Smojphace [EP]

Aphex Twin, Afx | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Rephlex
• ASIN: B00009LW3F
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,149 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2003 release on Rephlex features two exclusive tracks 'Ktpa 1' & 'Ktpa 2' plus a remix of 'Run The Place Red' from the Bug featuring Cutty Ranks.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No escape from noise, September 9, 2003

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Collosus (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smojphace (Audio CD)

Run the place red, the first cut, is great. If you like the recent direction being taken by people like Tim Hecker and Amon Tobin, consider this the Richard D. James twist on that cut-up trend, with his trademark super hyper drum track. And, like RDJ's past stuff, suitably nightmarish and queasy.

The second two tracks are causing a bit of controversy, consisting as they do mainly of noise and analog-style knob tweaking sounds, high pitched shrieks, some distorted screams, etc. There is no beat, there is no melody, there is little apparent structure (although its marginally more structured than "Metal Machine Music," but only just so). This is some of the most uncompromising music RDJ has done, and for him that's quite a statement. Maybe this is his remix of Subotnick's "Silver Apples of the Moon". Anyway, it's not for the faint of heart. It doesn't kick ... and it doesn't make your booty move, so you might want to stay away unless you're a real noise head.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Aphex fans and raggajunglists will enjoy this, February 8, 2009

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Shoot Me "The Messenger" (Crawling the inter-branches of the tree of knowledge) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Smojphace (Audio CD)

AFX's remix of Run The Place Red makes this CD worth the buy in my opinion. But you should think of this disc as a one track single rather than an EP because the other two tracks are just experimental tone noises that aren't good for normal listening (maybe good for sampling?).

AFX hasn't made any other tracks to my knowledge that really fall into the category of "raggajungle/raggacore". That's one of the reasons I think this single is fascinating and unique. It's a good track, but it may not be worth it for you to buy the CD unless you are a collector of Aphex and/or raggajungle.

Also you should be aware that the CD is completely black (even on the bottom - like some Playstation discs) and not all computers will read it. You may need to find a computer that will read it and make a copy onto a normal CD-R or rip it into MP3. My MacBook did not read it, but my older Dell Inspiron did. Who makes a black CD anyway??? Well, it is what it is. I hope this review helped you understand what you are getting.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Originally $12, December 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Smojphace (Audio CD)

People look at this as a piss-take on an EP, just for RDJ's personal wealth and whatnot. And, truthfully, it is.
But that doesn't make the one "real" track on here not worth the money.
It does indeed, grow on you. Or else you love it right away. It's quite a departure from his normal works, rarely can you somewhat understand the lyrics, if there are any.
The rest is a collection of annoying noises which will either make you or your neighbours go crazy. Nothing really "musical" comes out of them.
So albeit is a rubbish of an EP, yet the first track is well worth the price, and if you're into ways of torturing people with different pitches of one noise, then you're set.