30 Years of Analogue Bubblebath Volume 3

This article has been fairly difficult to assemble so apologies for any errors that you might find currently. Very special thanks to Ben Middleton for providing me with the photos from Cligga Head and to Mike Paradinas , Plunderphucked, RareAfx and freefall for help with this article. Cheers! February of this year (2023) marks 30

Aphex Twin, NME (November 1996)

TEDDY OR NOT… Thanks to my brother for the scans, cheers Paul! Techno’s eccentric ginger prince APHEX TWIN likes to make noises that upset people. Incredible, the, that he’s sold tons of records and made a wad from a tyre ad. His ‘Richard D James Album’, should bring yet more acclaim to the knob-twiddling Cornishman.

Aphex in Advertisements

Thanks to Zoë Blade for help compiling this article, cheers Zoë ! This Advert for Pirelli tyres from 1995 features the legendary Olympic athletic Carl Lewis, athletically running and jumping around prominent New York landmarks with tyre treads on the soles of his feet. This advert is accompanied by the Caustic Window track ‘The Garden

Unselected Ambient Works (85-92) Part 2 *updated with new images*

Hello and welcome to the second part of my article detailing the outtakes from the Aphex Twin album Selected Ambient Works (85-92). The reasoning behind the exclusion of the tracks mentioned in this two part article are probably manifold. Technical considerations of the limitations presented by physical media of the time period, i.e. you can

Mixmag (May 1995) (updated 23/04/2022)

Many thanks to monjupe (sending me high quality scans) and Plunderphucked (liaison/research) for helping me update this article to a higher standard. Cheers guys! True Lies Possibility One: He is a genius, the MDMA Mozart. Possibility Two: He is a complete bullshit artist with a big gob and a few wild ideas. Possibility Three: He’s

The Odd Couple, Mike & Rich Interview, Muzik Magazine (1996)

As individuals, Mike Paradinas and Richard James record under a plethora of exotic names, the former most famously as μ-zig, the latter as Aphex Twin. But together they’re known as Mike & Rich, electronica’s most bizarre duo   This month sees the release of Mike & Rich’s much delayed “FAMOUS knob twiddlers album”. Issued by