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Classics

Aphex Twin Format: Audio CD
4 out of 5 stars 23 customer reviews
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

  1. Digeridoo
  2. Flaphead
  3. Phloam
  4. Isopropanol
  5. Polynomial-C
  6. Tamphex [Hedphuq Mix]
  7. Phlange Phace
  8. Dodeccaheedron
  9. Analogue Bubblebath 1
  10. Metapharstic
  11. We Have Arrived [Aphex Twin TTQ Mix]
  12. We Have Arrived [Aphex Twin TTQ Mix]
  13. Digeridoo [Live in Cornwall, 1990]

Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 13, 2015)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: R&S Records
  • ASIN: B0017SC0OS
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsSimple and Effective
By P. Gunderson on January 1, 2004
Format: Audio CD
This compilation represents much of Aphex Twin's earliest work. All of these songs vividly illustrate the fact that sometimes less is indeed more. For the most part, the tracks on "Classics" were put together using little more than a synthesizer (Roland's TB-303), a drum machine, and effects. The result is some of the most compelling electronic music you'll ever hear. It's their stripped-down simplicity that gives these arrangements their tremendous energy. "Digeridoo" is a mesmerizing techno song that has no right to be as good as it is, considering that it is only a drum track with an endlessly repeated 303 synth line. The rest of the songs on this collection are of similar caliber.
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4.0 out of 5 starsClassics - A Collection of Compositions From The Eccentric
By Richard Bell on February 16, 2002
Format: Audio CD
Aphex Twin (Richard D.James) can claim to be one of dance music's greatest innovators and composers. Since the late 80's he has been recording his own home brewed techno which defied and rebelled against the dance music trends that were then currently dominating the clubs and charts. This album starts off with his breakthrough release - Digeridoo. It is a vicious attack on the eardrums with merely a pulsating digeridoo in the mix with punishing bass and drums dipping in and out. It is incredibly exciting to listen to and reminds you how pathetic some of the current dance music other europeans are producing, DJs such as Darude and all that Ibiza tripe that fills our radio waves and music charts.
The rest of the album is a mix of hard-hitting 'nosebleed' techno and gentler, ambientesque tunes. The best of the louder tracks on the album are 'Isopropanol' and 'Phlange Phace'. The former is an astonishing song with a punishing bass line that threatens to cause your speakers to implode. As the track progresses, demonic handclaps, acid bursts and a spooky keyboard line sneak into the mix. The overall track feels very claustrophobic and inescapable as it changes beats, meshes two different drum loops together and climaxes in a combustion of sound and energy and breaks down into a simple clapping drum loop and finishes. By the end of the song you feel exhausted and drawn out but then the album continues unmercifully and you simply surrender to it's wonders and hidden treasures.
The latter song I mentioned, 'Phlange Phace' is even more astonishing in the authors audacity and inventiveness with a drum machine and keyboard. It begins with ominous, striking keyboard stabs and a racing drum loop which just grabs your attention and holds you in its grasp for a further five minutes.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMost accessible aphex twin cd
By Richard W. Todd on May 6, 2005
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I think, of all the aphex twin I've heard, this is the most accessible collection of songs. The songs are enjoyable, and as another reviewer noted, their stripped down simplicity gives them a lot of energy. I was expecting a more eclectic, difficult album, but I enjoyed it regardless. It was actually kind of a treat to hear such straightforward music under the Aphex Twin moniker.
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3.0 out of 5 starsa mixed bag from a great artist
By Andrew Suber on August 7, 2001
Format: Audio CD
There are great songs on here... but because it's a compilation, I find the ordering of the tracks to be a bit capricious. This is definitely not a place to start if you are interested in RDJ. 'Didgeridoo' is a stunning gem though... and probably worth the price of the album.
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4.0 out of 5 starsharsh industrial rhythms but some bubblebathy bits too
By A. Pai on January 1, 2002
Format: Audio CD
a good collection of otherwise hard to find singles & rarities. much more engaging then other afx collections of this sort (i'm thinking particularly of the caustic window compilation, which is mostly unlistenable acid noise). these tracks have marvelous clanging rhythm... a nerdy thing i used to do when listening was to concentrate on each separate sound layer and try to simultaneously focus on each-- the hi hat, the bass, the countless miscellaneous noises. although the relentless industrial poundings of tracks like 'flaphead' may daunt, they're leavened by more delicate melodies such as analogue bubblebath I. not a big fan of the digeridoo but there are some funny samples to be found... "are you one of those girls for whom time stands still once a month?" and, one of my favorite afx moments, when the helicopter acid bubbling of phloam (or is it poly-c?) abruptly halts and a magical fairy-child's voice sings, "the flowerrrs that bloom / in the warmth of the sun / are there to be loved / by everyone..." and then *WOO* the acid bubbling kicks in again!!
good stuff. recommended for fans of earlier afx, especially 'quoth'
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5.0 out of 5 starsA uncompromising collection of his earlier work.....
By fetish_2000 on October 20, 2004
Format: Audio CD
For a artist, that can move from the relatively hushed brilliance of his critically acclaimed "Ambient" albums, through to the Skittering & Fractured Breakbeats of his "Richard D.James" album. Aphex Twin has never been a person that's been afraid to play with peoples expectations of his music.

Collected here, is a series of pre-fame Aphex Twin tracks (collated from various EP's and Singles), that although conceived, to give an overall perspective of his music (even though it is sold as a 'Collection' of sorts), but, more to provide a musical snapshot of where he originally started, as opposed to where he's currently ended up today. And because the majority of tracks here are complied from various EP's & Singles, buyers should be warned that there is a decidedly 'Disjointed' feel to the tracklisting, with no continuity to the sequencing of the tracks. Moving from somber and atmospheric Experimental Electronica one minute (The sublime "Digeridoo" is a great example of how truly creative his work can be), through to something a little more brooding and anxious ("Isopropanol" veers more towards Ambient Techno). Moving into the more accessible side of his music is "Polynomial-C" that feels more in line with the progressive techno/Industrial cross-over that he would later go on to perfect under the alias "Polygon Window", that's crunching and slightly abrasive, yet somehow mantains a rhythmic element, under the most strenuous of conditions.

So the question is, are these collection of tracks truly deserving to be included on this album?? Yes!!, of that there is no doubt, but if taken as a whole album, its something of a mess (although a fantastically created one).Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWell designed electronic background sounds

This album is somewhere between chill and electronic. The design is monotonic but still appealing to me.

Published on December 5, 2008 by Phillip
4.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent early album

His music has grown to a sophistication that has overshadowed early works like this, but this music provides a great sampling of the early career of the artist. Read more

Published on August 24, 2008 by Priscilla Stilwell
3.0 out of 5 starsDidn't age well

It's ok and a must have if you're a aphex twin fan. It's interesting to hear some of the earlier aphex twin work, some of which I danced to at raves in the '90s. Read more

Published on March 23, 2007 by bowery boy
5.0 out of 5 starsgreat

Just great. I am a fan of his music for quite a while and all of his records are special in their own way. Tracks with a little twist only RDJ can add. Read more

Published on May 9, 2004 by hugo
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful album for the RDJ fan, but not his best

I Didn't need to listen to this album more than once to know that it was going to be another incredible Aphex Twin listening experience. Read more

Published on April 9, 2004 by Kevin Emery
5.0 out of 5 stars'hardcore' aphex

this is a great albuum, i mean it is aphex twin after all. But it is very different from his other albums.
It's almost all early rave music, ie. hard, 4/4 beat stuff. Read more

Published on March 11, 2004
4.0 out of 5 stars*new commers beware*

i have recently gotten in to the aphex twin, & if your looking for some off the hook stuff to listen to,this would be the one to buy. Read more

Published on July 22, 2003 by bradley
4.0 out of 5 starsGood cd

I like this cd way better than any of his ambient works. While it is less accessible than many of his cd's it still is intersting to listen to and can really twist somebody's head... Read more

Published on June 12, 2003 by Mark McLaughlin

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