Aphex Twin - Drukqs

Label:
Catalog#:
31174-2
Format:
2 x CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
23 Oct 2001
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
IDM, Drum n Bass, Experimental

Tracklist

1-01   Jynweythek 2:23
1-02   Vordhosbn 4:51 X
1-03   Kladfvgbung Micshk 2:06 X
1-04   Omgyjya Switch7 4:52
1-05   Strotha Tynhe 2:12 X
1-06   Gwely Mernans 5:08 X
1-07   Bbydhyonchord 2:33 X
1-08   Cock/Ver10 5:18
1-09   Avril 14Th 2:05 X
1-10   Mt Saint Michel Mix + St Michaels Mount 8:10 X
1-11   Gwarek2 6:46 X
1-12   Orban Eq Trx4 1:35 X
1-13   Aussois 0:12 X
1-14   Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow 2:14 X
1-15   Kesson Dalef 1:19
2-01   54 Cymru Beats 6:06 X
2-02   Btoum-Roumada 1:58 X
2-03   Lornaderek 0:31 X
2-04   Qkthr 1:27
2-05   Meltphace 6 6:24 X
2-06   Bit 4 0:25 X
2-07   Prep Gwarlek 36 1:19
2-08   Father 0:57 X
2-09   Taking Control 7:14 X
2-10   Petiatil Cx Htdui 2:11 X
2-11   Ruglen Holon 1:49 X
2-12   Afx237 V.7 4:23 X
2-13   Ziggomatic 17 8:35
2-14   Beskhu3epnm 2:10
2-15   Nanou 2 3:24

Credits

Photography - Richard D. James
Producer, Written-By - Richard D. James

Notes

Licensed from Warp.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 6 4344-31174-2 5

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Reviews & Discussion

Review by Sep 20, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
The apex of Aphex. The songs may not stand out upon the first few listens, but delve in and you will find an alien world of soundscapes like nothing Richard James has ever created before. DRUKQS follows its own rules and its own logic; if you're not willing to submit to them, then no wonder you're not going to like it. The atmosphere is one of familiarity, but uncertainty; musical phrases are repeated, detuned and deconstructed, from song to song, suggesting an almost concept-like approach. Once you start listening, you won't want to stop.

Quit now, Richie, you're never going to top it.
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Rated 5/5
Review by Dahgrow Oct 28, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Drukqs is a spectacular Aphex Twin album, you can be sure of that, though I do agree that there is a feeling of less moving forward in it. However, does that mean the music isn't as good? I don't think so, this album caught me the first listen, and the more I would come back to it, the more I found to it. If anything, it is kind of like a big meeting point for all of his previous work, like before everything was pointing to a single place, and this is it. Not his best, but quite good none the less.
Rated 1/5
Review by FilboidStudge Aug 21, 2003
This is Aphex's worst album by a long, long way. The prepared piano pieces are so light and inconsequential they'll blow away in the slightest breeze, and compared to a century of modern classical music they just don't stand up at all.

As for the hard and heavy electronic tunes, they re-hash all the same noises from the previous albums but with none of the imagination. Worst of all, they're embarrassingly BORING and they go nowhere.

The abiding impression when listening to 'Drukqs' is that whereas on his previous albums there was a definite sense of stepping, nay sprinting, forward musically and in terms of ideas, here he's just treading water and in danger of drowning in mediocrity. As a rabid Aphex fan it pains me to write this, but 'Drukqs' sukqs.
Rated 5/5
Review by J-bomb Feb 05, 2003
His most abstract album, and IMO one of the best. Maybe it's just imipramine withdrawal but I'm really getting into it. This is the thing more people should be buying, instead of the cookie-cutter rave crap, with the same freakin' boom TSHH boom TSHH boom TSHH rhythm over and over...
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