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Extravagantly opaque, willfully vaporous — Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Volume II, released by the estimable British label Warp Records in 1994, rejuvenated ambient music for the Internet Age that was just dawning. In the United States, it was his first full length on Sire Records (home to Madonna and Depeche Mode), which helped usher in Richard D. James, for whom A..more
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Published February 13th 2014 by Bloomsbury Academic
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Aug 06, 2015Jeremy rated it really liked it
Weidenbaum has taken on a fundamentally impossible project: how the hell do you write a book about an album full of 'songs' that seem more like ambient sound collages, and which often seem to lack any rhythmic motion or idea of structure?
This is a 33 1/3 book which is more about the ideas around the music and its reception than about the music itself, and while he does an impressive job offering a variety of perspectives, I think this entry in the series is a bit too dependent on discussing the..more
This is a 33 1/3 book which is more about the ideas around the music and its reception than about the music itself, and while he does an impressive job offering a variety of perspectives, I think this entry in the series is a bit too dependent on discussing the..more
Feb 20, 2014Matthew Snope rated it it was ok · review of another edition
I really like this album, and I was concerned the author would either analyze it to death, or have some really unique insight or background. The book is composed of more of the former than the latter. It is also full of unnecessary tangents and filler, making me wonder if this book had an editor. On the positive side, Weidenbaum's argument that the album is not 'beatless', as many have dismissed it as, is a good and interesting one. Likewise, the exploration of the album's lack of traditional so..more
Jan 28, 2014Eric rated it it was amazing
I came late to Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II. In fact, I bought the album a day after Marc Weidenbaum told me he was going to write a book about it. In a way, Marc and I were traveling down the same path. While he was writing about Aphex Twin's classic album, I was listening to it. Together, we represent the music's ongoing appeal.
Let's be clear, these 33 1/3 books are written SPECIFICALLY for music dorks. That is why I ate it up like Skittles. Aphex Twin is one of my favorite artists..certainly in the electronic genre, while landing somewhere in the top-5 of the Ambient sub-genre. Many of the pioneers are referenced along the way, from Brian Eno all the way back to French composer Erik Satie's Gymnopédies, which was written in the late 1800s.
The author touches on the role that structure and titles/names play in any wo..more
The author touches on the role that structure and titles/names play in any wo..more
An excellent look into one of the most legendary albums in recording history. Weidenbaum discusses many things w/r/t this album including: preceding ties and the release of 'On'; the definition of what people mean when they say 'beatless' (he nails it); the album framed within Brian Eno's description of ambient; acoustic interpretations of the songs and how they do or do not match the original, et cetera. Of particular interest to me (and I was worried he'd mention it only briefly) was the chapt..more
Jul 01, 2018Reuben rated it did not like it
I remembering reading this a few years ago at Christmas and getting absolutely nothing from it. I saw it on my bookshelf last night and thought, 'Well, I'm older now, and a much more careful reader'--but, no, still nothing.
It's difficult to pin-point where this book goes wrong, from the vast amounts of filler (I don't care that Mr. Bean studied electrical engineering at Newcastle Uni), to the lack of actual discussion about the album. Possibly the worst crime on display is the overly descriptive..more
It's difficult to pin-point where this book goes wrong, from the vast amounts of filler (I don't care that Mr. Bean studied electrical engineering at Newcastle Uni), to the lack of actual discussion about the album. Possibly the worst crime on display is the overly descriptive..more
Jul 21, 2018Francis Cooke rated it really liked it
The first half of this love letter to Aphex Twin's minimalist masterpiece is fantastic - a very close description and analysis of music that's often described in terms of what it lacks rather than what it is, along with carefully placing it in its musical and historical context. The second half of the book is more elliptical, describing different adaptations or uses of the album in other contexts (as well as a long diversion to discuss the vexed question of song titles), which was interesting bu..more
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II is a beguiling and masterful album. I began listening to the 1994 release at the beginning of the year. It's soundtracked spring afternoons wandering the city, late nights writing in my living room, and mundane days at the office. The tracks are able to morph themselves to any setting, any feeling. On the one hand, I wish I'd had this album with me since its release, its textures intertwined with myriad experiences. On the other, it feels like someth..more
Marc Weidenbaum had an uphill battle with writing about an almost entirely instrumental record, where only 1 track had an official title, and the artist has been notoriously reticent to interviews recently. Weidenbaum tackles the record from every conceivable direction, finding fertile ground in the 'beatless' tag applied to the record early on, its influence on (and how it was influenced by) ambient music, the myriad ways the record has been dissected, adapted, and performed, and the very conce..more
Jun 29, 2014Matthew McVickar rated it really liked it
Would have enjoyed a bit more inside baseball on the album itself, but the focus on context and influence was illuminating. Like a great set of liner notes, this book sent me in a dozen directions seeking out new-to-me albums, books, and more.
I was loving this at first. the author set a great stage for understanding the album and it's place in electronic music. but the approach fades out as we spend long stretches discussing the ways it's been appropriated in culture. just didn't seem like enough interest for a whole book I guess.
Tidy and scholarly. Lots of meat, well reported.
Sep 24, 2015Thomas Stanley rated it it was amazing
A must read for anyone even remotely fascinated with this legendary album.
Devoid of insights. One of the lesser entries in the great 33 1/3 series. Go listen to the album instead.
Great syn-aesthetic descriptions of the tracks. Very well researched.
It's about time someone wrote about this album - excellent too!
Jan 06, 2019Matt Musselman rated it it was ok
Well, that was kind of disappointing.
It's always going to be interesting and fun to read a book about one of your favourite musicians, especially a relatively non-mainstream one (where the mere existence of the book seems a little like a miracle), and that's what kept me going. But..
125 pages of text dedicated to a single album by a single artist, but I think the author failed to ever mention at least half the songs on the album. He also apparently interviewed Richard D. James, but includes on..more
Jul 26, 2017D.A.Calf rated it liked itIt's always going to be interesting and fun to read a book about one of your favourite musicians, especially a relatively non-mainstream one (where the mere existence of the book seems a little like a miracle), and that's what kept me going. But..
125 pages of text dedicated to a single album by a single artist, but I think the author failed to ever mention at least half the songs on the album. He also apparently interviewed Richard D. James, but includes on..more
Shelves: music, 33-1-3, the-music-business, sound
Hampered by too many spurious connections and circuitous arguments. Some of Weidenbaum's segues are so amazingly long-bowed that they should be accompanied by slide whistle.
While there is some great information in here (and I'm certainly not taking issue with it from a nerd-expert nitpicking position), the piece as a whole lacks proper flow. Weidenbaum seems to battle for an angle and thus gets bogged down in taking issue with the labeling of SAWII as 'beatless'. From there it jumps through a s..more
While there is some great information in here (and I'm certainly not taking issue with it from a nerd-expert nitpicking position), the piece as a whole lacks proper flow. Weidenbaum seems to battle for an angle and thus gets bogged down in taking issue with the labeling of SAWII as 'beatless'. From there it jumps through a s..more
The writer doesn’t try to hide that a lot of this book is only tangentially about the album. It’s theoretically interesting and i admire the roundabout path he took to writing about a musician who is as interview shy as Aphex Twin, but the more the material veered into the politics of music labels and the like, the more it lost me. That said, he makes an incredible argument against the “beatlessness” of the album that he hammers in pretty hard near the end, and for that alone it’s worth a read!
The book is more a personal reflection on the album than an in-depth history of Aphex Twin or this album. Sometimes it can be interesting, but at times I felt like the author got lost in their tangents (argument on beat-less music, the Amish, and the section about choreographers). There are some quotes from Aphex, and people he worked with, which are great and I would have liked more of that.
Overall it’s not a bad book, but not quite what I was looking for.
Overall it’s not a bad book, but not quite what I was looking for.
Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Volume Ii Rar
Reseña de casi 200 hojas de un disco doble, con tintes de contexto socio-histórico, con tintes de expansión de datos sobre datos.
Hace muchos ¿años? que no leía un libro sobre música, y ya recuerdo por que no lo hacía: la metáfora en la reseña -que en este libro existe- no me interesa. Sí lo hace todo lo que rodea a la obra sonora, sea lo político, lo social, lo personal del autor o autora.
Aun así, buen complemento para un record un tanto alejado de nuestra percepción normativa.
Hace muchos ¿años? que no leía un libro sobre música, y ya recuerdo por que no lo hacía: la metáfora en la reseña -que en este libro existe- no me interesa. Sí lo hace todo lo que rodea a la obra sonora, sea lo político, lo social, lo personal del autor o autora.
Aun así, buen complemento para un record un tanto alejado de nuestra percepción normativa.
A truly fascinating read. Works really well if read in tandem with the album. It enhances the listening experience like sleeve notes should but seldom do. Lots of food for thought and suggestions for further exploration.
I gotta stop reading these things.
Is just a collection of theories you can find all over the internet. Good for someone who never heard Aphex Twin before.
It's always a risk to pick up a book that just so happens to take on a favourite album as its central theme, but I simply couldn't resist. As a long time Aphex Twin fan, I of course wanted to learn as much as I could about the man and what spurred him to create such a vaporous, enigmatic album. What I was met with was so much more - a brief history of ambient music, its ties to classical, the complexity of untitled tracks and the release history leading up to Aphex Twin's breakthrough thanks to..more
3 1/2 stars. Writing about music can be tough, and writing about music with no lyrical content is harder. Writing about instrumental music as minimal and ethereal as the tracks on 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II' - an album with which I've lately been engrossed - may seem near futile. But Marc Weidenbaum does the job with elegance and eloquence in this volume, describing the record's expansive quality as well as anyone could (on its 20th birthday). The historical context and lasting influence..more
Feb 27, 2015Nathan rated it it was ok
I'm going to come off as a bit of a 'I used to like this before they were cool' guy, but I used to really dig this series. The early editions were playful and nostalgic, which to me, is what my listening experience has always been about. But, in reading this, it's become apparent, at least for the time being, that the books have taken more of an interest in the academia side of music journalism. This is not a condemnation per se, but rather a note that became increasingly clear whilst reading th..more
While the book does give a bit of a context for this album existing in Aphex Twin's career and its general importance in the genre of ambient music overall, it doesn't really offer any insight into the album itself or Richard D. James. It seems more concerned with letting us know how hard it is to discuss an album with no song titles, even though it repeatedly uses the fan (and generally used) titles suggested by the pictures in the liner notes. The author seems to think that if something is amb..more
Apr 03, 2014Patrick rated it liked it
The discussion of critical reaction to the album and the social context surrounding its release is interesting, but the author loses the thread in the second half of book as the subject shifts to cataloging the assortment of plays, films, dances, and classical ensembles that have used or adapted music from SAW Vol. II.
filler galore. not enough about the ALBUM, too much about others interpretations of it. good thing about these books is the small focus means the author can go off on these wonderful, barely relevant tangents at will. bad thing about these books is the small focus means the author can go off on these wonderful, barely relevant tangents at will.
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Marc Weidenbaum founded the website Disquiet.com in 1996. It focuses on the intersection of sound, art, and technology. He's currently writing a book for the 33 1/3 series about Aphex Twin's 1994 album, Selected Ambient Works Vol II. He has written for Nature, the website of The Atlantic, Boing Boing, Down Beat, and numerous other publications. He has commissioned and curated sound/music projects..more
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