Aphex Twin 'Music From The Merch Desk' Out Now

Aphex Twin re-released Selected Ambient Works Volume II with some additional material on October 4th of this year, and before the year is over, another collection of re-releases has not only been announced - but is out now! 'Music From The Merch Desk' is a cheekily-titled 38-track release, made up of the one-off vinyl releases which were sold at the UK artist's live shows in recent years. The artwork is a bootleg design which has been reused; subversive! 

Listen to 'Music From The Merch Desk' on Spotify here

Here is the tracklist... 

Tracklist
01. no stillson 6 cirk [Houston, TX 12.17.16]
02. no stillson 6 cirk mix2 [Houston, TX 12.17.16]
03. 42DIMENSIT3 e3 [London 03.06.17]
04. MT1T1 bedroom microtune [London 03.06.17]
05 T18A pole1 [London 03.06.17]
06. T03 delta t [London 03.06.17]
07. em2500 M253X [London 03.06.17]
08. T23 441 [London 03.06.17]
09. 42DIMENSIT10 [London 03.06.17]
10. T20A ede 441 [London 03.06.17]
11. MT1T2 olpedroom [London 03.06.17]
12. T47 smodge [London 03.06.17]
13. sk8 littletune HS-PC202 [London 03.06.17]
14. T13 Quadraverbia N+3 [London 03.06.17]
15. T16.5 MADMA with nastya [London 03.06.17]
16. T17 Phase out +3 [London 03.06.17]
17. 15T63 neotek 2h949 +3 [bonus beats] [London 03.06.17]
18. T08 dx1+5 [London 03.06.17]
19. T69T07 stasspa+3 [London 03.06.17]
20. T05 tx16w marion MT***,e [sketches] [London 03.06.17]
21. T46 se70 rinseout2 [sketches] [London 03.06.17]
22. ZT01 [sketch1] [London 03.06.17]
23. 21TXT1+4 ds8 flngchrods[sketch0.1b] [London 03.06.17]
24. Spiral Staircase (AFX Remix) [London 14.09.2019]
25. 4x Atlantis Take 1 [London 14.09.2019]
26. Nightmail [London 14.09.2019]
27. Soundlab20 [London 14.09.2019]
28. pretend analog extmix 2b,e2,ru [Manchester 20.09.2019]
29. rozzboxv2mam+4 [Manchester 20.09.2019]
30. umil 25-01 [Manchester 20.09.2019]
31. midi pipe2c edit, +3 [Manchester 20.09.2019]
32. rfc pt8 [Barcelona 16.06.2023]
33. afxfm e [Barcelona 16.06.2023]
34. korg funk5 [London 19.08.2023]
35. korg 1b ru,ec,e [London 19.08.2023]
36. SOOG e [London 19.08.2023]
37. body pads [London 19.08.2023]
38. dgitne tst1e [London 19.08.2023]

We love his music, and we're sure the devoted following will be adding this to their wishlist... but one has to wonder whether Warp, or Richard are in need of some christmas cash, with two releases so close together. 

Is it cynical pre-christmas marketing or a treat to see another compilation so soon after the last? 

https://warp.net/artists/aphex-twin

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