Hangable Auto Bulb

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''Hangable Auto Bulb''
Hangable Auto Bulb cover
EP by AFX
Released EP1: October 16, 1995
EP2: December 11, 1995
CD: October 31, 2005
Recorded August-October, 1995
Genre Drum and Bass / Drill and bass
Length EP1: 25:05
EP2: 09:04
CD: 34:47
Label Warp
Producer(s) Richard D. James
Professional reviews

Hangable Auto Bulb EP

Hangable Auto Bulb EP.2

CD release
AFX chronology
Analogue Bubblebath 5
(1993)		 Hangable Auto Bulb
(1995)		 Analogue Bubblebath 3.1
(1997)


Hangable Auto Bulb EP
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Hangable Auto Bulb EP.2
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Hangable Auto Bulb is a 1995 electronic music album by Richard D. James, under his alias AFX. It was re-released on CD in 2005.

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[edit] Overview

Split across two 12" EPs, the second released 8 weeks after the first and each limited to 1000 pressings, the records marked a significant change in sound from previous AFX and Aphex Twin releases. Moving away from the analogue sounds of the previous releases, Donkey Rhubarb and ...I Care Because You Do, the tracks show James experimenting with computer-arranged Breakbeat programming and timestretched samples, which would become the dominant sound in his work up until the Analord releases of 2005.

The records are influenced by the early EPs of fellow Cornish producer Plug (Luke Vibert), as well as other Drum and bass movements of the day. Due to their rarity, original pressings have become collector's items, selling for substantial sums on eBay.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 12" EPs:

Hangable Auto Bulb EP (1995):

  1. "Children Talking" – 5:19
  2. "Hangable Auto Bulb" – 6:48
  3. "Laughable Butane Bob" – 2:58
  4. "Bit" – 0:06
  5. "Custodian Discount" – 4:25
  6. "Wabby Legs" – 5:29


Hangable Auto Bulb EP.2 (1995):

  1. "Every Day" – 3:44
  2. "Arched Maid Via RDJ" – 5:20

[edit] CD:

Hangable Auto Bulb CD (2005):

  1. "Children Talking" – 5:22
  2. "Hangable Auto Bulb" – 6:52
  3. "Laughable Butane Bob" – 3:02
  4. "Bit" – 0:11
  5. "Custodian Discount" – 4:30
  6. "Wabby Legs" – 5:35
  7. "Every Day" – 3:50
  8. "Arched Maid Via RDJ" – 5:25

The CD lengths are slightly different from the original EPs. On some pressings, tracks 7 and 8 are erroneously reversed.

[edit] Miscellanea

Similarly to James' previous ...I Care Because You Do, some track titles are anagrams:

  • of Analogue Bubblebath: "Laughable Butane Bob"
  • of Analogue Bublbath (sic): "Hangable Auto Bulb"
  • of Richard David Jame (sic): "Arched Maid Via RDJ"

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Richard D. James
Discography
As Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992) - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994) - ...I Care Because You Do (1995) - Richard D. James (1996) - Come to Daddy (1997) - Windowlicker (1999) - drukqs (2001) - Analord 10 (2005) - Chosen Lords (2006)

As AFX: Analogue Bubblebath (1991) - Analogue Bubblebath 2 (1991) - Analogue Bubblebath 3 (1993) - Analogue Bubblebath 4 (1994) - Hangable Auto Bulb (1995) - Analord (2005) - Chosen Lords (2006)

As Polygon Window: Surfing on Sine Waves (1993)
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Warp Records | Rephlex Records | Mike & Rich | Universal Indicator
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