Every element of each track is tight and fully formed, demonstrating his affinity for precision and depth at (almost) the same time.
Orphaned Deejay Selek is closer to Analord and provides a stark contrast to the labyrinthine twists of Syro. These songs soar with a burly kind of grace.
To boot, on its own, Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-2008 definitely manages to holds its own as a brilliant slice of pure AFX acid, and a sure fire way to get your Aphix for a couple of months.
It’s full of minor miracles, advanced lessons in acid appreciation and stirring little lines of drum poetry.
How many aliases does Aphex Twin have?
This EP consists of 8 cuts that were composed over the span of 2006-08, and released under the AFX moniker, which I never knew of until last week (pretty crazy, eh?)
All 8 tracks are of the acid techno subgenre with his signature IDM style still being present but to a lesser extent than usual. Let's just say that these cuts go pretty damn hard.
The production is sharp and energetic. Razor sharp snares over heavy techno beat patterns that gets the blood ... read more
While I don’t think AFX’s orphaned deejay selek 2006-2008 is bad, I do think it is lazy from Aphex Twin standards. The instrumentals alone feel good to the point where they are just hitting that bar of expectations and quality I wanted and not going anywhere else with the music. It is always exciting to get new Aphex Twin music regardless if it is under his man alias or not, but like what am I supposed to feel after this other than disappointment. It has the makings to be a ... read more
fav tracks:
serge fenix Rendered 2
oberheim blacet1b (X)
simple slamming b 2
NEOTEKT72
1 | serge fenix Rendered 2 3:16 | 80 |
2 | dmx acid test 1:17 | 67 |
3 | oberheim blacet1b 3:25 | 73 |
4 | bonus EMT beats 4:45 | 73 |
5 | simple slamming b 2 3:51 | 73 |
6 | midi pipe1c sds3time cube/klonedrm 2:26 | 70 |
7 | NEOTEKT72 6:09 | 70 |
8 | r8m neotek beat 1:42 | 67 |