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AFX* - Analogue Bubblebath 3
Label:
Catalog#:
CAT 008 CD, CAT 008
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
Feb 1993
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno,
IDM,
Experimental,
Ambient
Tracklist
| 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 |
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
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
Recommendations
-
AFX* - Analogue Bubblebath 4 (CD, EP, Car)
-
Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2xCD, Album)
-
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (2xCD, Album)
-
Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes For Cash (2xCD, Comp, Dig)
-
Caustic Window - Compilation (CD, Comp)
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Reviews & Discussion
Review by
Mar 15, 2008
A couple of tracks on here are excellent, but for the most part this is not a very enjoyable release. Normally Aphex Twin's work is indeed very complex and wild, but this release is particularly annoying on the ears, with screeching synths at some points, and repetition and lack of creativity all throughout. If you want some of his better analogue releases, take a look at his later Analord series, summarized in his "Chosen Lords" CD.
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" I've ever heard. Genius, indeed.