reality of a leprachaun
they are still discriminated against
Richard D. James created the nineties in his head and we all lived in it. Some of us still do.
Man, Chris Cunningham really outdone himself this time, the footage matches the song so well with almost no cuts.
*checks description*
Wait WHAT!?
This is the best thing in TH-cam
To me, this guy takes on the representation of our needless want for the things around us. He is the personification of our lack of satisfaction, how we wont stop for anything to get what his impulses desire.
Your entry-level interpretation... smells of urine.
Why does he want peoples trash and their walking canes?
this song gives off nostalgic vibes, like when i was little and there was nothing to worry about. also as if there was no one else in the world, just me, as a kid.
Занятое видео. Я понимаю это как взгляд на себя со стороны - андерграундовый деятель выходит иногда развеяться наружу а окружающие люди не понимают его и считают чдаком. И самое ценное из этого это то что самому чудаку это все равно. Человек очень зависим от общества и таких как aphex twin единицы. Они нам не даютзабыть что такое индивидуальность.
Марина Стаханова это из Фильма одного,забыл как называеться как найду напишу тебе
Любопытная аналогия . А может всё гораздо хуже ? И здесь нет "тайного" смысла , а у дядьки проблемы ...
Руслан Василец Лучше смотри фильм-Токио.
Emin Imanov
Благодарю , если бы не мой коммент , названия бы так и не написали ) .
Руслан Василец Ещё есть фильм Святые Моторы..Тоже про этого Мужика(Мистер Мерде)
It's a pleasure to see how fitting Denis Lavant's Monsieur Merde goes with Richard's music. Not sure whether Carax would approve, though.
For these Japanese people this was the most shocking day of their lives ... For the Macho Man Randy Savage this was just a Tuesday.
what a tune, what a video, perfect match, respect, now im off for 1 big joint.
Was just going out the house on a rainy day as this song plays next on my playlist. Was like being in a videoclip.
I must have looked like a looney walking around smiling like that :')
I really hope Leos Carax keeps making movies.
That movie was crazy.
this video is from a movie ?
Aja Dene Yup, the video is from a french movie. It was fantastic, recommenced you see it! I forget the name, maybe some of the comments before me know.
Holy Motors :-D
maurus You sure this isn't from a segment in 'Tokyo!' ?
milo taylor The movie is in the description
def my fav earthbound-esque track. such a joyful nostalgia.
Wow what a unbelievable combination. Great production!!
I didn't realize this wasn't the official video but now I want to see the film
One of my all-time favorite Aphex Twin songs and the first time I've ever seen the video. That is a great video!
Heard this but never saw the video. Dope track.
not the original video, it says so in the description "Video from Tokyo! a 2008 anthology film containing three segments written by three directors."
Is that Rubber Johnny's uncle? The one they don't talk about?
Slacquer holy shit you fucking G name dropping rubber Johnny
My friends older brother showed me rubber johnny when I was 11 and told me it was real it gave me nightmares for days, also was when i got into aphex twinn
This video changed my life
Yeah
God I've watched this so many times now...
Masterpiece.
Wait this is the same guy as in holy motors isn't it?
yes, it looks very similar
its from the same director as well as character and actor
lim do
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Saw this movie.Was a nice short.Fits the track well too!
This is real ART !!! DADA is still alive !!! Just great !!!
i just cried like a baby
if you guys are wondering what movie this is from it's called holy motors
I had no idea! I seriously thought this was an official music video because it's so spot on Aphex!
This is a part of a movie? It's completely perfect in this video, wow
The character is in the movie. This, however, is not a scene from Holy Motors.
The character does indeed appear in Holy Motors, however this scene is from another movie called Tokyo!
Literal es el pibe que salió de las alcantarillas
2:15 that armpit lick lmao such a win xD
And seven years later this became a popular fetish
at 00:28 a short part of the godzilla theme can be heard (love it) :D
Brilliant... this could be an official video lol
You really have to Love Music to be here in 2024❤
Those tracks are timeless
i have never realized this video is awesome :D
*licks armpit*
*keeps running down the street*
I feel like this is a manual for life
Wow, I've seen Tokyo! just a couple of days ago. Such a peculiar coincidence. Oh, of course great song and great work by the guy who edited this.
Video and Audio matching 💯%!
Great song and that video clip goes with it amazingly well. Kudos!
this track gets me so emotional i don't know why
Baa... escutei muito em 2018, lembro de semanalmente escutar essa música e de diariamente em todo 2018 escutar aphex twin. Ele e Burial fizeram parte desse meu período
I came home from a bar, still pretty wasted. See this and i give my all thumbs up!
Brilliant video
no words , just love
I love this so much
Creative insane human