When Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, announced a few DJ dates in Europe, we hoped he'd break out some new beats as part of his sets. And he's doing exactly that. A spokesperson for Aphex's label, Warp, told us: "Richard himself says his sets are full of unreleased tunes."
Even better: Somebody captured six minutes of new material at last weekend's Aphex gig at Metz, France's Centre Pompidou and put it up on YouTube. (Thanks to Ben Capraro for the tip.) The video just shows James backed by a flashing screen but the audio is impeccable-- and the new stuff sounds dreamy and propulsive in all the right places. (No word on when or if the unreleased tunes will become available.)
"...we now pause to test the soul of the Steppenwolf"
Sounds like it's in the same style of the Analord outtakes that were release last winter. I hope this sees the light of day. Anyway, didn't Warp promise a new Aphex Twin album last year?
cosmic surgeon wrote:Sounds interesting, been a while since we had some new Aphex Twin material - any idea on release dates coming up? More than ready for this.
Not sure tbh. I'd heard something about a new album. It's supposedly him behind 'The Tuss' as well.
"...we now pause to test the soul of the Steppenwolf"
cosmic surgeon wrote:Sounds interesting, been a while since we had some new Aphex Twin material - any idea on release dates coming up? More than ready for this.
There were about 20 new AFX tracks released last December on the Rephlex site as bonus tracks to the digital release of the Analord series.
When Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, announced a few DJ dates in Europe, we hoped he'd break out some new beats as part of his sets. And he's doing exactly that. A spokesperson for Aphex's label, Warp, told us: "Richard himself says his sets are full of unreleased tunes."
Even better: Somebody captured six minutes of new material at last weekend's Aphex gig at Metz, France's Centre Pompidou and put it up on YouTube. (Thanks to Ben Capraro for the tip.) The video just shows James backed by a flashing screen but the audio is impeccable-- and the new stuff sounds dreamy and propulsive in all the right places. (No word on when or if the unreleased tunes will become available.)