Aphex Twin - Drukqs (4LP)

Warp - WARPLP92R

4LP Black Vinyl

Twenty-five years on from its original release, Warp Records brings Aphex Twin's Drukqs back into print on vinyl.

Often proclaimed as electronica's one true genius, Richard James, AKA Aphex Twin, returns with a 4LP that showcases his cleverness as well as his inevitable inscrutability. Still, amid macabre birthday songs, unsettling screams, and other bizarre touches, Drukqs offers the most technically accomplished and beautiful tracks of Aphex Twin's career. Every aspect of the Aphex brain is on display here, from stark pieces performed on sampled piano and zither to Squarepusher-styled drum and bass implosions, all informed by that peculiar Aphex treatment of bittersweet melody and unparalleled programming. For an artist once engrossed in homages to his dead twin brother and grotesque videos, Drukqs shows James getting by purely on music alone. Mt. Saint Michel Mix starts as maddening drum and bass, but is soon transfixed by glowing tones, hand drums, and police sirens. Vordhosbn is all acid beats and mad synths matched with fart-bombs and haunted cries. 54 Cymru Beats sounds more like the tweaked-out, goofball techno of Wagon Christ than Aphex, while Taking Control goes metaphysical with cerebral synth-drums and muddled vocals. If Drukqs is the result of medication James has been imbibing during his three-year hiatus, then this is indeed better living through chemistry. Regardless, his music is still as beautiful and frothy as ever.

Jynweythek 02:23
Vordhosbn 04:51
Kladfvgbung Mischk 02:06
Omgyjya-Switch7 04:52
Strotha Tynhe 02:12
Gwely Mernans 05:08
Bbydhyonchord 02:33
Cock/ver10 05:18
Avril 14th 02:05
Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount 08:10
Gwarek2 06:46
Orban Eq Trx 4 01:35
Aussois 00:13
Hy A Scullyas Lyf Adhagrow 02:14
Kesson Dalek 01:21
54 Cymru Beats 06:06
Btoum-Roumada 01:58
Lornaderek 00:31
QKThr 01:27
Meltphace 6 06:24
Bit 4 00:25
Prep Gwarek 36 01:19
Father 00:57
Taking Control 07:14
Petiatil Cx Htdui 02:11
Ruglen Holon 01:49
Afx237 v.7 04:23
Ziggomatic 17 08:35
Beskhu3epnm 02:10
Nanou2 03:25

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