Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse

WARNING: CONTAINS STROBING.
Taken from Aphex Twin’s ‘Collapse’ EP out now on Warp. Video by Weirdcore.

[szalero]

this is richard's brain when he's trying to buy a beer

[sdfhhhr]

"yo why didn't you say hi to me at the party?"
what I saw at the party:

[KuntaKinteToby]

His ability to make the most manic and calm sounding music at the same time is simply incredible.

[itsenzo]

Everybody a gangsta till the mountains turn into aphex smile texture

[jeanfrancoisnelson]

Imagine someone from the 19th century seeing this

[jompa]

I can’t even imagine the creative process behind this.

[plunderclat]

This video seems trippy at first glance but this is just an insightful look at what its like for richard to go get a pint of milk from the corner shop.

[SheaTDM]

I attempted to decipher the text at the beginning of the video and this is how far I got, there’s some mistakes here and there since I couldn’t figure out some stuff but point them out and let me know if you can.


this track is called “collapse” by the way

cos when the bass kicks in
and the tempo starts slowing down
It’s like a collapse of sorts :)

I’m gathering visual references at the moment
is there any other point cloud or any other references you’d like I should look

nope dont think so.. I still love ascii visuals also.
surprised it never got used more but maybe it has, I dont get out much.

sure, I’ll look into doing 3d ascii point-cloud crossover
maybe when you get up close to the point

yeah I see your point with midi..
but you would just edit tight to the beat anyhow can’t you?

yeah I could,
but with your kinda music it would take forever

with midi files it would be instant and tight as fuck

what places to include would be relevant in London?

deffo the silver box be relevant and the Lantle?

that I’ll be one of the focal points in the video, a bit like the monolith in 2011 collaged with the Cornish stuff

nah, all crap
how about sun on cafe next to clissold park, ha

collage stuff, top yeah..
and how quickly they add that woods stuff in that Star Wars thing… crazy realistic

Maybe we should do something with political slant in this video,
you know how media can manipulate things to make you think

Oh been getting well into simulation theory of late..
didn’t realise a lot of prominent science

are now saying the chance we are living in a base reality is about 1 billion to one!
love it..

simulations in simulations in simulations
for ever probably.. god is just an ai

I don’t wanna accept it though, although I agree it’s feasible. I’d rather think

that all these normal people who watch shit like "Britain's got talent" and such
their proof of it's not a simulation (cos why would you bother simulating)
or it's proof that we are living in a failed simulation lmao

I can’t see why it would be a problem accepting, I quite like the idea.. ha

I think thats what I hate the most about it, ,
is that it opens the gate for creationism interpretation…

yeah well science is not much better, can't explain how life started,
what was before big bang and loads of other stuff,

just evolution and even that has gaping holes

so was just chomping on a peanut butter toastie with swedish jam...
thinking the idea that code i.e. us can imagine something is pretty wild

code rewriting itself and investigating the future rewrites of itself
This obviously applies to any act of imagination:

imagining a future version of itself or imagining what effects the rewrite
ing to have on you and then adjusting the imagination to give desired effects

mhm, and what kind of jam was that? Sounds like it was fermented
or something to give this inspirations

and that tip, i've been well into into Almond butter and manuka honey lately
anyway, was thinking if was all a sim, , the technology would be so advanced,

it’s probably even beyond code, like many levels steps further analogue-d

like some semi organic technology, like in Exitenz..

[RyanCelsiusMusic]

when you download an acid trip from your dealer and the .rar is corrupt

[sefaemreilikli]

Send this to the aliens without context. 💯

[sausageskin]

I like how this track evolves through three stages: starts as dance music, then falls apart 1:53, and finally becomes stable 3:13.

[jomartinkelly]

All I can imagine is a constant back and forth between creative and client, do this, change that, not that, more that, before the final delivery to Richard and him replying "fuck yeah".

[PoisonInc]

I love how this still sounds like Aphex Twin, which also sounds like it was made 50 years from now.

[mrtnpope]

I know you're watching this over and over Thom Yorke

[Shnecko]

The last half of this song is what I absolutely adore about Aphex Twin

[JaredCaraway]

This man is a straight-up musical genius.

[flyingshrimpgd]

"What kind of effects do you want for the video?"

"All of them. Every single one."

[UmbilicaLashed]

Richard is the Willy Wonka of synthesizers. The guy is beyond genius. I remember when I was first introduced to him back in 1997 and here it is 25 years later and he still is making perplexing and beautiful songs. So many machines.

[dclarkmusic]

Your brain when an attractive person asks you basic questions about yourself

[speedfreakygo]

I like this side of Aphex twin much more than ambient works