Respected experimental digital artist Aphex Dual has these days printed the primary observe from his first EP in 5 years following the release of a mysterious augmented fact app on Tuesday.
The brand new observe, Blackbox Existence Recorder 21f, is his first because the Cave in EP in 2018. It was once at first posted to the artist’s Soundcloud on Tuesday prior to being all of a sudden deleted.
As of late (Wednesday 21 June), it was once performed on Mary Anne Hobbs’ display on BBC Radio 6 Track and we be told that it’s a part of an EP, Blackbox Existence Recorder 21f / in a room7 F760, which will probably be launched on Warp Information on 28 June. The EP has additionally been posted to Deezer, the place a snippet is to be had to hear.
The tracklist reads:
1. Blackbox Existence Recorder 21f
2. zin2 test5
3. in a room7 F760
4. Blackbox Existence Recorder 22 [Parallax Mix]
AFX – actual identify Richard D. James – has been thrilling enthusiasts since he posted an extraordinary picture with manufacturer Arca to their Instagram on 15 June. Following this, posters exhibiting QR codes gave the impression in Los Angeles on June 20 that took enthusiasts to YXBoZXh0d2lu, an augmented fact app. The app triggers the playback of latest tune with an accompanying animation.
Glastonbury?
Aphex Dual is on excursion at this time, having carried out at Sonar 2023 in Barcelona remaining week. He’s additionally set to headline Box Day in London this August.
This begs the query: with the teasing of latest tune so with reference to the outlet of some of the global’s greatest and very best tune fairs, Glastonbury, will enthusiasts be seeing a marvel look at Worthy Farm this 12 months? There’s a marvel slot simply prior to Leftifled, for instance. MusicTech hope we’re guessing appropriately however, in fact, no data has been printed – but.
In similar information, an Aphex Dual superfan, 17-year-old Beau Waddell, lately wrote and printed a e book known as Aphex Dual: Each and every Album, Each and every Track. The e book charts the entire tune from the musician’s six albums and a lot of EPs.
In 2022, Aphex Dual unveiled Samplebrain, a granular pattern mashing app, introduced as a unfastened obtain. The app operates through fragmenting audio into interconnected sections that shape a “mind” networked thru similarity.
Watch Aphex Dual’s Printworks set from 2019 by way of YouTube.
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