26 Mixes for Cash

Aphex Twin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Warp Records
• ASIN: B000088EGP
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,001 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #79 in Music > Dance & DJ > Drum & Bass
  • #95 in Music > Dance & DJ > IDM

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Time to Find Me [AFX Fast mix]

2. Raising the Titanic [big drum mix]

3. Journey [Aphex Twin Care mix]

4. Triachus [Aphex Twin mix]

5. Heroes

6. In the Glitter Part 2 [Aphex Twin mix]

7. Zeros and Ones [Aphex Twin Reconstruction #2 mix]

8. Ziggy [Aphex Twin Mix #1]

9. Your Head My Voice

10. Change [Aphex Twin #2 mix]

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Falling Free

2. Krieger [Aphex Twin Baldhu mix]

3. Deep in Velvet [Aphex Twin Turnips mix]

4. We Have Arrived [Aphex Twin QQT mix]

5. At the Heart of It All

6. Remix

7. Windowlicker

8. Normal

9. Saw2 Cd1 Trk2

10. Mindstream

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

It's hard to imagine Aphex Twin having a more appropriately named label (Warp); fitting also that 26 Mixes for Cash should have such an honest title. Having passed off a random gabba track as a Lemonheads remix and not bothering to hear the Nine Inch Nails originals before handing over his mixes, Aphex Twin has historically proved a little wayward in his methods. Not so much remixing as recycling, Richard D James's method is not unlike flinging tracks into a garbage crusher just long enough so only the bare bones of melody and structure survive. Covering a decade's work, this stunning eclectic mix effortlessly flicks from cinematic ambience (Nine Inch Nails--"At the Heart of It All") and industrial pandemonium (Mescalinum United's "We Have Arrived") to squelching acid trance (his own previously unreleased acid edit of "Windowlicker"). The disparate range of artists remixed is as remarkable as the music, with Mike Flowers Pops and Wagon Christ making unlikely bedfellows. Improbable yet inspired highlights come in the form of his haunting interpretation of David Bowie's "Heroes" symphony conducted by Philip Glass and the breathtakingly ethereal transformation of Curve's "Falling Free." --Christopher Barrett

Product Description

A 26 track compilation on 2 CDs of Aphex Twin's blinding remixes (plus two previously unreleased Aphex tunes). Encompassing 10 years of always evolving, unpredictable Aphex Twin sounds, from acid trax and raved-up bangers to strangely commercial pop and his inimitably delicate, ambient empathies. Gatefold digipak. Warp. 2003.

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Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An instant classic 13 years in the making, March 25, 2003

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M. Hilton "so eclectic it hurts" (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 26 Mixes for Cash (Audio CD)

Like house demigod (and fellow curmudgeon) Armand Van Helden, no examination of Aphex Twin's body of work is complete without considering his extensive remix work. This double CD compiles not all, but most of the best of that work. Obsessive Aphex completists like myself will lament the absence of this elusive jewel or that (or perhaps sigh with relief that the extravagant price they paid for it wasn't for naught), but I give this compilation a perfect 5 stars anyway because the album itself makes up such a stunning single piece.

You simply won't find a better testimonial to Richard James' musical genius, or the dizzying pace of its evolution, wrapped up in one package. It flows with inner logic and authority, taking the listener on a voyage of imagination from ambient to acid-tech to industrial to drill 'n' bass and back again. Not since Selected Ambient Works Volume II has Richard realized such a musical journey so completely, which is an even greater feat since it's a compilation of material dating back to 1990.

If you're not an Aphex fan, this album could well make one out of you. If you are an Aphex fan, meet your next desert island album.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In a word. Gorgeous., April 10, 2003

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This review is from: 26 Mixes for Cash (Audio CD)

I'm one who always thought that some of the most moving and memorable moments in the venerable history of Aphex Twin were the more mellower tracks or albums. After hearing this album I feel it should've been titled "Selected Ambient Works Vol.3". There's alot of beautiful songs that seem to just take you away for a while from the everyday life. Drukqs was good but I wanted to hear some more songs like "Petiatl Cx Htdui" and "Avril 10th" on it. There was perhaps a bit too much drum n bass or bleep n blip on it. It seemed like it wasn't coherent, like Syd Barrett doing electronic music on acid. Don't get me wrong alot of it was exciting and eccentric but you long to hear some of his old beautiful songs again. "26 Mixes For Cash" has tracks that sound like actual songs. I can honestly call this an album of new material all his own because none of these songs sound in ANY way like the songs they were supposed to be originally from. I don't think that Trent Reznor himself could distinguish which two of his songs are on this album, maybe a couple of sound effects could give it away if you're a NIN fan. Anyway it's easy listening and it won't drill your ears like his previous album did, not that its a bad thing. =)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Richard D. James........, March 30, 2003

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Erica L. Pardee (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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Pretty great collection of remixes- and this shows that he is indeed a master remixer. I wouldn't recommend this record to someone brand new to Aphex Twin- I'd probably suggest starting out w/ 'I Care Because You Do', 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92', or 'Richard D. James Album'- but for the experienced fan, this is a must-purchase.