{"product_id":"aphex-twin-drukqs","title":"Aphex Twin - Drukqs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(PREORDER - SHIPS OR PICKUP ON OR AROUND 10-30-26)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHALLENGING ELECTRONIC REISSUED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25 YEARS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4xLP BLACK VINYL\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite threatening retirement several times, in 2001 Richard D. James finally released another Aphex Twin record. But for all this record tells listeners, he may still be in retirement. Spreading 30 tracks (most with unpronounceable titles) across two discs, Drukqs sounds less like a major new statement from electronica's best producer than the results of a Sunday afternoon's trawl through his hard drive for files he hasn't released before. Many songs here evoke the feel of recordings long since past, from the quiet ambient techno of his breakthrough, Selected Ambient Works 85-92, to the demonically extroverted programming of Richard D. James Album and the Come to Daddy EP. Stylistically, the record leans toward the later recordings, with many tracks here reprising the off-key melodies and overloaded drum programming of \"Come to Daddy\" or \"Windowlicker.\" There's also little rhyme or reason to the program; James veers directly from a drill'n'bass firestorm (\"Cock\/Ver 10\") to a delicate piano piece à la Erik Satie (\"Avril 14th\") to an acid-techno burner (\"Mt. Saint Michel Mix\") with barely a glance backward for transition. Of course, aside from all the criticism, the previously unreleased musings of Aphex Twin are still far more intriguing and solid than most producers' best releases. The opener, \"Jynweythek Ylow,\" and \"Ruglen Holon\" are brilliant, inscrutable pieces reminiscent of a rusty, bygone music box or the gamelan music of Indonesia. And a few of the second-disc highlights, \"Meltphace 6\" and \"Taking Control,\" chart a middle ground between the emotional ambience of early Aphex Twin and the wracked hysteria of his later work. Drukqs is a sprawling album that defies listeners to understand or enjoy it as a whole, and would've worked much better as a fan-only release than the long-awaited return of the techno vanguard's favorite producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1        Jynweythek    2:23\u003cbr\u003eA2        Vordhosbn    4:51\u003cbr\u003eA3        Kladfvgbung Micshk    2:06\u003cbr\u003eA4        Strotha Tynhe    2:12\u003cbr\u003eB1        Omgyjya Switch7    4:52\u003cbr\u003eB2        Gwely Mernans    5:08\u003cbr\u003eC1        Cock\/Ver10    5:18\u003cbr\u003eC2        Bbydhyonchord    2:33\u003cbr\u003eC3        Orban Eq Trx4    1:35\u003cbr\u003eD1        Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount    8:10\u003cbr\u003eD2        Beskhu3epnm    2:10\u003cbr\u003eE1        Aussois    0:13\u003cbr\u003eE2        Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow    2:14\u003cbr\u003eE3        Kesson Daslef    1:21\u003cbr\u003eE4        Avril 14th    2:05\u003cbr\u003eE5        Gwarek2    6:46\u003cbr\u003eF1        54 Cymru Beats    6:06\u003cbr\u003eF2        Btoum-Roumada    1:58\u003cbr\u003eF3        Lornaderek    0:31\u003cbr\u003eF4        Penty Harmonium    1:27\u003cbr\u003eF5        Prep Gwarlek 3b    1:19\u003cbr\u003eF6        Father    0:57\u003cbr\u003eF7        Petiatil Cx Htdui    2:11\u003cbr\u003eG1        Meltphace 6    6:24\u003cbr\u003eG2        Bit4    0:25\u003cbr\u003eG3        Taking Control    7:13\u003cbr\u003eG4        Ruglen Holon    1:49\u003cbr\u003eH1        Afx237 V7    4:23\u003cbr\u003eH2        Ziggomatic V17    8:35\u003cbr\u003eH3        Nanou 2    3:25\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Analog Record Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45220743938248,"sku":null,"price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0348\/8505\/files\/51a4H9OFk2L._AC.jpg?v=1790191377","url":"https:\/\/www.analogrecordshop.com\/products\/aphex-twin-drukqs","provider":"Analog Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}