Analogue Bubblebath

IDM (5 items)
list by Mike Burns

electronica (44 items)
list by Mike Burns

This is a very dreaming EP that has my mind swimming in lovely sounds. This is one of those breakthough legendary type records simply because nothing sounded like this in 1991. The title track Analougue Bubblebath 1 is one of the most beautiful IDM tracks ever written and gets stuck in your head very easily. It does have a great ambient feel to it as well, like most of AFX earily material. Isoprop... read more

Description: Whether it's Caustic or Polygon Window, AFX, or just plain Richard James, the man known as Aphex Twin always writes dream-inspired music. Not pleasant, running though a field of flowers dreams, but dark, paranoid, and haunting nightmares. The third instalment of Analogue Bubblebath is no exception, and continues in the same demented direction as previous volumes. Describing individual tracks this time around is more difficult than usual, as each track is given a (seemingly) random serial number rather than a traditional title. The only exception is "AFX 6/b", an ambient, electro number that tweets, chirps, and h Whether it's Caustic or Polygon Window, AFX, or just plain Richard James, the man known as Aphex Twin always writes dream-inspired music. Not pleasant, running though a field of flowers dreams, but dark, paranoid, and haunting nightmares. The third instalment of Analogue Bubblebath is no exception, and continues in the same demented direction as previous volumes. Describing individual tracks this time around is more difficult than usual, as each track is given a (seemingly) random serial number rather than a traditional title. The only exception is "AFX 6/b", an ambient, electro number that tweets, chirps, and hums with mechanical inspiration. Other tracks range from the sound of stuck machine cogs mixed with phaser fire to scratchy minimal techno to gurgling guttural noises. This is frightening but inspired. --Daniel Shumate ... (more) (less)