Luke Vibert

A Cornwall contemporary and longtime associate of Richard D. ‘Aphex Twin’ James, Luke Vibert has released music under various pseudonyms including the off-kilter funk of Wagon Christ, ragged drum ‘n’ bass of Plug and a much celebrated collaboration with steel guitarist BJ Cole as well as remixing a host of his peers including Nine Inch Nails, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, The Artful Dodger, Tortoise, Cylob, Lamb and Stereolab. Kid 606 even did a track called ‘Luke Vibert Can Kiss My Indie Punk Whiteboy Ass’ on his album Down With The Scene in which he fiendishly stole a sample from the Plug track ‘Military Jazz’. (Always a gentleman, Luke played a gig with the Kid in Los Angeles in 2001). Luke has also compiled two respected albums of library music (Nuggets, Further Nuggets) for Lo Recordings and clocked up not one, but two Peel Session recordings. He is currently releasing a series of jungle 12”s on Rephlex under the name Amen Andrews, has a Moog collaboration with Jean Jacques Perrey on the way, as well as several other projects. No rest for the wicked, then.