Product Code: | WAP 375 |
Artist: | Aphex Twin |
Origin: | UK |
Label: | Warp Records (2015) |
Format: | 12" EP |
Availability: | In Stock |
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Cover: M
Record: M
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Genre: | N |
Sealed brand new 140 gram LP. Made in the EU.
Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 was announced for release on 9 January 2015 on Warp 's official website.[4] The track listing, worldwide release date and a list of available release formats were published on Bleep.com alongside pre-orders of the EP. Released worldwide on 23 January, Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 was made available as a 12-inch record pressed on 140-gram vinyl, a Digipak CD and a digital download in various digital formats, including MP3, WAV and FLAC.[5] An alternate mix of the EP's opening track—"Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]"—was made available for stream and MP3 download on Richard D James ' official Soundcloud account a day prior.[6]
In Japan, Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 was released on Beat Records and sold 3,627 physical copies in its first week of release.[7][8] The EP was particularly successful on the independent charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom; it peaked at number 8 on both the Irish Independent Albums Chart and the UK Independent Albums Chart,[9][10] as well as entering at number 7 on the UK Official Record Store Albums Chart,[11] where it peaked at number 4 in its third week of release.[12] Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2 placed in three separate Billboard charts in the US. It fared well on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart, entering at number 4 in its first week of release and peaking at number 1 the following week;[13] the EP also entered the Tastemakers Albums chart at number 24 and placed at number 10 in its second week.[14]