Classics
Compilation Album by Aphex Twin
Released	1995
Recorded	1990
Genre	Acid house/Techno
Length	74 min 03 s
Label	R&S Records
Producer(s)	Richard D. James
Professional reviews
AMG link
Aphex Twin chronology
Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994)	Classics (1995)	...I Care Because You Do (1995)

Classics is an acid house-techno compilation album by Richard D. James, more commonly known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin. The album was released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). For other meanings, see Classics (disambiguation) Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... Image File history File links AphexTwinClassics. ... A compilation album is a musical album featuring songs or tunes with some common characteristics. ... Richard D. James Aphex redirects here. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... Look up Second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... R&S Records are an independent techno, jungle, and ambient record label for artists at the forefront of musical experimentation. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) is (among many other tasks) primarily responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for mass production and commercial release. ... Richard D. James Aphex redirects here. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... Richard D. James Aphex redirects here. ... Selected Ambient Works Volume II (SAW2), released in 1994, is an ambient double album by Richard D. James under his Aphex Twin moniker. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ...I Care Because You Do is an ambient-techno album by Richard D. James, more commonly known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person, usually historical, in authorship of a work of art; e. ... Richard D. James Aphex redirects here. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...

The album consists of the Digeridoo and Xylem Tube EPs combined onto one CD with a handful of other songs. The album contains James' signature acid house sensibilities. It mostly features repetitive tracks performed on analogue synthesizers and drum machines, with some rather harsh-sounding remixes of Mescalinum United's "We Have Arrived". It was released by R&S Records following James' success on Warp Records. Digeridoo is the first EP from Richard D. James, under the name Aphex Twin. Track List Digeridoo (7:11) Analogue bubblebath 1 (4:44) Flaphead (7:00) Isoprophlex (6:20) Vinyl Version A1 Digeridoo (7:11) A2 Flaphead (7:00) B1 Phloam (5:33) B2 Isoprophlex (6:20) ... The Xylem Tube EP is an early EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin. ... An extended play or EP, is the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to qualify as singles but too short to qualify as albums. ... An analog or analogue signal is any variable signal continuous in both time and amplitude. ... The term synthesizer is also used to mean frequency synthesizer, an electronic system found in communications, or video synthesizer. ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is a device designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... R&S Records are an independent techno, jungle, and ambient record label for artists at the forefront of musical experimentation. ... Warp Records is a pioneering independent UK record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in electronic music. ...

Notes

• "Isoprophlex" is an extended mix of "Isopropophlex" from James' Analogue Bubblebath.
• "Tamphex" contains looping samples from a television advertisement for Tampax.

Analogue Bubblebath was the first EP released by techno and IDM artist Richard D. James, under his commonly known alias, AFX. It is also the first release in the Analogue Bubblebath series. ... A tampon with an applicator. ...

Track listing

1. "Digeridoo" (7:11)
2. "Flap Head" (7:00)
3. "Phloam" (5:33)
4. "Isoprophlex" (6:23)
5. "Polynomial-C" (4:46)
6. "Tamphex (Headphuq Mix)" (6:31)
7. "Phlange Phace" (5:22)
8. "Dodeccaheedron" (6:08)
9. "Analogue Bubblebath 1" (4:46)
10. "Metapharstic (Classics edit)" (4:33)
11. "Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin QQT Mix)" (4:23)
12. "Mescalinum United - We Have Arrived (Aphex Twin TTQ Mix)" (5:06)
13. "Digeridoo (Live in Cornwall, 1990) (6:21)