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Blake Mikesell
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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:06:11 -0500
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Re: [idm] Rephlex / AFX: Analord CD.
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Whoops! For some reason I had assumed the alternate mix by unknown artist was richard. Bzzt! Wrong! Www.discogs.com/release/220198 So richard does know what he's done over the past 5 years more than I do after all. B. On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:25 am, Esa Ruoho wrote:
quoted 3 lines ovuca and bogdan had a track or two on that soundtrack , innit_> ovuca and bogdan had a track or two on that soundtrack , innit_ > >
<djfuckstick@tmail.com> wrote:
quoted 142 lines They forgot the manhunt soundtrack in there. Didn't afx have a track>> They forgot the manhunt soundtrack in there. Didn't afx have a track >> or >> 2 on that? >> >> Never did play that game or hear those tracks.. >> >> B. >> >> On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 9:29 am, David Sim wrote: >> >> CAT 173 CD: AFX - "Chosen Lords" (Analord album) >> > >> > Indeed, like the press release (including a track list at the >> bottom) >> > says: >> > >> > Artist AFX >> > >> > Title Chosen Lords album >> > >> > Release Date 10 April 2006 >> > >> > Label Rephlex >> > >> > Format CD >> > >> > Catalogue # CAT173CD >> > >> > Distribution SRD >> > >> > Website www.rephlex.com >> > >> > >> > *Analord is Aphex Twin doing what he does best: refreshing >> electronic >> > music in such an exquisite, effortlessly inventive fashion that you >> > pity his peers. Once again, James dissolves the boundaries between >> > disco, electro, techno and pop? and stimulates the parts other >> > musicians don*t even know exist. Pure synthesized heaven* Uncut >> > >> > Throughout 2005, and with little fanfare, Richard D. James released >> the >> > Analord series of twelve inches under the AFX moniker on his label >> > Rephlex. In total, 41 tracks were released over a series of singles >> * >> > Analord Volumes 1-11 * all neatly contained in a custom binder, sold >> > direct to fans via the Rephlex website. >> > >> > Each record went on to sell into five-figure quantities * on vinyl >> > format ONLY! The tracks were not available for download or on CD, >> > making this a considerable sales achievement. For fans of Aphex >> Twin, >> > it was an almost unprecedented bounty of new material in the gap >> since >> > the 2001 double album, Drukqs, but many people who have abandoned >> their >> > turntables will have remained unaware of this hive of activity. >> > >> > In April 2006, Rephlex will release Chosen Lords. Rather than >> release a >> > triple CD featuring all 41 tracks, AFX himself has distilled the >> tunes >> > into a cohesive album, as it was intended to be heard. Chosen Lords >> is, >> > in fact, the first full album of new material from Richard D. James >> > since Drukqs, and the word of mouth is that the tracks are among his >> > very best classics. >> > >> > The style? As with most Richard D. James releases, it's hard to pin >> > down to any genre. Largely recorded on Richard's private collection >> of >> > unique collection of analogue synthesizers * vintage, modern and >> > home-made, the rhythms, melodies, harmonies, even some subliminal >> > lyrics have all evolved directly from the machines. One could say >> > Chosen Lords is partly-inspired by NY electro, Chicago house and >> > Detroit techno classics, but the album also stimulates the kind of >> > *lucid dreaming* atmosphere found on Selected Ambient Works 85-92. >> > >> > Many people try to imitate Richard's sound, but he remains an >> > unrivalled innovator when it comes to the emotional and musical >> depth >> > and complexity of his tracks. As this composer and producer's skills >> > and life experiences are constantly evolving, so too does the music >> > gain ever greater resonance. If you are interested in looking back >> to >> > past memories, through your current mood or forward to future >> emotions, >> > you're going to find something of interest on Chosen Lords. The only >> > limits are self-imposed. >> > >> > Since 2001, the only Aphex Twin/AFX related releases have largely >> been >> > reissues: the 26 Mixes For Cash double CD (Warp, 2003), Hangable >> > Autobulb CD (Warp, 2005) bringing together two EPs on CD for the >> first >> > time, two 12*s on the Men imprint (remixes of 808 State, DJ Pierre >> and >> > The Bug), 'Mangle' on the last Rephlexions compilation (Rephlex, >> 2004), >> > and a limited edition split 12* with LFO (Warp, 2005). >> > >> > Chosen Lords is Richard D. James at the peak of his powers, in the >> > prime of life. Unmissable. >> > >> > >> > Chosen Lords >> > >> > 1. Fenix Funk5 >> > 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. XMD5A >> > >> > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an >> > attachment >> > may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer >> > system: >> > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications >> with >> > the >> > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK >> > legislation. >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org
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