Aphex Dual Stocks Marvel Compilation, ‘Track from the Merch Table (2016-2023)’

Enigmatic English digital extraordinaire Aphex Dual (aka Richard D. James) has launched a wonder compilation album, with Track from the Merch Table (2016–2023) amassing quite a few restricted version recordings from the previous decade.

Launched on Tuesday (Dec. 17) with none prior caution, the 38-track compilation collects the entire tune initially issued on six restricted version vinyl information offered on the titular merch desks between 2016 and 2023.

The compilation arrives seven years to the date because the first of those authentic information – Houston, TX 12.17.16 – used to be in a similar fashion launched with out caution at Aphex Dual’s first U.S. date in 8 years as a part of Houston’s Day for Night time competition.

Since then, quite a few different information were issued sporadically, together with at London performances in 2017, 2019, and 2023, at the side of dates in Manchester in 2019 and Barcelona in 2023. All of those information have been stamped with Warp Data trademarks, and offered out abruptly, with scalpers fast to try to turn those sought-after information for exorbitant costs on-line.

Aphex Dual’s London 03.06.17 had up to now won enlargement following its preliminary bodily free up, with a virtual reissue the next month including any other ten tracks, and an extra bonus song arriving in April 2024 underneath the document’s revised identify, London 03.06.17 [field day].

The nascent compilation follows on from the thirtieth anniversary expanded version of Aphex Dual’s Decided on Ambient Works Quantity II in October. Whilst its authentic 1994 free up have shyed away from the charts out of doors James’ local U.K., the album’s resulting reputation and affect ended in a myriad top chart positions upon its reissue. Along topping the U.K. Dance Albums as soon as once more, the document additionally debuted at No. 135 at the Billboard 200 and No. 3 at the Best Dance/Digital Albums chart.

Even though a handful of EPs and singles have arrived along the aforementioned merch table drops over the past decade, Aphex Dual has no longer launched a studio album since 2014’s Syro, which gained the Grammy for Easiest Dance/Digital Album the next 12 months.