Aphex Twin - Soundlab20

From London 14.09.2019 Vinyl, it was sold at Aphex Twin's RedBull music festival show.
Artwork by: [HAMAD]

[@dreamywise8818]

I just now realized that the afx logo in this video is a piano

[@MacintoshT.Reznor]

Holy wow. I just saw that too. Cool.

[@Thewithewitchproject]

Well done!

[@prodsodus]

wow.. fr huh

[@SupaRush]

i thought it was a weird airplane

[@Kush2johnson]

5 years after listening to this i finally see it

[@4skullman]

sometimes I wake up early in the morning to get in my car and get this at full volume while driving in a desolated area so that I can get contacted by alien species

[@IoOLOoOfficial]

Perfect

[@Etherwa]

Nice

[@gravel3635]

You too?!? :D

[@Ohmloud]

Dont, i did and my ass still hurts from the probing

[@cloudwindow5159]

@@Ohmloud you'll be back 😏👽

[@vanillacoffee]

This track reminded me I needed to return some video tapes

[@alexroselle]

be kind and rewind

[@accountnob]

Oh my god.... it even has a watermark

[@vanillacoffee]

00:42 That’s bone.

[@MasDouc]

HEY PAUL

[@vanillacoffee]

edward honda We should have gone to Dorsia

[@cyberspace667]

Oh shit the clouds are moving!

[@vico805]

never noticed that hahahaha!

[@stephankreidl1999]

Ugh I thought I ate some wavy paper

[@prodigalsun1678]

Richard is still improving massively as an artist it's like he never stops studying new methods to do things that most people wouldnt even notice and I love him for it

[@pekerhed101]

How so? He was a pioneer back in the day...and now he sounds like he's using Fruity Loops.

[@prodigalsun1678]

@@pekerhed101 well ok your preference of sound is completely separate from the quality of his production he's doing things now that are really really difficult. Not to say he was innovating and doing mind blowing things back then either

[@pekerhed101]

@@prodigalsun1678 His claim to fame is his innovation in the mid-to-late 90's. But this new stuff isn't anything new. Much of it is revival that many other artists have all jumped on. If anything, he's building layers onto artists such as Com Truise, and others who brought back the SynthWave. But honestly, as a longtime Aphex fan, I just don't even see an Aphex signature on this track...aside from the album art. Don't get me wrong, I like the track...but it doesn't sound like anything I haven't already heard from a pile of other artists.

[@pekerhed101]

@@prodigalsun1678 His claim to fame is his innovation in the mid-to-late 90's. But this new stuff isn't anything new. Much of it is revival that many other artists have all jumped on. If anything, he's building layers onto artists such as Com Truise, and others who brought back the SynthWave. But honestly, as a longtime Aphex fan, I just don't even see an Aphex signature on this track...aside from the album art. Don't get me wrong, I like the track...but it doesn't sound like anything I haven't already heard from a pile of other artists.

[@Kukurio]

@@pekerhed101 I agree. I also have loved Aphex Twin for a long time.

[@Piercemxpx]

4:18 master of melodies

[@Rasarack0200]

so effective

[@RebornAgain33]

yet so simple

[@BAVBAVBAV]

Nostalgic yet futuristic.

[@swarm69]

sounds like retrofuturism looks

[@samsonmcgloughlin]

Or kind of like the nostalgia associated with old companies trying to be futuristic. Like windows 98.

[@danielfarrell4621]

The future of yesterday.... today.

[@MythshiftrDungeonSynthPostRock]

kind of has an italo disco vibe to it, like early 80s Giorgio Moroder.

[@gabrielflorinrobciuc2772]

@@swarm69 To me, it sounds like a very fine breakbeat and ambient song coming from the mid 80s.

[@xXiN5aNeXx]

When u torrent microsoft windows xp

[@bens4295]

Hahaha, Black edition was the best

[@Meneera_Music]

Ye, but on acid

[@Thomas-yl8lb]

@Jeff Leppard that is the secret name for windows 11

[@1Nicezera]

its more like Microsoft XD

[@canobenitez]

@@bens4295 the zune theme was sick

[@butterstraw_coin]

Aphex twindows

[@Flippy1565]

synth at 2:36 kills my head... im lost ... wow love this oldschool wallpaper

[@vcollapse]

This track is so genius.. The constant variation of the main theme, the drum fills, the evolving of the bass sounds, synth sounds. Man I love it so much!

[@1Nicezera]

this song, like many others by richard, is a living organism

[@machinegunhippy]

100 percent how I look at it also

[@zerozer0s123]

just found my new favorite RDJ song, im terrified thinking about how I almost didn't find this masterpiece

[@neirinjoseph6817]

Yeah man fr, ive been listening to RDJ now for a long time but idk how, this has taken my favourite spot.

[@usneasubfloridana4072]

Chicki briki

[@iwantmyutube9040]

Yeah, that can be very scary. This is a gem!

[@night1247]

what‘s RDJ ?

[@glasswater3997]

@@night1247 Robert Downey Jr.

[@beelinux2650]

To me this is one of his masterpieces. Would love to hear the 19 other Soundlabs.

[@machinegunhippy]

Agree 100 percent .. this song is so groovey and tight I can barely stand it in the best ways haha

[@horriblechronicdiseases]

Calling it: Soundlab11 will be the best one

[@bluecloud6437]

@@horriblechronicdiseases soundlab33 imo but 11 will be quite psychic

[@nottucks]

it probably was 19 other vers of this track. this was the 20th export.

[@adultkarate1820]

So I’ve been listening to this consistently for a year via this video. I just NOW realized that it’s a keyboard on the back of the aphex logo; like it’s a big analog synth. Lovely detail.

[@GTICHATTER]

woah! never noticed that before, thank u

[@umamifan]

I instantly noticed it the moment I clicked on the vid lmao

[@hope6840]

LMAO are you blind OP it's so obvious

[@hope6840]

@joe jawed I'm bullying a nerd so that emoji doesn't make sense I'm bullying you next

[@hope6840]

@joe jawed Better check r/bangmybully I'm coming over

[@guitaoist]

Never listen to an aphex twin song only once, dont degrade yourself like that

[@JamesVytas]

If you heard that randomly on the radio you’d know it was apex twin, right?

[@veloboy]

I would be like, "I wonder if this is new Apex Twin. But this is the radio. And there is an 'h' missing. Hmm..."

[@kyledundon2118]

Absolutely :D!! Nobody makes precision sound so imprecise. I mean that in the best way possible.

[@jpsplat]

If I heard this randomly on the radio I would think I was being abducted by aliens

[@kataminkaitin2844]

@@BakerDeltaFour me too! On the Nick Ferrari breakfast show right?

[@syrus3k]

Yeah stinks of rdj

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

Love how there's a synth built into the A

[@vap0rjake115]

0:54 you can hear the same sort of birdcalls that were used in 808 State's Pacific State

[@hardarm98]

well those were used a lot in the first 90ies

[@marcuss9017]

i dig it, heard it recently in a cool track from (i think?) Naked Funk and caught some nostalgia. thanks for id'ing the sample!

[@vap0rjake115]

@@marcuss9017 no prob man

[@girorvaldsson8588]

Good old EMU Loon Garden sample . :)

[@talkinghead22]

I recall that sample from Reason 2.5. Always wondered where they sourced it.

[@orlandoboom]

Thanks Richard, very cool!

[@3Rlink]

That artwork though

[@baub0300]

word

[@Tombrosapien]

I thought it was a chrome anvil at first then I saw the logo haha

[@technopriest8686]

@@Tombrosapien I thought it was a side profile of a cybernetic helmet.

[@pleiades250]

It's sick isn't it

[@Zooduid2]

Aphex Twin x Tubular Bells

[@LouisNaili]

The experience is greatly enhanced by the automatic subtitles.

[@AdamBpoetry]

[Laughter] [Music] [Applause]

[@davidk9528]

Phenomenal. Been following Aphex Twin for 20+ years, and it just keeps getting better.

[@Ajg0r]

This song is beyond incredible.

[@alicesmith8134]

how the fuck did this not get a proper release

[@CH0MSKYH0NK]

it did

[@aforce2314]

@@CH0MSKYH0NK song name?

[@efarell7176]

4:50 I love the melody on those pads. This is so ethereal i really fw this.

[@lostpattern9407]

Deserved a proper release, instant classic !

[@Amlik]

Its released on his website. Both MP3 and FLAC.

[@guitaoist]

@@Amlik exactly, not proper

[@امیرزرگرنیا]

Just the sound that starts at the beginning is enough to prove he is a genius.

[@ronhamilton2394]

Some people love to criticize, I am an older guy analogue era, but these musician creatives have to be given credit, the whole piece has to be imagined first then produced on the key board computer etc whilst still trying to maintain the flow of rythm and spontaneous action, no...I admire these guys they make it seem easy but I bet its bloody hard to do........I like this.

[@friendoist]

I think a lot of his recent work is done with sequencers, hardware and modular. Either way, sort of a cross between programming and performing...then probably editing with a computer. Interesting music that many people enjoy is hard to make no matter the medium.

[@simonyricools]

I don't think he uses a computer to produce this. Unless you count the Sequentix Cirklon a computer.

[@fieldofsenses]

Aphex only uses analog equipment nowadays. In rare instances, he uses a computer to sequence a specific section of a track, but not the track as a whole.

[@friendoist]

@@fieldofsenses I think you might be confusing analog with hardware. He definitely uses a lot of digital hardware in addition to whatever analog he might be using.

[@Chris-zc9bp]

I’m from the analog era, guitar, bass, & Pro Audio engineer. You are partially correct. I make & record both live analog music & make electronic music. A lot of times it’s experimenting with plugins, software instruments or effects that creates a song. No idea what I will make. I’ve watched several well known DJ’s do the same. It isn’t like Frank Zappa who has it all in his head first, can write charts for each musician, before the first note is played. I agree lots of non analog is well produced & creative, but it’s usually made a track at a time, in my experience. Each new track isn’t preconceived, but finding something that works or adds to it. Not all, but I believe a majority don’t have a clue what is going to be the completed song, before they start recording.

[@demartinoleo]

For anyone who is wondering, the sound at 1:06 is indeed a Microsoft Windows SFX with an extra note. Particularly the "System Generic Notification" of Windows 8. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bauTqqyaeLWipLs

[@alain3956]

SPACE DIVISION, ATMOSPHÉRIQUES DIVINE. CYBER CULTURE the best...

[@neirinjoseph6817]

0:51 oh god, wtf.. chills.. and when that bass comes in with that little windows 7 sound shortly after... absolute perfection

[@JasonBoon02]

*Windows 10 Still wondering if that's actually part of the original recording because that would be so random lmao

[@ScaryProbe]

The nostalgic thumbnail makes it better.

[@m.thecaretaker]

The synths of this track are *so* dreamy. Not to mention, I can feel the power of _every_ beat those drums make! The tone and melodies of this track also remind me of Windows XP's 'Bliss' wallpaper. (Maybe because it's shown in the visuals here, lmao.)

[@nolongerinuse915]

godDAMN that scratching at 3:10 is so good. then the D-50 soundtrack patch, ugh, such a killer track.

[@arturss1]

I wonder isn' it a sample from Herbie Hancocks "rockit". Somehow it's also reminds me ice-t "reckless".

[@disectormusic]

D-50 is the shizzzle

[@nolongerinuse915]

@@disectormusic digital synths are underrated

[@ash1one]

At 03:10 it samples "Fission - Amityville The Slaughterhouse (Instrumental)"

[@nolongerinuse915]

@@ash1one damn nice catch, always assumed that was Richard scratching lol, supposedly he did the scratching on the version of Windowlicker in the MV with the hip hop drums

[@joe1hundred]

Analord vibes

[@j.walker6845]

sounds like something off Syro

[@penisbreath952]

def from his T## era, like most the stuff off the field day release and subsequently some stuff off of collapse. you can tell by bass sounds, certain perc sounds, specific flammy/rolly rhythms, and certain delay fuckery in the beginning. still phex tho, and this song structure is def more akin to syro than some of his more recent works.

[@Ajg0r]

minipops 67 is my all time favourite. This track sounds incredibly close

[@YlowX7]

Yeah, but somehow smoother. Daddy's improving a lot.

[@lllololhehe4032]

@@YlowX7 You mean maybe like 10 more years and he might be good enough too make a druqks 2?

[@quirkypurple]

I love Syro but I think this is better than anything off Syro. If this is new, it's like he's refined a certain style on Syro. It's electro-funk done in uniquely Aphex Twin way. Those basslines are rooted in funk. Since Analord he just seems to get more and more funky.

[@eph_kni]

Retro platformer meets Dave Wise meets streets of rage 2 meets Toejam and Earl meets Herbie Hancock Future Shock meets The Art of Noise all interpolated within a windows 98 screensaver

[@MacintoshT.Reznor]

I was listening to this during coviid and remembered all my life within seconds of hearing this for the first time. Thank you Richard D. James❤🎹

[@markelder5893]

machinegirl likes this.

[@TheXioChan]

OH BITCH

[@cerealoverdose]

heck yes

[@butterstraw_coin]

I like this .

[@monkem]

Why?

[@ryanscheuer7491]

PGH rise up

[@m_c2709]

Look, if he's going to release a gem like this on little LP for a live show, I can't even imagine what he's got reserved for the next album.

[@RickAlfaro12]

Idk why I was even scared of not liking it. 🙏🤙😎

[@VANILLAZILLA]

RDJs music is all that keeps me going

[@alemmingsdeath]

Damn, need a proper release of this.

[@faktablad]

Tfw the loon sound hits ya

[@reversefulfillment9189]

75% playback speed for the extended downtempo version.

[@Higor_Alves]

2:35 that's somehow very comfortable, a happy calm warm

[@baileycarthew4381]

Awesome, not heard this before... so many little amusing Aphex motifs in there :)

[@nightcandle62]

Love the Tibetan sounding bell that plays

[@Abyssalmatter]

Those relaxing wind chimes!

[@okidot]

What a great track, you are lucky to have a copy on vinyl!

[@mause1338]

this is like the first beer on a summer eve in the local. cozy as anythin. cheers rich!

[@SunLevi]

Epic track, artwork is fantastic as well.

[@victoreklofslott8093]

Queen Elizabeth was a beautiful lady and true British icon RIP

[@SliceJosiah]

It's the man himself 😳

[@SliceJosiah]

@@victoreklofslott8093 ok and

[@rebecam.8397]

His mind is great.

[@Taquilou]

The comments made me think it was a low quality Aphex work (possible ?) but my shroom trip catched me right in my soul

[@johnnyjohnson104]

Ultimate Mega Man Level music soundtrack!

[@欺软怕硬]

The drum pattern eras of RDJ: SAW I - ICBYD, self-titled - Windowlicker, druqs, analord, the tuss, syro, collapse. Then the Warp dudes told him to release his live sessions to make some more money. This is syro era. He still makes beats in analord, tuss, syro and collapse era, but he has abandoned all his earlier styles. Or he could've just evolved those era of beat making into these new ones.

[@nikezooms]

those snare roll/flans are just…. wonderful

[@maqzi]

good track to hear in the morning while sleep deprived

[@Ajg0r]

The tinnitus sample @ 4:52 is killing me

[@Rasarack0200]

It took me a while to even notice that sample, but that pitch is def deliberate.

[@TZB131]

That bass at 4:04 is bliss

[@futurfry]

Sounds so strongly electric

[@rikmannix]

Sickness everywhere, get the mop Maureen

[@jacobwright4653]

Can’t wait to play this in my car. I’ll be visiting this video plenty

[@phlangephace]

thank you

[@JoKoy234]

AHHH i just wish he would have extended that crescending melody with the sub bass cruising along the waves of synth at 4:03 - 04:20. gives the goosebumps every TIME !

[@brujita9043]

Aphex Twin, I love you!

[@nutbreaker22]

YES! Back to the roots! More like this Richard.

[@vonstrucker775]

Forever grateful! Stunning tune

[@disectormusic]

Btw that isnt just the logo, its also a piano... Spot the keyboard! 😁

[@patrickb840]

This song makes me feel so weird I can’t explain it but I love it

[@jeremyjohnson4280]

My favorite part is the Loon hands down!!! 0:54 That duck going in!!!

[@cesarbravo822]

Excellent pH levels!

[@shponglechunch]

Love his work so much

[@JamesVytas]

Seriously. Top of his craft.

[@WildBluntHickok]

Great as this is, it's even better with closed captioning turned on.

[@HunterSkowronPDX]

m u s i c

[@AMP_7]

[ L a u g h t e r ]

[@analogdistortion]

[Musical laughter exiting a grin]

[@djnofly]

This is really happy

[@KurtCobainof21]

I'm lost in the ecstasy of this song. I've made a nice beautiful home in it.

[@benmobbs400]

[@AguaMineralNatural]

U know the name of the patch mate?

[@seuck1870]

Soundtrack :)

[@AguaMineralNatural]

@@seuck1870 ty so much!!

[@vitalemon9970]

2:35 this part always gives me chills

[@Speghettica]

Okay new favorite AFX song

[@kenr8657]

best richard track

[@usneasubfloridana4072]

man i need to stop overlooking his music

[@sauce3165]

that's some cool ass art

[@reversefulfillment9189]

Finally, something for the old cells to dig.

[@GefJam1]

Easy listening (Aphex Twin style)

[@FakieJo]

Thank you Richard!!

[@chrishaas1511]

Groovy

[@kjl3000]

Windows Licker

[@quirkypurple]

You like meatballs songs?

[@bB-oo4ty]

Content d’être aussi mainstream

[@Spencerjones_music3]

The image feels retro 🔥

[@KurtKunkle1]

Oh yeah. Lets go

[@Andonchoto]

That image is sick bro :D The track is nice 2

[@SaraSchuler-v1e]

reminds me of x,mas on syro . amzing track, twin continues to blow my mind

[@athenachristinemusic]

Richard is so damn talented 💖

[@disectormusic]

God of music

[@athenachristinemusic]

@@disectormusicabsolutely

[@5hydroxyT]

just when i think i know what’s going on...he goes and changes the whole mood. Im all ecstatic and confused at the same time

[@atarirob]

Those Pacific State vocal samples are luuuush

[@kisekinomahou]

thanks rich

[@Flyhigh7007]

Thanks for uploading. Good people still exists ⚡️👌

[@6207865]

Nice. I like it. Nice to hear Richard D. James “wreck it” Dude is sick!

[@syrus3k]

Another classic jam from your boy Richard.