A Glitch in the System

Aphex Twin: Flim
From Come to Daddy [Sire, 1997]

Back in undergrad I took this film class and for one of the assignments this kid made a short animated film that featured "Flim." When I first heard it I thought it was amazing and immediately downloaded it when I got home, but after many years and a retired computer the track was lost and I could never for the life of me remember the title. I eventually stumbled across it on some random blog a few months ago and couldn't be happier to be reunited with this superb track (one of the many reasons why mp3 blogs are tight).

I'm not a huge Aphex Twin fan, but the mind behind what's regarded as one of the most accomplished electronic artists is Richard D. James. His range of work is vast, experimenting with techno, ambient, glitch, and electronica and mashing them all together in this homemade stew he calls home. I've taken a listen to some of his other work, but none of it quite attracted me as much as "Flim" which I think is wonderfully mysterious and explosively rich. I've been known to play this track on repeat for extended periods of time, but I don't expect everyone to develop the same type of infatuation as myself.