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Originally Posted by guest
well it does when you consider the fact that Richard has been churning out tepid crap for the last decade and his music isn't nearly as forward-thinking as autechre. they literally eclipsed what he was doing in the space of a record; each of those early releases can be directly compared to richard's yet are infinitely more complex, rewarding listens, and by LP5 they totally obliterate everything he has ever done.aphex has been obsolete since drukqs, and while I think his material is important in a gateway sense I think there are a lot of people at different ends of the sphere doing it much better than he is, with autechre standing in the middle dumping an unholy turd over everyone
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Mmm... Well.
I appreciate how much you value Auteuchre, but I can't in good conscience say say that I support the assertion that they're "better" than RDJ. They were always way up there for me, and I love them, but I just can't get on board with the comparison. RDJ is more easily comparable to Squarepusher. Autechre has always had an entirely different vibe about them.
Also, more complex doesn't always mean better. Sometimes Autechre sounds utterly unlistenable to me. But the Richard D James Album and I Care Because You Do are exquisite listens, full of life and joy and (yes) acidic brain death, but they offer something that's nowhere to be found on records like Elseq1-5.
I dunno man. I get where you're coming from, I just don't happen to agree. Looking at RDJ's extended catalog and knowing that all of that came from ONE person is pretty mind blowing to me. Is Autechre artier? More experimental? More extreme? At this point in time, yes. But that doesn't mean they're better. Especially since the two artists "do" different things and have different approaches.
I'm kinda more into DJ Koze and his Pampa bros at this point anyway.