Contemporary Reviews: …I Care Because You Do

Melody Maker (1995) TLC 30, TLC 60, TLC 90, GO! Fancy some neon-lit, soft-focus forms floating through that space between your ears? Or maybe you need a bit of dustbin-lid percussion to shock those sleep synapses? DAVE SIMPSON wakes up, rubs his eyes and discovers both, handily on the same album THE APHEX TWINI CARE

30 years of Xylem Tube

This month (June 2022) marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Aphex Twin’s Xylem Tube E.P, which was released by R&S records in June of 1992. Polynomial C 4:44 Tamphex (Headphuq Mix) 6:29 Phlange Phace 5:02 Dodeccaheedron 5:48 Xylem Tube Tracklisting Polynomial C Polynomial is a mathematical term usually seen in the context of

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 with

Contemporary Reviews: Classics

In a new article format I will be sharing various media reviews of Richard’s music. Hopefully they will be of some interest and provide a bit of historical context to each release. Melody Maker (28th January 1995) GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING A ‘PHEX MACHINE The myth of APHEX TWIN as a teenage Wilf