Aphex Twin – MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96

the mastering on this ep is incredible. beau at 1087 is a genius. love these alternate version releases. i recommend this one if you come across it. today it was at the record shop for $14 sealed [along w/afxHAB cd]; major score imo. really cool collection of richard's b-sides of this era. ten times nicer sounding on vinyl. very chill braindance. nicely pressed gem.

people here are wondering why some are complaining about the pressing quality even if their own copies have no problems. maybe that is because some copies have problems and others don't? my copy has a swooshing background noise on the right channel.

It's cool to hear the computer controlled acoustic drums on the Xmas Eve remix. The title track has a bit of that midiverb sound that he was exploring on the Field Day record. An essential addition to the Syro album.

the title track is dope, has an amazing haunting hook, flashy sound design, and great development throughout. The B side sounds like a bunch of leftovers tho.

Nothing wrong with the pressing quality. Brilliant as usual. Sounds great

Essential companion to Syro in my opinion, otherwise this album isn't fully complete.

so TIL aphex twin records at sample rate of 96k.

Not gonna lie, I messed up the speeds the first time playing it (I thought b was the 45 side) and I love the way the A side is at 33 1/2, I recommend giving that a listen. I hear complaints about crackling, mine sounds just fine but hey that's Aphex Twin fans for you.

No problems on mine either. Great little ep. The only problem was looking up the speeds for either sides but that can be explained by usual afx asshattery.

I have three copies of this to sealed and one opened the one I listened to sounds absolutely amazing. Not sure what people are talking about with the sound quality? Mine sounds great however I used a 1200 techniques turntables and a decent sound system to play this out of. Check your needles?