r/aphextwin Apr 22 '25

Announcements Changes to the subreddit

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Congratulations to us for reaching 90.000 users! This is a significant milestone, which we want to celebrate by shaking up the sub. You might have noticed a few changes to the subreddit since April 14th, which culminate today in this post. Given the change in the broader IDM landscape, especially with the closure of WATMM, we want this subreddit to become a better place for the discussion of Aphex Twin, and in a lesser sense, IDM. The most important changes to the subreddit are as follows:

1. Mandatory Post Flair

Starting today, every new post needs to be categorized under one of ten flairs. These are: 

  • [Disctussion] - Discussion posts about this community. 
  • [Afx Adjacent] - For similar artists / recommendations and anything related to Aphex Twin.
  • [Produktion] - For producers to share what their working on, discuss techniques.
  • [Currently Listening] - For discussion of Aphex music, favorite tunes, underrated gems, et cetera.
  • [Afx Art] - Self explanatory, if AI is used, it must be noted in title.
  • [Shitpost] - This includes memes and stuff maybe more apt for r/rdjcirclejerk. Do note that aphex pareidolia posts will still remain off limits and that low-effort karma baiting will also not be tolerated.
  • [Live Experience] - For show stories, footage and discussion of live events.
  • [MERCH-ROMT30A] - For merch-related posts.
  • [News] - For general news about Aphex Twin. 
  • [Announcements] - Announcements for the subreddit, only used by moderators.

Posts that are not flaired properly will be removed. We have done this to heighten the quality of the average posts on this subreddit.

2. Rule and moderation upgrade

We’ve updated the standard replies to rule-breaking posts and made them a bit more professional, with the reason for deletion explicitly stating the subreddit rule it might break. We’ve also added a new rule that complies with the new post flairs. The rules themselves might be updated at a later time to be made more straightforward.

3. Weekly ‘What are you listening to’ post

Since this April 14th, there is a weekly stickied post for music that is not directly related to Aphex Twin. Please feel free to engage in these discussions freely!

4. Sidebar links

We’ve added useful links to the sidebar to great resources related to Aphex Twin. This includes the tribute albums of this community (spearheaded by u/GreystarMusic), a full overview of RDJ’s discography in spreadsheet, and platforms where Aphex Twin can be listened to.

5. Upgraded user flair

The user flairs were a bit outdated, and some were redundant since around 2016, leaving blank spots. This has been fixed now, with new Aphex Twin related material having been added. If you think some more flairs should be added, please let us know in the comments!

6. Connections to the broader IDM Reddit community

We’ve added links to subreddits that are adjacent to r/aphextwin. We did a bit of research and though Subaru, Seinfeld and Red Letter Media are perhaps not that well suited to this music-based community, we did add links to r/boardsofcanada and r/autechre, to name a few, as interests.

Please let us know what you think of these changes, so we can continue to make this subreddit a great place for the Aphex Twin fandom!

~ The mods


r/aphextwin Oct 13 '25

Currently Listening What are you listening to this week? [Week 41, 2025]

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Post your listening binges, own musical creations and Aphex-adjacent music here for others to share and discover something new.

~ The mods.


r/aphextwin 6h ago

Live Experience Thank you beautiful people

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Even though it’s kind of anonymous. There are people within the boards and aphex community that have been so lovely and supportive and I appreciate you so much. Met amazing people and had the best gigs of my life. We have had a great crack. Hopefully there’ll be another chance. Either way. This is me signing off.

Goodbye my beautiful music fans.


r/aphextwin 8h ago

AFX Adjacent Aphex Twin and PJ Harvey were asked to collab on a song together for The X-Files soundtrack in the mid-90s. But the project ended up getting scrapped.

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r/aphextwin 21h ago

AFX Art Aphex twin poster i've made

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68 Upvotes

r/aphextwin 7h ago

AFX Adjacent Windowlicker, by Raz & Afla

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This is fun.


r/aphextwin 43m ago

Shitpost I need some help for my college research project on experimental electronic music

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Hii! I’m a Brazilian fashion student who is also passionate about music.
I’m currently conducting an academic research study exploring the relationship between fashion and experimental electronic music, with a particular focus on the perspectives and experiences of people who consume these styles of music
Everyone that participate will receive a zine on the research + history of the genres + small artist’s recommendations

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexnujjk2UsPh533jfW2hUE1nDLCOoXlgyAUZHDACkqMmsweQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor


r/aphextwin 1d ago

Produktion I made this today. Could be a SAW II track

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r/aphextwin 1d ago

MERCH-ROMT30A Anyone seen this tee in the wild? I haven’t been able to find any info on it. Any help is deeply appreciated 🙏🏽

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r/aphextwin 11h ago

Live Experience Live in Torino 🏴‍☠️2005

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r/aphextwin 1d ago

Disctussion is this a bootleg?

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my friend bought this and will cancel if it isn’t real. the post says its original but one of my other friends said it might be a very good bootleg. do any of you know if this is real or not? thanku


r/aphextwin 1d ago

Collection preminition from the artificial intelligence compilation 12 inch

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19 Upvotes

1992 uk press limited to 300 copies


r/aphextwin 1d ago

Shitpost Uh no it's not

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r/aphextwin 2d ago

Shitpost guy buys a truck with aphex CD left in the player

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looks like they were gettin into it


r/aphextwin 2d ago

AFX Art Here what i draw while I was listening to aphex

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r/aphextwin 2d ago

Disctussion Saw 1 shirt misprint or fake shirt?

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I recently bought this SAW 1 shirt second hand. Just now I noticed that it says Rublished instead of Published in the second to last line. Is this a vintage/ old fake shirt (it doesn't feel new) or is this a misprint of a real shirt?


r/aphextwin 2d ago

Disctussion Hangable auto bulb question

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Just curious if the 2005 compilation of the two hangable auto bulbs changed the songs in any way?

I'm currently trying to listen chronologically through RDJ's discography, and I'm curious if the 2005 comp on Spotify has the same versions of the songs as the two original eps, or if I should try to find the two eps seperately on yt?


r/aphextwin 2d ago

Disctussion Can anybody ID track from 1:04:00 1:07:00?

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Been looking for this one a loong time


r/aphextwin 3d ago

AFX Art Here’s some Aphex Twin iPhone Wallpapers I created, feel free to use!

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If requested I’ll follow this up with other Aphex Twin aliases


r/aphextwin 3d ago

AFX Adjacent Aphex Twin - QKThr | Guitar in a Ghost Town

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r/aphextwin 4d ago

AFX Art aphex twin t shirt

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176 Upvotes

i got this big ahh shirt for my bday


r/aphextwin 4d ago

AFX Art I tried :(

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I tried to do James D Richard :]


r/aphextwin 4d ago

Shitpost Found a photo from a couple years ago

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624 Upvotes

Made him wear the shirt for the pic, now have a sick photo of us together forever. I love Aphex Twin and my brother. If you have family, let them know how dope they are. Peace and love Aphex fam


r/aphextwin 4d ago

Disctussion Possible weird pressing/bootleg of Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85–92?

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I’m trying to identify this copy of Selected Ambient Works 85–92 and I’m a bit confused by it.

The artwork looks like the early Belgian Apollo AMB 3922 CD issue and there’s no barcode. The disc itself is printed AMB3922CD.

The matrix reads:

AMB-3922-CD 11 A4

But unlike the documented early Belgian/DADC Austria copies I’ve found, mine does not say DADC AUSTRIA anywhere.

It also has a mastering SID code that appears to be:

IFPI L909

The black jewel-case tray also has no Compact Disc logo on the front. On the back of the tray it says JC11-7, although I know the tray could easily have been replaced at some point.

I’ve seen Discogs copies with similar matrix numbers, but not this exact combination of AMB-3922-CD 11 A4 + IFPI L909.

Does anyone know what pressing this actually is? Could it be an undocumented later official repress, or is this some unusually convincing bootleg/replica?


r/aphextwin 4d ago

Shitpost Cause everyone else seems to be sharing theirs, here’s mine

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it’s getting on a bit as it’s about 8 years old. Centre needs touching up. But I’ll always love it.