Wonder What Is Real

DJ Taye “Reality/Fantasy”

That repeated line – “I see myself as iconic, in that my downfall is kinda ironic” — is so wonderfully arrogant, but delivered in a way that isn’t especially confident. It mostly just sounds pessimistic to me. I really do like the idea of seeing yourself as iconic, even if no one else does – it’s empowering, but also just something a lot of people have to do to convince themselves that their ideas and art will matter to other people.

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Aphex Twin “diskhat ALL prepared1mixed 13”

I love the way Aphex Twin records acoustic sounds – it’s mostly quite dry, but the parts with minimal or natural reverb sound as though they were recorded in a cramped, confined space. This track feels particularly claustrophobic, with the most echoey sounds seeming as though they’re unidentifiable objects clanking off metal pipes.

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