Speaking of Eno and Burial, I never spotted that connection at the time because I'd not heard Eno - but now I hear it, and wiki tells me Burial sampled Eno on 'Forgive'
“I admit that sometimes I don’t put any work into remixing at all.” From a man who flippantly named a collection of remixes 26 Mixes For Cash, the statement isn’t surprising. What is surprising is the extremes to which James would (allegedly) take this operating principle.
As legend holds, he was commissioned to remix alt-rockers The Lemonheads, but when the courier came for the tape, he had nothing to turn in; he either didn’t listen to the original or “couldn’t be bothered to do their track ’cause it was so shit.” Instead, he grabbed an old track, handed it over, and was paid four grand for his work. “Strangely, they never released it,” he told Loaded (which makes confirming this one particularly difficult). “They should’ve been honoured, I reckon. It would have sounded better than any rubbish song they wrote.”
I always liked that he appears to just go about his life, seemingly not caught up in the music industry game or "stardom" (despite the fanboy worship): hardly ever does interviews or tours or puts out records, etc.
one of my fav tales (perhaps even true!) was his remix of indie band the lemonheads...
http://www.factmag.com/2017/04/14/funny-little-man-the-facts-and-fictions-of-aphex-twins-mythology/
But who ever thought AFX remixing the sodding Lemonheads would be a good idea?
I was interested by Doran's speculations re: Aphex as Cornish myth-spinner.
Haha, that is fucking brilliant!
But who ever thought AFX remixing the sodding Lemonheads would be a good idea?
How much did 'phex get paid for those adverts, Woebot?
I demand the scurrilous truth
Spanners was a big LP in the day, but I fear time hasnt been too kind to it. Plaid too.
it's all about the early EPs droid