Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]

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Released September 4, 2014 on Warp Records, minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix] was Aphex Twin's first single under his primary alias since 1999's Windowlicker — a 15-year gap that made its arrival a significant cultural event in electronic music. The track is the opening cut from Syro, itself James' first studio album in 13 years, announced via an elaborate ARG-style campaign involving a blimp over London, deep…

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A landmark IDM / electronic single that reestablished Aphex Twin's cultural presence after a prolonged hiatus. Pitchfork awarded it Best New Track, calling it 'analog maximalism.' Its release demonstrated that the Warp Records aesthetic lineage — syncopated polyrhythm, vocoded abstraction,…