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From:
Alexander Drones
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Blake Mikesell
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Date:
Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:46:55 -0500
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Re: [idm] Rephlex / AFX: Analord CD.
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Too bad only one track from 6 is on there, because I really do rank that among the best of the series. Glad I've got em all on vinyl anyways. On 1/24/06, Blake Mikesell <djfuckstick@tmail.com> wrote:
quoted 166 lines Whoops!> > 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: > > ovuca and bogdan had a track or two on that soundtrack , innit_ > > > > > <djfuckstick@tmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. 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