Celebrating
it’s 20th anniversary today is Aphex Twin’s 26 Mixes for Cash, which
was released on March 24th, 2003. As well as collecting all the key
remix jobs Richard D. James had done since 1990, it showcased both his
respect or disdain for the artists he remixed, depending on what he
delivered as a finished product.
James was notorious for
delivering remixes which did not actually incorporate any elements from
the original recordings he was handed to work with. This was
particularly the case when it came to artists he was not especially fond
of, like Nine Inch Nails. In such cases, what they got back as a
“remix” was, in fact, an entirely original work from James. On a few
odd occasions, what was delivered wasn’t even anything by James, but
rather work produced by his flatmate, Global Goon, who was also signed
to Rephlex Records. With that as the case, what you end up with on the
compilation is frequently pure Aphex Twin and generally very good Aphex
Twin at that. The album features 22 remixes and 4 original, previously
unreleased tracks, including a remix of the Windowlicker single title
track.
The title for the collection was suggested by the late
Warp Records co-founder Rob Mitchell. It is a reference to the fact
that James insisted on a cash payment from the record label when he
delivered the DAT master because he did not want them to have any of his
bank details nor know his address. The album was only ever released on
CD with only a Japanese 12” vinyl issued containing two of the
unreleased original tracks.
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