26 Mixes for Cash

26 Mixes for Cash

ASIN: B000088EGP

Editorial Reviews
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It's hard to imagine Aphex Twin having a more appropriately named label (Warp); fitting also that 26 Mixes for Cash should have such an honest title. Having passed off a random gabba track as a Lemonheads remix and not bothering to hear the Nine Inch Nails originals before handing over his mixes, Aphex Twin has historically proved a little wayward in his methods. Not so much remixing as recycling, Richard D James's method is not unlike flinging tracks into a garbage crusher just long enough so only the bare bones of melody and structure survive. Covering a decade's work, this stunning eclectic mix effortlessly flicks from cinematic ambience (Nine Inch Nails--"At the Heart of It All") and industrial pandemonium (Mescalinum United's "We Have Arrived") to squelching acid trance (his own previously unreleased acid edit of "Windowlicker"). The disparate range of artists remixed is as remarkable as the music, with Mike Flowers Pops and Wagon Christ making unlikely bedfellows. Improbable yet inspired highlights come in the form of his haunting interpretation of David Bowie's "Heroes" symphony conducted by Philip Glass and the breathtakingly ethereal transformation of Curve's "Falling Free." --Christopher Barrett

Product Description
A 26 track compilation on 2 CDs of Aphex Twin's blinding remixes (plus two previously unreleased Aphex tunes). Encompassing 10 years of always evolving, unpredictable Aphex Twin sounds, from acid trax and raved-up bangers to strangely commercial pop and his inimitably delicate, ambient empathies. Gatefold digipak. Warp. 2003.

26 Mixes for Cash

Tracks:

Time To Find Me, AFX Fast Mix - Seefeel
Raising The Titanic, Big Drum Mix - Gavin Bryars
Journey, Aphex Twin Care Mix - Gentle People
Triachus, Mix By Aphex Twin - Kinesthesia
Heroes, Aphex Twin Remix - Philip Glass
In The Glitter Part II, Aphex Twin Mix - Buck Tick
Zeroes And Ones, Aphex Twin Reconstruction #2 - Jesus Jones
Ziggy, Aphex Twin Mix #1 - Nav Katze
Your Head My Voice, Voix Revirement - Saint Etienne
Change, Aphex Twin Mix #2 - Nav Katze
Une Femme N'est Pas Un Homme, Aphex Twin Mix - The Beatniks
The Beauty Of Being Numb Section B, Created By Aphex Twin - Nince Inch Nails
Let My Fish Loose, Aphex Twin Remix - Nobukazu Takemura

Tracks:

Krieger, Aphex Twin Baldhu Mix - Die Fantastischen Vier
Deep In Velvet, Aphex Twin Turnips Mix - Phillip Boa & The Voodoo Club
Falling Free, Aphex Twin Remix - Curve
We Have Arrived, Aphex Twin QQT Mix - Mescalinum United
At The Heart Of It All, Created By Aphex Twin - Nine Inch Nails
Remix - AFX
Windowlicker, Acid Edit - Aphex Twin
Normal, Helston Flora Remix By AFX - Baby Ford
SAW2 CD1 TRK2, Original Mix - Aphex Twin
Mindstream, The Aphex Twin Remix - Meat Beat Manifesto
You Can't Hide Your Love, Hidden Love Mix - DMX Krew
Spotlight, Aphex Twin Mix - Wagon Christ
Debase, Soft Palate - Mike Flowers Pop

Amazon.com

It's hard to imagine Aphex Twin having a more appropriately named label (Warp); fitting also that 26 Mixes for Cash should have such an honest title. Having passed off a random gabba track as a Lemonheads remix and not bothering to hear the Nine Inch Nails originals before handing over his mixes, Aphex Twin has historically proved a little wayward in his methods. Not so much remixing as recycling, Richard D James's method is not unlike flinging tracks into a garbage crusher just long enough so only the bare bones of melody and structure survive. Covering a decade's work, this stunning eclectic mix effortlessly flicks from cinematic ambience (Nine Inch Nails--"At the Heart of It All") and industrial pandemonium (Mescalinum United's "We Have Arrived") to squelching acid trance (his own previously unreleased acid edit of "Windowlicker"). The disparate range of artists remixed is as remarkable as the music, with Mike Flowers Pops and Wagon Christ making unlikely bedfellows. Improbable yet inspired highlights come in the form of his haunting interpretation of David Bowie's "Heroes" symphony conducted by Philip Glass and the breathtakingly ethereal transformation of Curve's "Falling Free." --Christopher Barrett

Album Description

A 26 track compilation on 2 CDs of Aphex Twin's blinding remixes (plus two previously unreleased Aphex tunes). Encompassing 10 years of always evolving, unpredictable Aphex Twin sounds, from acid trax and raved-up bangers to strangely commercial pop and his inimitably delicate, ambient empathies. Gatefold digipak. Warp. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Good buy!.......2007-02-19

I bought this cd for my guy and he loved it. He doesnt listen to it enough in my opinion though. :/

Brilliant........2006-12-15

A completely worthwhile album; wide variety of stellar remixes. I really, really love this album, despite a couple of really bizarre and unlistenable tracks. And even the unlistenable tracks are really fascinating. RDJ is laughing himself silly right now, if he reads this, because he often pooh-poohs his own genius. He probably helped compose The Beauty of Being Numb Section B in 5 minutes on the crapper, and here I am calling it brilliant. He probably worked really hard on that mix and composed Time to Find Me with the whole crapper/5 minutes thing. Or not.

Either way, it's been, what, a couple of years now, and I still can't get enough of this album. Absolutely essential for Aphex Twin fans, and not a bad starter-kit for newbies either.

Thank you, may I have another?.......2005-12-24

More melodies would have been nice; I may make my own remixes of these songs (I'd just be adding more melodies) in order to make the music more satisfying :) As always, he delivers those tantalizing drum beats and creates a great c.d., but there just weren't any songs that amazed me. Expect an interesting set of songs, just don't expect them to be mind-blowing. Of course, that's my point of view, if you're new to this genre, this could be mind-blowing; when I first heard Karsten Pflum (who led me to check out Richard James) I was totally blown away.

26 Mixes For Cash.......2005-10-02

Ok I give little green papers and get this? What a deal! Depending on how you pay for this whether it be through a few small numbers (credit card), a $20 piece of paper, or 20 one dollar pieces of paper, you are getting a mighty fine deal.

Let me start off by saying Aphex Twin is not a thing of the past, because the music is classic. It has a certain beauty to it that sets it apart. Some of the tracks on "26 Mixes For Cash" have a greater track length than his previous material, which is a pretty darned good thing. This is because the majority of the tracks are quite trance-like, but not in a club-ish, repetitive sense. There is a sense of sameness throughout each track but it has great subtle variety which one would only notice after a few listens. There are interesting parts in each track which sound like they could be organically made through instrumental group but it is somehow all put together using computer electronics.

I would say his first recording, SAW 85-92, was his most important release, the Richard D. James album is his most defined of the crazy persona which is Aphex Twin, and this is his most trance-like, beautiful, polished, and expertly nob twiddled recording.

This recording is different than the other Aphex Twins in the sense that it is more digestible, because of its organic nature. It's sort of like a more recent version of Selected Ambient Works 85-92, except this one covers a greater variety of sounds and is more intricate. If you like electronic music then you will love this CD, no joke. This is a defining moment for electronic music and how far out the genre can reach, which is so diverse, at the same time slightly minimalistic, but not at any point is it uninteresting.

Basically you should own this CD, and I will put my foot down that if you do not love it, you need to try a different genre because you are cray-z. It is a very nice mix of techno, drill & bass, drum & bass, ambience, and electronic in extraordinary chilling beauty whether it be dark, sparse, or haunting bliss. This is a hard album to give highlights, and all the tracks have their own feel, making this one of the most impressive CDs I've heard yet.

Bleeps. Bloops. Kinda blah........2005-03-08

I bought this after hearing the remix of Gavin Bryars' "Sinking of the Titanic," (the original is a beautiful piece of music; the remix is cool, too). The rest of 26 Mixes, well....

Disc 1 is ok, but most of the tracks make their points early and then go on for too long. Disc 2 is, however, pretty lousy. Apparently, taking a tune, dicing it up and making it sound like basically a hard drive crashing is of interest to some folks. It's of interest to me, too .... briefly.

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