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Artist: Aphex Twin
Exploring the experimental possibilities inherent in acid and ambience, the two major influences on home-listening techno during the late '80s, Richard D. James' recordings as Aphex Twin brought him more critical praise than any other electronic artist during the 1990s. Though his first major single, "Didgeridoo," was a piece of acid thrash... [+] Read More
Artist: Linkin Park
Old-school hip-hop, traditional classic rock, and spooling electronic vibes were the initial factors behind the building of the alternative metal quintet, Linkin Park. The band's southern Californian musical roots were also an underlying basis, for drummer Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, and MC/vocalist Mike Shinoda formed a tight friendship... [+] Read More
Artist: 2wenty2wo
Experimental 3 piece from Limerick, Ireland, mixing electronic beats, guitars and synthesisers. Like Big Blag and Aphex Twin meets Prince and the Flaming Lips [+] Read More
Artist: Itchy
Started out as a thing to just around with beaterator, soon became a real project when I got reason and ableton. I later got FL Studio and primarly use that.
an aphex twin and venetian snares rip off. [+] Read More
Artist: Global Goon
According to his press bio, Global Goon's Johnny Hawk is a former shepherd from Liverpool who earned a recording contract after moving to London and rooming with Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) for a time. Hawk had worked in the capital for a multimedia company while making music on the side; after moving into a shared house with James, he... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Jeffs
Another product of Richard "Aphex Twin" James' Rephlex stable, Chris Jeffs' releases as Cylob and Kinaesthesia have numbered among the Cornwall-based imprint's most celebrated recent releases. Not nearly as prolific as his friends and sometime-labelmates James and Mike Paradinas (µ-Ziq), Jeffs has nonetheless amassed an impressive catalog of... [+] Read More
Artist: Vulva
Tim Hutton and Thomas Melchior formed Vulva in 1993 in England. The experimental techno duo signed with the Rephlex label (home of Aphex Twin) and released From the Cockpit in 1995. Vulva's first domestic release was the Mini Space Vulvette EP, for Reflective Records. After a side project for the German Source label called Yoni ("Yoni" and My... [+] Read More
Artist: lucidstatic
Lucidstatic is the bastard child of years of industrial, punk, metal, and experimental listening. The music ranges from dance friendly to abrasive soundscapes to beats that feel like sledgehammers on your temples. "Realy interesting textures. Its like Aphex Twin meets Dr. Dre on a couple of the tracks. I love that laid back but dark and haunting... [+] Read More
Artist: oPTIMÆ
Started in 2006, oPTIMÆis the brain-child of 16 year old Theo McGrath. He started making music after being inspired by the album 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92' by Aphex Twin. He created music for himself mainly and has finished a number of full lentgh albums, 'Input/Output' and 'I-XI' [+] Read More
Artist: Polygon Window
Richard James' recorded his first album for Warp as part of the label's Artificial Intelligence series. Polygon Window's Surfing on Sine Waves was released in late 1992, and earned James' first American release the following year via Warp's package deal with TVT Records. [See Also: Aphex Twin] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Chaos A.D.
Wishing perhaps to distance himself from the collection of his early recordings released by Rephlex, Tom Jenkinson (aka Squarepusher) issued the material as Chaos A.D. The alias did indeed mark a radically different sound for Jenkinson, mostly hardcore acid techno in the vein of his one-time label-mate Aphex Twin's Caustic Window recordings.... [+] Read More
Artist: The Gasman
Portsmouth, U.K., resident Christopher Reeves is the man behind the eerie electronica of the Gasman. A teenage fan of breakbeat rave music, early Aphex Twin, and the output of the Rephlex label, Reeves' own music is built from reel-to-reel tapes of classical music run through a laptop computer. In 2003, Planet Mu issued the Gasman's debut,... [+] Read More
Artist: Torley Wong
Christian techno auteur Torley Wong grew up in British Columbia, classically trained on piano. He soon became more interested in composing his own work than performing that of the old masters, and after being given a keyboard, he became more interested in electronic dance music. Inspired by a variety of artists ranging from J.S. Bach to Aphex... [+] Read More
Artist: Richard Devine
Richard Devine is one of the most talented (if not prolific) of the producers organized around the Miami neo-electro haven of Schematic Records. Based in Atlanta, Devine's productions have the rigid breakbeat swing of prime electro recordings, but also a high degree of DSP (digital signal processing) magic in keeping with Schematic's... [+] Read More
Artist: Cylob
Another product of Richard "Aphex Twin" James' Rephlex stable, Chris Jeffs' releases as Cylob and Kinesthesia have numbered among the Cornwall-based imprint's most celebrated recent releases. Not nearly as prolific as his friends and sometime-labelmates James and Mike Paradinas (µ-Ziq), Jeffs has nonetheless amassed an impressive catalog of... [+] Read More
Artist: Kinesthesia
Another product of Richard "Aphex Twin" James' Rephlex stable, Chris Jeffs' releases as Cylob and Kinesthesia have numbered among the Cornwall-based imprint's most celebrated recent releases. Not nearly as prolific as his friends and sometime-labelmates James and Mike Paradinas (µ-Ziq), Jeffs has nonetheless amassed an impressive catalog of... [+] Read More
Artist: The Vanity Clause
The Vanity Clause are a duo who share a love of analogue synths, experimental sounds and catchy tunes! They draw from such luminescent sources as Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Ultravox, Underworld and the Aphex twin, they create classic pop tunes with a dancey, experimental edge. Russell Harris - The Vanity Clause's principal electronic wizard -... [+] Read More
Artist: Astrobotnia
Author of a series of Rephlex records whose imagination and brilliance provoked rumors they were the work of Aphex Twin himself, Astrobotnia was nevertheless claimed by the label to be the work of "a new Rephlex signing," one Kristian Richards. Released during 2001-02, the three releases (respectively, a mini-LP, an EP, and a full LP) worked in... [+] Read More
Artist: Amen Andrews
Amen Andrews is another in a long line of aliases for electronic music juggernaut Luke Vibert. Amen (named after the famed drum break of the same name) made his first appearance on a series of highly sought after, limited-edition 12"s on Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge's esteemed Rephlex imprint. While many of these... [+] Read More
Artist: ophaus
This project has been ongoing since 2001. On this page are selections from each recording. Each album has its own unique theme, but, in general, the concept is to stretch the limits of pop and dance music, to make weird music listenable (or listenable music weird... depends on the situation.) My influences are widely varied: Aphex Twin, ABBA,... [+] Read More
Artist: Vibert/Simmonds
To look at the production credits on Vibert/Simmonds' only album, the listener is led to believe that the act is a duo consisting of Luke Vibert and Jeremy Simmonds. In a confusing act of techno subterfuge, however, Vibert is the only one responsible for the 1993 LP on Rephlex. It was his first album, and stands as the most idiosyncratic release... [+] Read More
Artist: Leila
Moving from a supporting keyboard role with Björk and Galliano to put out her own record on Aphex Twin's Rephlex Records, Leila is the rare female electronica songwriter that doesn't sing, choosing instead for her album Like Weather to use vocals from friends and even her own sister. Born in Iran, she spent part of her childhood there but was... [+] Read More
Artist: K Rad
K Rad make electronica that purposefully defies categorization, constructed quickly by the group in its North Chicago apartment on a variety of computers. Group members Mark Hardy, Chris Grabowski, and Joe Hahn built their audience on the Internet (www.padk-rad.com), where they released over a dozen CD-Rs before Pravda Records released their... [+] Read More
Artist: Seefeel
Halfway between the often connected worlds of British indie rock and experimental techno, Seefeel continued the guitar-effects exploration of rock's My Bloody Valentine but set the whole in a framework of electronic beats and loops. Begun as a standard rock band in early 1992, the quartet soon grew bored within the restraints of normal musical... [+] Read More
Artist: Xinlisupreme
With blizzards of guitar noise, urgent beats, and looped electronics, Oita, Japan's Xinlisupreme (pronounced zinly supreme) recast My Bloody Valentine, Suicide, and Aphex Twin in a strange genre-assaulting sound that is at times gentle, at times violent, but always unique.
The band, made up of Yasumi Okano and Takayuki Shouji, who trade off on... [+] Read More
