{{UBE|date=March 2024}} {{DMY|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Cheetah | type = EP | artist = [[Aphex Twin]] | cover = Cheetah (EP).png | alt = The cover artwork for Cheetah, an extended play by the electronic musician Aphex Twin. | released = {{Start date|2016|07|08|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = {{Hlist|[[Techno]]<ref name="allmusic" />|[[IDM music|IDM]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bridge |first=Andrew |date=2016-07-11 |title='Cheetah' sees Aphex Twin remain in style |url=https://audioxide.com/articles/cheetah-sees-aphex-twin-remain-in-style |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Audioxide |language=en}}</ref>|[[acid techno]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-16 |title=Aphex Twin: Cheetah EP (12", Warp, July 2016) |url=https://dogrando.net/2016/09/16/aphex-twin-cheetah-ep-12-warp-july-2016/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=dogrando writes about some records |language=en-GB}}</ref>|}} | length = {{Duration|m=33|s=49}} | label = [[Warp (record label)|Warp]] | producer = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D James]] | prev_title = [[Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006–08]] | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = [[Collapse EP]] | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Singles | type = EP | single1 = CIRKLON3 [Колхозная mix] | single1date = 21 June 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aphex Twin: "CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]" |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/18386-aphex-twin-cirklon3-mix/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> | single2 = CHEETAHT7b | single2date = 1 July 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-29 |title=Listen to Aphex Twin's New Song "CHEETAHT7b" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66470-listen-to-aphex-twins-new-song-cheetaht7b/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> }} }}
'''''Cheetah''''' is an [[extended play]] record by the [[electronic music]] artist and producer [[Aphex Twin]]. It was released on 8{{nbsp}}July 2016 on [[Warp (record label)|Warp]].<ref name="pitchfork announcement">{{cite web|title=Aphex Twin Announces New EP Cheetah|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/65958-aphex-twin-announces-new-ep-cheetah/|website=Pitchfork.com|date=9 June 2016 |accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref> The name is a reference to [[Cheetah Marketing]], a British manufacturer of microcomputer peripherals and electronic musical instruments in the 1980s (such as the MS800 namechecked in two of the EP's track titles).
==Release== In 2015 Richard D. James uploaded several tracks with names like "Cheetah3 Teac" and "CHEETAHT7" to [[Aphex Twin SoundCloud demos|his SoundCloud 'user18081971' account]]; these have since been removed.<ref name="stereogum-cheetah-imminent">{{cite web|title=Aphex Twin's Cheetah EP Appears Imminent|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1881271/aphex-twins-cheetah-ep-appears-imminent/news/|website=Stereogum.com|date=7 June 2016 |accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref>
A flyer teasing the EP release was sent to various record shops in the UK in early June 2016. The flyer parodies the luxurious writing style of 1970s adverts.<ref name="nme-teaser">{{cite web|title=Aphex Twin teases new EP 'Cheetah'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/aphex-twin--2/94032|website=Nme.com|date=11 March 2009 |accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork-teaser">{{cite web|title=Aphex Twin Cheetah EP Teased|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/65951-aphex-twin-cheetah-ep-teased/|website=Pitchfork.com|date=6 June 2016 |accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref> The album was announced on 9 June, with James tweeting a link to a website for the EP.<ref name="pitchfork announcement" /><ref name="cheetah-ep-home">{{cite web|title=New Product information: Cheetah EP|url=https://www.cheetah-ep.com/|website=Cheetah-ep.com|accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref>
The ''Cheetah'' EP was made available on [[Gramophone record|vinyl]], [[Compact disc|CD]], [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] and a [[Music download|digital download]] in various digital formats, including [[MP3]], [[WAV]] and [[FLAC]].<ref name="bleep">{{cite web|title=Aphex Twin - Cheetah EP - Warp - Bleep|url=https://bleep.com/release/share/74048-aphex-twin-cheetah-ep|website=Bleep.com|accessdate=9 June 2016}}</ref>
A video for "CIRKLON3 [Колхозная mix]" was released on 21 June. The video was James' first since the [[Chris Cunningham]]-directed video for "[[Windowlicker]]" in 1999 and was directed by 12-year-old Ryan Wyer. James and Warp commissioned Wyer to direct the video after James discovered Wyer's "Ryan Wyer" [[YouTube]] channel.<ref name="fact-video">{{cite web|last1=Twells|first1=John|title=Watch Aphex Twin's new video, directed by a 12-year-old|url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/06/21/aphex-twin-cirklon3-video/|website=Factmag.com|date=21 June 2016 |accessdate=21 June 2016}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 74/100<ref name="metacritic" /> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cheetah-mw0002953225|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=8 July 2016|last=Simpson|first=Paul|title=Cheetah - Aphex Twin|quote=Similar to the Analord EP series, 2016's Cheetah contains some of Richard D. James' most stripped-down techno tracks.}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' | rev2score = B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2016/07/album-review-aphex-twin-cheetah-ep/|work=[[Consequence of Sound]]|title=Aphex Twin - Cheetah EP|last=Bray|first=Ryan|date=8 July 2016|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' | rev3score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/aphex_twin-cheetah|work=[[Exclaim!]]|title=Aphex Twin Cheetah|last=Keating|first=Daryl|date=7 July 2016|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Louder than War]]'' | rev4score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/aphex-twin-cheetah-ep-ep-review/|title=Aphex Twin: Cheetah EP: EP Review|website=[[Louder than War]]|last=Tucker|first=Simon|access-date=10 July 2016}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/aphex-twin/16516|title=Aphex Twin - 'Cheetah' Review|last=Pattison|first=Louis|date=5 July 2016|website=Nme.com|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev6score = 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22072-aphex-twin-cheetah/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|title=Aphex Twin: Cheetah Album Review|last=Sherburne|first=Phillip|date=7 July 2016|accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' | rev7score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/aphex-twin-cheetah/|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|title= Aphex Twin Cheetah|last=Gu|first=Marshall|date=14 July 2016|accessdate=15 July 2016}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Release Magazine]]'' | rev8score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.releasemagazine.net/reviews/aphex-twin-cheetah/|title=Aphex Twin - Cheetah|website=[[Release Magazine]]|last=Whyte|first=Mike|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev9score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/07/review-aphex-twin-cheetah-ep/|title=Review: With 'Cheetah,' Aphex Twin Isn't Just Back, He's Prolific Again|date=July 2016|last=Weiss|first=Dan|accessdate=9 July 2016}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Tom Hull - on the Web]]'' | rev10score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm1}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=aphex+twin|title=Grade List: Aphex Twin|website=[[Tom Hull - on the Web]]|last=Hull|first=Tom|access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref> }} At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Cheetah'' received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 74, based on 11 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/cheetah-ep/aphex-twin |title=Cheetah [EP] |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=13 November 2016}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Exclaim!]]'', Daryl Keating gave the album muted praise, calling it "fine but unremarkable, especially when pitted against the behemoths of his back catalogue".<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/aphex_twin-cheetah|title=Aphex Twin Cheetah|publisher=[[Exclaim!]]|accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref>
===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable" |+Accolades for ''Cheetah'' ! Publication ! Accolade ! Year ! Rank ! class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2016 | 2016 | {{N/A}} | {{center|<ref>{{cite web|url = https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9990-the-20-best-electronic-albums-of-2016/|title =The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2016 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=7 December 2016 |accessdate=7 December 2016}}</ref>}} |}
==Track listing== All tracks were written & produced by [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]].<ref name="cheetah-back">{{cite AV media notes |title=Cheetah [sleeve]|others=Aphex Twin |publisher=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]] |id=WAP391}}</ref> {{Track listing | headline = ''Cheetah'' track listing | title1 = CHEETAHT2 [Ld spectrum] | length1 = 5:53 | title2 = CHEETAHT7b | length2 = 6:43 | title3 = CHEETA1b ms800 | length3 = 0:27 | title4 = CHEETA2 ms800 | length4 = 0:37 | title5 = CIRKLON3 [Колхозная mix] | length5 = 8:13 | title6 = CIRKLON 1 | length6 = 7:17 | title7 = 2X202-ST5 | length7 = 4:39 | total_length = 33:49 }}
{{Track listing | headline = aphextwin.warp.net 2018 bonus track | total_length = 36:26 | title8 = CIRKLON3 (concentrate edit) | length8 = 2:37 }}
* "2X202-ST5" is contained on the CD, cassette and digital download editions and is included as a download available with the vinyl editions.<ref name="cheetah-ep-home" />
==Personnel== Credits adapted from ''Cheetah'' liner notes<ref name="cheetah-back" /> * [[Aphex Twin|Richard D. James]] – producer, writer * Beau Thomas – mastering * [[The Designers Republic]] – artwork
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Chart performance for ''Cheetah'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2016/07/chart-watch-377/|title=CHART WATCH #377|publisher=auspOp|date=16 July 2016|accessdate=16 July 2016|archive-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804174028/https://www.auspop.com.au/2016/07/chart-watch-377/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 63 |- {{album chart|Ireland|48|year=2016|week=28|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 July 2016}} |- ! scope="row"| Italian Albums ([[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/classifiche#/category:album/id:2290/page:4|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 28 (dal 2016-07-08 al 2016-07-15)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=Italian|accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref> | 97 |- ! scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums ([[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2016-07-15|title=NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=18 July 2016|access-date=15 July 2016}}</ref> | 5 |- {{album chart|Scotland|11|date=20160715|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 July 2016}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|63|artist=Aphex Twin|album=Cheetah [EP]|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 July 2016}} |- {{album chart|UK2|14|date=20160715|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 July 2016}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|140|artist=Aphex Twin|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 July 2016}} |- {{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|1|artist=Aphex Twin|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 July 2016}} |}
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