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Release Date
28 July 2023
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Length
4 tracks
Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / In a Room7 F760 is an EP by British electronic music artist Richard D. James, released under the pseudonym Aphex Twin on 28 July 2023 on Warp. It was preceded by the release of the first track and single "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" on 21 June 2023. The EP contains four tracks, including an alternate "Parallax mix" of "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" as the final track.
The EP was first teased during Aphex Twin's performance at Sonar 2023, as well as on posters with QR codes littered throughout Los Angeles on 20 June 2023, which when scanned brought fans to an app called YXBoZXh0d2lu, which played Aphex Twin's music over visuals. The EP was announced alongside the release of the single "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f" on 21 June 2023.
Guy Oddy of The Arts Desk wrote that the EP "stays within James' long marked-out territory of electronic uneasy listening but remains inventive and innovative", noting the "cinematic drone" of "Blackbox Life Recorder 21f", the "ambient breakbeat" of "Zin2 Test5", the "livelier and more beat-heavy" sound of "In a Room7 F760", and the Parallax mix of "Blackbox" for being "particularly claustrophobic with a grubby atmosphere".
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