Sound Portraits #24: Aphex Twin
- Doors: 19:30
- Start time: 20:00
- Limited seats: please come on time
Listening session curated by Doron Sadja, focusing on the work of iconic composers who have paved the way for contemporary electronic music.
This session: Aphex Twin
Sound Portraits is a series of listening sessions, curated by Doron Sadja, focusing on the work of iconic composers who have paved the way for contemporary electronic music. After a short introduction of each artist's life and work, we will listen to a selection of excerpts and complete works from the artist’s repertoire. Besides providing an opportunity to introduce these seminal artists to a new audience, the Sound Portraits series also offers an open forum to engage in group listening in a quiet atmosphere.
This session: Aphex Twin
Read more about the series at http://sound-portraits.tumblr.com
Richard James, aka Aphex Twin, is one of the most inventive and influential figures in contemporary electronic music. A name synonymous with the IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Aphex Twin's debut album "Selected Ambient Works 85-92" is considered a "watershed of ambient music" and since then he has released one groundbreaking album after another over the past few decades. He is a founder of Rephlex Records and is closely associated with Warp Records with whom he has released a variety of works.