Classics CD

Undoubtedly one of the most important and influential electronic artists to have emerged in popular music, the sonic misfit from Cornwall, the Aphex Twin, released a breathtaking slew of early singles and albums from 1991 onwards and continues to present day. The first clutch of groundbreaking works came on the legendary Belgium label RampS Records and were collected on a compilation album Classics, released in 1995, and followed the global success of the timeless album Selected Ambient Works 8592.Classics receives a long overdue vinyl amp CD repress for 2025, with a fresh vinyl cut by acclaimed mastering engineer Beau Thomas, and a RampS Records sticker sheet inserted into the LP sleeves including cover artwork of the two singles Digeridoo and Xylem Tube EP which are both featured on this compilation album.Digeridoo was released on the RampS Records label in 1992 and originally 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 essential Aphex Twin tracks in a gargantuan catalogue that continues to amaze and inspire. Released as a 4 track EP that also included early Aphex productions now classics including the industrial, acidic clang of Flap Head and hyperbolic futurism of Isopropanol, the release cemented a relationship with the RampS label that went on to release the Xylem Tube EP and the pivotal album Selected Ambient Works 8592 in the same year.The Classics album features both the Digeridoo and Xylem Tube EP singles, plus Analogue Bubblebath 1, Metapharstic originally released on the album Mayday A New Chapter Of House And Techno 03992, two Aphex remixes of Mescalinum Uniteds We Have Arrived from 1992 and Digeridoo Live In Cornwall, 1990.