Sold Date: January 15, 2015
Start Date: September 26, 2014
Final Price: $27.95 (USD)
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Record is brand new and has never been played.

The general consensus seems to be that Richard D. James might have returned to save us all from the obscene banality of modern EDM. The acid-fuelled Cornish godhead, finally back to restore balance to a broken universe; redeploying the skills that inspired a generation in the Nineties. Blimps in the sky, graffiti on the streets, idiosyncratic press releases and secure listening events across the globe. Syro rewiring the mindset of future generations... All hail the Music Makers... All hail the Aphex Twin!!

Of course, if you've paid attention over the last 13 years then you'll know James never really left us. The reclusive 43-year-old father of two, doing little to fuel (or detract) from his mythic status, simply slowed his release rate to a crawl after the lukewarm reception of 2001's wildly undervalued Drukqs. His time and energy over the last few years was spent on the expansive Analord project and a pair of excellent releases under the thinly veiled guise of The Tuss. The spotlight refocused on him most recently after the excitement surrounding the Kickstarted release of Caustic Window - a long lost opus from around his Selected Ambient Work days.

So let's separate hype and anticipation from reality.

In the past it's felt like James has made music solely to satisfy himself. That's not to say his work has come at the expense of listeners, it's just that James has made a habit of staying a number of steps ahead of his fans – his career defined by our awe at whatever new sounds have formed in his brain and how they've eventually manifested onto record. But you don't get that on Syro. So if you're expecting boundaries to be pushed and minds to melt, then you're probably going to be disappointed. But, what it lacks in bona fide innovation it redoubles in dazzling brilliance.

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