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The Richard D James Album is all the more impressive for its short duration, given the sheer breadth of creativity on display and how comprehensively James builds a self-contained sound-world that fizzes with contemporary influences yet exists purely on its own terms.
The title track is notorious as perhaps one of the most unlistenable pieces in electronic music.
Donkey Rhubarb is an odd release, as idiosyncratic and unsettling as Aphex Twin always is.
The album's beauty lies in the counterpoint between the hard and soft edges, jagged percussion and soothing melodies, screeching clamour and woozy respite.
Despite containing mainly sketches and off-cuts, there's a huge amount of creativity on display on this EP.
The Hangable Auto Bulb EP finds Aphex Twin at a new juncture, where technology opened new avenues of experimentation.
The On EP sees Aphex Twin go beyond the confines of something resembling dance music and into a realm that exists on his own terms.
The advent of '93 sees Richard D James entering a particularly fruitful patch of creativity, which he'd ride with a slew of albums and EPs for pretty much the rest of the decade.
Richard D James' full-length debut - a classic of electronic music, whose influence is still felt to this day.
Joyrex J9 is probably the weakest of the Caustic Window trio, lacking does a Cordialatron or On the Romance Tip. Not that there isn't some industrial-strength acid rave gold here.
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