The 'Bands I don't Get' thread (7 Viewers)

[shidheat]

love sade

 

[nuke terrorist]

Aphex Twin and similar electronica.
I was only briefly impressed by him in 1992 and nearly everything I've heard by him was unremarkable. Not experimental or particularly unique.
I've seen shops full of this kind of music while other electronic genres are largely ignored.

90's rock genres with technical riffs and their offshoots are my main dislike - metalcore, emo, nu metal, math rock, post rock, technical ______ metal of any sort

 

[Kermit McDermott]

He's the best thing that every came out of Limerick.

 

[nuke terrorist]

He's the best thing that every came out of Limerick.

Nah. The hurlers and Munster rugby team are better.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Aphex Twin is the triumph of marketing over substance.

 

[ann post]

Unless you consider the marketing to be part of the substance?

 

[seanc]

Them videos were mad and good back in the day. Maybe it just caught me at the the right time of my development and the peak* of music video TV.
I can only take it in small doses.

*You know what I mean. People having a budget to spend on music videos for weird stuff.

 

[nuke terrorist]

The 1992 comp. Ambient Works 1985-92 was a huge deal at the time. Once you past that it was done by a young kid from Cornwall it is isn't much different from lots of other stuff from early 90's.

 

[seanc]

Cornwall isn't in Limerick.

 

[nuke terrorist]

Cornwall isn't in Limerick.

SW x SW! Born in Limerick maternity hospital to Welsh parents grew up in Cornwall.

 

[ann post]

Cornwall is in Ireland

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I'm a fan, although I haven't paid much attention to anything after the syro album.

 

[shidheat]

just for ambient works 2 and polygon window he gets my vote every time. those two are untouchable.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Unless you consider the marketing to be part of the substance?

I’m sure there are people on marketing forums giving out that if it wasn’t for the music, it would be terrible marketing.

 

[Anthony]

I was informed that Richard Ashcroft is supporting oasis. A perfect Twofer.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Thought I was in the hellworld thread for a minute there.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

just for ambient works 2 and polygon window he gets my vote every time. those two are untouchable.

Yeah polygon window is great...
You could even dance to most of it

 

[ann post]

I’m sure there are people on marketing forums giving out that if it wasn’t for the music, it would be terrible marketing.

The point i was trying to get to is that like any musical act they are entirely intertwined and part of the expression

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The point i was trying to get to is that like any musical act they are entirely intertwined and part of the expression

I disagree, marketing is obviously there in everything commercially available but Aphex Twin to me always feels like the product is conceived by an ad agency and some blips and boops are recorded to go with the package. Which for an underground “music legend” is mad altogether.

 

[ann post]

I disagree, marketing is obviously there in everything commercially available but Aphex Twin to me always feels like the product is conceived by an ad agency and some blips and boops are recorded to go with the package. Which for an underground “music legend” is mad altogether.

Marketing if you want to call it that is in everything, just some people call it other things - there is always a decision about presentation and aesthetic no matter how people dress up those words. I think the guy sounds interesting (with added 200AD creds..)

Chris Cunningham

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