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

30 Years of Selected Ambient Works Volume II

This article needs quite a bit of tidying up, but because it’s already late I’ve decided to publish what I have now and refine it in the future, many thanks! March 2024 heralds the 30th anniversary of Selected Ambient Works Volume II. Released in 1994, Richard’s second album under Aphex Twin , constitutes an extensive

OOR Magazine (March 1994)

Thanks again to my brother Paul for scanning this interview in for me, cheers! Richard D. James is the Aphex Twin. the outsider of British techno and only 22 years old. Richard makes his own sounds and hates the music circus. He never wants to do anything twice, but has been making enough songs for

The Ten Commandments of Aphex Twin (Spring 1994)

Article taken from Project X Magazine Issue 28 Apologies to anyone still waiting for my SAW II article, it’s still coming in the meantime here is a bit of fun! Every proper clubber knows Aphex Twin. Or at least every globe-hopping techno-head should. He is the original boy wonder of Techno who paved the way

Happy 30th Birthday SAW II!

Today (the 7th of May 2024) is the 30th Anniversary of Selected Ambient Works Volume II. I’ve been putting together an article to mark this occasion for a while now but real life circumstances have prevented me from having the time to complete it. Hopefully I will have something to share ASAP. In further news

Alternative Press (May 1997)

APHEX TWIN [THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE] After a career fuelled by strange rumours and obstinate behaviour, Richard James – the contrary, sleep-deprived, tank-driving genius behind Aphex Twin – is finally ready to open up, or is he? Ken Micallef flies to London for a closer look at James’ sunnier disposition. Photos by Tim Owen. Back

Paper Magazine (February 1997)

GAME THEORY Aphex Twin’s magical musical manipulations By Eric Demby “If you put 5,000 beats of a snare drum into a millionth of a second, it’ll go pfffffft brrraang. When you do that, it stops sounding like the sound you’re working with and just turns into this noise.” Over sushi (aka Aphex Twin) explains how

30 years of On EP

Hello sorry it took me so long to create this one, probably needs a bit of polishing! Thanks to Plunderphucked for some additions, cheers! First released by Warp Records on the 15th of November 1993, Aphex Twin’s On Ep celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. After various releases such as Surfing on Sine Waves, Quoth

Aphex Twin, B-Side Magazine (April/May 1994)

Thanks to my brother Paul for doing the scans, cheers Paul! text>Sandra A. Garcia + Photos > Sandra C. Davis APHEX TWIN LEXICON OF LIGHTSPEED “Those records: they are such a small percentage of what I have made. It’s just not representational of me at all, because I don’t make conventional dance music.” This whole

Aphex Twin,The Face Magazine (October 2001)

The Further Adventures of the Aphex Twin Text: John O’Connell You think his records sound like cutlery being chucked down the stairs? One of them is. Then there’s the one where he sampled his friend’s diarrhoea…Welcome back, the genius that is the Aphex Twin. It used to be pink, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. Famously

Aphex Twin, Movement Zine (1994)

Again many thanks to my brother Paul for doing the scanning! Selected Ambient Words Vol. 1 {click!}begintape by freelance attitude boy Jeremy Richard James is the man behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz. He is constantly behind his machines twiddly knobs – adjusting sliders to create the most eclectic music this side of

Warp Records (Dazed & Confused, October 1997)

This sort but sweet feature was kindly sent in by @jonbrooksphotos cheers Jon! Photo by Deirdre O’Callaghan WARP RECORDS AUTECHRE (SEAN BOOTH, ROB BROWN) CURRENT RELEASE: “CHICHLI SUITE” EPMOST SUCCESSFUL RELEASE: “TRI REPETAE” SINGLE MOTTO: YOU CAN’T BE TOO HONESTVITAL: THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS AT ALL… APHEX TWIN (RICHARD D JAMES) CURRENT RELEASE: “I

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

30 Years of Analogue Bubblebath Volume 3

This article has been fairly difficult to assemble so apologies for any errors that you might find currently. Very special thanks to Ben Middleton for providing me with the photos from Cligga Head and to Mike Paradinas , Plunderphucked, RareAfx and freefall for help with this article. Cheers! February of this year (2023) marks 30

Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (January/February 1994)

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.

Aphex Twin, Hypno Magazine (Vol 3, 1994)

Aphex Twin’s Mechanical Wonderland Thanks again to my brother Paul for scanning this interview for me, cheers Paul! Richard James has a lot in his mind. His is certainly a busy brain. Some might go so far as to call Richard a workaholic, but in definitive ambient techno circles, he’s known as Aphex Twin, Polygon

Aphex Twin, OOR Magazine (30th November 1996)

Many thanks again to my brother Paul for doing the scanning for me, cheers Paul! ‘There is a lot of playing it safe these days’ He is here again. the Aphex Twin has been making his own strange and tortuous tracks in electronic music for years and is now busy injecting personality into the anonymised

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

Aphex Twin, The Lizard (April/May 1995)

Again many thanks to my brother for scanning this material for me, cheers Paul! Revolutionary or Idiot-Savant? RICHARD JAMES is one of the most prolific and enigmatic composers of our age. Most baffling of all is his inability to explain his own work. RAZOR channel hops through the ether in search of an answer. Ghostly

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