Electronica’s malevlolent munchkin is back with the ill behaviour

Only Richard D James’ second “proper” album this millennium, Syro picks up right where 2001’s Drukqs left off. So we get 12 more examples of Aphex’s genius for barely disguising great melodies under a mountain of racheting glitches and detuned vocal noises, then giving the results alienating titles. Face it, nobody’s going to go up to a DJ and say, “Hey mate, can you play 4 Bit 9d Api+e+6 (126.26) for my girlfriend,” are they? $20 CD, $17 MP3, out now