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Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
 
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SAW 85-92 boasted the promise of an exceptional recording career for Richard D. James from the English county of Cornwall; a bedroom musician at age 12 in 1985 and an electronic music pioneer by 1998. From the adolescent s...  more »

     
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All Artists: Aphex Twin
Title: Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: R&S Records
Release Date: 5/2/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
Styles: Ambient, IDM, Techno
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 766483323325

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SAW 85-92 boasted the promise of an exceptional recording career for Richard D. James from the English county of Cornwall; a bedroom musician at age 12 in 1985 and an electronic music pioneer by 1998. From the adolescent sexual tension of the strings and basslines of "Ageispolis" and the militant rhythms and subterranean adventure effects of "Schottkey 7th Path," SAW veers to "Green Calx," a booty-shaking, soul-stirring techno song that has much in common with any single to emerge from Detroit in the early 1990s. The album hints clearly at influences from the prevailing dance music regiments of the era--new wave, house, techno, and industrial--but each track possesses a desire and an intention to break free of established formulas and enter a new realm. Subsequent works from James have been often more complex and almost always more menacing, but SAW 85-92 recalls the days of a kinder, gentler Aphex Twin, already on his game. --Tamara Palmer

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Brilliant Music from a brilliant mind...
10/06/1998
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I once read that Richard James (Aphex Twin) never sleeps after hearing this album I belive it, like a audio documentation from the state of mind combining exhustion with euphoria. I have heard and purchased many Aphex Twin CD's and I really enjoy the 2 ambient work CD's the most. really reminds me of Brian Eno's worK from the mid to late 80's. I recomend you hit the couch and enjoy!"