Drukqs (Explicit Version) (2001) (Explicit Version )

Artist: Aphex Twin
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Product Summary
Label: Wea/london/sire
UPC: 00643443117425
Release Date: 10/23/2001
Buy.com Sku: 60507286
Item#: MJVXQX
Buy.com Sales Rank: 2368
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Jynweythek Ylow ~ Aphex Twin
2. Vordhosbn ~ Aphex Twin
3. Kladfvgbung Micshk ~ Aphex Twin
4. Omgyjya Switch ~ Aphex Twin
5. Strotha Tynhe ~ Aphex Twin
6. Gwely Mernans ~ Aphex Twin
7. Bbydhyonchord ~ Aphex Twin
8. Cock/Ver 10 ~ Aphex Twin
9. Avril 14th ~ Aphex Twin
10. Mt. Saint Michel Mix St. Michaels Mount ~ Aphex Twin
11. Gwarek 2 ~ Aphex Twin
12. Orban Eq Trx 4 ~ Aphex Twin
13. Aussois ~ Aphex Twin
14. Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow ~ Aphex Twin
15. Kesson Daslef ~ Aphex Twin
Disc 2
Song TitleSample
1. 54 Cymru Beats ~ Aphex Twin
2. Btoum-Roumada ~ Aphex Twin
3. Lornaderek ~ Aphex Twin
4. QKThr ~ Aphex Twin
5. Meltphace 6 ~ Aphex Twin
6. Bit 4 ~ Aphex Twin
7. Prep Gwarlek 3b ~ Aphex Twin
8. Father ~ Aphex Twin
9. Taking Control ~ Aphex Twin
10. Petiatil Cx Htdui ~ Aphex Twin
11. Ruglen Holon ~ Aphex Twin
12. Afx237 V7 ~ Aphex Twin
13. Ziggomatic V17 ~ Aphex Twin
14. Beskhu3epnm ~ Aphex Twin
15. Nanou 2 ~ Aphex Twin



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Aphex Twin is Richard D. James.
It's tempting to imagine Richard James holed up in his basement for years on end, concocting foaming aural experiments to try out on unsuspecting listeners, and he certainly does little to dispel that image here. His past musical output has varied from the gentle but weird, to the baffling, to the ghastly, and with DRUKQS he manages to combine all the aforementioned in a compelling yet unsettling mix that is never less than fascinating. The tracks are listed on the booklet, but not necessarily in the same order they appear on the album, and moreover James seems to have developed his own language somewhere along the way, so we're left to our own devices to figure things out.
Like some demented baseball pitcher, James constantly varies his stylings, now pastoral acoustic piano, now impossibly fast breakbeat techno garage, now weird hollers from behind the basement door. He keeps the listener constantly off balance (at one point including a Stephen Hawking-like voice reading snippets of Goldilocks and the Three Bears); it's a wild, strange ride, but it's consistently fascinating to hear what comes next.

Producer: Richard D. James

 
Compilation Appearances
Third Dimension
Mtv Amp
Inner Space-Chill V.1
Vol. 2-Inner Space Chill Out
Dj Kicks
Morvern Callar
Back To Mine
Latenight Tales
Latenight Tales
Rough Trade Shops Electronic Vol. 1
Fabric Live 24
Chosen Lords
Da Vinci Lounge 806
Remixes
Marie Antoinette
City Clubbing
Now Listen Again
Dj Kicks

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 10/23/2001
Original Release Date : 2001
Catalog ID : 31174
Label : London/Sire
Number of Discs : 2
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00643443117425

 
Professional Reviews
Uncut (11/01, p.101)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...The effect is comforting yet eerie..."

Alternative Press (12/01, p.78)
- 8 out of 10 - "...Dense and diverse...This serves as an enlightening intro for novices and as a thrilling recap for longtime fans..."

The Wire (10/01, p.55)
- "...A cavernous cabinet of curiousities...amusing and arresting....It has become his lot to exist in a permananet state of satirical seige against the culture that would adopt him..."

Mixmag (12/01, p.61)
- 4 out of 5 - "...This is music-box prettiness torn apart by scattershot beats and frantic acid squelches..."

Down Beat (2/02, p.62)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Solo piano tracks interspersed with dizzying complex rhythms and found sounds..."

Vibe (12/01, p.192)
- 4 discs out of 5 - "...A long haul, but one beautiful ride..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(11/01, p.112)
- "...We are talking about the difference between a Masters degree, which is fixed within the frontiers of existing knowledge, and a PhD, which ventures boldly beyond them..."

NME (Magazine)
(12/29/01, p.59)
- Ranked #10 in NME's 50 "Albums Of the Year 2001".

NME (Magazine)
(10/20/01, p.38)
- 9 out of 10 - "...It ripples and eddies through whipsmart intellectual techno, gibbering drum'n'bass, early '90s rave and...what sounds like a team of bellringers attempting a backwards version of 'Silent Night'..."

 
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