Surfing on Sine Waves

Surfing on Sine Waves
A photo of Chapel Porth Beach in Cornwall
Studio album by
Released11 January 1993 (1993-01-11)
StudioLlannerlog Studios, Cornwall
Genre
Length49:02
LabelWarp
ProducerRichard D. James
Richard D. James chronology
Analogue Bubblebath Vol 3
(1992)
Surfing on Sine Waves
(1993)
Quoth
(1993)
Artificial Intelligence series chronology
Artificial Intelligence
(1992)
Surfing on Sine Waves
(1993)
Bytes
(1993)

Surfing on Sine Waves is a studio album by the musician and producer Richard D. James under the alias Polygon Window. It is the only album released under this name; James is better known as Aphex Twin. The record was released on 11 January 1993 through Warp Records.[4] It entered the Dance Albums Chart at No. 2 on 23 January 1993. James' previous album, Selected Ambient Works 85‍–‍92, was then at No. 9 on the chart, and James briefly had two records in the Dance Albums Top 10 under different pseudonyms.[5] The 2001 reissue edition includes the previously unreleased tracks "Portreath Harbour" and "Redruth School".[6]

  1. ^ Keating, Daryl (13 October 2015). "An Essential Guide to Richard D. James". Exclaim!. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Simon (13 March 1994). "Pop View; Techno Wars: A House Divided Over Beats". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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  4. ^ "Warp Records | Polygon Window | Surfing on Sine Waves | WARP7". Warp. Archived from the original on 8 November 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  5. ^ Redmond, Steve, ed. (23 January 1993). "Top 10 Dance Albums" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2023.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference pitchfork2002 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).