“Aphex Twin‘s ‘Didgeridoo’ was released on the Belgian label R&S Records in 1992, and originally peaked at 55 in the UK singles chart in May of that year. Over the last 32 years the track has become one of the essential Aphex Twin tracks in a gargantuan catalog that continues to amaze and inspire. ‘I wanted to have some tracks to play to finish the raves I used to play in Cornwall, to really kill everybody off so they couldnt dance,’ Richard D James, aka Aphex Twin, told Select magazine back in the 90’s. ‘Digeridoo came out of that.’ Released as a 4-track EP that also included early Aphex productions (now classics) including the industrial, acidic clang of Flap Head and hyperbolic futurism of Isopropanol, the release cemented a relationship with the R&S label that went on to release the Xylem Tube EP and the pivotal album Selected Ambient Works 85-92 in the same year. Didgeridoo (Expanded Edition) is the first time the EP has been re-issued with extra material. Whilst digging in his DAT archive (allegedly stored in an airtight military ammo box), Richard James revisited the recordings, encoding them through a Nakamichi CR7e cassette deck, using the customized deck with vari-speed to encode at speeds which ‘felt right at the time.’ Alongside these CR7e versions, the original mixes have been remastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering, offering a dilated insight into one of electronic musics most endearing releases.” – R&S
- Aphex Twin’s classic 1992 EP, expanded w/ previously-unheard alternate takes
- black double vinyl pressing
- remastered audio
- first time on vinyl in 20+ years
- limited edition
- original release year: 1992
- music label: R&S 2024
