This may resolve the mystery of who's behind Bodenstandig 2000.
Ripped from Other Music's weekly new-releases update.
Bodenstandig 2000 "Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3" (Rephlex) CD/LP
$23.99/$23.99
Richard James (aka Aphex Twin, AFX, Gak, Caustic Window, etc.) answers Frank
Zappa's rhetorical question "Does humor belong in music?" with a resounding
"Da!". Yet another anonymous side project, Bodenstandig 2000 unleashes 18
tracks of cheesy Casio-pop and distorted rave anthems sprinkled with bizarre
German dialogue. In anyone else's hand, this joke wouldn't be very
entertaining. But James manages to pull it off with schlager-esque charm.
Even so, this one may be best left for hardcore Aphex/Rephlex fans only.
Dave Segal
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