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Joyrex J9i
''Joyrex J9i'' is a single by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. The release is a 10 inch vinyl and was limited to an edition of 300 copies. The title of this release is very similar to another Caustic Window release titled ''Joyrex J9ii''. ''Joyrex J9i'' is a limited edition picture disc, featuring a picture of a Roland TB-303 synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ... on Side A, and a picture of a Roland TR-606 drum machine on Side B. Hand-etched just inside the run-out groove on Side A are the words "THE ACID THAT FELL TO EARTH." Both tracks were later re-released on the album '' Compilation''. Track listing Side A #"Humanoid Must Not Escape" – 5:41 Side B #"Fantasia" – 6:01 *No track titles appear anywhere on the release; however ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jungle music, jungle. Journalists from publications including ''Mixmag'', ''The New York Times'', ''NME'', ''Fact (UK magazine), Fact,'' ''Clash (magazine), Clash'' and ''The Guardian'' have called James one of the most influential or important artists in contemporary electronic music. Raised in Cornwall, James began DJing at free party, free parties and clubs in the area in the late 1980s. His debut EP ''Analogue Bubblebath,'' released in 1991 on Mighty Force Records, brought James an early following; he began to perform across the UK and continental Europe. James co-founded the independent label Rephlex Records the same year. His 1992 debut album ''Selected Ambient Works 85–92'', released by Belgian label Apollo Records (Belgium), Apollo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acid House
Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesizer-sequencer, an innovation attributed to Chicago producers DJ Pierre of Phuture and Sleezy D. Acid house soon became popular in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, where it was played by DJs in the acid house and later rave scenes. By the late 1980s, acid house had moved into the British mainstream, where it had some influence on pop and dance styles. Acid house brought house music to a worldwide audience. The influence of acid house can be heard in later styles of dance music including trance, hardcore, jungle, big beat, techno and trip hop. Characteristics Acid house's minimalist sound combined house music's ubiquitous programmed four-on-the-floor 4/4 beat with the electronic squelch sound produced by the Roland TB-303 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records was a record label launched in 1991 in Cornwall by electronic musician Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge. The label coined the term ''braindance'' to describe the output of Aphex Twin and fellow artists. History In 1989, Grant Wilson-Claridge met Richard D. James (a.k.a. Aphex Twin) DJing at The Bowgie, a club located just along the coast from Newquay, Cornwall. According to Wilson-Claridge, back in 1989, "the Bowgie was the best club ever...this was before Newquay turned into the Cornish Ibiza" and it was very difficult to hear new and interesting music. Wilson-Claridge and James used to DJ on alternate weeks. When he noticed that James was playing his own tapes rather than records, Wilson-Claridge suggested that they press up some records. In the beginning, committing Aphex Twin recordings to vinyl was a way of making music the duo's friends wanted to hear. Due to their geographical dis-location they did not have access to the music th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quoth (EP)
''Quoth'' is a 1993 EP by Richard D. James released under the Polygon Window alias. It was released through Warp on 22 March 1993. The title track is included on the album ''Surfing on Sine Waves''. It peaked at number 49 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2017, ''Fact'' placed the title track at number 5 on the "50 best Aphex Twin tracks of all time" list. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Richard D. James – writing, production, arrangement, programming, engineering, location recording * Samantha Robinson – photography * The Designers Republic The Designers Republic (also tDR, and styled as The Designers Republic™) is a British graphic design studio based in Sheffield, England, founded in 1986 by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips. They are best known for electronic music logos, a ... – design Charts References External links * {{Authority control 1993 EPs Aphex Twin EPs Warp (record label) EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyrex J9ii
''Joyrex J9ii'' is an album by Richard D. James under the alias Caustic Window. The release is a 12" vinyl and has received more than one pressing. The title of this release is very similar to another Caustic Window release titled Joyrex J9i. All tracks were later re-released on the album ''Compilation''. A full, slower version of the drone track that can just about be heard in the mix of "The Garden of Linmiri" can be found on the '' Analogue Bubblebath 3'' CD release as track 11. Pressing discrepancy First pressing 100 copies were released in a Wilton LP size cardboard mailer, with a photocopied label on the front stating the following: REPHLEX DISCO ASSAULT KIT (CAT 09-II) CAUSTIC WINDOW - JOYREX J9 EP (FIRST 100 CONTAIN EXCLUSIVE T-SHIRTS) MISSION CONTROL: PO BOX 2676 LONDON N11 1AZ IN THE EVENT OF A LACK OF DANCEFLOOR STIMULUS BREAK THIS SEAL. DO NOT HESITATE IN USING THIS EQUIPMENT TO SECURE ANY SUBVERSIVE CLUB SITUATION WHERE BACKUP IS UNAVAILABLE. And on the rear flap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland TB-303
The Roland TB-303 Bass Line (also known as the 303) is a bass synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in 1981. Designed to simulate bass guitars, it was a commercial failure and was discontinued in 1984. However, cheap second-hand units were adopted by electronic musicians, and its "squelching" or "chirping" sound became a foundation of electronic dance music genres such as acid house, Chicago house and techno. It has inspired numerous clones. Design and features The TB-303 was designed by Tadao Kikumoto who also designed the Roland TR-909 drum machine. It was marketed as a "computerised bass machine" to replace the bass guitar. However, according to ''Forbes,'' it instead produces a "squelchy tone more reminiscent of a psychedelic mouth harp than a stringed instrument". The TB-303 has a single oscillator, which produces either a "buzzy" sawtooth wave or a "hollow-sounding" square wave. This is fed into a 24 dB/octave low-pass filter, which is manipulated by an envelope ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synthesizer
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and frequency modulation synthesis. These sounds may be altered by components such as filters, which cut or boost frequencies; envelopes, which control articulation, or how notes begin and end; and low-frequency oscillators, which modulate parameters such as pitch, volume, or filter characteristics affecting timbre. Synthesizers are typically played with keyboards or controlled by sequencers, software or other instruments, and may be synchronized to other equipment via MIDI. Synthesizer-like instruments emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century with instruments such as the RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer, RCA Mark II, which was controlled with Punched card, punch cards and used hundreds of vacuum tubes. The Moog synthesizer, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland TR-606
The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a drum machine built by the Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984. It was originally designed to be used with the Roland TB-303, a monophonic analog bass synthesizer, to provide a simple drum and bass accompaniment to guitarists without backing bands. History The TB-303 and TR-606 launched in 1981 as a matched pair to provide solo artists the chance to practice without other individuals, solely using the TR-606 and TB-303 as drums and bass lines to practice to, but the programming and artificial sounds made the boxes uncomfortable to use and they soon lost their luster. The group was doomed to an early demise as popular music soon shifted to sampled drum sounds and real bass lines for hit songs, as sample capabilities were the newest development of the late 1980s. At one time, the TR-606 could be found in pawn shops for as little as US$50; since the resurgence in popularity of analog drum sounds for electronic music, however, the TR-606 will commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caustic Window Compilation
''Compilation'' (also known as ''Caustic Window Compilation'') is an album released by Richard D. James under the pseudonym Caustic Window. The album consists of most of the tracks from the EPs ''Joyrex J4 EP'', ''Joyrex J5 EP'', '' Joyrex J9i'' and '' Joyrex J9ii''. Notes * "AFX 114" has the same drum rhythm as "Phlange Phace", which can be found on Aphex Twin's early ''Xylem Tube EP'' and the ''Classics'' compilation. * "Fantasia" allegedly contains samples from the same pornographic film that was sampled for "Come on You Slags!" from James' '' ...I Care Because You Do'' album. * "Italic Eyeball" samples Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp in ''The Sound of Music'' as she sings "Perhaps I had a wicked childhood" (forwards and in reverse) * "Humanoid Must Not Escape" features distorted samples from the David Bowie film '' The Man Who Fell to Earth'' (the "Let's fuck!" and "Yeah yeah!") and the arcade game '' Berzerk''. * "We Are the Music Makers (Hardcore Mix)" samples Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphex Twin EPs
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Aphex may refer to: * Aphex Systems, a maker of audio processing equipment * Aphex Twin, a British electronic music artist See also * Apex (other) The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional entities * Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe *Apex, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
