Aphex Twin - Xylem Tube EP [RS9209RP]

Aphex Twin - Xylem Tube EP [RS9209RP]

Aphex Twin’s ‘Xylem Tube’ EP arrived in the summer of 1992 on R&SRecords, coming hot off the heels of his landmark ‘Digeridoo’ release,and an audacious follow up from the then 21-year-old Richard D. James.Out of print for nearly two decades, this long-awaited vinyl reissuerestores one of the pivotal early works in his catalogue.

Where ‘Digeridoo’ pushed the endurance of the rave fl oor to its limits,the ‘Xylem Tube’ EP stretched the Aphex Twin sound into newdimensions with ‘Polynomial-C’ becoming an enduring classic with itsspiralling arpeggios, shattering breakbeats and alien melodics. Trackslike ‘Phlange Phace’ and ‘Tamphex (Hedphuq Mix)’ pushed distortion,humour and rhythm into uncharted territory, while ‘Dodeccaheedron’acts as a bold signifi er of James’ radical ideas of how dance music cansound, with its ominous and brooding synth work over a cacophony ofeerie, broken beats.

Track Listing:

Side A

A1    Polynomial-C
A2    Tamphex (Headphuq Mix)

Side B

B1    Phlange Phace
B2    Dodeccaheedron

Pre-Order Details:

Release Date: October 10, 2025 12" Vinyl EP 
Available for Pre-Order Now

Product Details:

• Title: Classics
• Format: 12" Vinyl EP 
• Label: R&S Records
• Catalog Number: RS9209RP
• Genre: Techno, Experimental Electronic
• Release Date: October 2025
• Country: Belgium

Three decades later, the EP stands not only as a key chapter in theAphex canon, but also as a statement of intent from an artist set onreshaping electronic music’s DNA. Now faithfully reissued on vinyl forthe fi rst time since a 2006 pressing, this edition returns one of the mostin-demand Aphex R&S titles to circulation after nearly twenty years outof print.