Selected Ambient Works 85–92
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (often abbreviated as SAW 85-92 or simply SAW 1) is an ambient album by Richard D. James under his pseudonym Aphex Twin. It is his third release and the debut studio album with this pseudonym. It was published in 1992 by the Belgian label R & S Records. An analog remaster edition appeared in 2006, a digital remaster edition appeared in 2008.
History
In the early 80 's and 90's Richard D. James was a nightclub DJ in his native Cornwall, United Kingdom. There he learned a lot about new music technologies and rhythm patterns. With the club scene behind his back and a small fan base James published SAW 85-92, which was recorded especially in front of his DJ - time. It consisted of instrumental, radio compatible song, which were mainly oriented beat. Richard D. James presented his new material friends via cassettes, which he was going, when they were driving through the area.
The songs were faster and with more percussion than many other ambient releases, such as Brian Eno. His following album, Selected Ambient Works Volume II to this original Ambient approaches again.
If James had really started to produce since 1985 music for this album ( he was born in 1971 ), he would have been 13 or 14 years old.
A regemasterte CD of SAW 85-92 was issued on April 8, 2008 by Apollo / R & S Records. The remastered 12 " vinyl record was released in 2006.
Structure
Although the album is designed primarily instrumental tracks include many samples. In " Xtal " contains samples of a female voice, and other ambient sounds. With " Tha ' can be heard several people talking, including most likely James himself, while" Actium " squeaky shoes can be heard in a large hall. "We Are the Music Makers " contains a line of dialogue from the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971). "Green Calx " contains samples from RoboCop and a short sample of the vocals in " Fodderstompf " by Public Image Ltd.. , As well as opening music of John Carpenter 's film The Thing from Another World (1982).
James produced another version of "We Are the Music Makers " by his pen name Caustic Window. The song called "We Are the Music Makers (Hardcore Mix) ", apart from sample no resemblance to the original. It was probably produced using the same equipment. The track appeared on the rare Joyrex J9ii EP.
Reception
Allmusic writes that the "Sound quality is relatively poor ," the album but a "turning point of ambient music " was. David M. Pecoraro of Pitchfork Media says it is " the most interesting music of all time, produced with a keyboard and computer." The Rolling Stone called the album " majestic ", and Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll claims that the album would be considered by critics as " ambient masterpiece comparable with works by The Orb or Brian Eno ." Warp Records declared it the " birthplace of modern electronic music " and stated that " every household should have a copy ." 2003 finished the album ranked # 92 in the " NME 's 100 Best Albums " charts. The album was the also mentioned in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You. In addition, the British musician Noise V / Vm released a remix of the song " Ageispolis " as part of its helpaphextwin series.