Aphex Twin / Chapter Titles

A peek at my 33 1/3 SAW 2 book-in-the-works

/ By Marc Weidenbaum

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With the pre-press proofreading of the text nearly complete, these are the chapter titles for my forthcoming book in the 33 1/3 series on Aphex Twin’s 1994 album *Selected Ambient Works Volume II*. The book will be published on February 13, 2014, just weeks before the 20th anniversary of the album’s original release:

Chapter 1: There Is No Volume I
Chapter 2: Background Beats
Chapter 3: A Chill-Out Room of One’s Own
Chapter 4: Synesthetic Codex
Chapter 5: Transcribing Vapor
Chapter 6: Embedding Vapor
Chapter 7: Selected Ambient Works Volume III

Available for pre-order from [amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Aphex-Twins-Selected-Ambient-Volume/dp/1623568900/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2) and elsewhere.

Percussion + Piano

A short meander by Martin Rach

/ By Marc Weidenbaum

Some rough percussion, like rubber bands imitating rain drops, or stretched leather grating under pressure, or the cabin of a wooden boat tossed in a gentle storm. A single piano line, played solemnly, like a lullaby on a deceased friend’s dilapidated instrument, slightly out of tune in specific spots, each note lingering far longer than might seem possible, pools of notes piling on the floor beside the stool.

https://soundcloud.com/martinrach/late-evening-waiting

Track originally posted at [soundcloud.com/martinrach](https://soundcloud.com/martinrach/late-evening-waiting). More from Rach at [martinrach.com](http://www.martinrach.com/).

Music for Yorkshire Dales National Park

By Dennis Huddleston, aka 36

/ By Marc Weidenbaum

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The track “Heather Spa” takes its name from a spot in the Yorkshire Dales National Park that has served as an inspiration to musician Dennis Huddleston, who records and performs under the two-digit moniker 36. The track is an achingly beautiful expanse of slowly unfolding harmonic lushness, the sonic equivalent of watching rough surf churn in slow motion.

Track originally posted to [soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace](https://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace/asip028-36-dangerous-days). Get the full album at [astrangelyisolatedplace.com](http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/2013/11/11/asip028-36-heather-spa/). More from Huddleston at [3six.net](http://www.3six.net/).

Cutest Little Synth You Ever Did See

Peter Kirn demos the littleBits/KORG teamup

/ By Marc Weidenbaum

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Peter Kirn, of [CreateDigitalMusic.com](http://CreateDigitalMusic.com), has been exploring the littleBits Synth Kit, developed with KORG. It is a modular analog synthesizer that comes as a collection of small and interchangeable, mix-and-match parts. In addition to a power supply there are these functions: random, micro sequencer, filter, mix, synth speaker, oscillators (a pair), keyboard, envelope, delay, and split. To demo it, Kirn recorded a small bunch of “live jams,” each labeled as an etude. This is his “littleBits Synth Kit Etude #1,” a charming pulsing chime:

Track orginally posted at [soundcloud.com/peterkirn](https://soundcloud.com/peterkirn/littlebits-synth-kit-etude-1).

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More on the littleBits Synth Kit at [littlebits.cc/kits](http://littlebits.cc/kits/synth-kit).

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/ By Marc Weidenbaum