Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2 Disc CD)

Aphex Twin - Drukqs (2 Disc CD)

PLEASE NOTE: This is a CD (Compact Disc) format, not a vinyl format.

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Often proclaimed as electronica's one true genius, Richard James, AKA Aphex Twin, returns with a double CD 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.

Tracklisting:

1. Jynweythek    
   
2. Vordhosbn    
   
3. Kladfvgbung Mischk    
   
4. Omgyjya-Switch7    
   
5. Strotha Tynhe    
   
6. Gwely Mernans    
   
7. Bbydhyonchord    
   
8. Cock    
   
9. Ver10    
   
10. Avril 14th    
    
11. MT Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount    
    
12. Gwarek2    
    
13. Orban Eq TRX 4    
    
14. Aussois    
    
15. Hy a Scullyas Lyf Adhagrow    
    
16. Kesson Dalek    
    
17. Cymru Beats   
18. Btoum-Roumada    
    
19. Lornaderek    
    
20. QKTHR    
    
21. Meltphace 6    
    
22. Bit 4    
    
23. Prep Gwarek 36    
    
24. Father    
    
25. Taking Control    
    
26. Petiatil CX Htdui    
    
27. Ruglen Holon    
    
28. V.7    
    
29. Ziggomatic 17    
    
30. Beskhu3Epnm    
    
31. Nanou2