Aphex Twin

Aphex Twins Xylem Tube EP arrived in the summer of 1992 on R&S Records, coming hot off the heels of his landmark Digeridoo release, and an audacious follow up from the then 21-year-old Richard D. James. Out of print for nearly two decades, this long-awaited vinyl reissue restores one of the pivotal early works in his catalogue.

Where Digeridoo pushed the endurance of the rave floor to its limits, the Xylem Tube EP stretched the Aphex Twin sound into new dimensions with Polynomial-C becoming an enduring classic with its spiralling arpeggios, shattering breakbeats and alien melodics. Tracks like Phlange Phace and Tamphex (Hedphuq Mix) pushed distortion, humour and rhythm into uncharted territory, while Dodeccaheedron acts as a bold signifier of James radical ideas of how dance music can sound, with its ominous and brooding synth work over a cacophony of eerie, broken beats.

Three decades later, the EP stands not only as a key chapter in the Aphex canon, but also as a statement of intent from an artist set on reshaping electronic musics DNA. Now faithfully reissued on vinyl for the first time since a 2006 pressing, this edition returns one of the most in-demand Aphex R&S titles to circulation after nearly twenty years out of print

• 1 Polynomial-C
• 2 Tamphex (Headphuq Mix)
• 3 Phlange Phace
• 4 Dodeccaheedron