Aphex Twin's Caustic Window test pressing bought by creator of Minecraft
Yesterday, we reported that the original test pressing for Aphex Twin’s long-lost 1994 album Caustic Window sold on Ebay for a whopping $46,300. “Who has that sort of money to spare?”, we thought. Well, the inventor of Minecraft, it seems.
Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson recently tweeted that he “kinda paid a lot for a double LP from the ’90s”, with those behind the Kickstarter campaign later confirming it.
“He’s a really cool guy, and didn’t even consider the charity aspect when buying it (but was really happy to hear that half is going to charity) – he’s been an Aphex fan since he was young,” a message from the WATMM board reads. “My daughter was blown away that the guy who made the game she endlessly plays bought a record off her dad for 46K.”
The Caustic Window saga first emerged in April, when the album found its way onto internet marketplace Discogs, with Richard D. James himself striking a deal with the sellers to release it democratically to fans instead. With the record now released, you can stream Caustic Window in full here.
Meanwhile, two more unreleased Aphex Twin test pressings have hit Ebay also.
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