Aphex Twin Osborne - Osborne [aka Soundmurderer]

Osborne's "Osborne" is a celebration of all that is good in American house and techno music: past, present and future. There are lots of stories about DJ and producer Todd Osborn (no e, mind you). They are, unfortunately for your ego and ours, all true.

Our lego-sculpting, electron microscope-owning, Japanese speaking über-producer puts this joy of life and the art of making into his music. Todd fixes and flies planes, has fabricated a video game kiosk out of hospital equipment, and is finishing his hovercraft as we write this. We could call him house music's Macguyver, but that would be obvious. I guess we just did.

The original title of this album was to be "Multitasking", an ode to both the various styles on display, but also a nod to the man himself. Like a personal sketchbook of Todd's musical history, the album evokes the sensation of an electronic yesteryear, where dance music production was treated with a wide-eyed sense of discovery.

The singles "Ruling", "Outta Sight" and "Afrika" are strutting dance epics, but the album also shows a side of Todd that is geared more for the homefront too ("There", "5th Stage"). You know, the kind of music to listen to in your den while learning Japanese.

Todd has been championed across the board from Gilles Peterson to Aphex Twin (he records as Soundmurderer for his Rephlex label), from UR's Mad Mike to Warp's Flying Lotus. Todd's roots run deep, and this album, written on his own music software on a hand-built computer, is testament to a life of walking the walk. After all this news, one must shake it off, after-all, this album is about enjoyment of life and dancing. Like Todd, I suggest we all get (more) busy.

LISTEN TO IT HERE

tracks include Ed DMX and James T Cotton

should be good

i likey what i hears.

edit: a lot!

its almost like a best of...

very best

top notch!

wicked, I've always thought highly of his stuff.

yes good stuff

*bumps ahead of wisp thread*

this album is very good!

edit: very

Great album from a fantastic producer, that masturbatory marketing spiel is slightly unecessary though.

Hovercrafts? Planes? Builds his own music gear?

What a shower of bollox, next thing he'll be living in fort knox bullion depository.

no hovercraft in here but plane and music gear is

Great vid, thanks.

Very modest, seems like a great bloke from that vid, i just didn't like that write up, thats all.

It's not that i disbelieve the planes and hovercraft shit, its more that they felt the need to tell us, it's like this intentional afx style myth creation that he doesn't need. His music speaks for itself.

Brilliant producer.

every ghoslty/spektral write up is like that..

silly, yes

he also very good at legos. and yes, very modest/good guy.