Astrobotnia Biography
Author of a series of Rephlex records whose imagination and brilliance provoked rumors they were the work of Aphex Twin himself, Astrobotnia was nevertheless claimed by the label to be the work of "a new Rephlex signing," one Kristian Richards. Released during 2001-02, the three releases...
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