Blah Blah Magazine (November 1996)

Future Sound Of North London HIS FIRST NAME’S RICHARD, HIS MIDDLE NAME’S DICK, HE SENDS PEOPLE HAIR IN THE MAIL, AND HE IS, AT LAST, WORTHY OF THE TITLE ‘THE MOZART OF TECHNO’. YOUR POST-DANCE, PRE-MILLENNIUM ATTENTION, PLEASE, FOR MR APHEX TWIN… The phone rings. A voice says: “He’s in the café.” The rendezvous is

Dallas Observer, (20th February 1997)

Fish and microchips “Classical music for the next millennium,” said The New York Times upon the release of Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Volume II in the spring of 1994–a hefty label for a young lad from Cornwall who was only 22 at the time. Richard James–aka Aphex Twin–has gotten used to this… By Philip Chrissopoulos

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

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

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

Aphex Twin, Request Line (January, 1997)

LC: This interview was extraordinarily difficult to track down, well for me anyway! I assume its because it was originally hosted as a RealAudio streaming media file, a long obsolete file format used widely a few decades ago. These files are usually lost to the mists of time as the servers hosting the aforementioned files

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,

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, Mixing It, BBC 3 Radio (4th December 1995)

First broadcast: Mon 4th Dec 1995, 22:45 on BBC Radio 3 Mark Russell and Robert Sandall are joined by the prolific Techno prodigy Aphex Twin to discuss his love of distortion, the influence of Stockhausen and getting orchestrated by Philip Glass. Presenters: Mark Russell & Robert SandallProducer: Philip Tagney Now on Radio 3 it’s time for Robert Sandall and Mark

Remixes By Aphex Twin

Thanks to my brother for help with the first five scans on this page, like most of my articles I’m sure it will be updated as/if more content comes to light. Melody Maker (5th March 1994) APHEX DREAMS OF LEMONHEADS THE LEMONHEADS are set for an unlikely collaboration with APHEX TWIN (Above). He intends to

Contemporary Reviews: Syro

NME (20th September 2014) Thanks to Plunderphucked for the record collector review THE DETAILS RELEASE DATE September 22. LABEL Warp. PRODUCER Richard D James. LENGTH 64:3. TRACKLISTING: 1. minipops 67 (source field mix) 2. XMAS_EVET10 (thanaton3 mix) 3. produk 29. 4. 4 bit 9d api+e+6 5. 180db_. 6. CIRCLONT6A (syrobonkus mix). 7. fz pseudotimestretch+e+3. 8.

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, DJ Magazine (March 1994)

Extra special thanks to Plunderphucked for transcribing this article for me, thanks mate! Again thanks to my brother Paul for the scans! Aphex Twin DJ Mag March 1994 Artist Profile pic by Kay Burmist “Richard James is a total prick” Despite being feted by the rock inkies Richard James aka the Aphex Twin doesn’t give

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

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

John Peel’s Sounds of the Suburbs, Aphex Twin & Luke Vibert (21st March 1999)

Sound of the Suburbs was originally broadcast in the UK on Channel 4, Sunday the 21st of March 1999. Below is my transcription of the Aphex/Vibert interview/casual chat by John peel. Below the transcription are a few articles from the local newspaper decrying the depiction of Cornwall in the programme rather than discussing the music

Analogue Bubblebath, (Muzik Magazine, September 2002)

Artist: The Aphex Twin Track: ‘Analogue Bubblebath’Introduced post acid housers to electronica ‘ANALOGUE BUBBLEBATH’FACTFILERECORD LABEL: R&SRELEASED DATE: MAY 9TH 1992CHART POSITION: 55APPROX SALES: 25,000AVAILABLE ON: APHEX TWIN – ‘CLASSICS’ (R&S) In 1992, Renaat Vandepapeliere, who eventually signed ‘Analogue Bubblebath’ to his R&S label, enthused that “The Aphex Twin is the Jimi Hendrix of electronic music.”

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 Manuel Sepulveda (30th Anniversary of Analogue Bubblebath)

This interview was posted on the 1st of September 2021, it being the month of the 30th Anniversary of Analogue Bubblebath’s release (September 1991) Preface Manuel Sepulveda is a graphic artist based out of London, who has worked for noted record labels such as ‘Rephlex’, ‘Warp’, ‘Planet Mu’ and ‘Hyperdub’. His work includes design &

Contemporary Reviews: 26 Mixes for Cash *Updated 05/02/2022*

Wire Magazine (March 2003) Richard James might be a chancer, but at least his latest Aphex Twin collection lays bare the mercenary machinations behind remix culture. By David Stubbs Aphex Twin 26 MIXES FOR CASH, WARP WARP102 CD Remix culture is one of the more deceptive as well as insidious upshots of post-rave culture. Quite