Photo by Ian Tilton “Is this the sound of old languages breaking up? Or of new ones forming?” APHEX TWINThe Mozart of Techno A LIGHT DRIZZLE IS STARTING TO FALL ON THE SMALL Stoke Newington park that is Aphex Twin’s location of choice. He comes scything across a busy road on his beaten-up mountain bike.Continue reading “Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (January/February 1994)”
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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 toContinue reading “Remixes By Aphex Twin”
Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (December 2002)
Cornish Eccentric [By Andrew Male] FACE ACHE SCOTLAND, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2002. IN MARCH THE APHEX Twin, AKA Richard D James, releases a two-CD compilation bluntly titled 26 Mixes For Cash. Fiddling originals by Philip Glass, Nine Inch Nails, Mike Flowers Pops et al, it’s a retrospective encompassing 10 years of Aphex’s unique brand ofContinue reading “Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (December 2002)”
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 wouldContinue reading “Six Techno-Death Pieces”
30 Years of Digeridoo
Many thanks to Ben Kelp for providing me with the 1991 recording of Digeridoo from Kiss FM, thanks to Dame Deee and others with help compiling this article Genesis The early 90’s were a time of ever increasing tempos within dance music, a musical weapons race to utterly obliterate the techno dancefloor. Given this context,Continue reading “30 Years of Digeridoo”
Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (June 2020)
(LC note, this article contains some interesting anecdotes from Paul Nicholson, well worth a read!) MAY 1992 …Aphex Twin sounds his Digeridoo MAY 3 “I think you’d be hard put to dance to this,” mused John Peel before spinning Aphex Twin’s Digeridoo one night in early 1992, “but it is a great record.” Commencing withContinue reading “Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (June 2020)”