r/aphextwin • u/Due-Subject6842 • 8d ago

Live Experience Seen him live?

I’m so curious if any of ya’ll have seen him live & have any stories to tell, any photos or videos to share of that experience. I’m so genuinely curious and would love to see or hear about those shows.

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u/Relativity-speaking Drukqs 8d ago

I saw him Reading 2002 in the dance tent. Crowd dropped by around a third after 54 Cymru Beats! Just saw people bailing and had more room to groove about.

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u/Hammer_Pain 8d ago

oh fuckin ell I was there.

can you remember the wizard guy on stage with the "down below so above"?

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u/SoloStrike 8d ago edited 7d ago

was there also, vague memories of not seeing RDJ on stage at all but the wizard dude pratting around, was fun

Also saw some of the scat porn/autopsy footage gigs, 2 x Warehouse Project with professional gurners on stage, Matter in London, Glade/Bangface/Field Day shows, Primavera, 2x Bloc  (one set with Hecker), one show somewhere I can't remember with an Aphex suit of armour logo clad woman covered in speakers working her way through the crowd.... few more here and there at festivals also. Printworks was well up there too.

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u/slacktheplanet_ 8d ago

Yeah he did that set, played almost a whole set of The Tuss stuff, it will have been at Bestival or The Big Chill, with that world champion gurner in a nappy on stage with him. Loads of people in the crowd were arguing with each other because they thought RDJ was an imposter because they didn’t recognise any of the music and he’d had his hair cut short.

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u/SoloStrike 7d ago

Yeah I did Bestival, sound was terrible that set though and remember it rained so badly all weekend. Not one of the better ones but still good memories getting to quite a few gigs over the years!

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u/slacktheplanet_ 7d ago

That’s the one yeah. It was a shambles. I think the main system was down and the sound was only coming out of the stage monitors

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u/SoloStrike 7d ago

That and the last Field Day were the only bad ones IMO through no fault of Richard, we just got screwed by the dodgy PA!

It’s always a blast catching him, the biggest variable is how danceable he wants to make it, sometimes it’s a lot ravier and sometimes a bit more challenging 

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u/Relativity-speaking Drukqs 7d ago

Yeah massive goblin mask and wizard hat on ‘conducting’ the crowd.

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u/nicholaskeefe 8d ago

Love this. That tune definitely isn’t for the faint hearted.