Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin – “Classics” (R & S Records, RS 95035) on 2xLP is the wax head’s way to experience Richard D. James’s early R&S detonations—“Digeridoo,” “Polynomial C,” “Isopropanol” and more—cut across two plates for proper headroom. Compiled in 1995 from the ‘92 era EPs “Digeridoo” and “Xylem Tube” (plus rarities), this edition keeps the teeth rattling low end and serrated 303 lines that reshaped rave culture and bled into jungle. Expect club spec sonics: the kick drum thump on “Digeridoo,” the fast twitch programming and the eerie pad work that marks Aphex at his most feral. A cornerstone R&S title and a perfect bridge between the harder early 12"s and the brain wiring Warp catalog—collectible, canonical and still devastating on a system.