Aphex Twin - Emotional/Melancholy Ambience for Stress Relief

Описание: We have reached 14,000 subscribers.. So, why not try something a little different? If you like this, I wouldn't be opposed to making more (and longer!) Aphex Twin mixes.
Aphex Twin is my favorite musical artist, and makes a good musical inspiration for my own compositions - he covers such a diverse range of tones and you can tell from his self-taught nature that experimenting with sound comes very natural to him.
The airplane footage is all mine. I couldn't think of anything else better I had on hand to capture the emotions his music gives me.

0:00 - Aisatsana
This is perhaps my very favorite Aphex Twin track. It has this tone of so loving yet melancholic. I remember seeing a comment that once phrased it as "like a love letter to someone who will never hear it" and I find that to be quite accurate in describing how it makes me feel.
5:22 - I
It's one of those songs which reminds me of pool hotels when I was little. Very.. Liminal.. I do say...
It's impressive, seeing his first album to his latest releases containing so many masterpieces.
6:53 - QKThr
I quite enjoy this one, and I quite enjoy making things for my game which sound like this. The personal, emotive energy conveyed within the live playing of this.. It's almost indescribable.
8:20 - Rhubarb
One of the most iconic melancholic Aphex Twin tracks, and for good reason. This emotive and tearjerking piece has a nostalgic, yet bittersweet energy. Like how it feels letting go of someone you've loved. I see this song often associated with the passing of relatives and such and I understand why.
15:54 - blue carpet
Blue carpet... The sounds of childhood memories. Do you still remember your first memory? Mine was waking up at age 3 to play with an RC car based on the one in Toy Story. It was the first experience I could consciously recall, and while some details after that are muddy.. This one stayed.
17:41 - Petiatil Cx Htdui
Another thing that I quite enjoy making things for my game sound like. It's got this sort of.. Cathedral-like, mysterious and explorational energy that I don't really see in the other Aphex piano tracks. It sort of gives me energy like Manoria Cathedral out of Chrono Trigger. Imagine "Silent Light" rearranged to sound like this...
19:51 - Stone in Focus
Here is some advice for you - Prepare a warm bath, close your eyes, and play this track. I think that is the closest we as humans can get to achieving true inner peace. This track is an ethereal, minimalist masterpiece.
30:06 - Lichen
Have you ever stayed up late, until the early morning hours when the sun begins to peek through? Me as a person, I usually sleep during the mornings and thus am up later at night. This song gives me the feeling of those sorts of moments.
34:18 - Avril 14th
Perhaps Aphex Twin's most famous track. It's easy to see why - there are very few compositions that are as beautiful as this one.
36:14 - Z Twig
It's a short and simple one, but I really like it. For some reason, it conjurs images of the toxic jungle in the movie "Nausiccaa of the Valley of the Wind" to mind.
38:19 - Red Calx (slow)
Probably the greatest sleep music Aphex has made. I strive to make things as minimal yet powerful as this track...
43:26 - Blue Calx
It's very different than Red Calx but also conveys similar feelings. It feels very vast. Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 was my first exposure to Aphex and still my favorite of his material. It just feels like something that only comes once in a lifetime.
50:43 - Slothscrap
Perhaps the most depressing and emotive track in his entire catalogue.
55:33 - Btoum-Roumada (slow)
I don't think I have words to describe this. Loud yet not angry, sad yet not despairing, emotive without much in terms of melody... I really hope if you're a longtime viewer of this channel that this does a great job introducing you to Aphex.
58:10 - Nanou2
And we end with another piano beauty... It's really summing up my state of mind right now. A conclusive ending, and yet looking up, grateful for the beauty that exists in the present and awaits in the future.

Enjoy!