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Aphex Twin and BoC have changed my life. I've listened to Aphex Twin every day for the past two decades and not much else. The lore is so deep with both. Check

Aphex Twin and BoC have changed my life. I've listened to Aphex Twin every day for the past two decades and not much else. The lore is so deep with both. Check out https://bocpages.org/wiki/About https://bocpages.org/wiki/About and the story behind Hexagon Sun studios. Very cool

nuclearsugar 5y ago
Indeed their official and unofficial discographies are fantastic. Especially the huge Aphex Twin SoundCloud dump containing 250+ songs sprawling his whole music career.
grumblestumble 5y ago
On the "not much else" note, it's worth pointing out that the kids these days are putting out some amazing work that lives up to the precedent set by BoC and Aphex. Skee Mask in particular is really great, and I think Four Tet's work is sometimes a little under-appreciated because he likes to make things very accessible and incorporate more commercial elements into his work. I really think his Sixteen Oceans album is a companion piece to Tomorrow's Harvest in disguise.
- hrnnnnnn 5y ago
  Love Skee Mask. New record came out last week and it's pretty good! https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp09-skee-mask-pool https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp09-skee-mask-pool
kostadin 5y ago
Aleksi Perälä has been this for me the past few years and is the one pushing mystical electronic music forward that’s approachable in the way BoC and RDJ are.
logicchop 5y ago
Same story here (22 years actually). For me, Aphex Twin is the only music I "listen to." I listen to other music, but only in passing. My daily work music is always Aphex Twin. To me, it is the only music that captures the true sense of an uninterpreted future; it is not constrained by a style or a lifestyle, it doesn't contain an image or a purpose or a meaning, it is just the sound of the vast expanse of the world to come.
- mr_gibbins 5y ago
  You'd love Ruby My Dear. A French outfit putting out some excellent albums. I've been an Aphex fan for more than two decades and their music is very much along the same lines, albeit a little less ambient and a bit more banging techno. https://rubymydear.bandcamp.com https://rubymydear.bandcamp.com
elevaet 5y ago
I'm a huge Aphex Twin and BoC fan, they've changed my life too, since the early 90s, but there's so much amazing music out there! It's heartbreaking to imagine listening to only them. Although, great picks if you were going to be exclusive. I'd definitely take Aphex Twin's music to the proverbial desert island. Some of his stuff is the most emotionally moving and rich music I know.
boc 5y ago
Couldn't agree more - love seeing Boards of Canada getting some exposure here. IDM in general is such a fascinating genre.
IndySun 5y ago
I'm slightly put out (personally) to see Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin in some kind of parity. Surely only one is making music to listen to and thus the genuine article, the other only making music to actively ignore whilst on. Takes allsorts, I guess.
- playpause 5y ago
  What does “to actively ignore whilst on” mean? Also which one do you mean?
  - IndySun 5y ago
    BOC are, I find, thoroughly unlistenable. Great pretenders, but nice people, I wish them continued success. Several programmers I know, and now more than several here, put BOC on to code to; this is undoubtably because they make background music, and not foreground music.
    - Lio 5y ago
      Isn't that sort of the point? When I were a lad we referred to this sort of music as "ambient" music. A term coined by Brian Eno for his Ambient 1: Music for Airports album from 1978. I think the quote was something like "as ignorable as it is interesting". Both Aphex Twin and BoC are aiming for that space.
      - IndySun 5y ago
        Yes it is the point (If indeed we are agreeing on the same point). I like 'ignorable as it is interesting'. I'm just quite astonished people are viewing these two artists in the same ballpark, I find them incongruous - BOC being an always laid back affair.
    - mycologos 5y ago
      > Great pretenders ... undoubtably because they make background music Pretenders to what? The certainty in this comment confuses me, since my perception of Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin seeems to be the opposite of yours :)
k12sosse 5y ago
Expired link in the article on BoC . https://web.archive.org/web/20060519060341/https://www.speakeasy.org/~adbrown/boc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060519060341/https://www.speak...

nuclearsugar 5y ago

Indeed their official and unofficial discographies are fantastic. Especially the huge Aphex Twin SoundCloud dump containing 250+ songs sprawling his whole music career.

grumblestumble 5y ago

On the "not much else" note, it's worth pointing out that the kids these days are putting out some amazing work that lives up to the precedent set by BoC and Aphex. Skee Mask in particular is really great, and I think Four Tet's work is sometimes a little under-appreciated because he likes to make things very accessible and incorporate more commercial elements into his work. I really think his Sixteen Oceans album is a companion piece to Tomorrow's Harvest in disguise.

hrnnnnnn 5y ago
Love Skee Mask. New record came out last week and it's pretty good! https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp09-skee-mask-pool https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp09-skee-mask-pool

kostadin 5y ago

Aleksi Perälä has been this for me the past few years and is the one pushing mystical electronic music forward that’s approachable in the way BoC and RDJ are.

logicchop 5y ago

Same story here (22 years actually). For me, Aphex Twin is the only music I "listen to." I listen to other music, but only in passing. My daily work music is always Aphex Twin. To me, it is the only music that captures the true sense of an uninterpreted future; it is not constrained by a style or a lifestyle, it doesn't contain an image or a purpose or a meaning, it is just the sound of the vast expanse of the world to come.

mr_gibbins 5y ago
You'd love Ruby My Dear. A French outfit putting out some excellent albums. I've been an Aphex fan for more than two decades and their music is very much along the same lines, albeit a little less ambient and a bit more banging techno. https://rubymydear.bandcamp.com https://rubymydear.bandcamp.com

elevaet 5y ago

I'm a huge Aphex Twin and BoC fan, they've changed my life too, since the early 90s, but there's so much amazing music out there! It's heartbreaking to imagine listening to only them. Although, great picks if you were going to be exclusive. I'd definitely take Aphex Twin's music to the proverbial desert island. Some of his stuff is the most emotionally moving and rich music I know.

boc 5y ago

Couldn't agree more - love seeing Boards of Canada getting some exposure here. IDM in general is such a fascinating genre.

IndySun 5y ago

I'm slightly put out (personally) to see Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin in some kind of parity. Surely only one is making music to listen to and thus the genuine article, the other only making music to actively ignore whilst on. Takes allsorts, I guess.

playpause 5y ago
What does “to actively ignore whilst on” mean? Also which one do you mean?
- IndySun 5y ago
  BOC are, I find, thoroughly unlistenable. Great pretenders, but nice people, I wish them continued success. Several programmers I know, and now more than several here, put BOC on to code to; this is undoubtably because they make background music, and not foreground music.
  - Lio 5y ago
    Isn't that sort of the point? When I were a lad we referred to this sort of music as "ambient" music. A term coined by Brian Eno for his Ambient 1: Music for Airports album from 1978. I think the quote was something like "as ignorable as it is interesting". Both Aphex Twin and BoC are aiming for that space.
    - IndySun 5y ago
      Yes it is the point (If indeed we are agreeing on the same point). I like 'ignorable as it is interesting'. I'm just quite astonished people are viewing these two artists in the same ballpark, I find them incongruous - BOC being an always laid back affair.
  - mycologos 5y ago
    > Great pretenders ... undoubtably because they make background music Pretenders to what? The certainty in this comment confuses me, since my perception of Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin seeems to be the opposite of yours :)

k12sosse 5y ago

Expired link in the article on BoC . https://web.archive.org/web/20060519060341/https://www.speakeasy.org/~adbrown/boc.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060519060341/https://www.speak...