Aphex Twin uses Ableton Live! (shh, is a secret)
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Aphex Twin uses Ableton Live! (shh, is a secret)
Well, maybe you know that some electronic musicians are very secretive about their equipment, and Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin is the king of "secretiveness" . But I was watching a new video of him playing an avant garde piece and he is using Live!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dph-bkJL_wM
It was in 2011, he was remotely conducting a orchestra via computers : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dph-bkJL_wM
It was in 2011, he was remotely conducting a orchestra via computers : )
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this is wild and wonderful but i think his tool of choice is irrelevant as he could use a broken toaster to make better music than most.
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I don't think that makes it any less relevant, just shows us what can be acheived with our chosen tool
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I have obsolutely no fucking clue how this is all set up.... Are the musicians merely looking at the screen in place of a conductor for cues? wtf? lol.
Cool shit, though.
Cool shit, though.
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Yes, absolutely, I love Aphex Twin, dont matter if he uses Live!, Logic, Hardware sequencer or a pocket calculator, but I find it cool that he uses the same tool that I use.pskept wrote:this is wild and wonderful but i think his tool of choice is irrelevant as he could use a broken toaster to make better music than most.
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I wondered the same.LoopStationZebra wrote:I have obsolutely no fucking clue how this is all set up.... Are the musicians merely playing their parts on autopilot without the need of a conductor like most ensembles? wtf? lol.
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I believe he is using a customized version of angry birds.LoopStationZebra wrote:I have obsolutely no fucking clue how this is all set up.... Are the musicians merely looking at the screen in place of a conductor for cues? wtf? lol.
Cool shit, though.
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stringtapper wrote:I wondered the same.LoopStationZebra wrote:I have obsolutely no fucking clue how this is all set up.... Are the musicians merely playing their parts on autopilot without the need of a conductor like most ensembles? wtf? lol.
I see what you did there.
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Homebelly wrote:I believe he is using a customized version of angry birds.LoopStationZebra wrote:I have obsolutely no fucking clue how this is all set up.... Are the musicians merely looking at the screen in place of a conductor for cues? wtf? lol.
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Capitan Mission wrote:Yes, absolutely, I love Aphex Twin, dont matter if he uses Live!, Logic, Hardware sequencer or a pocket calculator, but I find it cool that he uses the same tool that I use.
so true!k-toh wrote:I don't think that makes it any less relevant, just shows us what can be acheived with our chosen tool
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I imagine his changes to sequences are instantly output to the musicians screen as score. I love aphex twin to the extent of being unable to talk to him when I met him once I wasn't mad about this experiment sound-wise but I like the possibilities it suggests.stringtapper wrote:I wondered the same.LoopStationZebra wrote:I have obsolutely no fucking clue how this is all set up.... Are the musicians merely playing their parts on autopilot without the need of a conductor like most ensembles? wtf? lol.
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at demf i've stood beside more techno gods than i can count and maintained composure just fine but (embarrassingly) rdj is the only person who would have me feeling starstruck and shy when meeting.ikeaboy wrote:I love aphex twin to the extent of being unable to talk to him when I met him once
i do.ikeaboy wrote:If you think a little too much about electronic music
i did and i enjoyed it! i'll keep reading.ikeaboy wrote:maybe take a read of my blog
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I've always been crap at meeting people who's music I really love. I met Radioactiveman loads of times, he even had me over for a gig, and i still acted like a plonker every time out of some weird 'compensate for the fact you think he's deadly by being a bit of a prick' style shite.pskept wrote:at demf i've stood beside more techno gods than i can count and maintained composure just fine but (embarrassingly) rdj is the only person who would have me feeling starstruck and shy when meeting.ikeaboy wrote:I love aphex twin to the extent of being unable to talk to him when I met him once
i do.ikeaboy wrote:If you think a little too much about electronic music
i did and i enjoyed it! i'll keep reading.ikeaboy wrote:maybe take a read of my blog
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I've acted very "normal" the times I met people that I admire, I have more problems with standar people : )ikeaboy wrote: I've always been crap at meeting people who's music I really love. I met Radioactiveman loads of times, he even had me over for a gig, and i still acted like a plonker every time out of some weird 'compensate for the fact you think he's deadly by being a bit of a prick' style shite.
Thanks for having a look at the blog, please keep reading I'm putting some new posts soon and I'll get the RSS thing sorted as soon as I figure out how its done.
BUT, if I find Richard D. James or Bob Dylan I dunno, that's in another level.
I've been reading your blog also, good work!
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