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Aphex Twin to Compile
Analord Vinyl
into CD Release Aphex Twin has a knack for being
very unconventional. With the joys of
branding completely thrown out the window,
he amazes the public by defying the theory
of name recognition with all of the different
aliases he uses. The artist formerly known
by such names as Caustic Window, Polygon
Window, Gak, and umm, his real name Richard
D James, is continuing to write his own
history in his own words.
Last
year he released a lengthy and drawn out
series of LP's on vinyl under the name
of Analord. In order to buy it
from his own Rephlex Records label,
you had to place an order for the entire
set, complete with a binder to keep them
all in. He was entirely of sound mind
and body when he did this, although again,
it defies conventional wisdom.
He
chose vinyl (presumably) because all of
the songs were created based on analogue
sounds. CD's sound great forever, but
vinyl sounds fantastic in the beginning
and then degrades. So to keep the analogue
sounds up to high fidelity standards,
vinyl would have been the only way to
go. CD's just don't have the same dynamic
range.
He
charged $75, gave you the last installment
first, then went back to release the other
nine records in order. Instead of people
shying away from such a big order, they
came on in droves, with the set selling
more than 100,000 copies.
But
now even mere mortals can have at some
of the music, not just the legion Aphex
die-hards who bought the binder. He's
releasing a CD version, paired down to
10 tracks, for safe and modest consumption.
It'll be released in early April in the
U.S. and Europe.
Aphex
Twin: Chosen Lords Track List
01 Fenix Funk 5
02 Reunion 2
03 Pitcard
04 Crying In Your Face
05 Klopjob
06 Boxing Day
07 Batine Acid
08 Cilonen
09 PWSteal.Ldpinch.D
10 XMD5A
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