Words & Music
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Words & Music is a promotional
compact disc
by Aphex Twin
, which was released by Sire
to advertise Selected Ambient Works Volume II
.
The promo alternates between edited versions of tracks from that release, and portions of an interview with Richard D. James.
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...
compact disc
Compact Disc
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by Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin
Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
, which was released by Sire
Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each investing ten thousand dollars into the new company. Its early releases as a...
to advertise Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Selected Ambient Works Volume II
-Formatting notes:The cassette version of the album featured six songs on each side, barring side three, which contained seven . The vinyl version featured four songs on each side, excluding side four, which contained five ....
.
The promo alternates between edited versions of tracks from that release, and portions of an interview with Richard D. James.
Track listing
- "Intro Words" - 0:23
- "Track #1" - 7:21
- "Words" - 0:34
- "Track #2" - 8:02
- "Words" - 0:48
- "Track #7" - 5:59
- "Words" - 0:24
- "Words (Processed)" - 5:02
- Track names above are as listed on the CD. The actual tracks are as follows:
- Interview backed with two tracks:
- "On (D-Scape Mix)" from On Remixes
- "73-Yips" from OnOn (EP)On is the title of a 1993 EP by the British electronic music artist Richard D. James, more commonly known by his recording alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 15 November 1993 by Warp Records...
- "Blue Calx" from Selected Ambient Works Volume IISelected Ambient Works Volume II-Formatting notes:The cassette version of the album featured six songs on each side, barring side three, which contained seven . The vinyl version featured four songs on each side, excluding side four, which contained five ....
- Interview backed with "Untitled" (Side B Track 5) from Universal Indicator RedUniversal Indicator RedRed is the unofficial name of an album by Universal Indicator. This album is rumored to be produced solely by Richard D. James, although it is possible that it was produced by Mike Dred instead, or in cooperation with James. The album was pressed in a limited edition of 1,000 12" vinyl copies....
- "Untitled [parallel stripes]" from Selected Ambient Works Volume IISelected Ambient Works Volume II-Formatting notes:The cassette version of the album featured six songs on each side, barring side three, which contained seven . The vinyl version featured four songs on each side, excluding side four, which contained five ....
- Interview backed with "Tamphex (Headphuq Mix)" from Xylem TubeXylem Tube EPThe Xylem Tube EP is an early EP by electronic music artist Richard D. James, commonly known by his pseudonym of Aphex Twin. It was his second release under the Aphex Twin alias on R&S Records of Belgium, the alias he used for all of his releases on this label.This album premiered the first use of...
- "Untitled [hexagon]" from Selected Ambient Works Volume IISelected Ambient Works Volume II-Formatting notes:The cassette version of the album featured six songs on each side, barring side three, which contained seven . The vinyl version featured four songs on each side, excluding side four, which contained five ....
- Interview backed with "D-Scape" from OnOn (EP)On is the title of a 1993 EP by the British electronic music artist Richard D. James, more commonly known by his recording alias of Aphex Twin. It was released on 15 November 1993 by Warp Records...
- Processed samples of the interview with bits of "On (D-Scape Mix)" and "D-Scape"