Aphex Twin SoundCloud demos

In January 2015, James began anonymously uploading demos to the music sharing site SoundCloud.

[2] Over the course of several days, James deleted and relaunched the page several times with different URLs, possibly after reaching the upload limit for free SoundCloud accounts.

[5] According to the Pitchfork journalist Philip Sherburne, the tracks were made in different periods with different equipment, but bore the hallmarks of James' work: "You can hear the same machines, the same processes, and above all, the same ideas — if this isn't James, then it's a musician who's every bit his peer, and what are the chances of one of those going undiscovered for all these years?

[6] The Guardian journalist Stuart Aitken argued that James' experiments with SoundCloud and other digital media should encourage musicians to explore the creative opportunities of the internet.

[7] In 2019, James explained his reasons for the release: "I've got all this music and I thought if I died what the fuck would my kids do?