Aphex Twin is back. And in typical Richard D. James fashion, he's leaving a mysterious trail of hacker-style breadcrumbs with clues about his next studio album—the first since Drukqs was released in 2001. This morning, he unleashed his first tweet in two years:http://syro2eznzea2xbpi.onion— Aphex Twin (@AphexTwin)August 18, 2014That .onion URL, only accessible on the deep web network TOR, leads to a website (mirrored here) where the skeleton of a tracklist is listed, followed by web analytics. Buried in the source code is repeated mentions of the word "Syro"—the supposed name of James' upcoming album.
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Scroll to the very bottom of that website, and you'll receive another classic Aphex Twin joke. SURPRISE!
A revealed tracklist with titles and BPMs has also been shared across the web. This is the most IDM tracklist we have ever seen.
1. minipops 67 (source field mix)2. XMAS_EVET10 (thanaton3 mix)3. produk 294. 4 bit 9d api+e+65. 180db_6. CIRCLONT6A (syrobonkus mix)7. fz pseudotimestretch+e+38. CIRCLONT14 (shrymoming mix)9. syro u473t8+e (piezoluminescence mix)10. PAPAT4 (pineal mix)11. s950tx16wasr10 (earth portal mix)12. aisatsanaOther clues have been floating around the IRL sphere too—literally. A blimp with Aphex Twin's logo was seen floating around London this morning.
And a stencil of his logo was spotted on the sidewalk in New York City.
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A revealed tracklist with titles and BPMs has also been shared across the web. This is the most IDM tracklist we have ever seen.
And a stencil of his logo was spotted on the sidewalk in New York City.
Oh Richard, you're our favorite unicorn! How we've missed you!More Aphex: 
