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Big Loada was one of the first releases by Squarepusher that I got my hands on when I was around 17 or 18, and I'll say upfront it's one of my favourite releases by him and one of my favourite releases of all time - absolutely killer. Check out my video review
Hard Normal Daddy was Squarepusher's first album to come out on Warp Records, the label that would remain his home until the present day. Released in 1997, it’s a far more consistent and comprehensive artistic statement than his debut. Check out my video review
Take a deep dive into Feed Me Weird Things, the debut album from Squarepusher (aka Tom Jenkinson), released in 1996 on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label. Check out my video review
Usually releasing a blend of glitch, IDM and various urban styles under her own name, Whatever the Weather is an outlet for Loraine James’ more ambient leaning work.
Unusually for Aphex Twin remixes, these bear some resemblance to the originals, albeit taking them in unexpected directions. Both cuts are peak Aphex for me, demanding your full attention with their insatiable energy as soon as they come on.
The Windowlicker track and video are so entwined it's difficult to separate the two. Landing in that confluence between analogue warmth and rubberised digital weirdness; the r'n'b cadences and human moans and groans always at the mercy of being overpowered by atonal walls of static and undanceable programmed rhythms.
The Come to Daddy mini album unites the disparate strands running through James' music as the time, with a deeply odd sense of urban decay.
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 only two releases Richard D James put out under the Bradley Strider alias, a nice little find if you're after some off-kilter but on-point rave fuel.
The title track is notorious as perhaps one of the most unlistenable pieces in electronic music.
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