Aphex Twin : Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Well, after an interesting Astronomy lecture in which we did
(among other things) Cosmic Strings (Brendan - take note) I
finally managed to get home and play my much awaited 2CD set,
not being DJ-conscious enough to buy the vinyl....but the poster
does sound worthwhile!
It's back to Xylem Tube for the lettering, with a photo of a
well cool aphex on a wall which looks like it was hidden in
a pyramid for the last 2000 years. The "textures" are small
snapshots, the kind where you have to guess what it is as it's
been taken close up or at a funny angle - ie one of them is
down the middle of a radiator etc........but I digress!
Fans of more ominous & brooding ambience like Blue Calx (included
here) and Analogue Bubblebath 3 (the track from trance europe)
will be in for a treat, as fully 50% of the album sounds like
this. All the bass, hum, weird noises and dialogue from another
dimension that you can handle - this is 2.5 hours worth of bliss.
The best one for me has got to be the last track (24?) which RDJ
played when he was on radio 1 : I think this should be the
"cathedrals in space" one!
I think this is worth a 10/10.(very TeePworthy!)
Looking forward to all yer reviews folks,
esp.
Greg(303), Fluid & TeeP, plus that lost transmission
from Cowley chap.(ta for the tape Mr N!)
Ah well, back to boring old "Origin Of The Solar System"...
bye!
Matthew Hunter mhun@dcs.ed.ac.uk
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