Analogue Bubblebath 4
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Analogue Bubblebath 4 was the fourth EP
released by Richard D. James, under the alias AFX. It is also the fourth release in the Analogue Bubblebath series.
The EP consists of four tracks (plus one hidden track on CD releases). It was released in 1994 on Rephlex Records
in both CD and 12" vinyl
formats.
All tracks are untitled. The fifth track of the CD reissue is actually a heavily modulated snippet from a press conference with Evel Knievel
, sometime after the Snake River Canyon
incident.
Fans have titled the tracks possibly after the sounds that are in the tracks.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
released by Richard D. James, under the alias AFX. It is also the fourth release in the Analogue Bubblebath series.
The EP consists of four tracks (plus one hidden track on CD releases). It was released in 1994 on Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records
Rephlex Records is a record label started in 1991 by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. Rephlex coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and Rephlex Records...
in both CD and 12" vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
formats.
All tracks are untitled. The fifth track of the CD reissue is actually a heavily modulated snippet from a press conference with Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel , born Robert Craig Knievel, was an American daredevil and entertainer. In his career he attempted over 75 ramp-to-ramp motorcycle jumps between 1965 and 1980, and in 1974, a failed jump across Snake River Canyon in the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket...
, sometime after the Snake River Canyon
Snake River Canyon (Idaho)
Snake River Canyon is a large canyon formed by the Snake River in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho. It is well known as the site of an unsuccessful 1974 attempt by Evel Knievel to jump it in the Skycycle X-2....
incident.
2003 CD reissue
- Untitled – 6:22
- Untitled – 6:04
- Untitled – 5:08
- Untitled – 8:21
- Untitled – 0:27
Fans have titled the tracks possibly after the sounds that are in the tracks.
- 6:22 - Elephant Song
- 6:04 - Cuckoo
- 5:08 - Gibbon
- 8:21 - Sloth
- 0:27 - Knievel
- Note- On the Rephlex Records website, the Title 'Cuckoo' was given to the track that is 6:04, all other tracks are of Fan impetus only.