Contemporary Reviews: Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2

NME (31st January 2015) After last year’s comeback, the robots threaten to take over on Richard D James’ challenging new EP Aphex Twin Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2 Among plentiful praise, one of the main criticisms hurled at Aphex Twin’s ‘Syro’ when it arrived last year was that it sounded a bit straightforward, a

Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2

Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 is an EP released by Richard in January 2015 on Warp Records. The record was a quasi-sequel to the Disklavier midi controlled piano style pieces from the album Drukqs, only this time the Disklavier was accompanied by drums, pipe organs and other robotic instruments that were directly controlled by a

Aphex Twin,Q Magazine (November 2014)

Thanks to Reddit user Plunderphucked for sending me this interview and assisting me with any typos! Being Aphex Twin You may know Aphex Twin as Richard D James, the genius and agent provocateur of Generation Rave, as prone to DJing with sandpaper as he is to recording heart-bursting electronica. But what is James, married father-of-two,