SUPREME X APHEX TWIN

  On 2/21/2025 at 4:46 AM, ignatius said:

the 90s are coming back.. if the baggy-jean-o-meter is any kind of measurement. 

We've been through the '90s, "Y2K" has been the fashion for a couple of years now, and skinny jeans are already sneaking their way back onto the catwalk. Not long before the world runs out of things to revive and pop culture ouroboroses itself up its own arse.

  On 2/21/2025 at 4:46 AM, ignatius said:

the 90s are coming back.. if the baggy-jean-o-meter is any kind of measurement. 

90's fashion has been in again for a while now, thank god. Skinny jeans suck

drop 2

https://supreme.com/news?utm_campaign=ss25w3_announcement&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

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Aphex Twin (born Richard D. James) is a British musician, composer and DJ widely regarded as one of the most exciting and influential figures in contemporary music. Over nearly four decades, James has continued to profoundly reshape electronic music.

Drawing upon the broadest, weirdest strokes of acid, house, jungle, drum n’ bass, and classical instrumentation, James’s vast output ranges from placid ambient to frenzied techno and far beyond. Using homemade and custom-modified equipment – as well as nonstandard tuning, chord progressions and scales – James meticulously composes and arranges sounds unlike any other. While often accompanied by cheeky, outlandish visuals (many the work of British artist Chris Cunningham), James’s music is as emotionally poignant as it is sonically rich.

James was born in 1971 and raised in Cornwall, southwest England. He developed an interest in experimenting with sound and modifying electronics as a child, prior to making music at age 14. James began DJing at nearby clubs and raves in his late teens while studying engineering at Cornwall College; composing and recording his own tracks on cassette tapes he distributed to friends and mixed into his DJ sets. His earliest Aphex Twin EPs, Analogue Bubblebath and Digeridoo, played frequently on London pirate radio stations, and he began to cultivate a following across the UK. James’s debut full-length record, Selected Ambient Works 85-92, arrived at the end of 1992, and is still considered a turning point in modern electronic music.

Over the following decade, James released four full-length Aphex Twin albums: Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994), …I Care Because You Do (1995), Richard D. James Album (1996), and Drukqs (2001), as well as several EPs as Aphex Twin and other aliases (among them 1995’s Donkey Rhubarb and 1997’s Come to Daddy). This intensely prolific period was followed by a 13-year gap between Aphex Twin albums, as his sixth full-length, Syro, didn’t arrive until 2014. In the years since, James has continued to release music officially and cryptically, both as Aphex Twin and across a cadre of mysterious aliases – anonymously uploading hundreds of demos to Soundcloud.

“It is all about sound, but people forget that,” James has said. “They think, ‘Oh, I want to hear a nice tune.’ But what you're actually saying is you want to hear the combination of frequencies that make you feel a certain way. And more excitingly, it's about finding out the new ones.”

Supreme has worked with Aphex Twin on a new collection for Spring 2025. The collection features original album artwork as well as music video artwork by Chris Cunningham. The collection consists of a GORE-TEX Hooded Jacket, Alpha Industries® Cargo Jacket, Sweater, Shirt, Thermal, Football Jersey, Hooded Sweatshirt, Alpha Industries® Cargo Pant, Short, two T-Shirts, 6-Panel, Mechanix® Work Gloves, Mantis Coin Knife and four Skateboards – three sold as a set and one sold individually.

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Supreme has worked with Aphex Twin on a new collection for Spring 2025!?

Ok, some of that stuff actually looks pretty decent. 

I especially like this one, which as a pale, balding old white guy, I'd never be able to pull off.

completely trooned!

should have went for ICBYD

I’d wear some of this stuff, just wouldn’t buy it. 

Don't understand why they just not want to make the Donkey Rhubarb plushies and the logo umbrella from Windowlicker? 

It would be sold out in no time

I liked this stuff but too hot in my country to wear. 

The 3 Come to daddy skateboard decks are so class! 

  On 3/3/2025 at 8:17 AM, thumbass said:

90's fashion has been in again for a while now, thank god. Skinny jeans suck

Yeah I can't even skinny jeans on past my ankles. My calf's are three times bigger than a lot of people's thighs. I was gonna say I wish my cock was the same but actually the phrase 'be careful what you wish for' springs to mind. 

I'd never talk to anyone in one of those

Winwin

Speaking of massive cocks that Donkey Rhubarb top is super good. Might get one. Quite like the green SAW1 t-shirt. 
 

A few years ago they did some Slayer shirts which were pretty rad but I forgot about the drop and missed them. 
 

I have no idea much about Supreme to be honest. I presume they are a skater brand.

  On 3/3/2025 at 10:37 PM, beerwolf said:

Speaking of massive cocks that Donkey Rhubarb top is super good. Might get one. Quite like the green SAW1 t-shirt. 
 

A few years ago they did some Slayer shirts which were pretty rad but I forgot about the drop and missed them. 
 

I have no idea much about Supreme to be honest. I presume they are a skater brand.

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They got slayer shirts but i got slayer socks

Very mixed feelings about this.

Some of the designs are quite good, and the original aphex logo definitely feels part of the tech/graphic design style of the 90's that was intertwined with the "street" scene that this brand wouldn't exist without. I've always loved the style of the logo and the pieces that use it well are alluring.

On the other hand fuck this stupid consumerist hype-kid brand, I hate that they're going to use the legendary aphex brand to make themselves look cool. Posers, essentially.

Though, of course the aphex brand has always been kinda un-precious and adversarial in a "fuck it, pay me, I don't care" way...
So it seems oddly appropriate, but kinda like the joke is actually on them?
So do I want to wear some of it, yeah, would I want to give them a single dollar or be seen wearing it, no.

Apart from the overhyped brand and associations Supreme has it's a very cool looking collection

It looks like they put thought into it iic

this makes total sense for where afx is at lately.

  On 3/4/2025 at 8:10 AM, usagi said:

this makes total sense for where afx is at lately.

Please, do share! Where is afx at lately? And why does the link with Supreme make total sense?

Not trying to be a b*tch, or anything. But I would have loved some extra meat on the bone.  

If Aphex Twin tours North America after releasing a new album, I'll replace my entire wardrobe with this collection. I'll just wear Supreme Aphex Twin clothes for the rest of my life. 

  On 3/4/2025 at 8:22 AM, Satans Little Helper said:

Please, do share! Where is afx at lately? And why does the link with Supreme make total sense?

Not trying to be a b*tch, or anything. But I would have loved some extra meat on the bone.  

He's been blowing up in popularity recently. Everyone and their mother started wearing aphex t-shirts to show off how off kilter they are. Look at the mass marketing for Blackbox, which in the end is just a 14 minute EP, or the music for the merch desk comp they released in december. Warp is trying and succeeding to make him more mainstream. I respect it though, he deserves the exposure.

(That's why a big brand collab makes sense)

Put out some music or announce some gigs, fuck the raincoats and skateboards

someone please msg joyrex and ask if he can shut down watmm sooner

Slightly off topic, in a short time span Warp signed AFX, BOC, AE, Squarepusher. How did this happen? It's been almost 30 years since the late 90s... 

Isn't it weird that Warp managed to get AFX, BOC, AE, Squarepusher, all around the same time (I think)? 

Seems almost like a conspiracy. I like a good amount of the newer (post early 00s) Warp signings btw...

Thinking now about this more, the 90s were kind of the beginnings for electronic music and maybe that's all that needs to be said. Pretty reasonable but still kind of weird. Those that get there first ultimately master it cause it is their sound/invention.

My advice to Warp... sign one new musician that has electronic music fans going fanatic like fans are with BOC, etc... that should be their main focus going forward if they want their brand not to feel like its just about mystique surrounding Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin new releases. Then again WATMM isn't exactly an indication of the market/customer base and I have little business sense.  But if I was Warp I would try and find electronic musicians that show promise but are just getting started. Maybe those kind of signings will be the encouragement needed to bring about a fanatic response as seen with BOC, AFX... 

  On 3/4/2025 at 8:22 AM, Satans Little Helper said:

Please, do share! Where is afx at lately? And why does the link with Supreme make total sense?

Not trying to be a b*tch, or anything. But I would have loved some extra meat on the bone.  

considering where he is in his arc as an artist making and releasing new music - i.e. not having done much worthwhile in the last 6-7 years and nothing major since Syro  - it makes sense to me that he would partner with garbage like this. it's just another cheeky cash grab innit, except it's less and less cute each time he does it. I just remembered he did an NFT, lol.

  On 3/4/2025 at 8:56 AM, thumbass said:

He's been blowing up in popularity recently. Everyone and their mother started wearing aphex t-shirts to show off how off kilter they are. Look at the mass marketing for Blackbox, which in the end is just a 14 minute EP, or the music for the merch desk comp they released in december. Warp is trying and succeeding to make him more mainstream. I respect it though, he deserves the exposure.

(That's why a big brand collab makes sense)

I don't respect it, to be clear.

  On 3/4/2025 at 10:22 AM, usagi said:

considering where he is in his arc as an artist making and releasing new music - i.e. not having done much worthwhile in the last 6-7 years and nothing major since Syro  - it makes sense to me that he would partner with garbage like this. it's just another cheeky cash grab innit, except it's less and less cute each time he does it. I just remembered he did an NFT, lol.

I don't respect it, to be clear.

The NFT things was pretty bad but let him make some money bro, gatekeeping won't do anyone any good. You don't have to buy any of it right? He's got a lifetime of music in his back catalogue so we should all just accept that he is past his prime.