aphex twin

Stream ‘Syro,’ The First Aphex Twin Album In 13 Years

We, the collective internet music community, have been making a lot of hay over Syro for the last month. Now we can hear this thing we’ve hyped so highly. The first Aphex Twin album in 13 years is now streaming over at Bleep.com in advance of its release tomorrow on Warp, and it’s still up for pre-order from several […]

See the Complete List of Gear Used on Aphex Twin’s ‘Syro,’ Including “Mum & Dad Vocals”

Aphex Twin is putting out his first album in 13 years; of course people are going to obsess over it. Syro‘s packaging is a beautiful thing full of simple structure and transparency. That means see-thru Plexiglas and dishing deets like the cost of making the album. Because of the packaging’s sworn oath to openness, Richard […]

Stream “mini pops 67,″ Aphex Twin’s First New Song in 13 Years

We got the clues, we got the reveal, and now we have the sound. It’s been 13 years since Aphex Twin, aka Richard D. James, has shared new music with the world, and today it’s here. The lead single and opening track off his album SYRO, “mini pops 67 (source field mix),” debuted on BBC Radio […]

Aphex Twin Announces First Album in 13 Years

Richard D James, aka Aphex Twin, has announced his first album in 13 years, SYRO. The follow-up to 2001’s Drunkqs (or 1994-via-2014’s Caustic Window if you want to count the Kickstarter-funded release) has been secretly advertised the past few days with Aphex Twin’s logo appearing on a neon green blimp flying above south London and stenciled on pavement at various locations in […]

MGMT

MGMT Flesh Out Details Surrounding Their Third Album

Electro indie folk-a-weirdos MGMT, the duo consisting of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, sat down with Rolling Stone to dish on their upcoming third album. With a tentative schedule release for sometime this June, the group decided to go back to their roots, ensuring the interviewer that tracks on their third LP will be in line with the […]