Japan Edition
LP, Limited Edition, Reissue
LP, Limited Edition, Reissue
Warp (2025) JP
Richard D. James' fourth, autobiographical' album as Aphex Twin is regarded as his 'drill n' bass' showpiece. Originally released in 1996, 'Richard D. James' continues the lineage of his digital era (beginning from the previous Aphex Twin album, '...I Care Because You Do'), where familiar, playful melody locks into aggressive, hyperspeed breakbeats and quasi-jungle rhythms. This album also yielded the single 'Girl / Boy Song' which, memorably, uses a self-parodying, macabre image of grave, scribed 'Richard James - November 1968' as a sleeve image.
Characteristically, 'Richard D. James' employs audio generated electronically, whilst furthering his ideas of more 'concrète' techniques such as sampling, distorting, looping and the use of human voice, physical instruments and environmental sound. As compelling a listen today as it ever was.
Tracklist
A1 4
A2 Cornish Acid
A3 Peek 824545201
A4 Fingerbib
A5 Carn Marth
B1 To Cure A Weakling Child
B2 Goon Gumpas
B3 Yellow Calx
B4 Girl/Boy Song
B5 Logan-Rock Witch
A2 Cornish Acid
A3 Peek 824545201
A4 Fingerbib
A5 Carn Marth
B1 To Cure A Weakling Child
B2 Goon Gumpas
B3 Yellow Calx
B4 Girl/Boy Song
B5 Logan-Rock Witch