aphex

Aphex

another mix,
In answer to the questions I keep getting asked.
 ccai pt2 , part 1 is Drukqs, as that was the first thing I released that utilised computer controlled instruments, namely a modified Yamaha disklavier, 2nd gen and a couple of midi controlled solenoid based drum mechanisms I made just after I got the Disklavier.

I kept seeing them [disklaviers] in hotels, usually used to pipe muzak around the place and thought why doesn't anyone actually use one of these to compose music on and make beats etc! 
A couple of times when i saw them in hotel lobbies, i sneaked up to the disklavier and set it to play ultra low pitch and very slow, funny watching peoples reactions, it was down every corridor etc
NOBODY i spoke to back in around 1999 inc. people at yamaha knew how to connect one of these to a computer and I had to take my computer into Yamaha to try it out to see how fast these things could go, no info on the net then either.
The first year I burned out countless solenoids in the thing and learnt how to repair them myself, the more recent gen ones like I used at the barbican have temperature cut outs on them thankfully, i’ve still fried a few though!

Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]

Th1 [evnslower]

 [[tapedel] played & programmed customised Yamaha Disklavier Pro, Recorded To Nagra IVS 5"]

avril 14th, notes played backwards, not the audio.

Aphex Twin - Peel Session 1992 /  Live From Sheffield Hallam University 1993

FACT's John Twells weaves together a curated selection of Richard D. James's lesser-known gems. Let's have some Aphex acid!

For more information and the all-important tracklist, head here: http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/14/best-aphex-twin-tracks-youve-never-heard/

FACT Mixes

John Twells - Aphex Twin Deep Cuts Mix

#SundayGems is back with a collabo Maurice Moore x UNO Stereo

this weeks gem is Sugilite and you can read more about it here: https://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal-encyclopedia/sugilite

Written: Maurice Moore + Moon + Mustafa Khan
Produced By:  UNO Stereo
Additional Vocals: Hannah Vaz
Mixed By: @LaguilTV
Artwork: Angela Martinez

Sunday Gems

Just 2

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just 2. (prod. UNO Stereo)

трип двадцатый / ты c купидоном не шути. купидон не глупый.

трип 20 / Don’t you mess with cupid, ‘cause cupid ain’t stupid.

The 20th release from Nina Kraviz’s seminal трип imprint is an homage to some of the most uncompromising manifestations of electronic music imaginable. Tracing sub-cultures from the 90s to the present day, трип 20 interrogates the boundaries of tempo and form via hardcore, gabber, acid techno and ambient. A mix of unreleased material and essential gems, the ten-track compilation visits трип regulars, esoteric masters and relative newcomers on a voyage to the extremities of a global underground.

трип 20 continues the tradition of gatefold double EPs as a conceptual album. All of the tracks are selected around a particular story, a trip, and presented as a continuous sonic landscape. All of the tracks are structured in a way that they can be mixed one with another an endless amount of times making a continuous loop, a trip, that needs only end when the party stops. Kraviz works without release dates or deadlines, enabling her to achieve a certain sound bank to shape the story, unmasking the thoughts and unravelling like a dream.

C2. Shadowax – I want to be a stewardess - Looping vocals welcome you on board for this unfurling trip of multiple guises. What starts as a bare-bone techno sketch evolves into a fucked up mass of breaks, jungle and hardcore from Shadowax, also known as Russian producer and live act Ishome.

@itsashadowax @ninakraviz

Shadowax plays live at трип 2 BARCELONA AT EL MONASTERIO - Friday 15th June - https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1050812

Don't Mess With Cupid - трип 020

TRP020 - Don't Mess With Cupid

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TRP020 C2 - Shadowax - I want to be a stewardess

****UPDATE****DOWNLOAD MAX REACHED****

****Big thanks to my brother Tony Rodriguez (Brothers Vibe, LUV4WAX)for the DAT player loan and the surgery on the DAT tape when it SNAPPED when we first tried to play it. You saved a piece of early TECHNO history!****

Thanks for all the comments everyone! If I was wrong on the date, I apologize, I honestly didn't think I was still going to the Limelight after 1993 and thats why I dated it earlier. 

Yes the sound quality isn't the best but like I said I snuck in a Sony portable DAT recorder and recorded it straight from the crowd from the floor level right below the DJ booth. 
While I was outside on line, the security guard frisked me at the door and was like "what the hell is that? You can't bring that in here!" I told him its just a walkman and he let me go in with it. I'm lucky to even have this bad recording to be honest.
While we were waiting for his set, Richard James walked by me and this kid I was with and the kid stopped him and asked "hey my friend snuck in a DAT recorder, can we record right from your mixer??? RDJ just laughed in his face, said NO! and walked away. Haha.

Thanks for the track IDs, that was very helpful!
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Back in the early 1990s when techno was just starting to explode in NYC, I snuck a portable DAT recorder into the Limelight nightclub when Richard James, The Aphex Twin was DJing a very rare live set. I recorded his entire 1hr set from the crowd and then put the DAT away for 25+ years. The other day with the help of my friend Tony Rodriquez (LUV4WAX)and his DAT machine, we finally made a digital copy of the set and finally uploaded it for all to hear. As far as I can remember, RDJ did only 2 live performances (one performance blew out the power to the entire club and left the place pitch black and silent for a few minutes!) and 1 DJ set at the Limelight during that time. I have never heard a live set from RDJ from the Limelight so this might be the only recording of this set (please correct me if I'm wrong, thanks!) The recording is loud and noisy just like 90s techno but I think its clear enough to enjoy. If you can ID any tracks to create a track list, feel free to post it in the comments! 

Enjoy -
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Aphex Twin Live at Limelight NYC MID 1990s LOFIDELIC RECORDS

138 - 0204 - blue carpet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUr10sz_hes
produced sometime between 2000-2001

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