Aphex Twin’s ‘Xylem Tube’ EP, originally released in 1992, is a pivotal early work in his catalogue. This long-awaited vinyl reissue restores tracks like ‘Polynomial-C’, ‘Phlange Phace’, and ‘Tamphex (Headphuq Mix)’, showcasing Richard D. James’ radical ideas and reshaping electronic music’s DNA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aphex Twin\u2019s \u2018Xylem Tube\u2019 EP arrived in the summer of 1992 on R&S Records, coming hot off the heels of his landmark \u2018Digeridoo\u2019 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.<\/p>\n
Where \u2018Digeridoo\u2019 pushed the endurance of the rave floor to its limits, the \u2018Xylem Tube\u2019 EP stretched the Aphex Twin sound into new dimensions with \u2018Polynomial-C\u2019 becoming an enduring classic with its spiralling arpeggios, shattering breakbeats and alien melodics. Tracks like \u2018Phlange Phace\u2019 and \u2018Tamphex (Hedphuq Mix)\u2019 pushed distortion, humour and rhythm into uncharted territory, while \u2018Dodeccaheedron\u2019 acts as a bold signifier of James\u2019 radical ideas of how dance music can sound, with its ominous and brooding synth work over a cacophony of eerie, broken beats.<\/p>\n
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 music\u2019s 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.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":630227,"template":"","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[12362],"product_tag":[38694,31772,40162],"giftcard-category":[],"musicartist":[4090],"musiclabel":[7829],"musicstyle":[37964,38021],"distributormusic":[10823],"musicyear":[39489],"musiccountry":[39487],"weekmusic":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-630373","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-out-of-stock","7":"product_tag-b2b","8":"product_tag-imports","9":"product_tag-wavo-v2","10":"musicartist-aphex-twin","11":"musiclabel-rs-records","12":"musicstyle-idm","13":"musicstyle-techno","14":"distributormusic-wordandsound","15":"musicyear-39489","16":"musiccountry-uk","18":"first","19":"outofstock","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/630373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"giftcard-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/giftcard-category?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"musicartist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicartist?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"musiclabel","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musiclabel?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"musicstyle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicstyle?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"distributormusic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/distributormusic?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"musicyear","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicyear?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"musiccountry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musiccountry?post=630373"},{"taxonomy":"weekmusic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoyaku.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/weekmusic?post=630373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}