Aphex Twin has revealed his political beliefs are informed by watching YouTube documentaries, stating that he thinks the world is "totally fucked" and revealing a belief in numerous conspiracy theories.
Last year, Warp Records embarked on a campaign for Boards Of Canada's "Tomorrow's Harvest" comeback that was notable for its obtuseness. Unmarked 12-inches were hidden in record stores, strings of numbers and inexplicable broadcasts were strewn enigmatically across the internet. At one point, I recall some talk of red moons and feverish online triangulations pointing to a bookshop near Edinburgh as the centre of the universe. It was all fun, and the album at the end of it all was great, but perhaps it wandered a little off course as it went on.
A blimp decorated in the Aphex Twin logo was spotted hovering above the Oval Space in Hackney on Saturday (August 16).
The airship also featured the digits "2014". Now, in a further development, the same logo has been spotted by fans outside Radio City Hall in New York.
More rare Aphex Twin vinyl has surfaced on eBay, just a week after fans who had signed up for a Kickstarter campaign received digital copies of a previously unreleased album, Caustic Window.
A rare Aphex Twin album that only reached the test pressing stage is streaming online. Click below to listen now.
The extremely rare album, titled Caustic Window, was printed on four sides of vinyl and went on sale earlier this year priced at nearly £8,000. A Kickstarter campaign set up by fans to buy the album raised over £20,000 from fans of the producer.
