Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse
Why Hacker News recommends it
Offered as an entry point into Aphex Twin and IDM, and as a striking audiovisual piece in demoscene and neural-net visual discussions.
What it is
The music video for Aphex Twin's T69 Collapse, directed by Weirdcore, with heavy strobing and glitchy audiovisual imagery. It is a track from the Collapse EP.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2020 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends sph · 2022-11 · on “How Aphex Twin Made Selected Ambient Works 85-92”
I have loved Daft Punk for a long time, but one day I wanted to learn more about Aphex Twin and IDM in general and I must say it's an acquired taste. It's like getting into whiskeys. There are still some tracks that are impenetrable, but I've been enjoy this album and the works of Squarepusher a lot. Squarepusher has such a wide range of sounds it might be a better gateway drug. I love the unapologetic electronic, artificial, synthetic feel of these two artists. These were my ways into the genre: - Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse ( [this video] ) (as someone said "it's like jacking into cyberspace, but the RAR is corrupted") - This album - Squarepusher - Terminal Slam ( [LINK] ) - Squarepusher - Hello
Recommends Cthulhu_ · 2023-10 · on “What is the Demoscene? An obscure but influential art form”
Because without the technical challenge element, it's "just" audiovisual art, but check out the music video for T69 Collapse by Aphex Twin (photosensitive epillepsy warning): [this video] . More information / interview with the visual artist: [LINK]
Cites j4yav · 2021-07 · on “AIeyes: Walking simulator where the world is seen through a realtime neural net”
It reminded me a lot of this Aphex Twin video: [this video] For now I prefer the human (curated?) one but you could imagine this improving to be really cool.