Aphex Twin – Avril 14th (Piano Cover by Josh Cohen)

[IHMadeThis]

This is pretty much the only piano piece I want to learn. I just want to master it and have it up my sleeve to surprise people with it whenever a piano is around. One of these days...

[mybrainidont]

The most peculiar thing about this song to me, is that I cant for the life of me figure out what feeling it conveys, or the mood it sets.

[kurtdewittphoto]

The simplicity and beauty of this song is unmatched.

[me]

1:50 unreal. avril 14th was composed to be played by a machine not human hands but you went and rocked that shit anyway. bravo

[joshcohenmusic]

I’ve been doing some thinking recently about this channel and a thought popped into my mind overnight. It’s been a really interesting journey sharing my love of the piano with everyone all over the world. It still trips me out that I spend an afternoon recording a track (it has to be the afternoon for those curious about the process, as the piano is lit by natural light – it’s best between 1pm – 4pm in the room that I’m recording in), sitting by myself in front of a piano in my music school, and that people from all over the world get to experience a very private moment of my creative process.

What I find particularly interesting though is when I listen back to these interpretations, there’s a pretty strong disconnect between playing/recording the tracks and hearing them back. Without a drop of ego, I personally enjoy listening to these tracks either late at night to help me fall asleep, occasionally in the morning when I wake up to find some more motivation about working on my Radiohead songbook, but my favourite time would definitely be when I’m travelling, especially in airports or on planes, and also on public transport. As there are a lot of returning subscribers and listeners on this channel, my question to you is this: Where and when do you listen to these tracks? What are you doing? Working? Studying? Travelling? Eating breakfast? Passing out? What time of day is it? What do you see? How does it make you feel?

I’d be very curious to hear your thoughts, so hit me up.

As always, thanks for supporting the channel and for incorporating this music into your lives. Man, the internet blows my mind sometimes x

[esined]

This has got to be the most sweet sounding piano cover of Avril 14th I've ever heard

[ahzootube]

Thank you Piano Santa :) It's easy to find great pianists on youtube. But not that easy to find the ones with a good taste of music

[rrrmj]

I listen to things at night before I sleep. It’s always that awkward timeframe where you lay in bed and just think, because you’re tired, but not tired enough

[mediocrefunkybeat]

Love the fact that you caught the dampener pedal in the recording. It really is an absolutely essential part to getting this right.

[mmr]

You killed the last part man. I’ll subscribe just for that

[TsuruchiBrian]

This is one of those songs where it feels like something is missing. I am kind of obsessed with what the end of the song would be like if it didn't just end abruptly. I wish better musicians than me would improvise their own endings. My mind can only manage that feeling of something that I am constantly on the verge of remembering. It seems so familiar, and yet it never actually existed. I need someone else to fill in the blanks for my brain.

[joseph]

The ending is extremely tricky but playable as you see here. So tired of the tired notion that this song can’t be played by a human being. You did a wonderful job, thank you for this video❤️

[thenightbladefeeds]

I've watched a ton of covers of this song and one thing I've noticed is that in nearly every one the player has a bit of trouble with the ending. That's not really the fault of the player, it has more to do with the fact that this piece was written to be played by a machine and not a human. However, you nailed the ending. It's the closest I've seen to the actual recording. Great job.

[leo-vryr]

This song makes me sad, thinking about the years passing by, how I’m getting older and older and there’s no way for me to stop or slow down. I think about how high school and soon uni will be long over and gone. How it’s been years since I finished grade 10 piano and I haven’t practiced in so long; I’m sad I may be losing my skills and ability like I’m losing my youth and years. When I look back it’s black and white, but when I look forwards it’s also black and white. When I listen to this song I see a white room with pure fuzzy white sunlight and it’s warm. It’s like I’ve already died and I’m thinking about all the experiences I’ve never had and never will get to have. Dreams and unrequited feelings, and people I will not get to have connections with. I miss my younger self and feel like she’s a person who I left alone at a train station and can’t get back to. I can’t comfort her. I can’t hug her. I have no photos of her. What she looks like and what she was like is disappearing from my memory. But she’s there still, crying because she’s all alone. And April 14th could be any gloomy winter/spring day, where the snow is melting into the dirty roads, the mud is peaking through, the slush is 2 shades of gray, the town I live in is 3 shades of gray, the sunlight is blinding me but it’s cold outside. Things I dreamed about as a 13 year old, things I thought would happen to me never happened and they will never happen as the time pulls me forward and I get farther and farther away from that train station.

[magau]

This song reminds me of someone who hasn’t got the closure they well deserved. And accepting the outcome from it all.

[orrissirro]

There isn't much left of me currently, but most of it is this song.

[DerekSmyth]

The years I have spent trying to convince people that Aphex Twin was “real music” let alone masterful. I can now show their closed minds. Well done to you sir. It took me to move from his birth place in Limerick Ireland to Melbourne to discover a Melbournite on YouTube to convince them back home!!!

[thimkthimk]

Really good stuff. Was always spooked by those jumps in the right hand towards the end!

[ArsenicDrone]

I was nearly disappointed, as I thougt some of the notes were coming from a backing track. But then I looked closer, and they were just being played effortlessly and almost imperceptibly. Quite impressive.

[anthonyvega]

Gosh. This music adds up to my tears while watching Newness. The feels bro.