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SickElixir is a dank, dark, claustrophobic and at times downright unsettling listening experience. But for all that, it’s also a startling bold and original piece of work. One that sees Blawan evolve and elevate his sound to a place where he’s pretty much alone, influence-wise.
On Tall Tales, Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard paint nightmarish and hallucinatory landscapes populated by monstrous entities, which are brought to eye-popping life by visual artist Jonathan Zawada.
A rundown my top albums of 2024, in no particular order. Even more electronic music than usual this year, plus some excellent guitar/rock albums. Expect to find Four Tet, The Smile, Actress, Floating Points, Mercury Rev and many more
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 four tracks on the GAK EP are reportedly demos that Richard D James had sent to Warp Records before he was signed; which were then put out as an EP following the release of his second album on the label. Listening to these tracks, which I may have heard only once before, I can … Continue reading GAK – GAK EP
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.
Somehow I managed to find 50 records to love in 2023. There were some personal favourites returning with new material like, Blur, Aphex Twin, The Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow, Steve Mason. And so many of the returning cast of 2021 dropping new material, Nation of Language, Tirzah, Vanishing Twin, Loraine James, Gazelle Twin. Not to mention fresh new sounds from the cutting edge to the next big thing, such as Bar Italia, Lee Gamble, Sofia Kourtesis.
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 first release under the AFX moniker, Analogue Bubblebath 3 has the run time of an album, which would make it James' only LP on his own Rephlex Records.
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