Afterlife (EP)

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Afterlife
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EP by Global Goon
Released 1997
Genre IDM
Length34:30
Label Rephlex Records
Producer Johnny Hawk
Global Goon EP chronology
Afterlife
(1997)
Junior Glue
(2004)

Afterlife is an EP by IDM artist Global Goon. It was released in 1997 on Rephlex Records. The EP preceded Cradle of History , his second album for the company. The title track, "Afterlife", also appears on Cradle of History.

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Global Goon is a former British programmer from Lydiate, England who earned a recording contract with Rephlex Records before moving to London and being Richard D. James' 's housemate. He had been making electronic music using SoundEdit 16 while supporting himself with various programming jobs. After moving into a shared house with James, Tom Jenkinson, Chris Jeffs and Grant Wilson-Claridge, he released his first album Goon on Rephlex in 1996. Rumors that Goon actually was an alias for Aphex Twin persisted even after the release of Cradle of History two years later. After releasing Vatican Nitez four years later, he left the Rephlex label and started his own label J-HOK records, which he released three albums on. He also released one album on Audio Dregs, and two albums and one EP on WéMè.

Rephlex Records was a record label first started in 1991 in Cornwall by electronic musician Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge. The label coined the term braindance to describe the otherwise uncategorisable output of Aphex Twin and fellow artists output.

Track listing

  1. "Afterlife"  – 4:30
  2. "Afterlife (Spidermix)"  – 4:05
  3. "Woo"  – 3:29
  4. "Logger"  – 3:15
  5. "Balloon"  – 3:49
  6. "Fin"  – 8:10

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