Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Aphex Twin

A true classic, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (originally released on R&S records in 1993) was the album that turned indie kids on to electronica/techno (I was definitely one of them). Stories surround this gorgeous, ethereal album: that it includes tracks from 1985, when Aphex Twin, AKA Richard D James, was all of 14 years old; that it was largely made with instruments built by James himself “ and that its success emboldened James to purchase a panzer tank ¦ . Groundbreaking in the way it expanded way beyond the ambient music of Brian Eno, by fusing lush soundscapes with oceanic beats and bass lines, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 is both the birthplace and benchmark of modern electronic music.