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Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Expanded Edition)

pitchfork

10

“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit an album that changed ambient music forever.”

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

pitchfork

9.4

“Stop me if this gets sappy. And it might.”

Syro

pitchfork

8.7

“Aphex Twin's first album since 2001's Drukqs is sixty-five minutes of highly melodic, superbly arranged, precisely mixed, texturally varied electronic music that sounds like it could have come from no other artist. Syro absorbs many different sounds, from loping breakbeat to drum’n’bass to techno proper to hints of disco, but it has a way of making other genres seem like they exist to serve this particular vision.”

Cheetah - EP

pitchfork

8.2

“The newest Aphex Twin since Richard D. James returned from his extended hiatus shows a simpler side of his music, with slower tempos and spine-tinglingly rich tunes and timbres.”

Collapse - EP

pitchfork

8.1

“The renaissance of Richard D. James continues with his latest EP, a knotty, meticulous, and joyous collection that ranks among his best late-career albums.”

Collapse - EP

fantano

8.0

“Collapse is Richard D. James's best release since the return of Aphex Twin.”

Selected Ambient Works 85-92

CHAZZJAZZ

9.3

“Selected Ambient Works is a work of art. Aphex Twin was making this music at such a young age it’s super impressive. The production is ridiculously ahead of its time and the type of production tons of IDM and Electric artists try to replicate or feed off of. Tracks like Xtal and Ptolemy I’ll listen to, over and over again. The album as a structure is basically just a bunch of songs thrown together (called ‘selected ambient works’ for a reason.) and in a basic order with each song being sometimes drum loops with different synths or straight up just ambience. But it all just works. So well. It’s such a vibe and it’s my favorite album to get school done while listening to it. It makes me feel smart, more In general, I’m feeling something when I listen to it. That’s art. Overall. No matter what music you listen to, atleast give this a try.”