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Can you link to the horrendous messages or summarize them?
“Ooh look, a girl on the sc list. Let’s rape her”
I really enjoyed this explanation of just how amazing RDJ is: https://youtu.be/5wIOBBodoic?si=HkR05lAGkSiPZVmS
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I should clarify that it hasn't been 100% confirmed that "eric_hard_jams" was really him, but many people on the list thought so, including James McCartney himself: Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:20:06 -0600 From: James McCartney Subject: Re: [ OT ]very low signal to noise ratio . on 1/17/01 9:18 PM, eric_hard_jams at eric_hard_jams@btinternet.com wrote: > >> ok boss. i'm really sorry. back to normal now. much better. >>…
It's worth little coming from some random HN guy, but I can confirm eric_hard_jams was Richard D James. We used to hang around similar circles online, and there were a couple meetups. There were a bunch of other Rephlex and Rephlex-adjacent musicians using pseudonyms, as well. Richard was sort of annoying at times, in the way someone on the spectrum can be. A bit of a troll with poor timing, and poor social skills, b…
That he did, according to a surprisingly extensive 2014 interview: https://www.pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/reader/aphex-...
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> It’s very simple, but do you want your music to be based on an international standard or on what you think sounds right to you? [...] I’m very glad I trusted my instincts. Listening to that other voice is THE most important thing in creativity, whether you’re an engineer or a musician. To me, RDJs music always stood out as having uncanny, unique melodies and harmonies. As a teenager I fantasized about him being som…
I knew it
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He is indeed a very technical and nerdy person. For example, he was an early adopter of the SuperCollider audio programming language. Fun trivia: he was trolling the SuperCollider mailing list under the alias "eric hard jams" which is an anagram of Richard [D.] James. Some of his messages were truely horrendous and he got kicked out eventually. He is quite a character...
Has anyone used SuperCollider or computer music framework to make anything resembling a pop song? Look at how easily a producer can make a pop song in Ableton https://youtube.com/watch?v=F5CPQ8LU36w