">it has enough good tracks for a single great CD, people just >can't hold attention across two disks."


I thought it was a great disc, i was just shocked this has been his only "new" output in 4-5 years. Only because it doesnt sound like new output, it sounds like outtakes and unreleased tracks that didnt make the cut of RDJ album or I care because you do.
Don't get me wrong though, i love most of the stuff the man does.

" i expect he'll keep producing and work on his own label, and maybe release an occasional track under a phony name just to keep us guessing."

His own label is a big dissapointment coming from a man of such Genius, it seems like his new artists are all following the footsteps of Tigerbeat6. Amen andrews on Rephlex i liked, but everything else on Rephlex sounds very crass to me. Cylob has put out some great albums too.

Have you heard Richard D james newest songs?
The only 2 i know of that he has put out since Druqks is "smojphace" and an untitled track off the new Rephlex sampler "rephlexions"

they dont even sound like him, more like Venetian snares or Kid 606.

I just think the man stopped caring about making amazing music. If he makes music now, it isnt much more than masturbatory amen break hackery.

Robbie

it also helps if you slow down his 280 bpm beats to half the speed !!!!!

i've been reading this thread for the last few days & have put in a bit of thought on the topic. why has afx sucked recently? because our ears have evolved. what used to blow me away in the 80's or 90's just doesn't quite do it for me anymore. i still love the donkey rhubarb video & druqs had some good spots. i love mixing the vinyl into dj sets still. i used afx2 in a set just today. the analord series is darker than some of the other stuff, but you can't compare it to venetian snares or squarepusher w/out realizing that they're biting RDJ's style. my point is that many other artists (daft punk, plastikman, kid 606, lamb, etc) have caught on to the squeex & throbs that only RDJ was making years back. it's hard to stay ahead of the pack & original w/ so much music coming out each & every week, month, year...

one other thing: how many of you haters are DJ's who play AFX tracks in your sets? sitting around smoking & listening to cd's is one thing. mixing tracks into a coherent set is a different animal indeed. check out the AFX v luke vibert set & you'll see my point (don't call me satan!)

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