Drukqs - Aphex Twin

Are you bored of the tripe that clogs up our radio stations? Tired of crappy dance acts like Ian Van Dahl and So Solid Crew? Disillusioned by music altogether? Then the chances are you are growing up. Which can only be a bad thing. First comes growing up, then comes growing old, and then there you are dying your hair a lovely shade of blue, and sitting on a park bench complaining about the hooligans that hang around on the high street, loitering. It wasn't like that in your day, was it? But this isn't what you're here for. If you're like me, you have become tired with the type of music you hear on stations like Radio 1, and you're ...

Here goes, the most epic review you?ve ever seen, of the most odd CD in my collection. It's actually a double CD, containing a total of 30 tracks, and this review aims to cover every single one of them. The album is "drukqs" by none other than intelligent techno artist Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin. So where do we start? Track 1 I suppose.. an awkwardly named "jynweythek", a fitting start to a weird album. The tune is merely a slightly random melody that sounds like it is being played from one of those little music boxes with the rotating dancer in it... this is set to an intermittent beat, and is a bit dull, not the best way to herald ...

Aphex Twin is not really an artist that I have paid a lot of attention to. I saw one of his videos a few years ago which I found quite uncomfortable viewing, so I think I have probably steered away from his material without really knowing it. However, one of my friends always seems to be listening to music that makes me really take notice, and a few months ago, Aphex Twin was his music of choice. Being honest, I was more than a bit intrigued as it seemed so far removed from the kind of music I have been listening to lately that I wanted to hear more of what they had to offer. This was the album I chose to ...