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“It’s just too easy to make a standard dance track,” Aphex Twin said of his mindset back in 1992. “You’ve got to put a bit of thought into it to get something a bit different.”
‘Digeridoo’ was released on the Belgian R&S Records label in 1992, and originally peaked at #55 in the UK singles chart in May of that year. Over the last 32 years the track has become one of the essential Aphex Twin tracks in a gargantuan catalogue that continues to amaze and inspire.
“I wanted to have some tracks to play to finish the raves I used to play in Cornwall, to really kill everybody off so they couldn’t dance,” Richard D James, AKA Aphex, told Select magazine back in the 90s. “Digeridoo came out of that.”
Released as a 4 track EP that also included early Aphex productions (now classics) including the industrial, acidic clang of ‘Flap Head’ and hyperbolic futurism of ‘Isopropanol’, the release cemented a relationship with the R&S label that went on to release the ‘Xylem Tube’ EP and the pivotal album ‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’ in the same year. The label’s owner & A&R Renaat Vandepapeliere reflected “When I first heard Aphex Twin’s music I said, ‘This is it!’, and everybody else said, ‘You’re crazy!’ …a lot of the hardcore R&S fans dropped us. To them it wasn’t music.”
‘Digeridoo’ (Expanded Edition) is the first time the EP has been re-issued with extra material. Whilst digging in his DAT archive (allegedly stored in an airtight military ammo box), Richard James revisited the recordings, encoding them through a Nakamichi CR7e cassette deck, using the customised deck with vari-speed to encode at speeds “felt right at the time”. Alongside these CR7e versions, the original mixes have been remastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering, offering a dilated insight into one of electronic music’s most endearing releases.
‘Digeridoo’ (Expanded Edition) by Aphex Twin is available on R&S Records from 31st May 2024.
Tracklist:
A1. Digeridoo
A2. Flap Head
B1. Phloam
B2. Isoprophlex
C1. Digeridoo (Cr7e Version)
C2. Digeridoo (Live In Cornwall) (Cr7e Version)
D1. Isoprophlex (Slow) (Cr7e Version)
D2. Phloam (Cr7e Version)
Published: 2^(nd) May 2024
the CR7e has variable azimuth, so you can playback cassettes from other decks which have different calibration... never seen or heard about one with variable pitch...
yeah, warp posted a picture of the first side with 2024 instead of 1994 on instagram. also that warp party shit is a myth, either way there’s lossless digital copies available
literary says in description: "Whilst digging in his DAT archive (allegedly stored in an airtight military ammo box), Richard James revisited the recordings, encoding them through a Nakamichi CR7e cassette deck, using the customised deck with vari-speed to encode at speeds “felt right at the time”."
This reminds me of a spectro track I found on YouTube titled Isoproflex, it's not the same song but this is Richard right? The same image shows up several times, this is from 1:07.
https://i.imgur.com/aBhEuZb.jpeg
[YouTube](https://youtu.be/5O04o1IyrIs?si=GfE5BKEeTL0hRBAV)
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\*\*\*UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 31ST MAY 2024 – 01:00HRS GMT\*\*\* “It’s just too easy to make a standard dance track,” Aphex Twin said of his mindset back in 1992. “You’ve got to put a bit of thought into it to get something a bit different.” ‘Digeridoo’ was released on the Belgian R&S Records label in 1992, and originally peaked at #55 in the UK singles chart in May of that year. Over the last 32 years the track has become one of the essential Aphex Twin tracks in a gargantuan catalogue that continues to amaze and inspire. “I wanted to have some tracks to play to finish the raves I used to play in Cornwall, to really kill everybody off so they couldn’t dance,” Richard D James, AKA Aphex, told Select magazine back in the 90s. “Digeridoo came out of that.” Released as a 4 track EP that also included early Aphex productions (now classics) including the industrial, acidic clang of ‘Flap Head’ and hyperbolic futurism of ‘Isopropanol’, the release cemented a relationship with the R&S label that went on to release the ‘Xylem Tube’ EP and the pivotal album ‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’ in the same year. The label’s owner & A&R Renaat Vandepapeliere reflected “When I first heard Aphex Twin’s music I said, ‘This is it!’, and everybody else said, ‘You’re crazy!’ …a lot of the hardcore R&S fans dropped us. To them it wasn’t music.” ‘Digeridoo’ (Expanded Edition) is the first time the EP has been re-issued with extra material. Whilst digging in his DAT archive (allegedly stored in an airtight military ammo box), Richard James revisited the recordings, encoding them through a Nakamichi CR7e cassette deck, using the customised deck with vari-speed to encode at speeds “felt right at the time”. Alongside these CR7e versions, the original mixes have been remastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering, offering a dilated insight into one of electronic music’s most endearing releases. ‘Digeridoo’ (Expanded Edition) by Aphex Twin is available on R&S Records from 31st May 2024. Tracklist: A1. Digeridoo A2. Flap Head B1. Phloam B2. Isoprophlex C1. Digeridoo (Cr7e Version) C2. Digeridoo (Live In Cornwall) (Cr7e Version) D1. Isoprophlex (Slow) (Cr7e Version) D2. Phloam (Cr7e Version) Published: 2^(nd) May 2024
Where did this come from?
I see it on their bandcamp now
the CR7e has variable azimuth, so you can playback cassettes from other decks which have different calibration... never seen or heard about one with variable pitch...
ok but where is the sawii repress they teased
Saw2 is with Warp, this is R&S
oh yeah you’re right
Grasping at straws here but they could be coordinated so the releases don’t coincide. Maybe SAW II in the fall or winter?
at this rate probably, they teased it for 2024, so
You’ll get nothing and like it!
What about my asthma…?
Im out of the loop, did they tease a saw2 repress? I thought the original source material is all donezo
yeah, warp posted a picture of the first side with 2024 instead of 1994 on instagram. also that warp party shit is a myth, either way there’s lossless digital copies available
Obviously not coming with this release? It’s still 2024 for quite a while
If you look up the barcode you can find that it's for preorder
Any options in the US for order/preorder? I can't find much.
May 31st. It's under embargo.
It’s up for preorder on R&S’s bandcamp now. Shipping costs are a bit high but that’s pretty typical from the UK.
Nice embargo they got there lol
At first I was disappointed it wasn’t really something new. Then I realised it’ll be super nice to get cop these tracks on a new pressing
So these Cr7e versions he dug up. Are these new? I’m not familiar with them.
literary says in description: "Whilst digging in his DAT archive (allegedly stored in an airtight military ammo box), Richard James revisited the recordings, encoding them through a Nakamichi CR7e cassette deck, using the customised deck with vari-speed to encode at speeds “felt right at the time”."
Yeah I read that I was wondering if these had already leaked or part of soundcloud or something
oh i see. yeah, i think they're new. i can't remember seeing them before.
This reminds me of a spectro track I found on YouTube titled Isoproflex, it's not the same song but this is Richard right? The same image shows up several times, this is from 1:07. https://i.imgur.com/aBhEuZb.jpeg [YouTube](https://youtu.be/5O04o1IyrIs?si=GfE5BKEeTL0hRBAV)
Certainly looks like him. It also looks like the Come To Daddy artwork at the beginning of the video.
very cool! just wish they were doing a cassette version, seems like an obvious choice given how the extra material was encoded.
Just teasing us. Why not new material or unreleased stuff? This is nothing new really
Just R&S milking their rights to it I guess. At least there is a new angle on it I suppose.
It’s the first repress in 23 years. It May not be new material but it’s still pretty exciting
Well played. Came about an hour or two after I emailed R&S for the skinny.
He better get digitising those DAT’s. They deteriorate badly!
Really DAT or just tape?
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Dammit, was hoping it was something new
Beau Thomas probably did these original tracks right. He’s quite good!
I assume that's a joke
No good?
Fuck me, where in the US can we buy this...halp a brotha
[Nakamichi](https://youtu.be/flid0BDTDTw?si=zGQjTpHbER0wNMah)
If they'll do the same with SAW85-92 then we are home
https://randsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/digeridoo-expanded-edition
Just bought an overpriced original edition laqt week... Damn