BBC: "Music writer John Doran ventures into the strange world of Richard D James. Over the course of three decades James, known to his legion of hardcore fans as Aphex Twin, has achieved the primary but evasive aim of most serious musicians - the invention, exploration and curation of a truly unique and inimitable sound." Read on

» The Cult of Aphex Twin (mp3)

Track list at and more info at soundcloud.com at funkyjeff77.wordpress.com

» download at archive.org » via www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de

new aphex twin interview at pitchfork.com

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"Marc Weidenbaum will discuss his new book in the 33 1/3 series published by Bloomsbury, Selected Ambient Works Volume II, which is about the Aphex Twin (aka Richard D. James) album by that name. He will focus on the "cultural afterlife" that the album has experienced in the two decades since its initial release on the Warp and Sire labels in 1994."

Some links:

• disquiet.com
• pitchfork.com

• funkyjeff77.wordpress.com
• soundcloud.com

"Richard James came up with the idea of controlling a 48 piece string section and a 24 strong choir by remote control, using midi controllers, lots of headphones and some remote visual cues, after being commissioned to write some pieces for the European culture congress in Poland. There was only one opportunity for a rehearsal to see if the idea worked, it was in the morning, the day of the concert! This is the result."

Aphex Twin's remote orchestra

• See the other Aphex Twin edits for this show here
• See all other performances from the show here

APHEX TWIN 2009 tour megamix from weirdcore.

"Music from Aphex Twin's seminal 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92' reworked into orchestral versions by a certain Mr Rave Degolith."

• Download at www.myuzyk.net
• via www.kraftfuttermischwerk.de

"Arranged by Ben Wallace for the CCM (College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati) Steel Band directed by Rusty Burge June 2010"

• via www.dangerousminds.net
• original Aphex Twin track
• see also: Alarm Will Sound

download at soundcloud.com