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Melodies From Mars
''Melodies from Mars'' is a collection of unreleased tracks by Richard David James, better known under his pseudonym Aphex Twin. Although James did not admit authorship until 2010, it was known to fans as an unofficial Aphex Twin album because at least two of its tracks are alternate versions (possibly demo versions) of tracks featured on the subsequently released '' Richard D. James Album'' (1996). Some tracks also bear resemblance to those on '' Analogue Bubblebath 5''. These tracks are thought to mark the beginning of a new phase in James's career, when he started composing music using computer software rather than on synthesizers and analogue equipment. There are few places to find this album. It is commonly believed that ''Melodies from Mars'' was given to some of James' friends on cassette tapes. The Aphex Twin Community claims that "men in black suits" (people from Rephlex) asked it to remove MP3 excerpts from its website. An alternate version was illegally released in ...
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Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient music, ambient, acid (electronic music), acid, and jungle music, jungle, and he has been described as a pioneering figure in the intelligent dance music (IDM) genre. Journalists from publications including ''Mixmag'', ''The New York Times'', ''NME'', ''Fact (UK magazine), Fact,'' ''Clash (magazine), Clash'' and ''The Guardian'' have called James one of the most influential and important artists in contemporary electronic music. James was raised in Cornwall and began DJing at free party, free parties and clubs around the South West England, South West in the late 1980s. His debut EP ''Analogue Bubblebath,'' released in 1991 on Mighty Force Records, brought James an early following; he began to perform across the UK and continental Europe. James co-fou ...
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Electronic Music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means (electroacoustic music). Pure electronic instruments depend entirely on circuitry-based sound generation, for instance using devices such as an electronic oscillator, theremin, or synthesizer: no acoustic waves need to be previously generated by mechanical means and then converted into electrical signals. On the other hand, electromechanical instruments have mechanical parts such as strings or hammers that generate the sound waves, together with electric elements including pickup (music technology), magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers that convert the acoustic waves into electrical signals, process them and convert them back into sound waves. Such electromechanical devices in ...
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Authorship
In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is referred to as authorship. Therefore, a sculptor, painter, or composer is considered the author of their respective sculptures, paintings, or musical compositions. Although in common usage, the term "author" is often associated specifically with the writer of a book, article, play, or other written work. In cases involving a work for hire, the employer or commissioning party is legally considered the author of the work, even if it was created by someone else. Typically, the first owner of a copyright is the creator of the copyrighted work, i.e., the author. If more than one person created the work, then joint authorship has taken place. Copyright laws differ around the world. The United States Copyright Office, for example, defines copyright as "a form of protection provided by the ...
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Richard D
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Anders ...
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Analogue Bubblebath 5
''Analogue Bubblebath 5'' is an unreleased EP by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James, under the alias of AFX. Recorded in 1995 and consisting of nine tracks, the EP had been intended for release on James' own label, Rephlex Records, as the fifth installment in his ''Analogue Bubblebath'' series. However, James decided that it was not up to par with other entries in the series, so it never made it past the test pressing stage. Only 20 copies of the record were produced. Release In January 2005, Rephlex started to mail out the binder and black vinyl editions of '' Analord 10''. Due to issues at the manufacturing and mail out stage, approximately 20 buyers did not receive their package. Rephlex mailed out a second batch in June 2005 to those who had not received their order. This second batch included a free copy of ''Analogue Bubblebath 5''. No information is printed on the record's blank white labels, however some copies do have "AB5" written and ...
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Compact Audio Cassette
The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback. Invented by Lou Ottens and his team at the Dutch company Philips, the Compact Cassette was released in August 1963. Compact Cassettes come in two forms, either containing content as a prerecorded cassette (''Musicassette''), or as a fully recordable "blank" cassette. Both forms have two sides and are reversible by the user. Although other tape cassette formats have also existed—for example the Microcassette—the generic term ''cassette tape'' is normally used to refer to the Compact Cassette because of its ubiquity. From 1983 to 1991 the cassette tape was the most popular audio format for new music sales in the United States. Compact Cassettes contain two miniature spools, between which the magnetically coated, polyester-type plastic film (magnetic tape) is passed and wound—essentially ...
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Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records was a record label launched in 1991 in Cornwall by Electronic music, electronic musician Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) and Grant Wilson-Claridge. The label coined the term ''braindance'' to describe the output of Aphex Twin and fellow artists. History In 1989, Grant Wilson-Claridge met Richard D. James (a.k.a. Aphex Twin) DJing at The Bowgie, a club located just along the coast from Newquay, Cornwall. According to Wilson-Claridge, back in 1989, "the Bowgie was the best club ever...this was before Newquay turned into the Cornish Ibiza" and it was very difficult to hear new and interesting music. Wilson-Claridge and James used to DJ on alternate weeks. When he noticed that James was playing his own tapes rather than records, Wilson-Claridge suggested that they press up some records. In the beginning, committing Aphex Twin recordings to vinyl was a way of making music the duo's friends wanted to hear. Due to their geographical dis-location they did not have acce ...
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Unreal Records
Unreal may refer to: Books and TV * ''Unreal'' (short story collection), a 1985 book of short stories by Paul Jennings * ''Unreal'' (TV series), a 2015 television drama series on Lifetime Computing and games * ''Unreal'' (video game series), various computer games set in the ''Unreal'' universe ** ''Unreal'' (1998 video game), first-person shooter computer game from the series * ''Unreal'' (1990 video game), a 1990 game published by Ubisoft * Unreal Engine, a widely used game engine upon which the Unreal games among others are built * ''Unreal'' (demo), a 1992 computer programming demo by Future Crew * UnrealIRCd, an Internet Relay Chat daemon Music Albums * ''Unreal'' (End of You album), 2006 * ''Unreal'' (Flumpool album), 2008 * ''UnReal'' (My Ticket Home album), 2017 * ''Unreal!!!'', by Ray Stevens, 1970 * ''Unreal'', by Bloodstone, 1973 * ''Unreal'', by Mr.Kitty, 2024 Songs * "Unreal" (song), by Ill Niño, 2002 * "Unreal", by Dreamworld, 1995 * "Unreal", by Gord ...
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Another Man
''Another Man'' is an international fashion and culture menswear biannual magazine. It was launched in 2005 by Jefferson Hack. Ben Cobb is Editor-In-Chief of ''Another Man,'' having joined the title as Editor in 2010. He became Editor-in-Chief in 2015. Creative Director Alister Mackie has been with the magazine since its launch. Contributors include photographers Alasdair McLellan, Willy Vanderperre, Ryan McGinley and Nick Knight. In 2017 the magazine launched its online platform Anothermanmag.com with Ted Stansfield as Digital Editor. Its partner magazine, ''AnOther,'' along with ''Dazed ''Dazed'' (''Dazed & Confused'' until February 2014) is a quarterly British lifestyle magazine founded in 1991. It covers music, fashion, film, art, and literature. ''Dazed'' is published by Dazed Media, an independent media group known for produ ...,'' DazedDigital.com and Dazed Studio are part of Dazed Media. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Another Man Biannual magazines published in the U ...
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Mike Paradinas
Michael Robert Paradinas (born 26 September 1971), better known by his stage name μ-Ziq (pronounced "music" or mu-zik), is an English electronic musician from Wimbledon, London. He was associated with the electronic style intelligent dance music (IDM) during the 1990s, and recorded on Rephlex Records and Reflective Records. His critically acclaimed 1997 album, ''Lunatic Harness'', helped define the drill 'n' bass subgenre and was also his most successful release, selling over 100,000 copies. Paradinas founded the record label Planet Mu, begun in 1995, where he has championed genres such as juke, IDM and footwork. History Paradinas was born in Charing Cross and began playing keyboards during the early 1980s, and listened to new wave music such as OMD, Heaven 17 and early Human League. He joined a few bands in the mid-1980s, then spent eight years on keyboards for the group Blue Innocence. During this period, Paradinas had been recording on his own as well with synthe ...
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Expert Knob Twiddlers
''Expert Knob Twiddlers'' is a 1996 studio album by Mike Paradinas and Aphex Twin, Richard D. James. It was released in 1996 on Rephlex Records and is the only release credited to the two as Mike & Rich. On 14 July 2016 Planet Mu announced that a reissued version would be released with seven bonus tracks in September 2016. Production Mike Paradinas described the sound of the album as "an updated version of easy listening and funk". James had heard the music Paradinas had made under the name of Jake Slazenger and invited him to create tracks. Paradinas noted James had invited other artists to collaborate with him, including Luke Vibert, Squarepusher and Cylob and was honoured that his collaborative tracks were chosen for the release. Both artists were getting drunk while developing tracks, something that Paradinas stated that neither artist regularly did. The track "Giant Deflating Football" was written during the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Paradinas noted that the two "were able to q ...
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Girl/Boy Song
''Richard D. James Album'' is the fourth studio album by the British electronic music artist and producer Richard D. James under the alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 4November 1996 through Warp Records. It was composed by James on his Macintosh computer, and took longer to complete than his previous albums. It features fast breakbeats and intricate drum programming which draw from jungle and drum and bass. James' drum loops are paired with lush string arrangements, and ambient melodies reminiscent of his earlier work, as well as modulated vocals from James. ''Richard D. James Album'' entered the Dance Albums Chart at No.7, and reached No.62 on the Albums Chart. In the US it charted at No.20 on ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers Albums chart. It had sold over 100,000 units by 1997, making it Warp's most commercially successful release at the time. It received critical acclaim, with much of the praise going to its production. It has since been described as one of the best al ...
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