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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Oh and in a few I will have the full vid of Rubber Johnny by Chris Cunningham :rick:
sticky Tracy's berfday thread.....
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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
that vid of rubber johnny is freaky as shit :eek3:
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Yeah it's a bit freaky but I am a huge fan of Chris Cunninghams work. I don't really find the video disturbing but find it artistically genius with the editing and directing work done to it, besides it has new stuff from Aphex Twin on it so I can't pass it up.
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Done deal on the thread.
Yeah it's a bit freaky but I am a huge fan of Chris Cunninghams work. I don't really find the video disturbing but find it artistically genius with the editing and directing work done to it, besides it has new stuff from Aphex Twin on it so I can't pass it up.
Yeah it's a bit freaky but I am a huge fan of Chris Cunninghams work. I don't really find the video disturbing but find it artistically genius with the editing and directing work done to it, besides it has new stuff from Aphex Twin on it so I can't pass it up.
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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
Bucephalus Bouncing Ball was the first thing I heard by Aphex Twin and ever since I have been hooked....seems like a cliche first track to hear, but
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Yeah I think Bucephalus was one of the first I heard too because it was on the Pi soundtrack....then it was Lichen...Mold....Shiny Metal Rods....and the colection grew from there.
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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
:werd: I heard it on the Pi soundtrack
There is a funny story behind that video.
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Actually the first I heard now that I think of it was "Come to Daddy" which was when Chris Cunningham effectivley created Aphex Twin.
There is a funny story behind that video.
There is a funny story behind that video.
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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
do tell.
Cunningham wanted to do a concept video but had no name in the industry in 97. So he called up a local club DJ by the name of Richard James who was busy spinning ambient house and trance.
The conversation was something like....
hey I am making a video
Cool whats it about?
I don't really know yet, got any original work I can use to build it off of?
Give me a couple weeks and I can come up with something.
Ok see you then.
So Richard James picked the name Aphex Twin after some inside joke (unverified story) and handed Cunningham the music he had made. They finalized down to a single album of 5 songs (I think) which was different than any other music James had ever done. More intricate and bordering on "noise" rather than the ambient he had been used to doing.
So the video was made using Richard James' face as a marketing device and continues to appear in all of his videos on children, hot chicks, strange creatures etc. and has become a trademark signature.
Effectivley that single video launched two careers for two very interesting artists.
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