The Tuss - Synthacon 9

[dusterpants]

Who gives a fuck who it might be? The track is phatt!

[Myjobro]

I can't get my head Around how natural/or)ganic it sounds as well as being electronic = certainly is AFX xxx

[Emnor1993]

@Myjobro @Myjobro thats a cool thing that you said that, because two days ago i was on a walk with my mum through the forest and along a nearby canal and there was an amazing light. the sun was about to set but still visible and lightened and illuminated the clouds and there were parts of the landscape in a very warm light and some in a very cold...and then i told her that ive got the tuss playing in my head and liked the contrast and she said that it absolutely fits into nature in its purity

[bushofghosts1]

what kind of synth could make a bass sound like you hear clearly at 4:30?

[duggabax]

@bushofghosts1 could be an mks-80...kind of a signature aphex synth sound.

[sfurner]

how am i only hearing about the tuss in 2011? aphex you sneaky genius

[OcelottMaster]

I can feel old school aphex twin here. :')

[jjblackme]

rdj gets paid when the tuss sells music. it's aphex twin. end of conversation

[extremetee]

I think its fat boy slim, people often confuse him and Aphex twin because they are both from Brighton

[prodigyxl]

@extremetee hahah me semble...

[x24z26]

Does anyone know the lyrics? I can't make them out.

[Vertsk8er419]

another 1111 moment brought to you this time by the tuss

[DRIODBOY]

100% aphex there no doubt, if you have heard a lot of his stuff you will recognise the way he uses reverbs and effects and the the sounds themselfs. Even the way way he arranges stuff with fade ins on sounds ect is recognisable .

[TheIcebomber]

@DRIODBOY Exaaactly

[grannylauncher]

all nob chesses just listen and njoi

[immugio]

this is my favorite so far.

[immugio]

it's either him or it's someone trying really fuckin hard to sound like him. either way i just found out about the tuss n im listening to every track i can on here

[braintentacle]

Damn. Youtube destroyed the high end of this song.

[MrDaneepee]

rdj will be laughing at all those people who giving it the old "oh, it must be Aphex etc etc."

it's just the sort of shitting on the media prank he gets off on............ and it helps sell a few records too.....

this track is sublime.

[OBeardyOne]

perhaps the tuss is a new drexciyan wavejumper? love this tune!

[d3p3ch3mod3]

"On the UK lp for "Analogue Bubblebath Volume 3", track #A4/5 features two songs playing simultaneously (one in each channel)The song, ".0180871R", starts off track #A4/5 (on its right channel), and then after seven seconds, ".0180871L" begins (on its left channel). At the 3:55 minute mark, ".0180871L" then fades out and ends with ".0180871R" continuing until it ends as well. [.0180871L + .0180871R = .0180871]"

Does he do the drukqs?

[AmNothi]

1:20-1:21 afxgood

[LackingLack0]

this is a nice tune

p.s. its obviously by richard d james

[Kirmm]

Aphex Twin Live @ Summersonic 10th Anniversary 2009-08-07 plays this tune (/watch?v=UV-GEr9oMdU&feature=­related) at the middle

Mindblowing in a live gig!

[zwerty007]

1. How could something this awesome not be aphex

2. This includes synths from a syntheziser, and AFX is one of the only owners of it in UK

3.The tracks state that RDJ is the composer

4. the myspace page lists RDJ as a band member.

5. AFX played a 'Tuss' song on rushup edge at a live gig before te tuss existed.

if this is not aphex twin, then that means we are lucky enough to have THREE musical geniuses in our time!

[zwerty007]

@zwerty007 4got to mention RDJ owns the label this was published on. the tuss is also cornish slang for erection and lets have a guess who comes from there.

[grannylauncher]

Defo afx. This tracks gets me like nothing hes let out since mid 90s. Superduper.

[itchyk]

those letters are moving or not??

[Kirmm]

@itchyk hahaha made my day.

[itchyk]

@Kirmm well i was tripping that day;)couldnt really tell..:)

[Kirmm]

@itchyk yep, I felt it :) I'm going to see Aphex live in Barcelona this December and I got my acid ready as well.

[dizwhiz77]

The Tuss is actually Nelson Mandella

[BarbelithStargrave]

electronic beetovhoven

[1050ccTriumph]

Of course this Aphex Twin! Those who know his style and sound know. If it is not AFX, then RDJ must sue them for every single predictable beat, sound and style he has ever done (Well since and after Analord). The Tuss has moments of Brilliance, but like most legendary artists, he's had better days!

[FCB87]

its obviously Richard, just listen :) it is aphex - who else would made something like this. also some of the songs made by tuss were played on aphex concerts. and also ...the yamaha GX1 ... only 7 pieces were ever made... both tuss and aphex happen to have a GX1 ... what a coincidence :)

[GiantDoucheNG]

The Tuss's label pretty much went out and said that it's not RDJ.

[Al5xmo]

@GiantDoucheNG Yeah, who is the co-founder of that label? Richard D James, who certainly never lies about himself...not to mention the publishing rights and everywhere its found its credited to him. Don't be ignorant.

[dayjob]

@GiantDoucheNG - you mean Rephlex records which RDJ helped found and part owns/runs? ;)

[zwerty007]

@GiantDoucheNG but who says they're not LYING!

[kurtisblow3000]

the tuss songs publishing rights are registered to richard d. james. it's aphex. for certain.

also no one else could've made these tracks. obviously.

[schibbetube]

kotz

[orbeinyou]

This track is a build of complete excellence. Words can't explain but i would like a litte chat to Mr Richard D james about it...........

[mkblue2]

another one of AFXs jokes. no way its him its too sterile

[drongovids]

@mkblue2 do you even like music? This is one of the best things Aphex has ever created.

[Dogma1Laboratories]

such a beaut.

[gentleclockdivider]

made mr .roland yamaha synthon korg etc...who cares ...some friens/labelmates making music ...always one step ahead of the fanboys

[trevchumby]

I think it's judge jules. yeah fuck aye!!

[battlemode]

This is probably the most enjoyable, well produced and sophisticated music I've ever heard... I can't wait for AFX's new album, if he's improved from this it's gonna be a mindblower

[EnergyOM]

Pinky Panty Pentagon!

[oneofusall]

man lost control, u cunt... began to melt under the cloud undistortetly...

[schneider1896]

If we talk about the same thing it's the typical cowbell of the tr-808.

completely awesome song by the way

[noobyharry]

at 1.25 the bleeps are very Aphex Twin esque. Am i wrong?

[djwickstar]

its pretty much been confirmed thisis aphex twin using an alias.

[liamshanley21]

ive heard those in aphex songs, but ive heard them in some lil wayne song, and i have that sound on my crappy entry level keyboard, so it doesn't prove it is or isnt him. i honestly cant decide if it is or isnt rdj

[noobyharry]

Yeah yeah, but the way the specific sounds are sequenced just rings analord to me!

I danno though, i reckon it is him,

[EnergyOM]

these bleeps are also in old school hiphop tunes

[QuadroWho]

@EnergyOM

im pretty sure it's a tr-808 he's using

[AnalogNostalgia]

Few songs can make one soil himself front and back, this one achieves it!

[atommachine]

we are the music makers and we..........

[B12345678910]

Wel if anyone has time could you listen to some of my music and tell me what you think of it there are a few tracks up but if you listen to one listen to New Other thanks for your time thanks.

[ilt17]

This is Tuss' highlight for me

[raymondritz]

The Tuss is an adrenaline needle straight to the scrotum

[Daznis6666]

reall good rhytm i love it what is ghenre is not idm music? so what? the tuss album and universal indicator reall like :))))))))

zer god musik

[DRIODBOY]

Some of the sounds in there and effects are identicle to those found in rdjs work. If its not richy its someone with some of the same gear and patches.

[phantomdoodler]

It is RDJ. its another under the radar project, The Tuss is just another project name. Look for it on Replex Records

[sjmr1216]

god damn....from 1:40 on...gotta love RDJ

[princeofunivers]

wow amazing miuzik

[Rutgerwhooer]

Please, once and for all, it's well known and blindingly obvious that The Tuss is Aphex.

[lakyzm]

Bravo

[Rutgerwhooer]

thanks, I'm into electronica but when I go on WATMM or engage in discussions on electronica here on Youtube, there are some morons that make me want to keep as far away from other electronica fans as possible.

[powerofrecall]

Because they're all dogmatic shitheads? It's sad but pretty true.

It's Aphex but I'll pretend it isn't. Haha

[ripripstabstab]

I'm hearing a lot of Drexciyan influence in this track

[Rutgerwhooer]

hell yeah, and that's a very good thing.

That intro's well sci-fi.

Effing love drexcyia me.

The main fella from Drexcyia died a few years ago I think?

Love the anonymity, love the underwater vibes

[tucainga]

Yeah...i had that precise feeling at the first time ive hear it!!!...

Richard and Gerald are the most amazing artists to me in this type of music...

[Rutgerwhooer]

who should shut the fuck up?

'I think the debate should just be dropped because it could easily not be him, just as easy as it could.'

wrong, but hey, if you don't think it's obvious that it's Aphex, it doesn't really matter does it?

[Doyubi]

Aphex Twin is Aphex Twin. Afx is Afx. Power-Pill is Power-Pill. Bradley Strider is Bradley Strider. The Tuss is The Tuss.

The first 4 is Richrad D. James, but the last is Brian Tregaskin, Karen Tregaskin, and their son Patrick Tregaskin. If you can't accept this you're a moron. Seriously.

[Dougaledable]

Although the Tregaskins are just Aphex under a different pseudonym...

[babylonkid]

Dont you mean IS just Aphex. He is one guy. So is this Richard James or another artist?

[Al5xmo]

@Doyubi to quote the wikipedia article:

"All Tuss tracks are published in the BMI Repertoire under the name JAMES RICHARD DAVID (BMI).[4] For example, the track "Alspacka" from the Confederation Trough EP has JAMES RICHARD DAVID listed as the Songwriter/Composer." come on now mate. no need to call anyone a moron, if its published under his name then it doesn't really make sense that it would be anyone else.

[improja]

its obviously him, in an interview that dated of the drukqs era, he said that he would continue to release stuff under secret names.

[diquetry]

At around 3:27, you hear a high pitched sound that bounces around octaves. I've only ever heard this sound on Aphex Twin's Drukqs album. I've heard Aphex Twin recycle sounds for different pieces, such as using the consonant samples in 'Complex Mathematical Equation' and the "I'm taking control of the drum machine" off Drukqs. I am therefore forced to deduce that the Tuss is infact Aphex Twin. I am in no way an expert on this matter, though.

[branmaniaaol]

meltphace??

[MaraudingMaster]

I don't care if it's Aphex or not, I just want to know who made this so I can break into their house and shake their hand for this masterpiece.

[Arkhigoul]

cereal

[s3ntimental]

@MaraudingMaster Actually, Brian and Karen Tregaskin, british. Got themselves Yahama's GX-1, in my opinion the coolest synth ever built.

[thespandexman]

@s3ntimental There are like, 5 of those things in Britain. Either Aphex let them borrow his or he played with them.

[octagon79]

@MaraudingMaster it's definitely Aphex but it's the Tuss and it's on it's own buzz.

[GDplanetrockGD]

@octagon79 without a doubt! Aphex twin has always had a prominent place in my heart and i knows my rdj

when i hears it

[blagit23]

@MaraudingMaster right on !

[freestylelegalized]

@MaraudingMaster

Richard D. James.



[fidel1984]

wicked

[Rutgerwhooer]

YEAH, MINT TRACK

[4nj00]

makes my brain pump trippage to my nerves.

foot taps and the other bits all follow suit

my dreams smile at this track

[T2D]

Dude this track if pure ownage. Aphex is a king

[Mindfulness808]

please if you know Aphex/AFX you know this can only be Richard - there is no one on earth who composes shit like this, no one

[Miniboulette]

The twin remains the king and prove it one more time with " the tuss "...

Kettel, ochre, Autechre, Unit and Ulrich schnauss are also very good in their own style.

[Rutgerwhooer]

Autechre own Aphex

[gezmark]

why? :)

[Rutgerwhooer]

lol, yeah i like Ae more than Aphex. Man, i like Ae more than anything! i assume i was drunk when i typed above words. trying to be ironic, don't usually use the phrase 'own'

[snotverdorie]

Live, Autechre own anything electronic, in that case i have to agree ;) Thumbs up, because i know what you mean! Its almost blasphemy to compare Aphex with Autechre, they both influenced eachother. Autechre are better performers, APhex is the better composer..

[Rutgerwhooer]

I can't find my initial comment, but I do agree with every word you say. Ive seen them on every tour they done apart from gigs they were doing round time of Incunabula & Amber, although I was listening to these when they first came out. Fortunately, for the sake of your well constructed point, it's pretty well established that, & known that Ae are the fucking shit when it comes to live electronics. Going to Warp20? the Sheffield one is August 7th & 8th

[Miniboulette]

it's ok buddy. thought " Autechre owns AFX" pretty cool thaugh. hahaha. I admit, i laughted.

fAck man, if you wanna say that you say it and that's it, who gives a crap ? I say it too sometimes; As long as you listen to that shit ! ;-).

[snozbogey]

@Miniboulette what u mean?

[dreamer178]

listen to how the bass rumbles, it's incredible.

[Quadrange]

and to rockolovesu, i think id know Autechre, look at my user name, brainiac.

[CHIHUAHUAconda]

ah man! i heard that The Tuss is a new alias for AFX's stuff. he said he wanted to do release something soon and it's just his style to release something quietly like this.

I gotta pick this one up anyway, man. This is the first I've heard from the record but already I'm hooked.

[CHIHUAHUAconda]

JUST got my copy today.

AFX or not, I love this record.

[ultimatecrayon]

i wish i could make music like this.

faak!

[Quadrange]

fucking good song

[dreamer178]

When I looked up "cerebral noise records" just to find out that it's actually EAP or "noise" that your talking about, I nearly spit out my frosted flakes. Are you kidding?

"alot of the releases on it could be an extension to the analords if wanted, no one would be able to tell the difference if the artist name was kept anonymous..."

lol. EAP is just another Aphex Twin worshiping fan boy who only starting making that kind of stuff after the Analord records. Some of his stuff if OK at best.

[dreamer178]

When I say "the snare rush is distinctive" I'm not talking about quality of the 808 snare, you dipshit, I'm referring to the snare pattern itself, it's a 10 note highlighted snare rush that RDJ has been pretty fond of since the Analord records and it's not a pattern that is heard very often.

[dreamer178]

Yeah, this "analogue, acid" style of music has been around for a couple decades but the majority of it (in my opinion) is garbage. A monkey can take an 808, a 303, some effects gear and pump out some simple bullshit that will get the club moving. Rushup Edge and Synthacon 9 in particualr are on another level.

There is no category for this stuff, the sound is completely alien.

[okidot]

well its clear that you haven't been exposed to any proper analogue from reading your comment. i have listened to many styles growing up, but i distinctly remember being shown alot of random analogue, and not cheesy acid-house crap. I just find it a bit ridiculous that you can call it alien. Maybe to you it is, but to me its far from it, just sounds like a newage version of analogue with immaculate sound quality. I don't hear anything 'new' there at all.

[dreamer178]

plus those snare rushes are all over the Analord series.

[dreamer178]

Anyone who doesn't realize this is RDJ after the first 30 seconds must be new to AFX music.

Sure it sounds different than anything else, but it still has that AFX charm to it. Richard has re-invented his sound once again, and it sounds sublime.

Nothing sounds like this.

[okidot]

''Nothing sounds like this'' > sorry but this is not true, this analogue style has been around for a long time. The only difference is that this is produced really well sound wise. also there are plenty of people who have listened to afx from the start and still doubt its him, to say you gotta recognise its him after 30 seconds is a bit ridiculous. there has been serious hardware around for roughly 2 decades now. its not even worth striking up debate about it anymore...

[dreamer178]

Oh, sorry. I meant to say "8 seconds in", not 30.

Come on man, the snare rush at 6 seconds into the song is extremely distinctive and can be found in just about every Analord track.

[okidot]

haha thats truely ridiculous to use something like that as reasoning. that 'distinctive' snare sound you are talking about is hardware man, sounds like a 909 or 808. its certainly not trademark afx when its used just about everywhere else in the electronic genre... its very common for different artists use similar techniques. im not disputing that its afx or not, i'm just saying, that what you said is an over exaggeration. afx is not the only one using those snare techniques.

[Quadrange]

want to list a couple of artists or tracks that sound like this. im not saying this for arguementative purposes, i just want some more artists to add to my collection of vinyl.

[InternetJordan]

Aphex Twin, AFX, Caustic Window, Polygon Window

[Quadrange]

thanks, but i was asking the guy who was on everyones comments that said things like "nothing sounds like this" and he was saying, "yes there is a million non really popular idm artists that are just as good as the tuss" so i wanted to know who all these guys where he was raving about and not mentioning.

[dreamer178]

i'll say it again. nothing does sound this this. no other music is on this level.

autechre, sp, u-ziq...they're good, but not even half as talented as AFX.

[Rutgerwhooer]

fuck off, Autechre are fundamentally better than Aphex

[rockolovesu]

Autechre , Squarepusher , brainiac

[Seedr0]

Plaid, Boards of Canada, Venetian Snares, basically anything on the Rephlex label is going to be amazing though

[hereiamhere75]

rdj or not...it sounds like him, just a bit

more punk attitude to it than the official

recordings. but who cares? either you like

that music or not. whatever rdj does...this

music or nothing...he´s a winner in my eyes.

he doesn´t prostitute himself to music-

industry. he can do what he wants to do. maybe he just gets 5000 hits at yt and not 5 million...he obviously doesn´t care that much about that and money. that´s why i like him and not "only" his music!

[AugZF]

Canyon Second Acid <- type that in the search, i think it is RDJ too

[CHIHUAHUAconda]

@AugZF lol yeah but keep in mind, people also said that Burial (yeah THAT burial...the one that did "Archangel" and people went nuts over) was RDJ as well. I mean, I love that Burial record and I love all of RDJ's works but it was obvious that they were not the same person. So I need proof these days before I say it's RDJ. Although some of the Canyon Second Acid stuff is RDJ-esque in places.

[GregorEicher]

@AugZF Exactly its Aphex Twin, RDJ and The Tuss is just another pseudonym of him

[daniel1982]

@hereiamhere75

Do redirect me to an AFX/Aphex Twin track that sounds anything like this, or stfu.

[strawhattedman]

@daniel1982 The whole Analord series?

[daniel1982]

@strawhattedman Just do it.

[CrackyChan]

finally making full use out of hardware~!

[JeffFairlight]

I think it is Ableton Live too. I could be wrong, but I think I hear some Operator in there.

[CrackyChan]

I was rollin' the first time I listened to this.

[Quadrange]

must have been a good night

[syrus3k]

This is a typically amazing tune by Aphex Twin. If you're paying attention, he slips in a hint of the melody breakdown at about 3:11 before handing it to you later on. This sort of thing is what seperates him from the rest. Album of the year. Don't forget to check out the Confederation Trough EP too!

Also, if you like this album, you might like druqks also, which is wayy harder but engineered with more precision and talent than anything else you've ever heard.

[cuboidatom]

thats not that genious, he probably just wrote the melody and then got bored or wanted to carry the track on so left it out for a bit. This technique has been used through music for a long time, also, now you've figured out that technique, you could do it.

In my personal opinion, this track is nothing special, I admire Aphex for some of his other aspects in his earlier work (especially Druqks as you mentioned), things I will never work out or be able to copy.

[okidot]

for sure, people are glorifying it simply because its afx, this style has been around for ages, afx brought it to attention, so he created it in most peoples eyes. Which is very stupid, and pretty insulting to the genre and many artists that make similar style. i mean check out some of the stuff on cerebral noise records, alot of the releases on it could be an extension to the analords if wanted, no one would be able to tell the difference if the artist name was kept anonymous...

[McGuyvers]

the cloud began to melt

[dreamer178]

this song brings a tear to my eye. its hands down the most brilliant piece of electronic music ever created.

[CrackyChan]

id have to agree

[narrator1982]

There is something singular about this track, I must admit.

[narrator1982]

So...at the like 3:30 mark...anyone else get chills? This guy isn't human sometimes. I feel like he jacks straight into my pleasure centers.

[narrator1982]

Only RDJ could make this music.

[chazzplaya]

Either its RDJ or its the worlds best marketing campaign for a new band

[perfidy77]

Niiiiiice. It's definitely RDJ. Spot the Columbia label. Pure clarse in a glarse.

[WhiteStripe99]

Synthacon 9 and Last Rashup 10 fit together. That sounds great!

[PHO1561]

This is RDJ... These are his other aliases,

The Tuss, Aphex Twin, Blue Calx (2), Bradley Strider, Brian Tregaskin, Caustic Window, Dice Man, The, GAK, Karen Tregaskin, Polygon Window, Power-Pill, Q-Chastic, Richard D. James, Smojphace, Soit-P.P.

[dbeatross]

What a track!!! Brilliant!

[racsonam]

i frigin love this song. I think im going to make a propper music video for it.

[cornsockgabz]

Are you actually going to?

[dergan1471471]

why what's wrong this this video? i think it's really great. 

CAT189LP.

[McGuyvers]

lol

[aphextwinian]

is richard the tuss??? i've heard rumors......

[AugZF]

yes, cos he's pretty much the only guy in UK with a Yam.GX-1

[AugZF]

Also, check out myspace/briantregaskin, myspace/karentregaskin and myspace/brucetregaskin for some interesting audio tracks!

[aphextwinian]

hey, thanx!