As first heard on Zane Lowe’s Future Radio 1 moments ago, Aphex Twin has finally revealed the first batch of new music from his Syro album. Available below, “minipops 67 [120.2] [source field mix]” offsets its difficult, Autechre-like title with a mounting parade of ambient melodies, several surgically enhanced vocals, and lots of familiar allusions to acid techno.
“This is the first dong fore 13 years between the publication of the first a formal music,” Warp wrote in a press release, echoing the nonsense around the album’s initial announcement.
Have a listen down below, and if you pre-ordered Syro, expect a downloadable version around midnight…