Jam of the Day | Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]

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"This is the first Aphex Twin dong fore 13 years between the publication of the first a formal music."

Is this the greatest Youtube description of all time? Probably not. But it is one of the most exciting pieces of language (English, I think..?) that I've read in a long, long time. It confirms that Richard D. James' seminal electronic project Aphex Twin is for sure releasing a new album called, Syro, which has been cryptically announced over the past few weeks.

If the Youtube description wasn't clear enough: "minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]" is the first new Aphex Twin song to be officially released in 13 years, and it is %150 better than you're expecting. Replete with liquid-y synth tones,  mangled vocals, and a squelching bass line, it's what you've always loved about Aphex Twin, but seasoned with age. If this a good indicator of things to come, then we have a formidable album of the year contender in our midst.

Jam of the Day | Aphex Twin - Jazzphase

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Via Kickstarter

God hath smiled favorably upon us today.

Way back in 1994, legendary electronic musician Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) was set to release a full LP under the name "Caustic Window." Sadly the plans were shelved just before the release of Aphex Twin's Richard D. James Album in 1996, but now, 20 years later, our earholes finally get a taste of what we've been missing. One of the four original test pressings of the "Caustic Window" album went up on eBay earlier this month for $13,500, and after some prodding by online electronica community, We Are The Music Makers, you can now download the once lost album via Kickstater.

Jam of the Day | Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead

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Scottish brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin have been recording music under the moniker Boards of Canada for over twenty years. In that time they've released three landmark albums on Warp Records, numerous EP's and a few hard-to-find private releases, which all together comprise one of the strongest back catalogs in electronic music.

The hype for the band's upcoming album, Tomorrow's Harvest, began on Record Store Day 2013, when a fan purchased a mysterious 12-inch at a New York record store. The plain brown packaging bore no identifying artwork aside from "Boards of Canada ------ / ------ / ------/ XXXXXX / ------ / ------" in small black letters, and the audio on the vinyl only consisted of static, a little music, and a voice reciting a few numbers.

The numbers turned out to be part of an elaborate set of codes, which had been hidden amongst various radio broadcasts, television ads, music videos, website source codes, etc.,  and when entered together into the new Boards of Canada website, allowed access to a video that confirms the album's release.

"Reach for the Dead" is the first track to be released from Tomorrow's Harvest, and it is unmistakably BoC; a haunting IDM drone track that culminates in a slow-building, cinematic crescendo.

Let it take you somewhere far away, to a place where things don't seem so important.