various images of the raw vinyl pucks from which all copies of Syro are pressed. These suggestions were implemented into Syros final LP packaging, with James' wife Anastasia Rybina credited for additional design and "puckography". Release Promotion The promotional campaign for Syro began when a chartreuse-coloured blimp featuring the Aphex Twin logo and the number "2014" appeared over London, England on 16 August 2014. On the same day Aphex Twin graffiti was reported outside Radio City Music Hall and various other locations in New York, United States. Two days later Aphex Twin's official Twitter account posted a link to a hidden service, accessible using the Dark Web software Tor, detailing the album's title and track listing. The service accumulated over 133,000 views in less than a day, according to The Guardian. In the following week several purported leaks of Syro appeared on YouTube and SoundCloud; Richard D James subsequently denied that any of the leaks were legitimate. "Listening events" for Syro were then organised in various cities in the UK, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands and the US as part of the album's promotional campaign. Beginning on 5 September in London and concluding on 10 September in Utrecht, the events allowed applicants who had won an online lottery ballot to hear the album in its entirety prior to its international release. "minipops 67 [120.2]", Syros opening track, was released as the album's lead single on 4 September. It was made available for stream and as a digital download following its premiere on BBC Radio 1 earlier that day.Syro was released on Warp on 19 September 2014 in Australia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland; 22 September in the UK and various European countries, including Denmark and Netherlands; 23 September in the US; and 24 September in Japan. The album was released on triple LP, CD and various digital formats, including MP3, AAC, WAV and FLAC. A limited-edition box set version of Syro, featuring a bonus track debossed on perspex vinyl, was released through Bleep.com. Limited to 200 pressings, interested users had to first enter a lottery, "in the interest of fairness", to become eligible. Commercial performanceSyro placed on the mid-week UK Albums Chart at number 2, selling 9,000 copies fewer than This Is All Yours by alt-J. It subsequently debuted at number 8 on the weekly chart, selling 17,751 copies in its first week of release. Syro is James' first album to