Six Techno-Death Pieces

In the Wake of the release of Digeridoo on Analogue Bubblebath Volume 2 (November 1991), Richard mentioned in several different interviews of that era occasions that Digeridoo was just one of six “Techno-Death Pieces” created to close his DJing sets. The intention was to make six pieces of music so energetically intense that ravers would

Bassic Groove (issue 10, 1993)

Aphex Twin, Polygon Window, Caustic Window, AFX and Blue Calx. All pseudonyms for one person: Richard D. James The work drive of this twenty-two-year-old Brit seems unstoppable. He only sleeps a few hours a night. So much to do, so little time. The true deluge of releases that have since been credited to the young

Aphex Twin,XLR8R Magazine (issue 11,1994)

Many thanks to grapht_sound for letting me transcribe his excellent magazine scans, Cheers! Pastry Taster Gracing the pages of every magazine from Details to Better Homes and Gardens this month is electronic musician Richard James, also known as The Aphex Twin and a number of other pseudonyms. James has been making music for himself since

Unreleased Demo Tapes & Studio Cassettes/DATS (updated 05/04/2023)

Many Thanks to both Zoe B for transcribing the handwritten inlays of some of these cassettes (not an easy task!) and thanks to several others (Herr Jan, David G..) for alerting me to missing information and additional images, thanks guys! The purpose of this article is to detail a selection of unheard (by the general

Aphex Twin, Music Technology Magazine (July 1993)

Cagey, Canny & Krafty (update 24/10/2021, many thanks to Dame Deee for the new high resolution scans, cheers Dee!) Many thanks to Zoe B and Heartless##6dimensions for sourcing me this interview Some people aren’t content with just wiring a plug onto a new synth. Some people make brilliantly original ambient electronic music. Some people are

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