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    Aphex Twin (arr. Stefan Freund) – Cock/Ver10

    by 5:4 December 21, 2024 • 06:00
    December 21, 2024 • 06:00

    i’ve always felt surprised that Aphex Twin‘s music can be transferred from its original electronic form into instrumental configurations. The proof that it can has been demonstrated several times, ever since Philip Glass’ masterful orchestration of Icct Hedral way back in 1995, and in previous Advent Calendars i’ve discussed arrangements …

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    Aphex Twin (arr. Caleb Burhans) – Blue Calx

    by 5:4 December 14, 2022 • 05:00
    December 14, 2022 • 05:00

    In last year’s Advent Calendar i included Patrick Nunn’s instrumental arrangement of the Aphex Twin track ‘Nannou’; today i’m featuring another arrangement, this time Caleb Burhans’ acoustic take on ‘Blue Calx’, the only track on Aphex Twin’s classic 1994 album Selected Ambient Works Volume II to have an explicit title …

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  • Advent CalendarPremières

    Aphex Twin (arr. Patrick Nunn) – Nannou (World Première)

    by 5:4 December 11, 2021 • 05:00
    December 11, 2021 • 05:00

    Though at first glance the music of Aphex Twin might not seem a likely subject for instrumental arrangement, the fact is that his work has attracted this treatment on a number of occasions, usually with surprising success. As far back as 1995, Philip Glass created an outstanding orchestration of the …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #49 : Untitled

    by 5:4 September 12, 2018 • 09:58
    September 12, 2018 • 09:58

    For the latest 5:4 mixtape, i’ve turned my attention to that most elusive of artistic statements, the untitled work. When i set out to assemble a shortlist of pieces in my library that had adopted the word ‘untitled’, it wasn’t immediately obvious what i’d find. Yet, with one or two …

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    Mixtape #42 : Late Night

    by 5:4 February 1, 2018 • 08:22
    February 1, 2018 • 08:22

    As part of 5:4‘s tenth anniversary celebrations, i’m going to be putting out a new mixtape each month throughout 2018. While they’re quite time-consuming to curate and create, they’re also a lot of fun, and it’s been clear for a long time that the mixtapes are a popular feature on the …

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    Mixtape #40 : Miniatures

    by 5:4 October 1, 2017 • 11:13
    October 1, 2017 • 11:13

    Even more than is usually the case, the new 5:4 Mixtape is a pure stream of consciousness. i’ve returned to a theme i explored in one of the earliest mixtapes, miniatures, once again setting myself a limit of music lasting under two minutes. With a shortlist of 100+ tracks (each …

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    Mixtape #32 : Best Albums of 2014

    by 5:4 January 1, 2015 • 13:14
    January 1, 2015 • 13:14

    HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Many, many thanks to all of you who have followed the blog through the last 12 months, particularly to all those who have commented and tweeted in response or retort. As usual, here’s my new year mixtape featuring a track from all forty of my Best …

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    Best Albums of 2014 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 December 30, 2014 • 11:54
    December 30, 2014 • 11:54

    * Please note this list has how been superseded by the one on the Best Albums of the Years page * And so to the main course: the countdown of my forty best albums of the year; part 2 will follow tomorrow.

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #28 : Speech

    by 5:4 October 1, 2013 • 12:14
    October 1, 2013 • 12:14

    For the last mixtape of 2013, i’ve decided to explore music in which speech is paramount. Within a musical context, spoken words can jar in much the same way as an actor breaking the fourth wall, unsettling us by (ostensibly at least) withholding abstraction in favour of direct reference. The …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #24 : Noir

    by 5:4 October 1, 2012 • 09:44
    October 1, 2012 • 09:44

    It’s time for a new mixtape, and once again it reflects my current predilections and listening habits. Film noir, and particularly its musical analogues, are much on my mind at present, so the new mixtape reflects that, drawing on 23 examples of muted monochrome. The similarities between these pieces are …

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    Mixtape #20 : Dancefloor

    by 5:4 April 24, 2011 • 10:55
    April 24, 2011 • 10:55

    Having finally emerged from the dark days of Lent, i thought it would be fitting to have a new mixtape, with an upbeat theme. As i’ve mentioned on previous occasions, dance music has always been a parallel love of mine alongside the avant-garde, and this mixtape will, i hope, prove …

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    Mixtape #18 : Hallowe’en

    by 5:4 October 30, 2010 • 23:11
    October 30, 2010 • 23:11

    Caught up as i am this Hallowe’en weekend in a flurry of horror movies, it seemed only right to make the new 5:4 mixtape suitable for the occasion. For this Hallowe’en mix, i’ve trawled my library for music that’s particularly unsettling—so don’t expect to hear ‘The Monster Mash’ or anything …

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  • Mixtapes

    Mixtape #6 : Piano

    by 5:4 May 31, 2008 • 07:48
    May 31, 2008 • 07:48

    For years, the piano has been to me an object of fascination and awe; its range of capabilities, expressive potential and timbral variety are breathtaking. Also for years, these qualities were the very things preventing me from attempting to compose something for it. Listening to piano music is a supreme …

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    Mixtape #5 : Beats

    by 5:4 May 17, 2008 • 16:38
    May 17, 2008 • 16:38

    If music was my first love, then my fascination with rhythm was the first part of that attraction; beat-driven music—particularly early hip-hop and electro—dominated my earliest teenage years. My taste in beats has evolved since that time, of course, and the selection represented here (which may well come as little …

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    Mixtape #3 : Bells

    by 5:4 March 27, 2008 • 12:17
    March 27, 2008 • 12:17

    Being Easter week, it seems appropriate that this new mixtape should focus on the sound of bells. As usual, the following selection reflects my recent listening, with one or two old favourites thrown in for good measure; one hour of gloriously eclectic resonance and reverberation. Bathe in the overtones… Here’s …

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