Blah Blah Magazine (November 1996)

Future Sound Of North London HIS FIRST NAME’S RICHARD, HIS MIDDLE NAME’S DICK, HE SENDS PEOPLE HAIR IN THE MAIL, AND HE IS, AT LAST, WORTHY OF THE TITLE ‘THE MOZART OF TECHNO’. YOUR POST-DANCE, PRE-MILLENNIUM ATTENTION, PLEASE, FOR MR APHEX TWIN… The phone rings. A voice says: “He’s in the café.” The rendezvous isContinue reading “Blah Blah Magazine (November 1996)”

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. FamouslyContinue reading “Aphex Twin,The Face Magazine (October 2001)”

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.Continue reading “Aphex Twin, Mojo Magazine (January/February 1994)”

Aphex Twin & Philip Glass, NME (5th of August 1995)

Thanks again to my brother Paul for scanning this for me, cheers Paul! ART OF GLASS APHEX TWIN and PHILIP GLASS together at last?! Yes, it’s a knob-twiddling, avant-garde, trans-Atlantic, post-everything kind of vibe. BEN WILLMOTT dons his poshest anorak and attends the meeting of great maestros. Brownie roadie: STEVE DOUBLE “Richard!” Despite losing aboutContinue reading “Aphex Twin & Philip Glass, NME (5th of August 1995)”

Aphex Twin – Lodown Magazine (issue 29, 2001)

Many thanks to knallfurz for scanning and sending me this interview, cheers! A warm summer’s day in London and the Aphex Twin is relaxing in the city’s most famous open space, Hyde Park. He lies down on the grass, slips on the big silver headphones he takes everywhere and points his parabolic microphones, a deviceContinue reading “Aphex Twin – Lodown Magazine (issue 29, 2001)”

Contemporary Reviews: 26 Mixes for Cash *Updated 05/02/2022*

Wire Magazine (March 2003) Richard James might be a chancer, but at least his latest Aphex Twin collection lays bare the mercenary machinations behind remix culture. By David Stubbs Aphex Twin 26 MIXES FOR CASH, WARP WARP102 CD Remix culture is one of the more deceptive as well as insidious upshots of post-rave culture. QuiteContinue reading “Contemporary Reviews: 26 Mixes for Cash *Updated 05/02/2022*”

Aphex Twin, NME (18th March 1995)

WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK: THE APHEX TWIN THE APHEX TWIN BRAVES THE NME INQUISITION TO ANSWER ALL THOSE NASTY QUESTIONS WE’RE NORMALLY FAR TOO POLITE TO ASK YOUR CURRENT DJ ‘SET’ CONSISTS OF YOU MESSING ABOUT WITH SANDPAPER AND FOOD-MIXERS. IT’S NOT BIG, IT’S NOT CLEVER…IN FACT, IT’S BLOODY STUPID. ISN’T IT?Continue reading “Aphex Twin, NME (18th March 1995)”

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