The hype for This record has been unstoppable for the last
few months, and rightly so, due to the solid consistency of quality albums that
The Aphex Twin has churned out over his long and unusual career. On top of
that, Syro is the first Aphex Twin release in 13 years, so to say this album
had a lot to live up to would be a bit of an understatement. Luckily, Richard
D. James has never really been the type of musical genius that likes to disappoint.
He might astound you, puzzle you, or even scare you, but he hasn’t let anyone
down yet. Syro epically cements this fact.
Syro takes The Aphex Twin back to a more Analord-based
sound. Nonsensical song titles (actually I’m sure they make sense to a certain
crazy someone haha) reveal forward
thinking, yet AFX-roots worshipping sounds. I can imagine this ringing out on
Spotify players in student housing around the world, or in the murky interiors
of some of Amsterdam’s hipper cannabis coffeeshops. For me though, it’s the
perfect music to get shit done to (high or otherwise). AFX’s Analord series was
always my music of choice whilst working in kitchens, keeping me relaxed yet
suitably buzzed enough to make it through the working day in one piece. Syro is
just a much more polished and refined version of that. It is as close to
perfection as electronic music can get, for now. I don’t say that lightly,
either.
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