[Severian]

This is one of my top 10 albums. "Tha" is one of my favorites.

Also of note, Selected Ambient Works Volume II. I used to mix ambient tapes from a variety of sources in the mid-90s, and this was always features somewhere. One good mix was Autechre's _VLetrmx21_ over Aphex's _Blur_. None of it is in sync, some of it's dissonant, but it works.

I miss 90s Ambient and IDM. Em:t label of was a top one. There was a sound to all of it, and it probably had to do with 99% being produced with outboard gear straight to tape. Everything now seems to be so over-produced and "perfect".

[cheschire]

SAW2 was the first aphex twin album I ever listened to, thank you for bringing it up. It was definitely a transition when I listened to his other stuff afterwards, but that also helped paint the picture for me of how broad electronic music can be even from a single musician. A lifelong love of electronic music grew from that experience.

[edit: listening to AT stuff today, I recall MTV included an Aphex Twin song on their MTV Amp album, and there was one on the Pi soundtrack. That's where I learned that he did more stuff.]

Even if it was about SAW and not SAW2, I love that this article was posted on HN today.

[elevaet]

SAW2 is one of my desert island albums for sure.

SAW has some great tunes, but it's basically just a compilation of some of his better early tunes. SAW2 is a properly cohesive album, a milestone ambient album. Peaceful and spooky, just enough sourness and dissonance to keep coming back to since it was brand new in the mid 90s.

(omg _VLetrmx21_ is such a nostalgic tune.. thanks for the reminder)