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Warp Lighthouse Party to bring the house down
| 2000.10.12
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The Incredible Warp Lighthouse Party is this weekend at The Chainstore, Trinity Buoy Wharf in London's docklands. Here is a map of the area and details on how to get there.
By Rail/Underground: The nearest Tube/Train stations are Canning Town which services the Jubilee Line, the Docklands Light Railway and the North London Line or East India, one stop earlier on the Docklands Light Railway. For a map of the London Underground, click here. Go here for more Tube information.
By Bus: A Map covering all of Greater London's bus services is available here as a PDF File. To view it you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded from here.
Ravers wishing to return to reality early can catch free coaches running from The Chainstore to Trafalgar Square every 30 mins from 3.30am to 5.30am.
--Warpbot
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Warp announces new US division
| 2000.10.12
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Warp is pleased to announce the founding of our US division. Distributed
exclusively by Caroline Distribution (with the exception of existing Red
Snapper, Broadcast and Aphex Twin licenses), all forthcoming and future Warp
releases in the States will be handled by our US operation. Street dates for
the first wave of Warp US releases are listed below:
31 October 00
Plaid, Trainer.
Two Lone Swordsmen, Tiny Reminders.
28 November 00
Jamie Lidell, Muddlin' Gear
Boards Of Canada, In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
--Warpbot
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Windowlicker makes appearance in High Fidelity
| 2000.10.11
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I don't know if this is old news or not, but it seems that MTV 2 has been using clips from Come to Daddy in the breaks between videos. So far, I've heard Come to Daddy - Pappy Mix and Flim. I don't know if there's more. Thought that may be of some interest.
--RabidCow
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Windowlicker makes appearance in High Fidelity
| 2000.10.07
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The latest H.R.Giger diary by Taschen has a couple of drawings by Giger based on the really ugly Aphex Twin face from "The Window Lickers", and the compositions are called The Windowlickers I and The Windowlickers II.
H.R.Giger is a famous Swiss Surrealist who designed the alien monsters and architecture in the film Alien, who Chris Halls/Cunningham had to help rip off for Alien Resurrection and Alien 3
I've put the images up on one of my websites for only for a while.
The Windolickers (http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/wmmvrrvrrmm/windowlickers.html)
Yours sincerely Dominic Kulcsar
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Windowlicker makes appearance in High Fidelity
| 2000.10.06
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Last night I rented a DVD copy of the movie "High Fidelity" starring John Cusack. In the deleted scenes section, the second one is entitled Theives. It shows two kids entering the main characters record store and buying a big beautiful copy of the 'Windowlicker' record in plain view.
--DJ
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Flex does not disappoint
| 2000.10.06
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Just been to see "flex" at the Apocalypse exhibition in London, which, as you will know, is a short film by Chris Cunningham with music provided by the Aphex Twin.
The exhibition's theme is 'Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art', and 'flex' definitely errs on the side of horror, although Cunningham's imagery is as sublime as ever. RDJ provides the sound track, in a sort of cinematographic style reminiscent of all the 'difficult' bits from SAW II; a series of deep ominous rumbles, electric buzzes and percussive assaults which does, in fact, eventually merge into track 4 from CD 1 of SAW II.
If you're into Chris Cunningham's darker work you will like this. It is scarier and more surreal than anything else of his that I have seen, and yet again he seems able to put unfilmable visions onto film and make them work. If you're looking for new music from Aphex, you'll be disappointed. But what is striking is how closely the soundtrack and visuals are matched - every noise is a reaction to a visual theme, and even the 'real' sound effects from the film have been Aphexised, to sickening effect. They must of worked very closely on this, and the result is a very powerful audio-visual unity. If they really are going to make that Neuromancer film, this bodes very well.
--Koann
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Jarvis Cocker from Pulp directed video
| 2000.08.30
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Well, the director of the "On" music video is indeed the same Jarvis Cocker
from the band Pulp. Thanks to everyone who wrote in confirming it!
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Remix Bogdan Raczynski
| 2000.08.26
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The official Bogdan Raczynski site
is having a remix
contest. Check out the site for more details!
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Smashing Pumpkins tribute album smells fishy
| 2000.08.21
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All evidence seems to deny the previously reported rumour of an Aphex Twin
Smashing Pumpkins cover track. No further information will be posted without
concrete evidence. That's why I hate posting rumours. Ah well, they're still
fun.
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Fresh squeezed Jarvis Cocker pulp
| 2000.08.21
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Does anyone know for sure one way or the other if the Jarvis Cocker that directed
the "On" video is the same character who heads the British rock group Pulp? Someone
recently asked me, and I thought I had heard that somewhere. I'm not quite sure.
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Rephlex to play festival in Netherlands next week
| 2000.08.20
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Rephlex Disco Assault System Inc. (featuring Richard D. James, Ovuca, Maddog Wallace)
are lined up to play on the "India" stage at the Lowlands 2000 festival Sunday,
August 27, 2000, 22:45-1:59. Thanks to jroon@aphextwin.zzn.com for
pointing this out. Visit the official site for more
information.
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Aphex Start Discussion List down
| 2000.08.20
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I almost forgot! The Aphex Start Discussion List is temporarily down for construction
and renovation. I apologize profusely, and hopefully it will be back up and running
very soon. There has been a server switch and things are a little odd around here.
I have to assess my situation and get oriented. I'm still slightly tired from the
trip.
Many of you couldn't help but notice the popup window that was on this page for a few
days. It's gone now but you can still see it if you wish.
It was confusing to some, hilarious to others, but most importantly, it got people
thinking. Should trading music be illegal? Is it downright evil? Who should decide
one way or the other? I wish I could remember where I got that image from. If anyone
knows, please let me know. In the mean time, check
out Music Fans United to
voice your opinion.
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New Home For Chris Cunningham Information
| 2000.08.20
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Kevin Holy, webmaster
extraordinaire, notified me yesterday that his Chris Cunningham site
has a new location. And as a side note, I would like to declare myself a jerk for
not having a link to the site earlier.
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New Home For The FAQ
| 2000.08.12
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Don't get too excited. There is not new version of the FAQ, but it has a new home.
You can now find it at theAphexTwin.com.
The new site is the home of the FAQ as well as the new home of the discography.
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Music Fans United
| 2000.08.05
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Music Fans United is a new campaign to help get the voice of fans on the Internet heard.
With all the controversy surrounding Napster
and digital music on the Web, they want to make sure that fans like us have a say
in the future of music on the Internet. If you want to check them out and sign their
petition, go to http://www.musicfans.org/sign.php.
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Possible New Aphex Twin Track
| 2000.08.03
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Superargo says that the
iMusic mailing list reports of an upcoming
Smashing Pumpkins tribute album that will include an Aphex Twin track! This is the
first I've heard of anything like it. The imusic.com mailing list reports:
As Chicago pop band The Smashing Pumpkins prepare to bow out of the music
scene with one last tour of the major cities this fall, imusic.com has learned of
a compilation tribute album set to be released next year, possibly in mid-Spring.
Such luminaries as Depeche Mode, Simon Le Bon, PJ Harvey and even R&B diva Missy
Elliot are set to record tracks in upcoming months in homage to the Pumpkins,
who recently announced that they would split at the years end. The expected
tracklisting is as follows:
- 1979: New Order
- Love: Filter
- Bullet With Butterfly Wings: Placebo
- 33: R.E.M.
- Crestfallen: The Human League
- The Everlasting Gaze (instrumental interpretation): The Aphex Twin
- Beautiful: Missy Elliot
- Tonight, Tonight: PJ Harvey
- Take Me Down: Ric Ocasek
- Ugly: Chris Cornell
- Luna: Tricky feat. Beth Gibbons
- Sweet,Sweet: Robert Smith
- Tristessa: Nick Cave feat. Orbital
- Perfect: Johnny Marr & Simon Le Bon
- With Every Light: Depeche Mode
This album will of course be in addition to the next Pumpkin's LP, the follow
up to this year's MACHINA/the machines of God, which the band are currently
finishing off in a Chicago recording studio. It is not yet known what label the
tribute CD will be distributed under.
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New Version Of Discography
| 2000.07.17
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"Revision 7 of the Aphex Twin discography at Warp-Net was never put up,"
explains Christopher Miller,
"even though I finished and submitted it in '98/'99. I completed revision
#8 last month and submitted it to Warp, but they still haven't put it up
for some reason or another. Anyway, I've put it up temporarily onto my own.
Check it out."
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Aphex Twin DJ Date
| 2000.07.12
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25-Aug-00 - London - England - The End -
Rephresh (with Ovuca live plus DJs Ed DMX, P.P. Roy & Maddog Wallace)
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Apocalypse Now
| 2000.07.12
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From WarpNews:
Darkside
image maker Chris
Cunningham, in-demand director of Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy and Windowlicker videos, is again
collaborating with his muse on a short film/art installation. The
piece, Cunningham's first foray into short film-making, features 17
minutes of new music by Aphex and forms part of the
Royal
Academy's Apocalypse: Beauty and horror in contemporary art
exhibition in London.
Featuring key contributors to the RA's
Tabloid-baiting Brit Art showcase Sensation like Jake and Dinos Chapman
and Darren Almond alongside international artists Jeff Koons, Mariko
Mori and Turner Prize nominated photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, Apocalypse runs from 23 September to 15 December. More details
to follow...
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