Aphex Twin / AFX - 3 Slothscrap

originally uploaded at soundcloud by Richard D. James a.k.a. user48736353001 a.k.a. 8♣user48736353001 a.k.a. 8user48736353001 a.k.a. user18081971 a.k.a. .....hopefully to be continued.

[janhundling]

This shit is deeply deeply deeply painful, these microtones are scourging

[Marshall-kedo]

This is exactly how it felt telling my mother goodbye. She was lying there in a hospital bed and they had unplugged her from dialysis so she would slowly go in peace since her body went through a complete organ failure. I was 20 when I had to say goodbye to her and hearing her breathe so roughly and speak so weakly, it felt like this song from that time to until I got home.

Aphex Twin somehow knows who I am and how I feel to the point.

[MrWeazlebee]

Jesus Christ why am I so drawn to deeply melancholic tunes. Feels like it keeps me trapped but man are Aphex Twin / Boards of Canada sooo fucking good

[Sophtas]

Feels sooo good but still hurts at the same time...it reminds me of a dark time when I was hospitalized, completely alone, lost, speechless (I had lost my voice at the time) and fighting for my life. I'm ok now, so being able to listen to this gem makes me feel reborn again...Thank you AFX for making me feel like I've understood, for 4:48, all the mysteries of life !
Edit : It's been eight months since I wrote this message, I still don't understand all the mysteries of life, but I'm still here, everyday, healing while learning, working on myself, trying do to my best tho I now know I'm enough! By putting my soul into everything I do, I feel stronger day by day and finally I wouldn't be who I am without this : music! I truly can say now it saved my life a couple of times, it's the only thing I'm sure I'll always be able to trust, the only thing that will never ever let me down! And I have to thank AFX again, his music's been providing me so many emotions/memories/thoughts and dreams since 25 years now, you'll always be the GOAT in my heart!

[PropheticAnomaly]

This might be the most unsettling piece of music I've ever heard. There's something about it that feels incredibly visceral.

[seeklife]

Death and rebirth. Mournful yet tranquil. Richard does it again

[ThisIsFitz]

I don't know why but this hits somewhere hard in me. Gets me in a different. Thank you for uploading this

[oberlisk]

I don’t wanna know how depressed this guy was while making this one..

[davidbrendli]

To me this is the most accurate depiction on death as a song

[architectoftranquility]

this song was a remedy to a dark time filled with grief and misery. yet here a human retrospects upon darkness and realizes that everything passes us by. this moment shall pass too with blistering meaninglessness. all of us search for the meaning when it's already here, right now. this intuitive gift of spirit allows permeation through the veil of the system. death is waiting for all of us, yet it is only death of the ego, the soul and spirit continue on.

there is an infinity of love all around us. it is through the veil of perception that we may see this clearly. i hope to be greeted and embraced when my spirit flys. love all of you divine entities, enjoy this life to the fullest!

[bandenoire]

Sounds like the breathing cycle of a terminally ill cancer patient before they pass. This track is helping me get through some shit. Thank you, Richard

[novygaming]

Many nights, i lay awake hating myself for being me: lazy, immoral, narcissistic, entitled, utterly insistent that i do nothing with my time on this world till the day i die. So many times, i had the opportunity to start something good during my childhood, but i just threw it right back where it came from. It's an endless loop of hating myself, being too self-loathing to fix anything, and hating myself for it even more. It's nice to listen to a song that 'relates' to what you're feeling, especially when you have nobody else to do the same, just to lighten the load a bit. Im in an especially bad time right now since completing 9th grade because now I'm not a "kid" anymore, so i hope i can find some stranger here to somewhat help, even though we'll only ever communicate via this video's comment section.

[lamelomane]

How last high school day felt. Such great people I met I'll never ever see again. So much that's unspoken.

[frosty]

sometimes aphex twin hits a little too hard

[LaOxidada]

I feel like tears are perpetually welling up in my eyes, dude

[kermeetdafrowg]

This sounds like a dead end, like the feeling of accepting that you’ve failed and that you’ve ultimately doomed that part of life that you’ve ruined. This is almost like watching the world mature without you; as you’re stuck thinking about the glory days.

[MojoRisingTV]

Ohhhh.... Nina.. How grateful i am you scored all this for us.. im sitting on my deck staring out into the city lights with a lit jay living the most tranquil mood iv ever experienced.. wallowing in the moment, i was compelled to sit down and write my second thank you note.. Without Rich and you to make it available.. i wouldn't be seeing this point of view into my life... I am so grateful, thank you.. Nina what ever your last name is.

[azazelmumford]

This hits harder than some of TBOI's endings. Its that feeling of a sad complacency, a dying mechanisms on its last legs. We are now sad.

[waddy]

this is incredible. really. every sound is writhing and just seems to be saying something. Richard, fucking hell.
makes me cry my fucking eyes out man, and I'm a real bastard.

[menzosoft]

A soundtrack of certain moments in my life. One of my favorites ambient trax ever.
Is someone badass enough to write The chords?
Respect from Wrocław, PL
God bless you for The upload, and Richard for his work.
Also love to all of you