Name: 03 Blue Calx, Aphex Twin by Michael Gfroerer
Duration: 7 min 6 s
Description: My arrangement of Blue Calx, by Aphex Twin, for Violin, Cello, Bass Clarinet and Percussion

Arvo Part meets Richard D James:) Very nice piece~~~

“Tassels” might be a bit more difficult.... and they’d break a bunch of cello strings.....😂😂👍🏾

I’m torn between this and the original ❤️❤️❤️❤️

very good but I think that is something faster

Nil/Amber-Autechre

»Tides« marked a radical change in direction for Arovane. After Uwe Zahn had made a name for himself with cutting-edge IDM rhythms and slick ambient textures on a slew of releases, his sophomore album saw the prolific producer opt for a sample-based approach that resulted in a more organic sound and laid-back downbeat grooves. Having reissued Arovane’s seminal »Atol-Scrap« as a double LP in 2021, the Berlin-based Keplar label now makes »Tides« available on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 2000 through the legendary City Centre Offices. The new version has been remastered by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering and comes with a brand new cover artwork. It shines a new light on a release for which Zahn quite literally ventured into previously unknown territory — »Tides« is an album that emits a timeless, quiet calm and nonetheless stays constantly in motion.

»The idea for the album came to me after a vacation in France«, says Zahn. Inspired by the landscape, especially the coastline and the sea, he made field recordings throughout his trip that were also used on the record, giving it its sensual feel. The foundation of the album however, the loose yet gripping grooves at the heart of every track, result from Zahn working extensively with samples. »I wanted to make use of drum sounds and small excerpts from old jazz vinyl records«, he explains. He maintained the unique sound signatures and rhythmic flutter of the source material while building intricate beats with them. Most of the material was culled from the record collection of Christian Kleine, whose spontaneous guitar improvisations over the first musical sketches were recorded and edited by Zahn and can be heard on four tracks. Also employing the occasional cembalo or spinet sound, he worked with a hardware sequencer and a delay to integrate the different, discrete elements into nine tracks that feel both dense and light at once. 

What’s astonishing still 22 years later is how spacious »Tides« sounds. This is due to the fact that Zahn not only paid close attention to the sonic idiosyncrasies of his source material, but also to what happened in between those sounds. »Mark Hollis’s solo album was a huge inspiration at that time«, says Zahn. »What I find fascinating about it until this day is how silence and the subtle hiss of the mixing boards were being used on that record.« Silence was also an important stylistic element on »Tides« and adds greatly to the overall atmosphere of an album that with the appropriately named »Theme« immediately sets the mood with intricate spinet melodies: Zahn opens a door for his listeners and invites them to follow him to see a specific part of the world through his very own lens.

As a whole, the album mirrors Zahn’s trip that took him along the steep cliffs on a foggy day (»Seaside«), to an abandoned house in which he found old maps (»A Secret«), along the coastline during a long car ride (»Deauville«), to a sleepy village and the slowly moving sea (»Tides«) and finally back home to his native Germany where he started reflecting upon his experiences, ultimately deciding to translate them into music (»Epilogue«). »Whenever I listen to this album now, the images and memories it evokes are incredibly vivid and vibrant«, he says. It’s not hard to see — or rather hear — why. »Tides« may have been a deeply personal project, but it effortlessly evokes universal feelings by (re-)building an entire world in the course of only a few pieces of music.

All tracks composed and recorded by Uwe Zahn.  
Originally released on CCO in 2000.  
Remaster and cut by Kassian Troyer @ D&M.  
Cover art by Jim Kühnel based on a photograph by Uwe Zahn.   
Text by Kristoffer Cornils.

Tides (2022 Remaster)

Arovane - Tides (2022 Remaster)

Bola - Vespers

Boards of Canada - Macquarie Ridge

Taken from the Re-release of Boards of Canada - Hi Scores ep Ska008 - 2014 Edition.
Release date October 13th 2014.


Boards of Canada - Hi Scores

Boards of Canada - Korona

My arrangement of Blue Calx, by Aphex Twin, for Violin, Cello, Bass Clarinet and Percussion

03 Blue Calx, Aphex Twin

Driving Away…

#afx \ best way i can explain this was falling in love with someone that didnt exist, it couldve been applied to anyone and everyone. liferush. I mean it was for luke's competition but when I was making it I obviously had other thoughts going around me ed. Was hard keeping it a secret from him, i had an advantage, i knew better than most what luke liked !-)  I gave the prize to the runner up, i forgot his name now. It's quite quiet becuase the sub is so loud and low, trade/off. \ Won the Future Music competition for the best Luke Vibert remix. The name he submitted it under, Tahnaiya Russell, matches the email address in the ID3 tags. http://i.imgur.com/pDsuEoA.jpg

027 - Aphex Twin - Luke Vibert spiral staircase (AFX remix)

A track from the album 'UV Sea' out 02/13/16 on Constellation Tatsu.

Forest Walker - Desert Lighthouse

Check out my playlist MasterClass on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhypOOMo6vVPhJFrgj8Eg8vEFOV_7zk5J


Aphex Twin Orphans Surreal experience

Aphex Twin - Orphans

..considered "highly entertaining" by the Globe and Mail
...positive reviews in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and MusicWorks 
....recipient of the Orfeo Musica, Stockholm, for "international co-operation"
.....major works created include "ELEUSIS - Greater and Lesser Mysteries (a one-act Chamber Opera for which I created the text and music-several live recordings here); Orchestral Works "Catharsis" and "Now Is Here"; String Quartets "Follow the Sun" and "Song of the Lake"-created with the assistance of the Toronto Arts Council; approximately 12 works for Solo Piano; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Songs for Voice and Piano in Classical Contemporary, Jazz, and Pop styles; and numerous works for piano students
......please visit www.sonicphonic.ca for details

03 Blue Calx, Aphex Twin

Michael Gfroerer

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