Classics

Undoubtedly one of the most important and influentialelectronic artists to have emerged in popular music, the sonicmisfit from Cornwall, the Aphex Twin, released a breathtakingslew of early singles and albums from 1991 onwards (andcontinues to present day). The first clutch of groundbreakingworks came on the legendary Belgium label R&S Records andwere collected on a compilation album ‘Classics’, released in1995, and followed the global success of the timeless album‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’.‘Classics’ receives a long overdue vinyl & CD re-press for 2025,with a fresh vinyl cut by acclaimed mastering engineer BeauThomas, and a R&S Records sticker sheet inserted into the LPsleeves including cover artwork of the two singles ‘Digeridoo’and ‘Xylem Tube’ EP which are both featured on thiscompilation album. ‘Digeridoo’ was released on the R&S Records label in 1992 andoriginally peaked at #55 in the UK singles chart in May of that year.Over the last 33 years the track has become one of the essentialAphex Twin tracks in a gargantuan catalogue that continues toamaze and inspire. Released as a 4 track EP that also includedearly Aphex productions (now classics) including the industrial,acidic clang of ‘Flap Head’ and hyperbolic futurism of ‘Isopropanol’,the release cemented a relationship with the R&S label that went onto release the ‘Xylem Tube’ EP and the pivotal album ‘SelectedAmbient Works 85-92’ in the same year. The ’Classics’ album features both the ‘Digeridoo’ and ‘Xylem Tube’EP singles, plus ‘Analogue Bubblebath 1’, ‘Metapharstic’ (originallyreleased on the album Mayday - A New Chapter Of House AndTechno '92), two Aphex remixes of Mescalinum United’s ‘We HaveArrived’ from 1992 and ‘Digeridoo (Live In Cornwall, 1990)’.