Aphex Twin's 2023 EP on 12" Vinyl!
2024 Grammy® Award Nominee:
• Best Dance/Electronic Recording: "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f"
In 2023, Aphex Twin released a new EP through Warp Records. Featuring four new tracks, Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In A Room7 F760 marks Richard D. James' first new music in five years, following on from 2018's Collapse EP.
'Blackbox Life Recorder 21f,' the brief EP's first and longest track, starts out with twitchy beats, mellow synth chords, and soft melodies that sound like a sampled human voice; eventually, chunky breakbeats ricochet across the soundscape. Several different breaks pile up, and just as it feels like it's on the verge of overload, the beats pause for a moment in order to refresh, then smoothly return. Second track 'zin2 test5' sets an elastic bassline and intricate beat patterns against soft streams of synth pads. If any element of the track was subtracted, it would sound too simple or underdeveloped, but it all fits together perfectly. Racing drums lead the charge on 'in a room7 F760,' which has a slight '80s action vibe in the beginning, until the synths become more fragmented and the drums are briefly whittled down to sharp, clanging edges, momentarily recalling the abrasive drill'n'bass style of late-'90s Aphex.
Features
- 12" Vinyl EP
- Mastered by Beau Thomas
- Printed Inner Sleeve
- 3mm Outer Sleeve
- Artwork by Weirdcore
- Made in EU
Selections
Side A:
- Blackbox Life Recorder 21f
- zin2 test5
Side AA:
- in a room7 F760
- Blackbox Life Recorder 22 [Parallax Mix]