Aphex Twin - Ageispolis

[@clotz1820]

he made this in age of 14-21 :OO and it was like in the middle age of electronic music. very very talented person

[@sonofagunder]

Young God

[@jigri_pokhri]

I'm 21-50 years old.

[@alejandromagana1554]

@@jigri_pokhri Hhhaaha, clever!

[@Vingul]

@@WillyJunior can't agree that this is "basic".

[@paxolefeece6520]

@@WillyJunior complexity is not the point, grasshopper

[@Raymund-Swales]

The bass doesn't drop. It just kinda rolls out of the speakers and takes over the whole room.

[@stu3131]

The most appropriate way to introduce bass. I like the SUBversion.

[@B.l.i.s.s.f.u.l]

@@stu3131 😶

[@cwrigh13]

i would play this track on loop for infinity and not get sick of it.

[@cwrigh13]

wow well said me from 1 year ago

[@gunsandsynths]

K

[@AntechamberVAL]

@@cwrigh13 Still well said 3 years ago my dude?

[@nikolaisears1312]

is it still going?

[@systemsincode7023]

It's about time someone agreed with you from the future again

[@ahackercalled4chan]

this is a perfect example of a timeless track

[@syntheticfauna]

Context: It was mid 90's, Costa Rica, I came home running after smoking weed to record a tv show in VHS called Oxigeno (oxygen), they use to program early electronic music (Banco de Gaia, FSOL, Da Hool, Yum Yum, etc)...I opened the door and my mom was still awake, so I asked her if it was ok for me to use the TV to record whatever they program and she said "of course", I set up the VHS cassette and hit record, this track comes out and I was mesmerized! (And high AF!) I remember falling in love with the video and sound, it's a very cherish memory of me and my mother together, late at night, just chilling...the future was bright, no worries at all, not bad for an endless summer night in paradise...

[@liva236muzika]

I can totally feel the moment you described. Love it!

[@gravito1573]

I felt that man

[@DarkKnight2006]

Didn't ask don't need your stupid context

[@stevenjones2852]

Superb. Full on programming. Depth of sound is unreal. Don’t get that from modern bollox that anyone can get a PC to do for em with no emotion involved. ❤

[@Udontknow]

Thx for sharing. Wonderful story :)!♥

[@catfishrob1]

My mind is blown. I used to listen to Die Antwoord a long time ago. And much longer before that, I listened to Aphex Twin. Only right now am I realizing that Ugly Boy's main hook is lifted from this.

[@KotNata]

same here . can’t understand how in gone behind me 😂

[@JS-ks5oi]

Just an insane track. Been whistling it for years now, it keeps my life on track. You rule, Richard.

[@Anonymous-KB]

I hear a-lot that this song sounds so ahead of its time, I’ve always felt that it doesn’t sound ahead or of its time or anytime really. It sounds completely like its own time.

[@rpd777]

I’ve been listening to this track for 32 years now…. it’ll be played in 320 years and still sound fresh. In 3200 years it’ll be earths remaining heartbeat long after we’ve wiped ourselves out. In 32000 years earth will be known as Ageispolis and Richard’s work will be complete. Kudos.

[@reillyjarrosiak63]

this song has kept me up past my bedtime for multiple nights now. i can’t stop dancing. help.

[@suspiciousstew1169]

i am up at 2 am listening to this as i type this out

[@Professor_Sex]

4:25 am LOL

[@ivanremainnameless5771]

I'm imagining a city like Ageispolis ... and the truth is that I want all of you to be here with me now

[@mitchy90]

sin city vs the matrix vibes

[@mikeike4632]

I want to be in ageispolis with you too

[@AsurasWrath164]

I'm here, waiting for you guys! 😎

[@kaos43]

the fuck are you talking about?

[@ivanremainnameless5771]

@@kaos43 something about a place that you dont deserve and understand...

[@octopuswindow]

1:30 Richard David James jumpscar

[@sunilsolanki]

I wish so very much that he would make music like this again... I cannot tell you how much I love this.

[@adel-xx]

i dont know why but i corelate this song to the frutiger aero aesthetic

[@K-Thousand]

I see it completely though

[@alfredorodriguezdc]

bc ur algorithm has instilled it into ur subconscious

[@erikbuchanan4648]

So Die Antwood lifted an Aphex Twin beat? I just heard this song for the first time and kept expecting Ninja to start rapping.

[@msmith323]

Yes & the Aphex symbol appears in the Ugly Boy video, any artists active in the late 80's / early 90's like Aphex would actually love & appreciate that, because everyone was sampling each others riffs back then, they were paying homage to him through that - the roots of acid / rave culture ('acid burn' was a lifted sample, years before acid became a euphomism for LSD). Liam Howlett ended it all with Prodigy - 'Charly' in 1991, because it was such a good tune, sampling a public information film, everyone tried copying him and it led to 'Toytown Techno' which killed the scene, an entire generation all living for rave, then it ended, he's been trying to bring it all back since 2009, maybe Aphex should give it a go

[@Livngdedgurl]

I thought the same thing when it first started.

[@Emolga2225]

some guy on reddit gave 2 paragraphs explaining how Die Antwoord ruined Ageispolis for him so im just gonna avoid hearing it now

[@Eeeeeeeeeeeureeeeeeeeeeeeeemom]

​@@msmith323 it's a shame that those awful creators used this music. I'm not saying that antwoord's music is bad, they're just terrible people.

[@Tom-oj7si]

Music is amoral Can't believe chumps still talk about this in 2024

[@JonathonJDog]

Can't be understated how ahead of its time this was.

[@JohnDoryNotFish]

or how late you are?

[@vico805]

yeah for 92

[@vico805]

@@JohnDoryNotFishhaha chill vro 🤣

[@brandonsharp1032]

Year 2021, and this is still the best song ever made.

[@justinbieber8028]

2022 now. Can confirm that this is still the best song ever.

[@timothyholland9640]

Having a ball never heard this tune butifull feal this

[@lukebased7842]

It’s a tune or track and a great one But a song has lyrics lol

[@brandonsharp1032]

@@lukebased7842 Aw thanks man, that changes everything!

[@carriegates]

@@justinbieber8028 2023 now

[@pineapplepicker2960]

That BASS tho!!!!

[@Sushi_bar]

I play this whenever i want to test new bass lol

[@WillyJunior]

*NEW BASS*

[@ErebusGaming1]

Yeah defo a great track for testing a new sub, I love how the bassline just falls off to like 20hz

[@adrianaguilar6347]

bAsS

[@creeper2671]

I also used xtal for my headphones. But yeah, i also used ageispolis. And i showed xtal to my dad cuz he was curious how my new headphones sound.

[@Gabytron]

SAME!!

[@Triadii]

Someone could mistake it for a modern 2020 track. That bassline is WAYYYY too futuristic for something at least 28 years old

[@jaylogic3929]

Nah, kinda ordinary back then bud, this was know back then as CHILL WAVE. No idea where you're from, but this nothing outta the norm in Australia.

[@teito-san]

Fr this sounds like something teejayx6 would slide on

[@smaurf2499]

I would argue that's because modern music is behind the times as opposed to the inverse

[@jimwolfgang9433]

AP is a genius. I know that word gets thrown around a lot, but it's perfection. And it does sound very early nineties when the break kicks in for a bit just before half time.

[@kimandrei7525]

Tradition Official, DU HAST SOWAS VON RECHT!!! 👊👊👊 😎😎😎😎

[@averyshowers9631]

this was the first song i heard from afx. i was like 6. shits still bangin 13 years later

[@georgeaksich9017]

You're lucky to discover this music that early.

[@g00zik97]

love that reverb jumpscare at 2:48

[@r.t.5767]

One of these songs you listen to and then for the rest of your day the bassline is stuck in you head. Awesome stuff

[@8Dmau5]

If y'all want to know the drum machines he used for this track, he used a Roland TR-606 and Roland TR-808 IIRC.

[@ArnisGoldberg]

yeah, i hear that 808 bass

[@mark-yj5sg]

Those Roland Drumatix hats and snare 😌

[@noelht1]

Call story bro. Needs more dragons.

[@8Dmau5]

@@ArnisGoldberg i think the kick was a 606, but the 606 and 808 kicks are practically identical in sound so it could be the 808. i dunno tho lol

[@8Dmau5]

@@noelht1 i have no idea what you're saying but ok

[@brandonsharp1032]

2020 still in disbelief

[@passionate_jj]

The bass OMG 😳

[@nauticoom]

I can’t believe this is 30 years old

[@steveclifford6893]

It gives me lanes lined with pine trees in a late summer evening , and far down the cliffs there are small white cottages .

[@totakad]

woah, now i know where die antwoord - ugly boy got it's tune from :D implying ofc that it's an original melody

[@DesoloSubHumus]

Richard David James (Aphex Twin's real name) was actually in the official Ugly Boy video. Die Antwoord had RDJ's permission to use this track and invited him to be in the video.

[@AntiPattern123]

Ninja has the Aphex Twin logo tattooed on his forearm. The guy dancing with the hoodie "My name is: GOD" is related to the song windowlicker. Watch.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3O2ZXqfZt6SpMU

[@AntiPattern123]

My theory is, that DJ HiTec always has been AT

[@SpecialAgent-zn1vv]

Kayne Kardashian has left the group chat

[@rambojambo3738]

Was trying to figure out where I recognised it from.

[@Pimpoye]

This sound was for me, the best song electro ever!!

[@borntoclimb7116]

After all this years, i stil love this track. Greetings from germany.

[@Whitehot724]

Sometimes when I listen to Richard 85-92 stuff, I think of that one epiode of Spongebob where everything is chrome, or Mr. Krabs dancing

[@vico805]

what about when SpongeBob has the rave with the jellyfish haha

[@Whitehot724]

@@vico805 That and Squidward doing his weird little interperative dance

[@enkamayo]

It makes me smile and enjoy life everytime I hear it

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

It’s the audio equivalent of an Ian M. Banks sci-fi. You’re standing on the biggest sub-woofer in that quadrant of the galaxy , gazing at the engineered ring-world, verdant mountains and valleys rolling away in every direction around you, while the lead synth is sounding out from ‘that mountain over there’, and the pads are somehow being played within your body, using your sinews as oscillators.

[@usm1le]

this is on part with helliosphan as my favorite aphex song. i dont have the words to describe it, every element is just perfectly done.

[@DangerBay]

I play this out every chance i get to test out the bass on the sound system

[@flame2106]

i always throw it down crazy robot style spaghetti man with this damn 808 slammin hot beat and cheeky melody. And less not forget that slop sshlop bass smacking both me and the mix

[@themonomaniac7507]

best comment ever

[@theantisocials]

I love how this birthed Die Antwoord’s most famous song

[@ab8jeh]

No idea who that is.

[@pan.vyblitku]

shiit, i was thinking where have i heard that melody, thanks!

[@kebman]

I'm just here from Die Antwoord's Ugly Boy cuz my DJ friend played this song and then he told me, "Wtf are you talking about, that's Aphex Twin!" Meanwhile I'm just "No way!!!"

[@ThunderChunky101]

Die Antwoord do an insane version and suddenly everyone realise that it's such a genius track that it really doesn't matter who messes with it - it'll always be beautiful! It will always be perfect. It will last forever.

[@madvolunteer8794]

2022 & still fresh. it gives me chills that he is still out there looking down in modern waves

[@banjogyro]

I love that part where the drums stop for a second

[@gigabrother458]

RDJ slaps your shit. 25 years after hearing him for the first time, there is no one like him.

[@jhetling]

Aphex Twins sweesome, been a fan since forever.

[@danny8807]

Favorite song ever

[@om3g4z3r0]

Context: It was early zero's, ground zero, i just finished making the biggest boom ever, one i still can hear to this day, i used to make these things by myself never had a problem, but i've felt alone for the first time, a feeling new to me, had nobody else to talk to, the thing is in my level you can solve your problems if you think hard enough, but everything cost pain, and i had all this free space all of sudden, decided to shatter myself into a near infinite pile of fragments, each the center of their own world, each keeping company to each other, a better way to pay for my things is by hurting each other, so slowly that debt will be paid, and we all will have our fun, so eat each other, and twist that knife, i promise good things will come.

[@music2obscureyou330]

Testing the subwoofers

[@PeepingUkulele]

🧡 this song has always been a favorite. It just cured my headache and bad mood.

[@twujstary1318]

masterpiece

[@thepastaprogenitor851]

Damn this man was living in the future. I was confused because it sounds so much like modern music even though it's atleast 20 decades old

[@epic.6608]

Damn bro I had no idea that track was 200 years old

[@justinbieber8028]

@@epic.6608 everyone knows Aphex twin is a time traveler

[@spacekitt.n]

why is this same comment on every aphex video

[@bunnie1421]

years*

[@spacekitt.n]

@@bunnie1421 no, decades. richard has been around since the 1800s

[@carloscharles3611]

My fav track

[@olaf2877]

J'ai acheté cet album à sa sortie et J'aime toujours le réécouter...

[@beaniebloob2009]

Them 808s be hittin 🤤🤤🥵

[@Gabytron]

I use this track to test speakers and headphones lol playing this track on speakers that filled up a room was an experience

[@steffy1727]

I also use this track to make sure audio works on speakers. Magical to hear the song once it really starts rolling out the metal!!

[@Chancestodolak]

Hey just wanted to say hello on this bomb ass track.

[@svorke]

dude made trap before trap was even a thing, this man a god

[@emomu]

literally what i was thinking too lmao

[@btc.affection]

I hate trap as it is too lousy, while this is more calm for the ears and not as distracting

[@lila5844]

how in tarnation resembleþ þis trap?

[@boopgoobooop]

ART ART ARTTTT!!!!

[@josephreadsbooks3296]

"elbows" pic at 1:32 had me rolling

[@Geigercode]

Boom boom boom… boom clap Tststs slap tstststs slap

[@tickteen7240]

Truly a track of all

[@nazca22]

That bass is like mother's womb.

[@erynoise]

Jesus dude...

[@diabolicalindividual4944]

wtf

[@amanalone3473]

That’s gross but I understand what you mean.

[@PlaysWithChildren]

@@amanalone3473 Not gross, beautiful...

[@knifenoir]

average IDM fan

[@flyingmonkeys5097]

I love this

[@Despotic_Waffle]

So this is where the tune of Ugly Boy by Die Antwoord comes from

[@BenNote]

Sounds like shop music in early 80s video games

[@TZ0NEGAMING]

29 Years on. Still dope

[@geeeked555]

real sound

[@kkitrade]

Neat that Die Antwoord picked up this track for "Ugly Boy"

[@julyuh777]

they stole it tho

[@katherinethompson3239]

No they didn’t. They got his permission and had him appear in the video.

[@letspetpuppies]

@@julyuh777 do you even understand the concept of sampling anyway

[@eddyreplays]

@@julyuh777 Aphex Twin appear in the video and he's God.

[@ianbaumel7907]

@@julyuh777 Stole it? He was in the video. LOL.

[@farhanmarco7827]

You could play this song in 2052 and this song wouldn't sound out of place.

[@oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832]

The 808 touch

[@pharoah2642]

Charging my ankle monitor and listening to aphex twin

[@rynobucket]

"Ooooooo I love my ugly boy..."

[@LeSoing]

bro was using hi hats and 808s in 1992

[@shadowchasernql]

yeeeeep makes this track seem real dated even for '92 but don't worry he moved on the 808s have a real timeless quality to them for sure though

[@onesyphorus]

wait til you hear memphis rap 😂 similar kinda beats not hatin aphex i love this beat man listen to mack dle smoke a sac

[@SputXD]

Listen to some fucking music wtf is this comment 😭😭😭

[@onesyphorus]

man ngl i feel depressed thinkin abt where music is heading. @@SputXD like ppl know less ironically now and everyday i wake up we're closer to a dystopian future. to that dystopian future. but fr that kid needa listen to more stuff man thats embarrassing lol

[@therealtony2009]

bro was using technology available for his time to make a good song

[@KitKat-vd3lkk]

It feels like im flying in another dimension

[@highatyt]

This is a jam and a half

[@medameg]

My fave

[@vico805]

cool pfp

[@unclesloppy8518]

This song was ahead of its time by at least 3 centuries.

[@mchwalek89]

This is a good subwoofer tester

[@budzlightyear2212]

Who's listening in the year 2084?

[@sonofagunder]

your old mum

[@vania7960]

I'm listening in the year 207012 Get dunked on. Also this song is pretty chill

[@РоманСухарев-и4ф]

nobody, cuz it still 2020 stop this shit

[@DriesduPreez]

@@РоманСухарев-и4ф OoOo~ someone's jealous they don't have a time-machine

[@ElectricSlevin]

oh yes dude, jesus did you hear the news about president Bieber it can't get much worse...anyway I gotta go hunt some irradiated cats cause I don't have enough Monsanto® Points for dinner tonight 🙋️

[@siddharthagupta3754]

What a neat beat

[@ab8jeh]

Reminds me of 1994.

[@stuad70]

Sweeps and chrsdsses.. With a bass line lead melody to yers ❤️

[@menzosoft2]

Yes indeed talented man. I wonder if was he sequencing using some computer od was he changing sequences manualy - incredible if so.

[@PlaysWithChildren]

@Menzo Berranzan I didn't think he was using computers at all at this point. Maybe I don't understand what you mean. What is "od?"

[@patrickmcloughlin2954]

@@PlaysWithChildren or

[@PlaysWithChildren]

@@patrickmcloughlin2954 Lol I don't know what I was thinking

[@Ispowzfmanalog15]

One of the top tracks for my bicycle rides I use to take back in the 90’s… LSD people, that’s LSD.

[@kaos43]

sometimes I lie here in my bed and wait for some dumbass people to say dumbass things. Go ahead, receive your award, my good sire.

[@Ispowzfmanalog15]

@@kaos43 Sire??? Like I’m your Animal father? Your mom can’t be that ugly… come on kid.

[@vico805]

never heard afx on L but I have been shroomed out vibing to this tune

[@roቅ]

Why does my cat cuddle the phone when the track is playing

[@sclitchmusic]

I feel like if Ageispolis was a real city it'd be like the most advanced and other-worldly place in the entire universe

[@jim041276]

It could be yes

[@diany3061]

You could say....a Megalopolis!

[@Adam0Null]

Good One Richard

[@dealloc]

i like this human music

[@yes9752]

This sounds like a nectarine tastes

[@ageispolis746]

Nice one.

[@richardmollberg3096]

1992, when I started dreaming of an Amiga.

[@Eytl]

kinda nuts how he did the rolled stuff without even living close to memphis - he also did it way faster

[@mitchy90]

when being caught in the glitch sounds like heaven

[@JeremyMcElhone]

HOT DAMN.

[@JeremyMcElhone]

This is the most danceable ambient music I've heard.

[@Andrei4224]

Yeah, it's called "ambient techno"

[@steffy1727]

@@Andrei4224 I think it's called IDM. Correct me if I'm wrong

[@onemage1]

Yes.

[@TonyTheTiger94]

So this is where Die Antwoord sampled their track from. Interesting.

[@athenachristinemusic]

Classic 💖💖

[@romancandlefight1144]

He invented the trap brrrp of hi hat... 20 yrs early

[@jackaro2]

Late night stoned in college circa 1999

[@timtams5283]

Ooh, I love my ugly boy

[@vico805]

hbd aphex!

[@RaHere-h3r]

when bass hugs whole world in one song.

[@uIt3riormotives]

there’s a song that has similar chords to this but i don’t remember the name

[@iseemtobelost8265]

legendary bassline