AFX* - Analogue Bubblebath 3

Label: Rephlex, Rephlex
Catalog#: CAT 008 CD, CAT 008
Format: CD, Album
Country:UK
Released:Feb 1993
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, IDM, Experimental, Ambient
Credits: Producer [Uncredited], Written-by [Uncredited] - Richard D. James
Notes:The sticker on the front contains the only text on the entire release. No track titles are listed. The CD is entirely blank.

Known versions:
- Original issue, released in a bubble-wrap envelope sleeve (this release).
● The sticker features bubbles on the artwork.
● The sticker has the text "66% more bubbles".
● There is no sticker on the back.
● It has the following text in the disc's matrix ring: "CAT 008 CD" "1:3" "MASTERED BY NIMBUS".
- Reissue, which came is a slimline jewel case within a larger bubble-wrap envelope sleeve. This *might* be same as the 1997 reissue, but this is unconfirmed.
- Reissue (1997), which came in a slimline jewel case.

Cat# on sticker: CAT 008
Cat# on CD ring: CAT 008 CD
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Tracklisting:

1   .215061 (3:54)
2   .1993841 (8:02)
3   .0180871R (4:16)
4   .942937 (4:36)
5   .0180871L (3:52)
6   .000890569 (4:48)
7   .55278037732581 (4:20)
8   (CAT 00897-AA1) (4:05)
9   (CAT 00897-A1) (5:06)
10   AFX 6/B (0:36)
11   (CD Only Track #1) (4:41)
12   (CD Only Track #2) (0:53)
13   (CAT 00897-A2) (5:14)
User Reviews:
jonathanchrist, Nov 20, 2003

Analogue Bubblebath 3 (most notably track 2) proves that a prolonged, beyond-repetitious, not-exactly-complex string of tinnitus-inducing hi-hat-like samples, sometimes gritty and nasal booty bass booms, and atonal-yet-pretty, feather-light-yet-cheaply-overdriven ambient synth tones can actually be aesthetically pleasing. Listening to this disc gives me the same sense of wonder that I experience when I view paintings in an art museum - more so than listening to any Western "art music" Ive ever heard. Genius, indeed.

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