Few things would make my fingers go numb and my brain at a loss for words quite like this. But there’s simply not much to add to this, other than to say that Aphex Twin has released a 21-track modular album and loads of other things, plus pages and pages and pages and pages of interview notes via the wonderful noyzelab blog. There’s a two-part interview, and as for everything else, you might as well just head to SoundCloud, queue things up, and not sleep for a long time. (They’re all free downloads, too.)
The whole thing looks like the interview was conducted over IRC and you may need to snort caffeine and Pixy Stix to get through it in one sitting, but, you know – in a good way. I think you’ll have fun.
Aphex Twin SYROBONKERS! Interview Part 1
Aphex Twin SYROBONKERS! Interview – Part 2
On Blogger, so you can party like it’s 2006. Brilliant work by Dave Noyze, a nerdy geeky explosion for all you boys and girls. Aphex Twin macht Kinder froh.
It’s a whole Richard D. Jamesgasm.
I could add technical notes, for instance, except that I think the list of classic modular gear not used in these releases or discussed in the interview is probably longer than what it is.
And, sure, maybe that’s not really Aphex Twin, and maybe it’s not really his son, except that it is, so don’t worry about it. (If this really is Peter Kirn, really on CDM. Is it? Am I? Meh, never mind.)
Definitely don’t miss the album or these sounds. And, perhaps, maybe all of us should put our weird s*** on SoundCloud, and maybe someday, ads for BMW will air between them. In the meantime, go burn through their bandwidth, because you can.