I actually prefer it if I don't know what I'm supposed to do. If you've got an equal temperament piano keyboard, then you know what you're going to get if you play certain chords. But I actually like it if you don't know where the notes are, because then you do it intuitively. You're working out a new language, basically. New rules.
Aphex TwinIt's really funny, because if you make up words, then people project their own meanings onto it, which I find interesting.
Aphex TwinI used to love jungle. I still think it's the ultimate genre, really, because the people making it weren't musicians.
Aphex TwinIf you hear a C-major chord with an equal temperament, you've heard it a million times before and your brain accepts it. But if you hear a chord that you've never heard before, you're like, "huh."
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