Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Expanded Edition Vinyl 4LP

Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II has maintained its status as one of the landmark albums of electronic music 30 years after its initial release. Finally reissued to celebrate this milestone, this expanded 4xLP edition contains the full album tracklist on vinyl for the first time alongside 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Original Lab review: Picking up where Selected Ambient Works '85-'92 left off, it appears that this album was composed over a much shorter period of time. There is more cohesion between the individual tracks and the record's sequencing leads to a grander statement compared to its predecessor. Although it may have confounded those fans looking for the intense gabber workouts and techno explorations that Aphex Twin had made his mark with, SAW Volume II follows in the path set out by early electronic and ambient pioneers like Brian Eno, Erik Satie, Steve Reich, and Terry Riley with tremendous success. The pieces are at once eerie and soothing, balancing