[Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount] 74.074% Speed (45 → 33rpm) 1080p 320kb/s

Aphex Twin track from Drukqs [2001] slowed to 74.074% of CD release's speed. Sounds superb slowed, although a FLAC source would be ideal.

[@B1G_Dave]

This guy has more creativity in 30 seconds than some composers have their entire lives.

[@jasonmiller8358]

The internal head flutter that he creates from 10:00 onwards is an effect that completely bewilders me. How he has managed to elicit a neuro-visceral reaction from the listener is beyond me, beyond you, and beyond anyone else on this sphere. He is a musical genius, no doubt and largely unrecognised for being that in the wider community. Loved hearing the slowed down version. It works on a different level altogether as if re-experiencing the moment when I finally ‘got it’ when listening to the original.

[@redorchidee137]

it's nuts isn't it, it makes me feel like i don't exist, like i'm literally outside reality for a minute. i think it's inspired by him creating this track in the back of a car in france, and having the window rolled down partially. then when the circumstances are right, you get this aerodynamic loop or whatever it is, where the air pressure inside the car rapidly increases and decreases, so you get this crazy gating effect sort of naturally. it completely fucks up your entire orientation within space and time, cause your ears and brain just don't have any idea what to do with all that contrasting sensory input coming in at such a high rate, so you automatically start to dissociate it seems. it's a really cool effect Apparently it's called Helmholtz resonance wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz_resonance

[@yahu5988]

THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL IS JUST UNSPEAKABLE

[@TheIcebomber]

The perfect music to take LSD to

[@butterstraw_coin]

1:05 makes me walk backwards

[@igotashake]

Jay a HOLY FUCK

[@grimblegrumble]

3:59 okay, this definitely adds another dimension to this tune... holy lord...

[@nothingisreal6816]

Best part, hands down

[@nt1331tn]

Ima sample that shit

[@Dnmk2007]

dude right here I said to myself holly crap this is the shit im flyin !!! And then the long awaited 4:32

[@montfort91]

woke up to hearing this song, this part, for the first time accidentally after leaving my youtube running on random, felt i was still dreaming. always new things to discover with aphex

[@CarlosAM1]

I listent to this song mainly because of that part. This makes me love it even more, sounds like seeing familiar yet unknown at the same time.

[@infraredradiator]

7:24 onward is just inhuman. How the fuck does someone actually make this while they walk the same Earth as us?????

[@kurtdewittphoto]

1:50 my favorite element of this song. I just love that buzzing sound.

[@CQLQSSUS]

Mine too!!

[@azurepancake]

That quiet pad progression starting at 9:00 is so beautiful. Hearing it slowed down is such a treat.

[@6_feet_underground]

This is a legit easter egg to realize that this track is not made to listen at normal BPM. This is the reason it slipped under the radar in my case. Was not much into it until I listened to the slowed version which is much more enjoyable IMO. So many details going on in this masterpiece WOW!

[@Joshonthenet]

…get faster ears 😂

[@Law0fRevenge]

amazing how you get totally different songs just by slowing them down. and they still sound good, some sound even better than the original because the notes are actually long enough to enjoy them

[@SteadyRedHead]

Napo watch what you say. Rdj does no wrong

[@yamingoat]

@@SteadyRedHead actually Richard speeds up some of his songs so that he can fit more on a single vinyl, so some of his songs are better slowed down because he made them to be, if you can actually believe that.

[@gpglicious]

I hope he is compared to the greats like Mozart, when history remembers

[@yamingoat]

Imo he is just as prodigious, talented, and influential.

[@Mr.A..]

@@yamingoat prolific too, the amount of music he has out/unreleased is ridiculous and we're talking 5-10minute tracks usually

[@Baton793]

I would honestly say he's way more innovative than Mozart was, just look at all the artists that he inspired

[@Dommymangone]

@@Baton793 not at all, think about the tools Mozart had at the time and what he made of it. And saying aphex is more influential than Mozart is laughable.

[@Placeholder-lowercasen-ame]

@@Baton793 there's a good amount of artists that harbored the same level of intricacy in their music as aphex twin back then, including squarepusher, autechre, and u-ziq. If we're going to talk about innovation in the electronic scene that can be compared to Mozart, look no further than tangerine dream.

[@DGdescendant22]

6:50 -7:00 i mean .. wtf? Astonishing amount of detail. One of my favourite albums of all time

[@Ezixea]

that part is sick man wtf

[@wotmate1440]

that part is soooo good. the offbeat 'wub wub wub wubs' is so beautifully timed

[@xenopis7862]

This is why Aphex is so dope. Everything sounds random, but here, you can actually here the painstaking detail that Richard placed into the track. Undoubtedly the god of electronic music.

[@jackimpink9567]

Been listening to Drukqs on repeat for years and this is fucking mindblowing

[@ronan8517]

playing this song while playing my last quake champions match for the day is a fucking transcendant experience

[@andrewclark8974]

absolutely incredible. one of the best songs of all time. its really awesome to hear this tune in a whole different way.

[@rlyehslament9064]

music is beautiful. from the classical composers to aphex twin in his studio. just creating and loving it. just making stuff.

[@athenachristinemusic]

Jude Sherwood it’s one of the best feelings, for sure :)

[@martinsp90]

This is one of the tracks that truly sounds better slower...

[@stevenmidrano6145]

This is beautiful. Been a fan of Richard D. James for almost 25 years now.

[@vertsk8er419]

this sounds sooooo good. so crunchy in the clearest way possible. also this speed is just perfect i can't go back to the (supposed) original speed,. i think you just hacked this track man!

[@t0m_mcc]

Aw man. Awesome to see ur comment. You upload a lot of music here for us. This is an old account of mine but I still come back here to listen every once in a blue moon

[@MojoRisingTV]

3:20 Wow good upload man gets really good there. Quality

[@geeshergam2765]

6:11 i love this part

[@air_]

Same

[@jasonmiller8358]

Agreed. It’s not as easy to pick up on the nuances of this in the original.

[@RustinChole]

Wow. Been listening to this song for 20 years. When that “hello” kicked in it gave me chills. Wonder if that was Richard or his niece.....

[@Classic_Archives]

or his... niece? creepy comment lol

[@scottmorgan5419]

What a piece of music jesus christ

[@johnnyshredgar4202]

what an interesting tune this is. it really changes the whole mood of the song, honestly makes it sound 10x better. you can really hear richards sense of detail in every individual note and sample. i love this

[@Muukid]

The attention to detail is already insane, like TRULY insane just how much effort and precision is put into each sound, and then the insanity is exponentially raised by just how many sounds there are in conjunction with each other. The skill in the sound production, the mixing, and the progression are just beyond anything I've heard before.

[@JetezVotreTelevision]

nobody's talking about 10:00?

[@81wildbore]

earbuds, or good headphones and you get an eardrum massage, I love it. and it's so damn intricate.

[@hernanrojas6749]

Always gives me chills... of joy. Very strange but pleasing sensation. He split that beautiful section into 16th notes gradually reducing their duration (or increasing the silence gap between notes). Then, when notes get really short, rhythm is lost, so uses longer notes as accents. A new way of drumming, just brilliant.

[@pogosmtk]

:goosebumps:

[@Wittgepedia]

I bet T69 Collapse would sound perfect at this speed

[@DGdescendant22]

Most likely

[@Owiko7]

There are a few videos of T69 slowed down, It makes it sound so much more rubbery!

[@watch666]

this is the type of track that makes me glad to be alive

[@sean8190]

everytime i listen to this i hear so many different details than my previous listens

[@bladelores666]

I like this guy's profile pic

[@user-zr7iq2eg9j]

wow is this the official account of the song bladelores from the autechre album exai

[@bladelores666]

@@user-zr7iq2eg9j yes. here, take my autograph -bladelores

[@user-zr7iq2eg9j]

@@bladelores666 i will forever be honored

[@jdickmann25]

God's masterpiece

[@Liton777]

Somehow it makes me remember things I’ve forgotten about long ago. So sad, in a happy way.

[@devonmccollister1470]

Funny I've never thought of that beings richards voice at the end but u can tell here that it clearly is

[@jetpackcow7922]

Why does this go so hard

[@zr0dfx]

Prefer the original Bpm more but this was a nice change

[@drewburt]

amazing

[@Etherwa]

3:54

[@user-gp1cb2sh7c]

can’t believe it

[@TheSwordsmanInBlack]

The Slower and more comprehensible Version. Meh, I still prefer the original.

[@grimblegrumble]

there are some really swinging bits in this, but it doesn't have the same oomph to it, for sure... but still, there's an atmosphere to this one as well that I really like.

[@athenachristinemusic]

I prefer the original too, but this really shows Richards skill off. You can better hear every detail, at least I think so

[@Dani-gt5pm]

i love the second part of the song at this speed

[@kurtdewittphoto]

How does a human make this?

[@spaaaghetti7106]

this is not human

[@Ezixea]

5:30

[@user-idjw8qpd2je]

Tempos que não escuto essa!

[@HoussamNekkaa]

My favorite part was the tstststs

[@watch666]

3:08 so clean

[@chree2008]

5:00

[@PantherFox]

this track is so close to being perfect. i just really, really wish he expanded on the last section and made it into a truly fleshed out climax.

[@s56hqr222]

Ok fuck. I bought marchrom and played it at 33 because it lacked markings. Later I find out I been listening to it at the wrong speed this whole time!?! Nah fuck that. People can't just unlearn shit Richard!

[@Enzor8]

2:16

[@lowercasehandle]

128 kbps AAC. Not 320 kbps mp3, as KZbin loves to compress things.

[@SlateFx]

Damn, 9 mins is fucking insane.

[@TheMatschmenmusic]

why does the druckqs vinyl cost 200$??? D:

[@TheSwordsmanInBlack]

TheMatschmenmusic no clue. wouldnt mind havin one.

[@lsdude4205]

Because it was never repressed. All the existing copies are pre 2004 ish (i think) pressings and didn't sell as much as his other vinyls. Only now over a decade later is the album receiving retrospection and appreciation. It was ahead of its time.

[@davidbakulin2079]

comes in a pretty sweet box, it's a 4 disk set, printed on 180g wax, and lots of care went into the mastering, production, distribution, as well as the aforementioned lack or reissues....pretty good deal if you ask me.

[@MrSammyTeee]

Couldn't agree any more

[@DGdescendant22]

Cause its unworldly

[@supermaneuverability]

aphex twin chopped & screwed

[@MojoRisingTV]

Aphex... Tom M.

[@tomm1102]

I wish

[@MojoRisingTV]

More!

[@yahu5988]

Why is the original so fast

[@Marsc9013]

he probably did it so he could fit more tracks onto the cds and vinyls

[@armorykittington]

Fuck, Yes.

[@TheIcebomber]

I took the Flac and slowed it down, mail me to get a dl link.

[@BLKSTS]

For those who hate this(Listen to Aphex Twin playing this track and others of Drugks at this tempo) :)

[@asm-ex1jw]

So this is the vaporwave version eh?

[@socialdistortion416]

TOP

[@CJ-oz8xp]

i think 74.075% speed wouldve been allot better :\

[@genebrady]

Wow so it is a boy or girl singing in the recording around 8:30 you guys think?

[@lsdude4205]

It's richard singing, he modified his voice to sound different. He did the same in windowlicker, and to cure a weakling child.

[@genebrady]

+Lsdude420 I should have known, that guy is always butting in to his own music. Thanks LSDude

[@phresch]

it's by the younger sister of a girlfriend he was dating at the time (nannou)

[@athenachristinemusic]

I am pretty sure windowlicker is porn samples as voices :p

[@WiigWiig]

"Window peeper" features porno samples. Windowlicker on the other hand, well I've heard the French snippet is from his girlfriend at the time. His own voice probably is the main vocal sound.

[@rlyehslament9064]

what does rpm mean? why not use bpm? no idea. explain?

[@TarquinFoundump]

revolutions per minute of a vinyl disc

[@TarquinFoundump]

33bpm would be reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaally slow. according to adam neely it's the slowest possible music haha. any slower than that and your mind cant stitch the seperate pulses together into a beat.

[@ThePedroPimenta]

74.074% Speed hahahahahahahaha fudido

[@wvayulain]

me

[@kasoraro]

chave

[@user-wl6ew5eq1e]

why is it slowed to this speed can someone please fill me in

[@HorridOnlineTroll]

why not? Haha. The regular vision is obvz very fast paced, this slower version opens up the subtle textures that are lost in the normal version due to its tempo, for me I can appreciate how intricate the rhythm of the the percussive instrumentals are, mostly however, slowing it down is just for funsies!

[@user-zr7iq2eg9j]

vinyl thing, the original is 45 rotations per minute on vinyl, this would be the song if it were 33 rotations per minute, both of these rpms are usual for vinyl

[@DukDolan]

I’ve heard someone say that all aphex twin songs are meant to be listened to slowed down

[@TarquinFoundump]

vinyl source would obvs be better than a flac doe jus sayin

[@finnwestergren8670]

Not sure if that's entirely true. When something is recorded in a DAW, the vinyl is at best an analog projection of the bits you'd get from the flac (albeit through a really nice DAC.) That said if he records at a certain bit rate and then cuts the final master by speeding up an analog source like a vinyl or a tape (which I've heard he does) then the resulting vinyl would have a higher "bit rate" (for lack of a better word) than you would if you just sped up the master flac. But then when you upload the vinyl to youtube it goes back into a digital format through a standard consumer's ADC and comes out through a standard consumer's DAC anyway, so whats the point.

[@athenachristinemusic]

It should be bpm but I don’t wanna be that girl.... even tho I am.... I’m going to see myself out, bye

[@kaboblegend6949]

So apparently, according to another comment, rpm stands for rate per minute. since this is from a vinyl disc which rotates, it represents how fast the vinyl spins, affecting the speed. also you make good stuff! I hope you continue

[@athenachristinemusic]

Kabob legend interesting! Never messed w vinyls so I had no idea lol. Thanks for the sub, I appreciate it :) I have always wanted to make music so I will continue as long as life lets me lol

[@kaboblegend6949]

@@athenachristinemusic of course! Good luck

[@thebitkid]

@Kabob legend But the description says CD

[@ericmullinix4717]

@@thebitkid he did the math, 33/45=73.3, so that is the percent speed decrease that he applied to simulate playing a 45rpm record at 33rpm.

[@grisha4167]

lol original is too fast.

[@darthreven786]

3:21