Tag: Aphex Twin
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Favourite albums / tracks of 2015
Ian Fondue asked me to post my favourite albums/songs of 2015. Not necessarily released in 2015, this year I tended to listen to older releases, Pitchfork and Stereogum are mostly confusing to me, the first year it’s mostly a bunch of names I have no idea who they are! It’s a long list, partly because…
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jour pluvieux mix
Sometimes I escape into music when things get bad and words don’t seem to be doing any justice. As was the case with the first rainy day mix years ago…and my podcast when I was doing that. Difference is it’s called ‘jour pluvieux’. I’ll admit my French is terrible, but if Google and other sites…
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AFX – Nightmail & Avril AltDelay
Some of the recent delights of the AFX soundcloud dump (yes it’s still going, I think he’s asking fans to name their best 30 for an upcoming release, or ordering of tracks) includes some really deranged house/techno. What about an acid version of Nightmail. Yes THAT Nightmail…banging Britten beats and Auden dropping some science! Never…
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Selected Aphex Works
I recently posted here about the tracks posted on Soundcloud by Aphex Twin, or AFx as he goes on there (which is more snappy than user48736353001!). Nice to get verification, both from U-ziq and now DJ Food that the tracks turning up seem genuine and match old tapes – but as I said before it’s…
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Loser Kanye – Beck vs Kanye
Apparently there was some award show, yeah it’s Grammy silly season where not only did Aphex Twin win something (?) but Kanye did his usual T-Swift act, on Beck this time. PomDeter does it again with this excellent Loser vs Kanye mash which deserves to go mega-viral. You heard it here first, well probably.
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A must for AFX fans
The snappily titled user48736353001 is posting some gems over at Soundcloud – 150 at the latest count, and is a certain Richard D. James. Here is a live version of Heliosphan which is amazing and definitely for the fans of his Selected Ambient Works, and I see he’s just posted a ‘slo’ version of Red…