Product Description

Also known by his real name, Richard D. James, Aphex Twin is one of most intelligent and innovative artists in the world of electronica. His seemingly limitless imagination has encompassed hardcore techno, drum 'n bass, atmospheric beat-based trance music, and highly abstract compositions of the most alien and delicate nature.
While James' previous album-length releases (SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS 85-92 and VOLUME II) tend towards the spacious and the meditative, I CARE BECAUSE YOU DO tempers the artist's sophisticated, ethereal textural concepts with sheer sonic aggression. "Ventolin", with its nails-on-a-chalkboard screech and a breakbeat that could remove skin from bone, may be one of the most abrasive songsever recorded. But James' artistry oozes through his confrontational stance. In such pulsing, gorgeous collages as "Waxen Pith" and "Acrid Avid Jam Shred", shifting rhythmic patterns hold together layered melodic fragments and otherworldlydialogues of sound to achieve the equivalent of an aural mandala. I CARE is not to be overlooked.

Track Listing

1. Acrid Avid Jam Shred
2. Waxen Pith
3. Wax The Nip
4. Icct Hedral
5. Ventolin
6. Come On You Slags
7. Start As You Mean To Go On
8. Wet Tip Hen Ax
9. Mookid
10. Alberto Balsalm
11. Cow Cud Is A Twin
12. Next Heap With

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51757 in Music
• Released on: 1999-11-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Corker...best album I've bought in ages
what an album. Having only really just got into Richard D James' stuff a month or so back I'm quickly building up a collection of his albums and this is so far the most well-rounded album I've bought by him.

It is much easier on the ears than some of his other releases, and I like it like that. It kicks off with 'Acrid Avid Jam Shred' a 7 minute 40 second masterpiece which is absolutely gorgeous, which goes into 'The Waxen Pith' another beautiful track, acid-type bass makes way for stringy synths. Next up is 'Wax The Nip', a faster, more aggressive track

'Icct Hedral' follows, a swooping, foreboding, slightly menacing track. 'Ventolin' is the only track I really dislike, the horrible high-pitched noise which stays with it all the way through is too much for my ears. 'Come on You Slags!', is a brilliant track to go with the equally brilliant title. 'Start as You Mean to Go On' and 'Wet Tip Hen Ax' are good fillers, which lead you into the 2 best tracks on the album, 'Mookid' and 'Alberto Balsalm', both beautiful pieces of laidback electronica

'Cow Cud is a Twin' and the orchestral 'Next Heap With' round an excellent album off

Absolute Excellence
"I Care Because You Do" is a very warped and also fantastic Ambient-Techno album. In this you can see RDJ experimenting with putting harsh, abrasive sounds with ambient melodies, though i have to say it's the tunes that lean toward the ambience that truly shine, such as the excellent Mookid (One of his most underrated songs, imo) that made me feel as if i was floating upon clouds, to the trip hop mellowness/coolness of Alberto Basalm, which is without a doubt one his most brilliant pieces.

"Ventolin" is absolute crap, but it was brave of him to release that Aural holocaust.

"Waxen Pith", and "Wet Tip Hen Axe" are too great merges of harsh and melodic sounds.

"Next Heap With" and "Icct Hedral" are too fantastic pieces of chilling, disturbing music.

This album stands out of the crowd, and RDJ hasn't released anything else quite like it, as after this album he went into what folks call his "Scary" phase, which was full of D'n'B, and while RDJ album, Come To Daddy and Windowlicker were all excellent, it culminated in the rather mediochre Druqks, and he didn't return too form untill 2006's Chosen Lords.

Anyway, this is my favourite album afted Selected Ambient Works 85-92 and Chosen Lords, so go and click on BUY now!

More excellent ear candy
This is another excellent album from this artist that I am very pleased to have heard. Another listening experience that won't disappoint those familiar with the Aphex Twin way of doing things. In some ways this CD one reminds me a little of Selected Ambient Works 85-92, though in the main somewhat faster moving. As with that album each track is refreshingly different. Tracks such "Acrid Avid Jam Shred" a lengthy but never dull offering are a treat. Another track "Come on you slags!" (Yes a strange name indeed) with the background of female discussion coming & going is a strange concept but one that works superbly. What with that & the fast moving echoing beat makes it a memorable piece of music. These & all other tracks are worth a listen. The more you do the more you'll like them!