Product Description

Fifth album from Cornish acid techno act Richard D. James, his first for five years. A staggering 30 tracks spread across two CDs feature his usual mishmash of styles. Gentle ambience sits next to manic drum 'n' bass, skittering glitches and swathes of grating avant-garde noise.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Jynweythek
2. Vordhosbn
3. Kladfvgbungmicshk
4. Omgyja Switch
5. Strothatynhe
6. Gwety Mernans
7. Bbydhyonchord
8. Cock/Ver 10
9. Avril 14th
10. Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michael's Mount
11. Gwarek 2
12. Orban Eq Trax 4
13. Aussois
14. Hy A Scullyas Lyf Adhagrow
15. Kesson Dalet
16. 54 Cymru Beats
17. Btoum Roumada
18. Lornaderek
19. Qkthr
20. Meltplace 6
21. Bit 4
22. Prep Gwarlek 36
23. Fathur
24. Taking Control
25. Petiatil Cx Htdui
26. Ruglen Holon
27. AFX237VI
28. Ziggomatic 17
29. Beskhu3epnm
30. Nanou 2

Disc 2:

1. 54 Cymru Beats
2. Btoum Roumada
3. Lornaderek
4. Qkthr
5. Meltplace 6
6. Bit 4
7. Prep Gwarlek 36
8. Fathur
9. Taking Control
10. Petiatil Cx Htdui
11. Ruglen Holon
12. AFX237VI
13. Ziggomatic 17
14. Beskhu3epnm
15. Nanou 2

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10677 in Music
• Released on: 2001-10-22
• Number of discs: 2

Amazon.co.uk Review
Drukqs is the 2001 release from Cornish Techno wizard Richard D James aka the Aphex Twin. Deified in the sphere of experimental dance--partly for his indisputable sporadic genius, but partly, it must be said, for his bullish refusal to play the whole "releasing records" game, and the subsequent mythology that such contrariness invariably prompts--every new release is greeted like it's the future of music on plastic. Drukqs is not that album, at least not quite: a 30-track double CD set that runs to over 100 minutes in length, it reads like a hastily-compiled joy-ride through the old Aphex countryside, full-on acid junglist scorchers like "Vord Hosbn" barrelling madly past serene, oddly beautiful ambient piano curiosities like "Avril 14th" and sometimes the two disparate disciplines blending, as in the truly surreal wreckage of "Mt Saint Michel + St Michaels Mount". It's a minor disappointment when you realise there's nothing here as epochal as "Come To Daddy" or "Windowlicker", two late-period Aphex singles so startlingly revolutionary that, on their release, they sounded like nothing else on God's good earth. But once that's out the way, and you're free to immerse yourself in the tangled depths of Drukqs, it's simply a relief to know that Aphex is still making music: fiendishly complex, lovably dumb, and still aeons ahead of the legion of imitators. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly inventive and varied
I did not know what exactly to expect when I bought this, and certainly it is not an easily approachable piece of work. But if you are patient, there are great rewards at hand.

Aphex Twin demonstrates all his musical intuition and inventiveness and the full range of his abilities.

I particularly liked the piano pieces (Nanou 2, Avril 14th, Father, etc.): they are lyrical and intimate, and in their apparent simplicity remind me a lot of early works by Erik Satie (the 3 Gnossienes and the 3 Gymnopedies in particular).

The electronic pieces are very interesting and aptly crafted, although they are not immediately captivating.

Overall, I think this is a very interesting double CD that reveales the scope of Aphex Twin's musical genius.

some outstanding tracks
This was my first IDM album back in the day. First i heard a few tracks by aphex twin, the obvious ones like "come to daddy", "Windowlicker" and "Flim" and thought 'wow, this is great'.

So, i went ahead and got this album, and i've got to say i wasn't impressed at first. But i persivered throught the complexity ggetting more and more into the style and rhythm of the songs on the album.

There truly are some masterpieces on here, "Mt St. Michael..." being one of the best songs of its kind around. Along with "Vordhosbn", "meltphace 6" and a few other tracks they really make the album worth it.

The Downfall of this album i think come in the weird piano tracks. While a couple of them are really beautiful pieces of music which i like, some of them sound as if a 3 year old has been sat in front and asked to play random notes. Whether i'm missing some meaning to these i don't know.

Overall a great album, with some outstanding, songs, but being a person more into the fast side of the music, some of the piano/chord songs were a little frustrating.

Aphex Fans -- don't waste your money!
Aphex Twin / RDJ breaks no new ground here -- more endless doodling, more 140 bpm drum machine sequences that we first heard 12 years previously, but now sound irritatingly tiresome. And a few acoustic piano doodlings which leave nothing memorable in the mind.
He's done it all (and much better) on earlier albums. Just one short interesting track (Gwety Mernans) on a double album is incredibly poor value for money.