Last night I witnessed the freaky-deakiness that is Richard D James (Aphex Twin).
Off course it got really full on and brutal, but that was kind of expected - a lot of his sound seems to play with a contrast between beauty and ugliness. The first 20/30/40 mins (wasn't really counting) was my favourite - a little more melodic and ambient…
… but thought the last 10 minutes of really-hectic-distortion-and-feedback-chaos were pretty mental (in a good way? in a kind of sci-fi-armeggedon kind of way)…. would love to see him outdoors, in a more doof-like-vibe : ) would be keen to see a chill set of his too (if he does them?) - exploring some of his more melodic ideas?
Though he was hardly-visible - consisting of a bopping head, longhair and headphones - from a distance he could have been mistaken for a seemingly less-friendly relative of James Zabiela (who's always a blast to see behind the decks). Similarities can be drawn between their sound also (but who hasn't been inspired by the sound of the Aphex Twin?).
A lot of the evening was paying homage to various strains of techno - in a variety of different forms (straight-laced, broken, glitchy)… All of which appeals to my inner dork. And looking around the crowd who turned up last night, seems to appeal similarly to both the inner and outer dork of plenty of others : )
an interesting gig - better than a quiet Tuesday night at home : )
The evening's set was at least as eclectic as this cut from his Drukqs LP.
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