Surfing on Sine Waves

Culled from the seminal Artificial Intelligence series, this was the debut release on Warp from Richard James, aka Aphex Twin. Surfing... sounds as refreshing today as it did almost a decade ago. This re-issue has two previously unreleased tracks 'Portreath Harbour' and 'Redruth School'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

For the second album in its ruefully short-lived Artificial Intelligence series, Sheffield's Warp Records commissioned a young Richard James (now better known as the Aphex Twin) to demonstrate not only the capabilities of his collection of homemade synthesizers but of his uniquely warped mind as well. Surfing on Sine Waves provides an equal dose of both, a soundscape in which undulating synths compete for space with disjointed drum programming and awkward song structure. But somehow everything fits together. Smooth and tactile tracks like "Polygon Window," "Quixote," and "UT1 Dot" are balanced by opaque drum workouts like "Quoth" and "Supremacy II," finishing off with the delicate and sublime "Quino-Phec." Surfing... epitomizes the sound James slowly abandoned in his later material--a smooth hybrid of Detroit's raw sensibilities with the European electronica that was its inspiration and the personal touch that can only come from a lonely, disturbed mind. --Matthew Corwine

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2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-10-2006; Boring; I cant say i especially like any of the songs on this album. All of them are incredibly repetitive. If you like aphex's repetitive stuff, buy it, otherwise buy one of his better albums, like Richard D. James or Drukqs; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2005; Brilliant.; I got this album uninterestedly, having just found Mr. James and and buying all of his albums blindly. It's pretty amazing - I have a reccurrent thought that the music can't possibly fit on a CD. The sound occassionally muddles, as if it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-09-2005; See through the window; Don't listen to the bad hype, this album is amazing, it's become one of my favorites, Quixote proves it all, theres something very mysterious about this album it'll take you far away..; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-12-2005; This was great for its time, but 13yrs have gone by....; Do we have to look back with such nondiscerning compassion? My friend gave me a copy of this, and it was a mild listen at best.But you have to remember the technology of the time - imagine what John Cage would have done with todays...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2005; Brilliant.; I got this album uninterestedly, having just found Mr. James and and buying all of his albums blindly. It's pretty amazing - I have a reccurrent thought that the music can't possibly fit on a CD. The sound occassionally muddles, as if it...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-10-2006; Boring; I cant say i especially like any of the songs on this album. All of them are incredibly repetitive. If you like aphex's repetitive stuff, buy it, otherwise buy one of his better albums, like Richard D. James or Drukqs; read full review | report as inappropriate