It has been 13 years since the UK-based electronic musician Richard David James has added to his discography under the stage name “Aphex Twin”. Although it feels as if he never left with his sixth studio album, Syro. From the get go its easy to tell that Syro is not like anything else released  so far this year. For a start, the tracks on this album are named according to the equipment Richard used to compose and produce the song. Given so much time, there has been a drastic improvement of the technologic equipment available to James disposal. Although its clear to see that this Syro album is attempting to recreate the 1990’s golden era for experimental ambient music in reference to his older works like “Selected Ambient Works 85–92” coming with immensely well synthesised and calculated tracks featuring a vast variety of very precise instrumentation ranging from piano and synthesisers, to drum machines and samplers. Throughout Syro, James has  definitely been able to reference back to his older IDM style with a fresh perspective. Most of the songs on this album are longer than 4 minutes in length but in most cases it doesn’t feel like they drag on as the songs steadily progress into new territory, incorporating many different electronic sounds such as techno, glitch, and ambient music. Syro is undoubtably worth the listen if you  appreciate extensively well mixed, arranged, and produced electronic albums.