Ventolin (EP) - Notes On The Various "remixes"

Notes On The Various "remixes"

• Several of the apparently bizarre remix names are actually Cornish place names: Praze-An-Beeble, Marazanvose, Carharrack and Probus are all Cornish villages. There is a Coppice Inn in the village of Lanner, near Redruth. Plain-An-Gwarry is an area within Redruth, and also the generic name for a Cornish medieval amphitheatre used for the performance of mystery plays and sports.
• Other mix names reference the medicinal Ventolin: "asthma beats", "wheeze" (a symptom of asthma), and Salbutamol.
• The "Praze-An-Beeble mix" ends with manipulated samples of Richard D James' mother Lorna laughing, whilst the "Marazanvose mix" ends with a child counting in Dutch mixed with manipulated animal sounds.
• "Crowsmengegus mix" closes with a speech synthesizer (MacinTalk "Whisper") intoning an MC's toast to a list of names ("Respect going out to..."), all of whom were collaborators with Richard D James. This was later issued as a separate track on 51/13 Aphex Singles Collection, named "The Respect List".
• Also, it appears that the Plain-An-Gwarry mix was partly used in the making of the song "Cow Cud Is a Twin" from the …I Care Because You Do album, they both have very similar drum beats and similar infrequent basslines.