{{UBE|date=March 2024}} {{DMY|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox song | name = MARCHROMT30A edit 2b 96 | cover = Aphex Twin - MARCHROMT30A edit 2b 96 cover art.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = [[Aphex Twin]] | album = [[Syro|Syro {{noitalic|(Japanese release)}}]] | B-side = {{ubl|"XMAS_EVET1 N"|"MARCHROMT38 fast"}} | released = {{Start date|2015|04|06|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Electronic music|Electronic]] | length = 18:04 | label = [[Warp Records|Warp]] | writer = [[Aphex Twin|Richard D James]] | producer = Richard D James | chronology = [[Aphex Twin]] | prev_title = [[minipops 67 (120.2)]] | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = 3 Gerald Remix / 24 TSIM 2 | next_year = 2017 }} "'''MARCHROMT30A edit 2b 96'''" is a track by the British [[electronic music]] artist and producer [[Aphex Twin]]. It serves as the second single and the Japanese bonus track from Aphex Twin's sixth [[studio album]], ''[[Syro]]''.<ref name=warp-news>{{cite web|title=WARP - News - 'MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96'|url=http://warp.net/news/marchromt30a-edit-2b-96/|accessdate=5 March 2015|archive-date=8 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308152749/http://warp.net/news/marchromt30a-edit-2b-96/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The single was released by [[Warp Records]] on 6 April 2015 (7 April in North America). The B-sides of the single are an alternate version of the ''Syro'' track "XMAS_EVET10 [120] (thanaton3 mix)" and an alternate version of the title track.<ref name=warp-news /><ref name=bleep>{{cite web|title=Aphex Twin - MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96|url=https://bleep.com/release/57723-aphex-twin-marchromt30a-edit-2b-96|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>
==Reception== The title track has been well-received and has been described by ''[[The 405 (website)|The 405]]'' as "a jewel of a piece, set to a majestic refrain that puppeteers the gloriously alive-sounding chords and soft bass into painting a nameless picture of triumph, breaking into virtuosic moments of turntablism and characteristic glitch to gritty effect"<ref name=the405>{{cite web|title=Listen to Aphex Twin's 'MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96', the Japan-only Syro track now getting released as a white label single|url=http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/listen-to-aphex-twin-s-marchromt30a-edit-2b-96-the-japan-only-syro-track-now-getting-released-as-a-white-label-single-142|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> and by [[Bleep.com|Bleep]] as "a writhing electronic treasure that is totally hypnotic with lurking sub-bass and an airy beat hovering above the surface".<ref name=bleep /> Karim Vickery's review for [[Other Music]] called it "a squishy slab of electro-boogie that fits in with ''Syro'''s funhouse vibe", noting that "[i]t won't scare the pants off of you like "[[Ventolin (EP)|Ventolin]]", but there are enough textural transitions to keep listeners giddily agitated".<ref name=other-music>{{cite web|title=MATCHROMT30a edit 2b 96 - Other Music|url=http://www.othermusic.com/products/aphex-twin-marchromt30a-edit-2b-96|accessdate=6 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715144402/http://www.othermusic.com/products/aphex-twin-marchromt30a-edit-2b-96|archivedate=15 July 2015}}</ref> In a review for online dance music retailer [[Juno Records]], the track was described as "a blissfully melodious, ''[[Selected Ambient Works 85–92|Selected Ambient Works]]'' style slice of electronic beauty".<ref name=juno>{{cite web|title=MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96 at Juno Records|url=http://www.juno.co.uk/products/aphex-twin-marchromt30a-edit-2b-96/565891-01/|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref>
The B-sides were also well-received, with both being called "similarly impressive".<ref name=juno /> In reviews, "XMAS_EVET1 N" has been described as "an equally entrancing piece that offers a fresh take on the ''Syro'' standout"<ref name=bleep /> and the similarity between "MARCHROMT38 Fast" and the output of [[Rephlex Records]] has been noted.<ref name=juno />
==Track listing==
{{Track listing | headline = WAP381 – side A - 45 RPM | title1 = MARCHROMT30A edit 2b 96 | length1 = 7:19 }} {{Track listing | headline = WAP381 – side B - 33.3 RPM | title2 = XMAS_EVET1 N | length2 = 5:09 | title3 = MARCHROMT38 fast | length3 = 5:36 }}
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==External links== * [https://warp.net/products/57723-marchromt30a-edit-2b-96 MARCHROMT30A edit 2b 96] at the Warp Records website
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