I love AFX music. But I am not yet to the point where I would be able to create music inspired by his.
Some people have totally made theirs RDJ’s sonic signature, though.
Please drop here some albums that are the work of Richard’s disciples or artists with similar sound signature (if possible with bandcamp or soundcloud links)
I have just discovered Sibirsky Snikers this morning, couldn’t believe they could qualify their use of TE PO-12 “virtuoso”. But it actually fits pretty well.
Part of me (listener) thinks it is pretty cool to adopt a style so closely, part of me (artist) thinks it is better to not do so close but use it as a jumping off point.
It’s a fine line for sure.
Me as listener - I can’t get enough from that stuff, so I am happy when I find something high quality that nails these sounds and vibes
Me as artist - I am very influenced by it, and try to copy some parts of it (mainly the sounds) for sure, but I’m never able to get close enough anyway - so it never will sound like a copy I guess and hope
He’s had so many different styles anyway. So most of these artists only adapt one specific style of his, but never the full picture
Venetian Snares is definitely a disciple of Aphex Twin. Any “drill and bass” artist really, as Aphex kind of came up with dismantling breaks into atoms and rebuilding them into crazy frankenstein beats.
The way I intended it, disciples are not doing covers, unlike those bands dedicated on covering glories of the seventies.
To me they analyze what they like in an artist, and recreate the sonic signature with their own gear, creating new tracks, putting their own sensibility in their work.
Let’s widen this to artists with similar sound signature ^^