Selected Ambient Works 85-92

by Aphex Twin

Selected Ambient Works 85-92 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 November 1992
  • Label: Apollo
  • Country: Ireland
  • Length: 1:14:38
  • Community rating: 4.41/5 from 76 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Constructed from tracks recorded on cassette with homemade and modified equipment, 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92' melds the percussive frameworks of techno and acid house with exceptionally subtle and atmospheric melodies. The resulting synthesis of lush soundscapes and oceanic beats is considered a defining masterpiece of ambient techno, expanding the form's emotional range and introducing the possibilities of electronic music to a broader audience beyond the dancefloor.

Genres

Descriptors: ambient, minimal, synth, melodic, instrumental, atmospheric, synthesizers, shimmering

Tracklist

  1. Xtal (4:53)
  2. Tha (9:07)
  3. Pulsewidth (3:48)
  4. Ageispolis (5:23)
  5. I (2:57)
  6. Green Calx (6:05)
  7. Heliosphan (4:53)
  8. We Are the Music Makers (7:43)
  9. Schottkey 7th Path (5:08)
  10. Ptolemy (7:14)
  11. Hedphelym (6:03)
  12. Delphium (5:29)
  13. Actium (7:35)

Credits

  • Richard D. James - writing, production
  • Paul Nicholson - artwork, design

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