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Cover of Aphex Twin - A Disco Pogo Tribute by Disco Pogo.

Disco Pogo

Aphex Twin - A Disco Pogo Tribute

Above Board Distribution

    The next instalment in the Disco Pogo Tribute series is the legendary electronic artist Aphex Twin.

    This follows the hugely successful Disco Pogo Tribute to Daft Punk. Like Daft Punk, the people behind Disco Pogo have had a long-standing relationship with Richard D. James for over 30 years via their 90s magazine Jockey Slut.

    The book is edited by Disco Pogo editor Jim Butler and features interviews, essays and features from the best music journalists working today.

    The book features an iconic cover portrait of Aphex by seminal photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, plus a huge amount of great photography of Richard since the very beginning from some of the best music photographers in the world.

    Thanks also to the designer of Aphex's logo Paul Nicholson who has opened up his archives to us and also the assistance and support from the label homes of Aphex - Warp, R&S and Rephlex. Thanks also to the people behind Aphex fan website Lanner Chronicle.

    The book is hardback, 250 plus pages and is beautifully designed and printed of course.

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    Cover of Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition) by Aphex Twin.

    Aphex Twin

    Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

    Warp Records

      Written when Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) was in his early 20s, 'Selected Ambient Works Volume II' gained critical acclaim both upon release and retrospectively (10/10 Pitchfork review, #2 Best Ambient Album of All Time, 4 star Rolling Stone review +more). Aphex Twin and SAW II’s influence continues to grow and take new meaning across generations.

      Now celebrating it's 30th anniversary, this expanded edition is the definitive version of this seminal record.

      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: There’s really very little connecting the first ‘Part’ of Selected Ambient Works to this second edition other than name. While the first one a precursor to RDJ’s more electronic, beat driven albums, Selected Ambient Works II was (and is!) a spooky, beautiful ambient behemoth.

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      Cover of Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II - 33 1/3 by Marc Weidenbaum.

      Marc Weidenbaum

      Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II - 33 1/3

      Bloomsbury Academic USA

        Extravagantly opaque, willfully vaporous — Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Volume II, released by the estimable British label Warp Records in 1994, rejuvenated ambient music for the Internet Age that was just dawning. In the United States, it was Richard D. James's first full length on Sire Records (home to Madonna and Depeche Mode) under the moniker Aphex Twin; Sire helped usher him in as a major force in music, electronic or otherwise.

        Faithful to Brian Eno’s definition of ambient music, Selected Ambient Works Volume II was intentionally functional: it furnished chill out rooms, the sanctuaries amid intense raves. Choreographers and film directors began to employ it to their own ends, and in the intervening decades this background music came to the fore, adapted by classical composers who reverse-engineered its fragile textures for performance on acoustic instruments. Simultaneously, “ambient” has moved from esoteric sound art to central tenet of online culture.

        This book contends that despite a reputation for being beatless, the album exudes percussive curiosity, providing a sonic metaphor for our technologically mediated era of countless synchronized nanosecond metronomes.

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        Cover of Collapse EP by Aphex Twin.

        Aphex Twin

        Collapse EP

        Warp

        What's left to be said about Richard James? One of the most spectacular and critically lauded producers in the world, a divisive musician and Delphic artist, nearing his thirtieth year in 'the biz' and his sound continues to innovate, experiment and enthrall. The David Bowie of electronic music - for some there is simply no parallel and every last artifact is to be feverishly collected and treasured.

        A new EP that somehow extended and builds on his idiosyncratic and highly flamboyant style, the first duo of tracks, "T69 Collapse" and "1st 44" are at once playful and majestic. The first exploring the typically smiley-Cornish-acid-tekno genre with aplomb while the second implores deep subs and his galloping drum sequences to create a wobbly and cerebral track that plunges effortlessly into modern 'half-time' business, merging the best bits of techno, glitch, footwork and IDM in a truly Aphex flavoured broth.

        Flip the disc and "MT1 T29r2" explores the darker and deranged sides of his persona - utilizing the Kork's MS-20 filter to maximum devastation while more peppery, skitting drum flurries explode out of the recesses of the mix. Finally, "Abundance10edit[2 R8's, FZ20m & A 909]" (phew!) sees James showing off with his world beating drum programming. Can anyone sequence beats better than AFX? No way hosay - as this final tracks sends us tumbling, flailing and spiraling into the speaker stacks like no-one else can. Still the king of electronic music? Youbetcha! Another essential addition from this acid overlord. 


        STAFF COMMENTS

        Matt says: Every time there's a new Aphex release I'm convinced I've grown out of him and won't like it. Time and time again I've proved wrong as this producer par excellence continues to be ten steps ahead of the pack.

        TRACK LISTING

        Vinyl Tracklist:
        A1. T69 Collapse
        A2. 1st 44
        B1. MT1 T29r2
        B2. Abundance10edit[2 R8's, FZ20m & A 909]

        CD Tracklist:
        01. T69 Collapse
        02. 1st 44
        03. MT1 T29r2
        04. Abundance10edit[2 R8's, FZ20m & A 909]
        05. Pthex

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        Cover of Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Official Vinyl Repress by Aphex Twin.

        Aphex Twin

        Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Official Vinyl Repress

        Apollo

          Originally released in 1992 on R&S Records offshoot Apollo, "Selected Ambient Works 85-92" marks the first full length studio album by Richard D. James under his Aphex Twin name. Considered a landmark release in ambient techno, it's easy to see why it has endured. Feathery keys, dreamy production and trickling rhythms are drenched over distant samples from sources as diverse as Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ("We Are The Music Makers"), Robocop ("Green Calx") and ethereal female vocals on opener "Xtal". Arguably some the most beautifully realised and majestic sounds of the revered musician's career.  The album provided the blueprint for every electronica, downbeat and chill-out record for years after. This is just one of those classic electronica releases that every home should have; melodic, semi-ambient and musical, this is AFX at his most accessible. Essential.




          TRACK LISTING

          A1. Xtal
          A2. Tha
          A3. Pulsewidth
          B1. Ageispolis
          B2. I
          B3. Green Calx
          B4. Heliosphan
          C1. We Are The Music Makers
          C2. Schottkey 7th Path
          C3. Ptolemy
          D1. Hedphelym
          D2. Delphium
          D3. Actium

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          Cover of Cheetah by Aphex Twin.

          Aphex Twin

          Cheetah

          Warp

          The Aphex Twin 'Cheetah EP' uses digital sound generation techniques combined with wave sequencing technology to bring you sounds with movement and depth rarely found on records today.

          To assure you that your 'Cheetah EP' will give you many years of enjoyment, please be sure to read the owners manual carefully before attempting to operate the 'Cheetah EP'.

          If you wish to experiment and create some sounds of your own, first try editing some sounds we’ve already made for you, before attempting to create a patch from scratch.

          We sincerely hope that having battled through the programming of the 'Cheetah EP', you have not become familiar with the exceptional potential of this record.

          Have fun programming, and if you create any superb patches and tones which you feel deserve to be appreciated by other 'Cheetah EP' buyers, send a MIDI System Exclusive Dump of them, on a disc to us at Warp and if we also think they are superb, you could be rewarded for your efforts. Try us!

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          1. CHEETAHT2 [Ld Spectrum]
          2. CHEETAHT7b
          3. CHEETA1b Ms800
          4. CHEETA2 Ms800
          5. CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная Mix ]
          6. CIRKLON 1

          CD / Cassette Bonus Track:
          7. 2X202-ST5

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          Cover of Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 EP by Aphex Twin.

          Aphex Twin

          Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 EP

          Warp

          After bursting back onto the scene last year with the suitably brilliant "Syro", Cornwall's favourite son is back with his second release in as many years, upping his release schedule by about 9000%. "Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 EP" situates RDJ right at the centre of the mad scientist's lab, cooking up a baker's dozen of rhythmic breaks out of tuned percussion, detuned piano and unhinged doors. Situated somewhere between the faux hip hop of "I Care Because You Do", the disorienting moments of "Drukqs" and Pierre Schaeffer's "Musique concrète" this latest Aphex release matches the cryptic and accessible perfectly.


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          1. Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed 13
          2. Snar2
          3. Diskhat1
          4. Piano Un1 Arpej
          5. DISKPREPT4
          6. Hat 2b 2012b
          7. Disk Aud1_12
          8. 0035 1-Audio
          9. Disk Prep Calrec2 Barn Dance [slo]
          10. DISKPREPT1
          11. Diskhat2
          12. Piano Un10 It Happened
          13. Hat5c 0001 Rec-4

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          Cover of Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin.

          Aphex Twin

          Come To Daddy

          Warp

            Originally out in 1997, these tracks showcase Richard D James at his scariest, most inventive and mellowest, delivering the possessed title track (which came accompanied by one of Chris Cunningham's more nightmarish videos), melodic "Flim", breaktronic "Come To Daddy" remix and jazz-breaks meets nursery rhymes "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball".

            TRACK LISTING

            12" Tracklisting:
            1 Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix) 4:21
            2 Flim 2:57
            3 Come To Daddy (Little Lord Faulteroy Mix) 3:50
            4 Bucephalus Bouncing Ball 5:43

            CD Tracklisting:
            1 Come To Daddy, Pappy Mix 4:22
            2 Flim 2:57
            3 Come To Daddy, Little Lord Faulteroy Mix 3:50
            4 Bucephalus Bouncing Ball 5:44
            5 To Cure A Weakling Child, Contour Regard 5:10
            6 Funny Little Man 3:58
            7 Come To Daddy, Mummy Mix 4:24
            8 IZ-US 2:57

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            Cover of I Care Because You Do by Aphex Twin.

            Aphex Twin

            I Care Because You Do

            Warp

              With recordings made between 1990 and 1995, "I Care Because You Do" brings together another fine collection of Cornish electronic experiments, including the single "Ventolin", and features a scary Richard D James distorted 'devil face' sleeve.

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              Acrid Avid Jam Shred
              The Waxen Pith
              Wax The Nip
              Icct Hedral (Edit)
              Ventolin (Video Version)
              Come On You Slags!
              Start As You Mean To Go On
              Wet Tip Hen Ax
              Mookid
              Alberto Balsalm
              Cow Cud Is A Twin
              Next Heap With

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              Cover of Richard D James by Aphex Twin.

              Aphex Twin

              Richard D James

              Warp

                As ever Aphex's music is pulling in different directions on this 1996 CD, with tracks underpinned with glitchy chopped up beats and overlaid with lush, emotional synth work. Includes the single "Girl / Boy Song".

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                Cover of Windowlicker by Aphex Twin.

                Aphex Twin

                Windowlicker

                Warp

                  Originally out in 1999, this fusion of electronica and R&B influences (which came attached to the infamous 'bearded babes' video from Chris Cunningham) became one of Warp's and Aphex's best sellers ever! Be afraid, be very afraid....


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                  Cover of Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin.

                  Aphex Twin

                  Selected Ambient Works 85-92

                  Apollo / R&S

                  Originally released in 1992 on R&S Records offshoot Apollo, 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92' marks the first full length studio album by Richard D. James under his Aphex Twin name. Considered a landmark release in ambient techno, it's easy to see why it has endured. Feathery keys, dreamy production and trickling rhythms are drenched over distant samples from sources as diverse as Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ('We Are The Music Makers'), Robocop ('Green Calx') and ethereal female vocals on opener 'Xtal'. Arguably some the most beautifully realised and majestic sounds of the revered musician's career.  The album provided the blueprint for every electronica, downbeat and chill-out record for years after. This is just one of those classic electronica releases that every home should have; melodic, semi-ambient and musical, this is AFX at his most accessible. Essential.

                  STAFF COMMENTS

                  Martin says: Richard James was a pioneer, making human, wasted and warped electronica at a time it had not even occurred to anybody else. Of course it is very much of it's time, as any technology based entity will be, but it transcends such considerations by being unspeakably brilliant. 'Xtal', with it's rave inspired, dreamy female vocals drifting over it's soft staccato propulsion just might be one of the exquisite pieces of electronic music ever committed to anything. Every home should have one.

                  TRACK LISTING

                  1. Xtal
                  2. Tha
                  3. Pulsewidth
                  4. Ageispolis
                  5. I
                  6. Green Calx
                  7. Heliosphan
                  8. We Are The Music Makers
                  9. Schottkey 7th Path
                  10. Ptolemy
                  11. Hedphelym
                  12. Delphium
                  13. Actium

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                  Aphex Twin

                  DrukQs

                  Warp

                    2001 posting from the crazy mind of Richard D James, and it's madder than ever! 30 tracks of bonkers hyperspeed breakcore mixed in with gorgeous piano pieces prove that there's only one Aphex Twin!!

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