Aphex

Aphex Twin has clarified his stance on vaccines after anti-vax sentiments and other conspiracy theories appeared in the ID3 tag of a song posted to SoundCloud.A Reddit user found an ID3 tag on a song posted by the Cornish producer AKA Richard D James in 2014, reading “vaccines are poisonous, mercury, aluminum can+ autism, cancer” and also referencing 9/11, Hamas and chemtrails.James commented on SoundCloud to explain that the message was fake after receiving messages about the text.“I put random things in id3 tags…

‘Please help me,” pleads Rachel Hunter on a TikTok video now seen by millions, as the sound of ominous drones hum beneath a robotic voice repeatedly asking, “The 70 billion people of Earth … where are they hiding?”The noises are emitting from a record spinning on a turntable – the brand new vinyl release of Taylor Swift’s re-recorded Speak Now. Except it’s not. It’s the churning sounds of industrial-electro pioneers Cabaret Voltaire sampling the 1963 sci-fi TV show The Outer Limits on their 1992 track Soul Vine (70…

From London, EnglandRecommended if you like The Avalanches, Chuck Person, AG CookUp next New album coming in spring; six-LP Charmed box set in July 2023There’s a rumour going around that DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ – the mysterious dance producer whose sprawling, sample-dense tracks have become an online sensation and led to a collaboration with the 1975 – might actually be Richard D James, AKA Aphex Twin. On a Zoom in mid-December, the polite, witty woman staring back certainly doesn’t look like James, but I double-check,…

Aphex Twin is finally ready to offer his mutation-driven music software to the world. Pitchfork notes Aphex Twin (aka Richard James) and engineer Dave Griffiths have released Samplebrain, a free "sample mashing" app that turns audio files from your computer into sample blocks you can use for projects. You can recreate a sample using tracks in your music library, or craft a "303 riff" from unexpected sounds. The app is available in ready-to-use versions for Mac and Windows computers. You can build a Linux-friendly edition…

Stephanie Grisham, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, claimed this week that on occasion, in order to calm the president’s fury, an aide would be brought in to play him his favourite music – including Memory from the musical Cats.In light of the revelation, we asked our readers which songs they used to calm themselves in moments of high stress.Daniel Jack Paproth. Photograph: Craig SillitoeThe first is Brian Eno’s Discreet Music, from a 1975 album of the same name. It’s half an hour long – I’ve often used it at night…

Image via Marvel Studios Actor Christian Bale is set to return to comic book filmmaking with his coming turn in Thor: Love and Thunder, and now the acclaimed actor is sharing his influences for his portrayal of the villain, one of whom is Kate Bush, the legendary English musician brought to renewed public attention by the use of her classic song “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” in season 4 of Stranger Things. “Mostly hearing Taika’s thoughts on it. There’s obviously sort of a Nosferatu slight attitude.…