Lannerlink – µ-Ziq – Grush

Some more Aphex adjacent news here from former Rephlex artist and Aphex associate Mike Paradinas aka µ-Ziq. Due for release on the 16th of June 2024 is his album called Grush (a reference to David Grush the ufo whistle-blower or slang for some sort of venereal disease? you decide!). Anyway if the lead single Hyper

Intro Muzik Magazine (November 1996)

Many thanks to DADONCK for sending this one in, Cheers mate! (Interview originally in German) The hunt for the latest prime numbers. It is known that culturally recycled pop music from developed countries is gaining momentum, seasoned with several innovations. Pop music, by nature, has the greatest (apparent) dynamism. It’s a form of expression, and

30 years of On EP

Hello sorry it took me so long to create this one, probably needs a bit of polishing! Thanks to Plunderphucked for some additions, cheers! First released by Warp Records on the 15th of November 1993, Aphex Twin’s On Ep celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. After various releases such as Surfing on Sine Waves, Quoth

Aphex Twin,The Face Magazine (October 2001)

The Further Adventures of the Aphex Twin Text: John O’Connell You think his records sound like cutlery being chucked down the stairs? One of them is. Then there’s the one where he sampled his friend’s diarrhoea…Welcome back, the genius that is the Aphex Twin. It used to be pink, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. Famously

Aphex Twin, Movement Zine (1994)

Again many thanks to my brother Paul for doing the scanning! Selected Ambient Words Vol. 1 {click!}begintape by freelance attitude boy Jeremy Richard James is the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz. He is constantly behind his machines twiddly knobs – adjusting sliders to create the most eclectic music this side of

Rephlex Records, Jockey Slut (April 2001)

Thanks to my brother Paul for the scans, cheers Paul. Also would like to say Grant is a great chap and been very generous with his time, however he views this part of his life as something he would rather leave in the past and has many many frequent requests from people to talk about

Contemporary Reviews: …I Care Because You Do

Melody Maker (1995) TLC 30, TLC 60, TLC 90, GO! Fancy some neon-lit, soft-focus forms floating through that space between your ears? Or maybe you need a bit of dustbin-lid percussion to shock those sleep synapses? DAVE SIMPSON wakes up, rubs his eyes and discovers both, handily on the same album THE APHEX TWINI CARE

Rephlex Records, CMJ New Music Monthly (May-June 2001)

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON REPHLEX Ten years of Aphex Twin’s Rephlex Records has reshaped the techno experience. STORY: RASPBERRY JONESPHOTOS: MANUEL (Manuel Sepulveda) Where do people listen to the techno that Rephlex releases? Ask label co-founder Grant Wilson-Claridge and his stuttered laughter gives way to an acknowledgement of the catalog’s nerdy classification. “In the

Aphex Twin, Opscene Magazine (December 1996)

Interview by Erik Quintphoto © Jan Willem Steenmeijer The Aphex Twin: “My tapes are my diaries.” Strange but true. Musicians often say the nicest things when the tape recorder is turned off after 45 minutes of pure interview time. Richard D. James, aka The Aphex Twin says.. “This may have be my last interview.” He

Aphex Twin, Spex Magazine (October, 2014)

Many thanks to PSN for these scans, hopefully semi adequate German to English translation done by me using online translation tools. A Backup for Millions You wouldn’t have expected it, but 13 years after Drukqs Richard D. James is actually releasing a new album under the moniker Aphex Twin: Syro. SPEX met perhaps the most

Surfing On Sinewaves II (Part 3 of 3)

* article still under construction* Many thanks to rareafx blog (sample information) used in the creation of this article. This Article is a continuation of part two, found here. Chink 101 spectrum Plinky Plonk[orig] mooow [Dixons Theft mix] P.e Human Rotation PrncDMC RANDOM FX Kids Beach Renegade Sonar Thy’re Here Aahha Plinkyplonk Fork Rave off

Mike Paradinas, Richard D. James, Luke Vibert, Frieze Magazine (April 1997)

Many thanks to grapht_sound for sending me this excellent article! THE SOUND OF MUSIC Can music mean something? Does it describe the world? The intimate relationship between music and the body makes it hard to answer such questions; the experience of music is somehow a far more direct and unmediated one than the visual. You

Melodies from Mars

‘Melodies from Mars’ is an album of unreleased music by Aphex Twin, potentially due for release sometime around 1994/95. A selection of tracks from a cassette given to friends was apparently leaked. It’s not known if the tracks on the tape constituted the final track list intended for the album, or if it was just

30 Years Of Analogue Bubblebath

Many thanks to everyone who helped in the creation of this article, special thanks to Dame Deee for help with research cheers! (Additional thanks to Plunderphucked for fixing the audio for the Colin Dale snippet) ANALOGUE: ADJECTIVE: [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Analogue technology involves measuring, storing, or recording an infinitely variable amount of information by using physical quantities such as voltage. The analogue signals from the video

Aphex Twin Rephlex actions, The Wire Magazine (November 2003)

It’s been a long trip for Richard D James, the notorious and misunderstood figure behind the Aphex Twin and co-founder of the Rephlex label. As the imprint celebrates its 12th year with a new compilation and UK tour, he grants us a rare interview to talk about the protective approach to his creations and his

Analogue Bubblebath 4 sales and promotional material

Many Thanks to Heartless##6dimensions for sending me these materials! The following documents are interesting relics from the Vinyl release of Analogue Bubblebath 4. Firstly we have a sales sheet detailing the merits of Aphex twin as an artist and the various ways Analogue Bubblebath 4 was being promoted at the time. Presumably this sheet was

µ-ZIQ Man, Aphex Twin and µ-Ziq (29th January 1994)

Again many thanks to Drexciya Research Lab for sourcing this article and allowing me to reproduce it here. PUSH talks to APHEX TWIN about his Rephlex label and meets new signing µ-ZIQ. Photos by MATT BRIGHT “It gets a bit f***ing silly sometimes,” says APHEX TWIN of his part-time job as an A&R bod for Rephlex Records.

MTG (Mind The Gap) and Jaws – The lost Power-Pill singles *updated*

MTG (short for Mind The Gap) and Jaws were two tracks that were intended follow ups to Richard’s Pac-Man single released under his Power-pill pseudonym. Pac-Man was released in 1992 under the Ffrreedom subsidiary label of London Records. The reasoning behind the fact these tracks were never released was explained by Richard on SoundCloud thusly:

Caustic Window LP (CAT 023) *mumbly update*

The reason why ‘CAT 023‘ never actually received a wider release is not known. From my own personal recollection, Richard mentioned on his SoundCloud account at some point, that he wasn’t entirely happy with the first track ‘Flutey‘. In later years he grew to like this particular track again. I doubt this is the sole

Q:Chastic and Green Calx Picture Disc *Updated*

These two interesting Aphex oddities are mentioned as part of the Rephlex Manifesto. The manifesto was posted to Usenet newsgroups in the early 90s. Newsgroups were until fairly recent times a widely used precursor to your standard web forum/social media site Rephlex Discography – 1991/92 NCC 1701 IG-88/Voafose and Ohm Double A side 4 track