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

Chaos Control Interview (1997)

Interview By Bob Gourley When Chaos Control interviewed you during the NASA tour, you mentioned that you built your own electronic instruments. Can you describe them a bit more, and explain how they work alongside commercially available gear? “Well, I don’t use the electronic stuff I made before. I use about two things that I

Aphex Twin, Frontpage Magazine (November 1996)

Many thanks to Plunderphucked for sending me the scans for this one, Cheers! Translation by me with the aid of translation tools, so excuse any strange syntax errors! Some call him Aphex Twin, others simply call him Richard D. James! And does it border on overconfidence when he gives his album the same title as

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

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