Disco Dance Magazine Interview (1993)

Original translated from Dutch, this is one of the best early interviews I’ve found so far, if anyone has original copy of this in magazine form, I’d love to get it scanned and archived cheers! Innovator Looking for His Limits Around the middle of last year, house music threatened to seriously flatten out. Even the

Aphex Twin, Net.Werk Zine (Issue 2,1994)

Many thanks again to my brother for the scans, quite a rare one this I suspect! MOLDING MINDS WITH AFX Richard James, the UK’s foremost techno innovator is, at 22, hailed as a futuristic Mozart prodigy. Originally from Cornwall, James has been composing music, now known as Ambient and Techno, since the age of 12.

Aphex Twin, OOR Magazine (September, 2014)

Many thanks to Jan for providing me with his excellent translation of the interview and Bonus Beats part #1, Bonus Beats #2 translation by Toastmann and to my brother for scanning my magazine, Cheers! APHEX TWIN – THE REVENGE OF THE MASK Suddenly he is there again, Aphex Twin. The grinning head amidst shaking breasts

Aphex Twin, B-Side Magazine (April/May 1994)

Thanks to my brother Paul for doing the scans, cheers Paul! text>Sandra A. Garcia + Photos > Sandra C. Davis APHEX TWIN LEXICON OF LIGHTSPEED “Those records: they are such a small percentage of what I have made. It’s just not representational of me at all, because I don’t make conventional dance music.” This whole

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

Aphex Twin, XLR8R Magazine (December 2001)

Thanks again to my brother for the scans, cheers Paul! TWIN INFINITIES RICHARD JAMES HATES TRENDS. YET HIS LATEST ALBUM AS APHEX TWIN IS BOUND TO START A FEW. WILL ELECTRONIC MUSICIANS AROUND THE GLOBE SOON BE DITCHING THEIR SAMPLERS FOR UPRIGHT PIANOS?WORDS HEIKO HOFFMANN. IMAGES DAVID J. WEISSBERG AND BEZEMER More often than not,

Aphex Twin, Hypno Magazine (Vol 3, 1994)

Aphex Twin’s Mechanical Wonderland Thanks again to my brother Paul for scanning this interview for me, cheers Paul! Richard James has a lot in his mind. His is certainly a busy brain. Some might go so far as to call Richard a workaholic, but in definitive ambient techno circles, he’s known as Aphex Twin, Polygon

Aphex Twin, Mixmaster Morris & The Drum Club (DJ Magazine March/April 1993)

Live And Kicking Kabooom, blip blip, zzzoo! That’s the future sound of techno as told by Aphex Twin, Mixmaster Morris and The Drum Club. Pics by Daniel Newman “Live electronic music is all about improvisation. So that no one, including me, knows where the track is going… if I wish to make a track last

Aphex Twin, Mixmag (October 1996)

Getting away with it On his new single the Aphex Twin sings a song about a milkman. His new album is called ‘Richard D James’ but it’s not named after him. If his mum and dad died, he says, he’d wait a couple of weeks before taking the piss. And he’s arranged to meet us

Ray Gun Magazine(June/July 1995)

Many thanks to Plunderphucked for the transcription, and to my brother Paul for scanning my mag, cheers! By Ken Micallef photography by Corinne Day A few steps away from Piccadilly Circus, sandwiched between a McDonalds and a movie theatre, London’s Trocadero Centre arcade announces itself to passers-by with a colourful, gaudy façade. Once inside, past

Aphex Twin, VPRO Radio (25th May 1995)

Richard D James, The Aphex Twin (Weird Dutch Dalek voice) Your latest album, I sense its another compilation, like your other albums, have you ever just thought about recording an album and ignoring like older tracks and stuff? Errm yeah but then all the sort of stuff I do recently is, I think it would

TenDance Magazine (July 1995)

Many thanks to Plunderphucked for sending me this one, translated from German with the aid of translation tools, so excuse any awkward syntax. Following the release of “Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2” and the “Classics” album, a full tutoring program in electronic sound production, Richard James has now submitted his next contribution to the education

Aphex Twin, Another Man (Autumn/Winter 2010)

Q-&-A Aphex TwinStrings of Life Many thanks again to my brother Paul for the scans, cheers Paul! Text Ben CobbPhotography Jim Goldberg In his first interview for five years Aphex Twin – the grand wizard of avant-garde acid music – breaks his silence to discuss Martian melodies, hearing sounds before they happen and chucking rocks

Aphex Twin, Bassic Groove (September 1996)

Many thanks to reddit user Boskakkalobbes for allowing me to reproduce his photos and Dutch to English translation, Cheers! Aphex Twin teaches his computer how to sing Brilliance and craziness are often barely distinguishable. During his dreaded dj-sets Richard D. James prefers to use sandpaper as a slipmat and places a kitchen mixer on the

Polygon Window/Artificial Intelligence, Mixmag (August 1993)

Many thanks to my brother for scanning this article, Cheers Paul! Electronic listening It’s a record collector’s wet dream. Six albums of armchair electronic music, all beautifully done. The ‘Artificial intelligence’ series stars Black Dog, B12, Aphex Twin/Polygon Window, Speedy J and FUSE. But this is not ambient music – you have to listen to

Aphex Twin, Megadog MIDI Circus, Music Technology Magazine (September 1993)

Many Thanks to Dame Deee for her hi rez magazine scans, cheers Deee! Circus Lumière This summer saw the first ever package tour of genuinely sequence-based high-tech artists take their music to the venues of the UK gigging circuit, from Brighton to Glasgow. Combining techno grooves with DJs, club-style projections and sound systems distributed throughout

Aphex Twin, Inthemix, (January 19th 2004)

Aphex Twin: Slightly self-conscious. Intuitive. Vulnerable, even By Cyclone Wehner Richard D James, aka Aphex Twin, is enigmatic – but artfully so. He’s been described as incorrigible, iconoclastic and unpredictable. They’re all credible enough tags. He’s also apparently “difficult”. James is equally as famed for his eccentricity as his music. But then there’s yet another

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

Interview with Mark Darby of Mighty Force (30th Anniversary of Analogue Bubblebath)

Preface Mark Darby is the Head of UK independent record label Mighty Force, from the years 1990 to 1995 the label was based at a record shop in Exeter Devon. Mark’s label started to release cutting edge electronic music by artists by such as ‘Fogcity’, and act whose member included Matthew Herbert, Tom Middleton and

Interview With Michael Gillette (3rd of August 2021)

Preface Michael Gillette is an accomplished illustrator & artist who has worked with musicians and publications such as Elastica, Saint Etienne, Select Magazine and the Record label Nude Records. In the mid ’90s Michael spent a few years house sharing with Richard D James and friends at 36 Clissold Crescent, A house located in the