Aphex Twin

Genre: Glitch

Origin: England

Status: Active

Not many artists can claim to have changed an entire genre with a single album. Richard D. James is one of those who can.

After dabbling for years in minimalist, glitch-driven compositions, releasing material under a host of pseudonyms (Blue Calx, AFX, Power-Pill, Polygon Window being but a few), James turned the electronica world on its head with the 1992 release of Selected Ambient Works 85-92. If the title is to be believed, this collection stretched back to songs written when James was as young as 14. The mish-mash of atmospheric ambience, tape effects and glitches, bass lines, and drum beats combined the minimalist ambience of artists like Brian Eno and Philip Glass with the dance sensibilities of acid and house music, giving birth to what would later be called Intelligent Dance Music (IDM).

Other artists on the Warp label also contributed to the rise of IDM, but it was the effect of Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Aphex Twin's subsequent releases that really challenged the electronica scene to become more experimental and innovative. Featuring extremely complex programmed drum beats, incorporation of found sounds, chaotic rhythms and frequent changes in time signature, most Aphex Twin songs are actually very difficult to dance to and are more at home in headphones than in the club.

Darktronica favorites are "Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix)," "Girl/Boy Song," "Vordhosbn," "To Cure A Weakling Child," and "Alberto Balsam."

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Aphex Twin Discography

Analogue Bubblebath

(1991)

 

A1. Analogue Bubblebath

A2. Isopropophlex

B1. En Trance To Exit

B2. AFX 2

Analogue Bubblebath 2

(1991)

 

A1. Digeridoo (Aboriginal Mix)

B1. Untitled

B2. Untitled

Digeridoo

(1992, R & S Records)

 

A1. Digeridoo

A2. Flap Head

B1. Phloam

B2. Isoprophlex

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

(1992, Apollo)

 

Best Album Of 1992

Disc 1

1. Xtal

2. Tha

3. Pulsewidth

4. Ageispolis

5. i

6. Green Calx

7. Heliosphan

Disc 2

1. We Are The Music Makers

2. Schottkey 7th Path

3. Ptolemy

4. Hedphelym

5. Delphium

6. Actium

Xylem Tube (EP)

(1992, R & S Records)

 

A1. Polynomial-C

A2. Tamphex

B1. Phlange Phace

B2. Dodeccaheedron

Analogue Bubblebath 3 (EP)

(1993, Rephlex)

 

A1. .215061

A2. .000890569

A3. .38

A4. .0180871

B1. .55278097732581

B2. .942937

B3. .1993841

B4. AFX 6/B

On (EP)

(1993, Warp)

 

1. On

2. 73-Yips

3. D-Scape

4. Xepha

Analogue Bubblebath 4 (EP)

(1994, Rephlex)

 

1. Elephant Song

2. Gibbon

3. Cuckoo

4. Sloth

5. Knievel

Classics (Compilation)

(1994, R & S Records)

 

1. Digeridoo

2. Flaphead

3. Phloam

4. Isopropanol

5. Polynomial-C

6. Tamphex (Hedphuq Mix)

7. Phlange Phace

8. Dodeccaheedron

9. Analogue Bubblebath 1

10. Metapharstic

11. We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin QQT Mix)

12. We Have Arrived (Aphex twin TTQ Mix)

13. Digeridoo (Live in Corwall, 1990)

Selected Ambient Works Volume II

(1994, Warp)

 

Top 10 Of 1994

Disc 1

1. Cliffs

2. Radiator

3. Rhubarb

4. Grass

5. Mold

6. Curtains

7. Blur

8. Weathered Stone

9. Tree

10. Domino

11. White Blur 1

Disc 2

1. Blue Calx

2. Parallel Stripes

3. Shiny Metal Rods

4. Grey Strip

5. Z Twig

6. Windowsill

7. Hexagon

8. Lichen

9. Spots

10. Tassels

11. White Blur 2

12. Matchsticks

... I Care Because You Do

(1995, Warp)

 

Top 10 Of 1995

1. Acrid Avid Jam Shred

2. The Waxen Pith

3. Wax The Nip

4. Icct Hedral (Edit)

5. Ventolin (Video Version)

6. Come On You Slags!

7. Start As You Mean To Go On

8. Wet Tip Hen Ax

9. Mookid

10. Alberto Balsalm

11. Cow Cud Is A Twin

12. Next Heap With

Analogue Bubblebath 5

(1995, Rephlex)

 

1. Untitled

2. Untitled

3. Untitled

4. Untitled

5. Untitled

6. Untitled

7. Untitled

8. Untitled

9. Untitled

Donkey Rhubarb

(1995, Warp)

 

1. Donkey Rhubarb

2. Vaz Deferenz

3. Icct Hedral (Philip Glass Orchestration)

4. Pancake Lizard

Hangable Auto Bulb (EP)

(1995, Warp)

 

A1. Children Talking

A2. Hangable Auto Bulb

B1. Laughable Butane Bob

B2. Bit

B3. Custodian Discount

B4. Wabby Legs

Ventolin

(1995, Warp)

 

1. Salbutamol Mix

2. Praze-An-Beeble Mix

3. Marazanvose Mix

4. Plain-An-Gwarry Mix

5. The Coppice Mix

6. Crowsmengegus Mix

Ventolin (Remixes) (Remix Album)

(1995, Warp)

 

A1. Wheeze Mix

A2. Carharrack Mix

A3. Probus Mix

B1. Colob Mix

B2. Deep Gong Mix

B3. Asthma Beats Mix

Girl/Boy E.P. (EP)

(1996, Warp)

 

1. Girl Boy (NLS Mix)

2. Milk Man

3. Inkey$

4. Girl Boy (£18 Snare Rush Mix)

5. Beetles

6. Girl Boy (Redruth Mix)

Richard D. James Album

(1996, Warp)

 

1. 4

2. Cornish Acid

3. Peek 824545201

4. Fingerbib

5. Carn Marth

6. To Cure A Weakling Child

7. Goon Gumpas

8. Yellow Calx

9. Girl/Boy Song

10. Logan Rock Witch

Come To Daddy (EP)

(1997, Warp)

 

1. Come To Daddy (Pappy Mix)

2. Flim

3. Come To Daddy (Little Lord Faulteroy Mix)

4. Bucephalus Bouncing Ball

5. To Cure A Weakling Child (Contour Regard)

6. Funny Little Man

7. Come To Daddy (Mummy Mix)

8. IZ-US

Drukqs

(2001, Warp)

 

Disc 1

1. Jynweythek

2. Vordhosbn

3. Kladfvgbung Micshk

4. Omgyjya Switch7

5. Strotha Tynhe

6. Gwely Mernans

7. Bbydhyonchord

8. Cock/Ver10

9. Avril 14Th

10. Mt Saint Michel Mix+St Michaels Mount

11. Gwarek2

12. Orban Eq Trx4

13. Aussois

14. Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow

15. Kesson Dalef

Disc 2

1. 54 Cymru Beats

2. Btoum-Roumada

3. Lornaderek

4. Qkthr

5. Meltphace 6

6. Bit 4

7. Prep Gwarlek 36

8. Father

9. Taking Control

10. Petiatil Cx Htdui

11. Ruglen Holon

12. Afx237 V7

13. Ziggomatic V17

14. Beskhu3epnm

15. Nanou 2

26 Mixes For Cash

(2003, Warp)

 

Disc 1

1. Seefeel - Time To Find Me (AFX Fast Mix)

2. Gavin Bryars - Raising The Titanic (Big Drum Mix)

3. The Gentle People - Journey (Aphex Twin Care Mix)

4. Kinesthesia - Triachus (Aphex Twin Mix)

5. Philip Glass - Heroes (Aphex Twin Remix)

6. Buck-Tick - In The Glitter Part 2 (Aphex Twin Mix)

7. Jesus Jones - Zeros And Ones (Aphex Twin Reconstruction #2)

8. Nav Katze - Ziggy (Aphex Twin Mix #1)

9. Saint Etienne - Your Head My Voice (Voix Revirement)

10. Nav Katze - Change (Aphex Twin Mix #2)

11. The Beatniks - Une Femme N'est Pas Un Homme (Aphex Twin Mix)

12. Nine Inch Nails - The Beauty Of Being Numb Section B (Created By Aphex Twin)

13. Nobukazu Takemura - Let My Fish Loose (Aphex Twin Remix)

Disc 2

1. Die Fantastischen Vier - Krieger (Aphex Twin Baldhu Mix)

2. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub - Deep In Velvet (Aphex Twin Turnips Mix)

3. Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin Remix)

4. Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin QQT Mix)

5. Nine Inch Nails - At The Heart Of It All (Created By Aphex Twin)

6. 808 State - Flow Coma (AFX Remix)

7. Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (Acid Edit)

8. Baby Ford - Normal (Helston Flora Remix By AFX)

9. Aphex Twin - Radiator (Original Mix)

10. Meat Beat Manifesto - Mindstream (The Aphex Twin Remix)

11. DMX Krew - You Can't Hide Your Love (Hidden Love Mix)

12. Wagon Christ - Spotlight (Aphex Twin Mix)

13. Mike Flowers Pops - Debase (Soft Palate)

Chosen Lords (Compilation)

(2006, Rephlex)

 

1. Fenix Funk 5

2. Reunion 2

3. Pitcard

4. Crying In Your Face

5. Klopjob

6. Boxing Day

7. Batine Acid

8. Cilonen

9. PWSteal.Ldpinch.D

10. XMD 5a

Last updated October 5, 2007.

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