AFX* – 2 Remixes By AFX

Perhaps it is debatable what speed the Box Energy remix is intended to be played at, but I always played it at 33 1/3 and thought it sounded perfectly natural and much better than at 45. Give it a try.

Don't be scared, drop "Box Energy" sometime on 33rpm pitched up a little instead of 45rpm and be amazed. The tune magically turns into one of the sickest Acid Breaks tunes that I've ever heard. Seriously.

Now this is something special...
Track Flow Coma with group 808 State is one of Richards all-time favourite track according to available booklet for the compilation record Artificial Inteligence from Warp Records (Catalog# Warp Cd 06).
He has one track on this release, Polygon Window as The Dice Man

From the booklet:
Top 5 electronic tracks
K7 Acid by XP4
Astro Blaster by Joyrex J5
Flow Coma by State 808 (yes they wrote it like this!)
Synth It by Revelation
Computer World by Kraftwerk

I hope he will release remixes of missing 4 tracks later.
I am waiting...

AFX shows off more of his remixing skills on 2 REMIXES BY AFX, a short EP. The mix of 808 State's "Flow Coma" is pure electro heaven, and DJ Pierre is given a speedy acid workout. And although I haven't deciphered the last track, as a matter of sonics, it's pretty fascinating, though I really wouldn't play it at a party.

I'd be hard pressed to find a slab of vinyl that contains a better set of remixes than this here beauty. Acid is the the common theme, but the tracks couldn't be more different. The Flow Coma remix thankfully doesn't disperse too much with THAT acid line, in fact RDJ appears to compose the track around this using it as an anchor for his ship of crisp breakbeats and wigged out vocal gurgles. The (purposeful) slapdash phat scratch break in the tune is vintage Aphex and is his stamp on this ode to 808 State. On the flip he reworks and transforms 303 maestro Pierre's Box Energy into a manic Acid drenched Jungle trip that leaves you gasping for breath as the 303s/breaks/drums burst forth like a biblical flood. Aphex does his weird break thang with a vocal (presumably not RDJ) recollection of 'Tom' dropping an E and wanting to "do this again, do this again", before a splash of reverb and eerie sounds launch you into the toxic jungle again. Phew, what an effort from RDJ.

The remix of "Flow Coma" is the only really good track on this release. The Bonus High Frequencies song is actually an SSTV image that has text about programs used to make the release as well as a picture of Richard sitting on a couch. This image cannot be decoded through Winamp as previously stated. You are probably better off getting "26 Mixes for Cash" which has the "Flow Coma" remix on it and 25 other Aphex Twin remixes instead of this release.

This is an outstanding release, Mangled acidic breaks first in the remix of Flow Coma by 808 State followed by the outstanding Hyperactive Box energy mix.
The track "Bonus High Frequencies" is actually data that you can run through Win-Amp to reveal a picture.

this release, though not officially linked to the rephlex label, is still a rephlex release. this can be seen easily by checking the notes in the inner grooves of the vinyl release. the notes there say:

MEN1A1= CAT 112 EP (this is for side a)
MEN1 B1= CAT 112EP (this is for side b)

the CAT catalog number is the catalog number format of the rephlex label.